Ball Pit Fun!

For his birthday, A got this neat ball pit and climbing thing from his Godmother. He loves it, and often seeks it out, but here I caught him actually using the stairs. This was Aug 26.

Friend's Birthday

A's Girlfriend's birthday party was on August 17. Her Mommy and Daddy threw her a fun party, and were so very smart to have lots of toys for Girlfriend's friends! This wasn't too long after A's first haircut, which explains the extra short bangs.

Water skiing

We stayed at Grammi and Grampy's in August and Grampy took us all water skiing. This was August 9 or so.

County Fair

Oh boy does my "little" camera have quite the backlog of pictures. This was our trip to the Middlesex County Fair on August 8! Woops.

Way Back WHENsDAY!!

I remembered!! WOOHOO!

This series was taken on October 25. The outfit was a gift from one of M's coworkers, and I just loved it--it was so cute and so perfect for the fall season.

It's so funny--A was clearly starting to look like himself, but yet he looks so very different. I can't believe how thin his hair was, but also remember that it was even worse when we started using the living room as our family room (around NJEA when Grammi and Grampy came to visit).

It's funny, looking back at these pictures. Although I feel like we haven't done much to the house, since we are definitely taking it slowly but surely, you can see the old wall color, and the color our couches are underneath the now present slipcovers.

Goose Egg

You can't really see it very clearly in his pictures, but A has a big bruise over his left eye. He fell at school and has a nasty bruise. It didn't seem to hurt him too much, at least not afternoon, so hopefully it just LOOKS worse than it feels!

Picture People; take 2

Daddy came this time, and Daddy makes all the difference. We got some great pictures this time around, especially once we sat him on the basket. It took a little bit of warming up, but we had a great photographer, who was willing to work with us and let A warm up. Hooray for Bridgewater!!

Thanks, Best Bud's Mom for the bucket! It was a big hit this time around!

Ps--Is anyone else impressed that all the clothes worn in these cost less than $15 COMBINED?

Picture People

We're really lucky that there are so many PPs close to us. We've had so many times where A wears this face, or a similar one, there, and we're able to go back and try again.

The women were trying to persuade us to buy the second one, saying she was going to enter it to get it on their wall at Picture People, and that SHE would buy it if it were her kid. YEAH RIGHT.

But doesn't his costume look AWESOME?

Retiring the new toy

So that toy I was so proud of getting for $3? You see here The Boy's new favorite way to use it. I love his expression in this picture.

He isn't wearing pants for a very good reason. He fights and screams like a banshee on the changing table. His daddy didn't feel like fighting anymore after changing the diaper.

Fall BBQ

Yesterday, we went to an outdoor BBQ held by one of M's new coworkers. She lives in the middle of a state forest, and they have a BBQ clearing that overlooks a pond. She had some fantastic decorations, and A was a great model. There were lots of dogs there, and A got LOTS of kisses.

Apple Picking

The long awaited apple picking pictures have arrived!

What's that I see?

A has two teeth poking through! He is FINALLY get his top two teeth, and I can see and feel them both!

WOOOOOOOOOOO for teeth!

Today, we went to Picture People to try to take Halloween costume pictures. Once again, they made us wait FOREVER, so by the time it was our appointment, he was a royal cranky pants. He was actually standing for a good 20-30 seconds unassisted (because he was so intrigued by Best Bud, I believe), but the photographer was so busy setting up the scene that he missed it.

A does seem to love his costume, but he got SO warm in it, I think he'll have to Go Go Naked underneath. He was most definitely the talk of the PP studio, though. Like I said, he was in great form as we waited, largely because of Best Bud and the large number of kids around.