Happy Halloween!

What a fun day!  Tio brought you and Dylan to the office so you could have lunch with me and I could show you guys off.

Then, we went trick-or-treating with the Jeffers.  You opened a sucker and ate it all by yourself!!!!

Oregon Gardens

Today you, Dylan, Jawea and I went to the Oregon Gardens.  They had some scarecrows set up around the garden and it was just a good day to get out of the house.  Afterwards, we went to downtown Silverton and had hot chocolate and cookies!

These three photos courtesy of Jawea Mockabee.

Twelve Month Check-up

Today was your twelve month check-up.  You are happy and healthy...well you were happy until they gave you six shots.  I looked back at your brother's twelve month and he only got five shots.  Not sure where the extra one came in :)

Your stats are as follows: 22 lbs 0.5 oz (59th percentile), 30.75 inches long (78 percentile) and a 48 cm head circumference (80th percentile). 

You are standing, walking with furniture for support, clapping (on command so to speak even), eating lots of food and a wide variety of food, and sleeping great most of the time!

Pumpkins!

We went and picked pumpkins tonight.  It was warm and gorgeous.  You were fascinated by Dylan and I throwing so many pumpkins in the back of the car.  Then, we went and saw Marnie and she painted a spider on your brother's cheek.  To top it all off, the three of us shared a combination plate at Dos Hermanos!

Birthday Party Time

We had a very nice low-key birthday party at Aunt K and Uncle Babbitt's house.  Grandma Colleen made the most adorable duck cake complete with cattails.  It was a bit of a potluck with Hawaiian haystacks renamed duck stacks by Annie Potter, cheese, olives, marinated mushrooms, salamai, and an amazing artichoke dip that Marnie made!!!! 

Was kind of hard to keep Dylan away from your toys.  Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, the two of you are going to have to learn to share for a few years until your develop your own interests!

As always, thank you so much for joining all of us on this journey called life.  You are a bright shining light!!!!

Happy First Birthday Thing 2!

I cannot believe what a little man you have become.  You have numerous teeth and you pull yourself up to standing everywhere you go.  You are independent; you would rather sleep by yourself but you still like to wake up at least once in the night to nurse.

You are more subtle with your love than your brother but boy do you love deeply.  Your smile reaches your eyes - and you will learn that is very important in a person!

You love Dylan fiercely even when he's naughty to you and you make everyone laugh.  Your food choices are as wide in variety as your brothers.  Don't think that I'm comparing you though.  You are your own person and I love you that much more for it.  Thank you much for blessing my life with your presence.  I am humbled and grateful!

Today, we went to Red Robin to celebrate for dinner.  You might have done some table-dancing ;)  You kept turning around and flirting with a little girl behind us; she thought you were cute.  Tomorrow, we're having a bigger party and Grandma Colleen will be making you a ducky cake.  Can't wait!

The Chef and the Onion Gobbler

Squash Bars for Breakfast