Really, really done

Yesterday, we went to the Utah State Bar Admission Ceremony at the Salt Palace where Joe (along with 200 + other lawyers) was sworn in as a lawyer. After law school was done I was relieved, for Joe, that it was over with, but then there was the bar test to take. After the bar test was over, we waited for results and when we got them I was excited because I felt like then we were done. However, yesterday we were really, really done and official.

My parents were able to come down for it and were a great help keeping track of a little bearcat.

We are excited to be onto the next phase of the crazy McAllister adventure.

The Bearcat is off... on 2 feet!

Joe and I have been trying to make Dillon practice walking for about a month. However, he would get annoyed with us and just go back to holding onto something to walk, or crawling. On Saturday we were shopping at Dick's Sporting Goods and apparently Dillon had some merchandise he needed to check out because he started walking all over the store.

Now he's our little 11 1/2 month old walking Bearcat!

Little Haunts - This Is the Place Heritage Park

On Friday, we went to Little Haunts and trick-or-treated around the village. The kids were supposed to wear their costumes and this is 1/2 of Dillon's hunter costume (Joe's choice). Dillon loved looking at the farm animals.

Dillon was fascinated by the goats, but wasn't sure whether he wanted to touch one.

We went with our niece Sage (Shannon's daughter), our nephew Ian (Marty's son) and our sister-in-law Brenna. As you can see pumpkin head (Ian) and Sage had a great time. However, Ian wasn't a fan of the "farm" smell and walked around holding his nose.

The Crazy McAllister Kidders!

Joe's twin Marty and his family (Mom Brenna, Ian and baby on-the-way) came to visit from Albuquerque. We were all at Joe's sister Shannon's house, in Tooele, and let's just say the kids had a fun-filled weekend of being crazy :).

Here I am with Ian Sr. and Ian Jr. Joe and his twin are so dark (along with their whole family) that it amazes us all how blonde these boys came.

We decorated Halloween cookies, and then Joe and Marty took Aspen and Ian to go BOO some friends. For those that don't know the basics of "You've been Booed", you take treats to a family friend's house (at night), ring the door bell and run. The Booed family is then supposed to Boo and take treats to 2 other families. Well, I thought that rambunctious Ian (4 1/2 years old) would love it - but was I wrong. The entire time he kept telling Joe and Marty "Guys this is not a good idea" "Guys we shouldn't be doing this" "We are going to get in trouble" " They are going to come after us" "They are going to call the police on us". Marty said that he had never seen Ian run faster than when he ran back to the car. When Ian did get back to the car and they started to take off, he was upset and yelled "Guys I don't even have my seat belt on!" I don't think that we need to worry about little Ian getting into any big trouble. Fun times for all :)!

Nice Comfy Pillow!

"What? What's mine is mine and what's Lilly's is mine."

Dillon loves to lay on our bed, bury his face in our pillows and just "relax". Well he decided that Lilly's dog bed was pretty comfy too and decided to "relax" with Lilly. As you can tell, Lilly was really excited about it. At first Dillon tried to just lay his head on the bolster part, but his head kept rolling off and hitting the wall and so he thought he'd better take up a more substantial position. "Nice comfy pillow!"

When the Bearcat gets sick!

Our life pretty much comes to a halt when the Bearcat gets sick. We have had a really slow low-key week. Last Sunday, we took Dillon into the doctor and they said he had an ear infection (he was inconsolable). On Tuesday, he developed a rash (he was miserable) from the antibiotic they gave him and so they had to switch it. Today he is starting to feel better and is back to my happy all-over-the-place baby. However, most of the week was spent laying around burying his face in his blanket (as in the above picture).

Today, Dillon is feeling much better and even felt up to helping me pack for a visit to Grandma and Grandpa's house this weekend.