buddies

thanks for the new shirt, tante heidi!!

A Visit with Unkie Phil

I Love MY Unkie Phil!!

8 months old: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things!

Hard to believe it....Peter is 8 months old! He is sitting up pretty well on his own, but I thought I would put the boppy behind him for the photo shoot to be safe. Note the plethora of food stains on his shirt--he can be messy!!

It seems as though I realize the importance of smiling for the camera already.....

I love to stare at the ceiling of our family room. I will sit on the couch or lie down on the floor and stare up at it for several minutes at a time.

I love this teething ring. Part of a set of letter linking rings. For some reason, I love the letter T from the set. I like to look at the black and white colors, and I like to talk to it A LOT.

One of my best presents from Auntie N. I love spending time with Mr. Turtle.....

We recently gave up swaddling Peter...He no longer needs to be swaddled at nighttime or naptime. He seems to prefer sleeping on his tummy, which results in some sleep positions that make us VERY nervous....I guess that is what you deserve when you go hi-tech and have a webcam in the nursery...you start to know "too much" about what is going on during naptime.

This shot below is nothing...there are many times when he falls asleep it looks as though his face is smashed into the mattress. He will often wake up in a pool of drool...and he is quite unhappy.

He is starting to roll around as a means of transportation, and manages to roll into various odd locations in the house. It is pretty entertaining!

Election Day

Happy Halloween!

It's the Great Big Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!

Pumpkin Patch

It was a crazy trip to the Pumpkin Patch this morning...Surprise guests like Uncle Phil accompanied us. Hit a lot of traffic on the way there, but made it in time to see Auntie D and Baby Z, along with our other dear friends.

Pumpkins, hay, trains, and manure everywhere....we did score this FUN picture...

October Fun

It's All Relative...

This is a playgroup I go to every so often.
From left to right is: Doubt, Charlotte, Lyla, and Peter.
To put things in perspective, Doubt and Peter are about 1 HOUR apart!

Peter wondering if he should suck on his fingers too....
You may remember Baby C....

Kickin' it with the ladies...

We visited Gramps and Omi for dinner one night this month. It was really fun.
It was our first visit where we all felt like Peter was taking more notice of his surroundings. Kind of like, "SO this is where Omi and Gramps live!!"

I have been been busy growing some toothipicks!!

This is a typical Sunday at church, chatting with Gramps.

More fun with gramps. I love 'em!!


One evening I came home to this scene...It was SO cute, I had to document it.

One of our many walks. It was a little cold outside, so I thought I would put on a beanie just to be safe...This one was made by Auntie J. I think it is a little small....during the walk he ended up pulling it off his head. I carefully watched his movements during our entire walk because I had already "lost" some teething rings. Apparently, Peter had been just dropping the rings off onto the sidewalk during our walks, me none the wiser. I resolved to not lose the precious beanie.

Of course, we got home, and the beanie was nowhere to be found. Tragedy! I had already unpacked him from the jogger, so we took a gander up the street. Thankfully, it was laying on the sidewalk a few houses down. Beanie recovered!

Today we thought we would take Peter (and the dogs) to the park so Peter could enjoy his first ride in a swing.....

I'm not too sure about this??

This is fun!!

Still enjoys bathtime....

Peter particularly enjoys Mr. Froggie.
He makes a ribbit ribbit sound and he smiles every time.

****A thank you to Omi for all of her wonderful picture taking this month....I can't take credit for the teeth shot!!