Fall Photos

Here are the photos we had done for our Christmas card this year.

Alex’s New Skills

Alex has started grabbing on to toys, clothes, us… whatever is near him.  He is doing a great job honing those motor skills.  We started giving him toys while he is sitting in a chair so he can practice picking things up.  Already he has transferred a toy from one hand to another.  Also he is very fond of the fingers on his left hand (sound familiar?) and sucks them to sooth himself.  He has started drooling excessively and putting toys in his mouth too.  He might be trying to beat his sisters record for earliest first tooth.

Also Alex has lots of new baby toys but he still likes the old standards like the classic ladybug.

Tummy Time with Alex

http://youtu.be/J8tknQ7zewE

Halloween 2014

For Halloween this year we dressed up as Brooke’s favorite character – Curious George.  I was the Man in the Yellow Hat with my lovely wife Mrs. Yellow Hat and our baby banana. Thursday evening we went to library Halloween party and trick or treating inside the library.  Friday morning Laura took the kids to Stroller Strides for stroller trick or treating after class.  Then we had a great time officially trick or treating in the neighborhood that night.  This is the best street we’ve ever lived on and every neighbor was sitting in their driveway (even the ones without children) on lawn chairs with bowls of candy to give the kids.  Two houses were decorated as haunted houses with sounds effects, and many more were decorated in a family friendly fall scarecrow fashion.  It was a great time to socialize with our neighbors. Brooke enjoyed the spoils of her night as the cutest monkey on the block.

http://youtu.be/NQre11yk9DE