{nine} months old...

This is REALLY late but I wanted to do something quick for Grayson's 9 month post... We just had his 9 month check up yesterday due to re-scheduling several times to work within Charlie and I's work schedule, blah... So his stats are 23 lbs (just under 90th percentile) and I think we was 29" (it was 95th percentile). So he is smaller than Chase but still a big boy :) He did get his first tooth finally this month which is a big deal! I swear he has been teething forever. I'm shocked the other ones haven't popped thru yet, but I'm sure they will soon enough. And I'm sure he will smile when they do. This kid could not be any happier... We went in for his check up to discover that he had an ear infection in both ears (we think that one hadn't cleared from the week before) and was wheezing away and you would never know it other than him being a little clingy the past couple of days...

His 10 month birthday is next week so I will do a real post then...

Grayson's First Halloween {Roar}...

So this was Grayon's first Halloween, so crazy! We were lucky enough to find an adorable Lion costume from a friend to borrow since we didn't have one from Chase already (I think we borrowed one for him too?). Grayson and I hung back on Halloween to give our candy while Charlie took Audrey and Chase out trick or treaking. I put his costume on to take some pictures and he humored me for way longer than I had expected. The costume was huge on him but so stinkin' cute and it didn't bother him at all. Don't you just want to give him a big hug???

The Ballerina and the Police Man...

So Halloween 2012 was a success... Audrey and Chase had a blast this year, both leading up to it and the night of. They are at great ages for this kind of stuff and it is hard not to get excited when you are around them. They both decided what they wanted to be awhile ago, and I was concerned they would change their minds but they stayed with their original picks thank goodness. They had a blast trick or treating and got tons of candy of course. Chase could finally keep up this year which makes it a little easier. Apparently they told houses that Chase couldn't have peanuts because he was allergic which is hilarious to me (especially since he came home with tons of peanut candy!).

Audrey decided to be a ballerina this year. As she put it she has already been a fairy, so it was time to be a ballerina. I couldn't have been happier because what an easy costume! I ended up making her tu-tu but everything else we already had from ballet class...

Chase announced one night at dinner he wanted to be a police man. I did a double take, what do you want to be. He was very clear that it was a police man. The kid has never in his life talked about a police man, but he loved every minute of it and looked pretty darn cute...

And then there was the lion, I'll give him his own post...

Grayson and the Pumpkins...

I love the apple orchard for many reasons, but the main one is the pictures I get of my kids. And one of my favorite pictures of my kids is when they are babies being plopped in the middle of the pumpkins that they sell. It was raining and wet, but I decided to go the bad mom route and try and get some of Grayson while we were there. He is at a tough age where he doesn't sit still or really look at the camera as much on call, but I managed a few which is all I needed... LOVE...

A Rainy Day at the Apply Orchard...

We had one shot to go to the apple orchard this year due to a busy fall schedule (soccer on Saturday's at 1 pm was a bit tough). We of course woke up to rain that day, which was a bummer. Charlie and I decided to go anyways and take our chance with it clearing up since the kids were really excited to go (and so was I!). It was not an ideal day to go, but we managed to apple pick between the rain falls and the orchard wasn't as crowded as usual due to the weather so there was a silver lining. We had a lot of fun regardless. It took us a little while to find trees with apples on them (apparently we went late in the season?) but once we did the kids picked (& ate) like pros.

Yumm-o!!

 

This picture reminds me of a Ralph Lauren ad... Too cute...

 The yearly tractor pictures, a little tough to get in the rain but we managed...

Pumpkin Patch...

We have had a tough time this fall making it to the Apple Orchard due to weekend activities and crappy weather we have been having. The Apple Orchard is by far one of my favorite family activities (and picture taking opps) so this has bummed me out. The kids have been dying to so something fall-y so last weekend we headed to a pumpkin patch down the road to try and get our fill. We had never been because we always get our pumpkins at the Apple Orchard, but I'm glad we went. It was a perfect activity for the kids, they got to pick their own pumpkin from the vine and go on a hayride. Oh and pull the pumpkins in a wagon, I mean what more do you need?

These have some how become the picture poses for Audrey and Chase, not so sure what I think about it...

 

 

Somehow we ended up with more pumpkins than people in our family...

{eight} months...

My blue eyed boy turned 8 months old this past week. To put what he is doing right now simply, he is ALL over the place and puts ANYTHING in his mouth that happens to have found its way to the floor. Seriously the kid is garbage disposal it is unbelievable. We are lucky because he doesn't swallow most stuff (though we did have a leaf incident a couple of weeks ago), but I am constantly doing the finger swipe in his mouth and it is amazing the stuff I find in there. You are probably saying "why do you have all of this stuff on your floor if you son is crawling?". Good point, and my answer is I have 3 kids and I can't keep up. So he will survive and I think he is having fun keeping us on our toes. He very quickly went from crawling to pulling himself up on anything and everything he can find. He is not furniture walking, though the set up in our house is not conducive for this so we will see what he does next.

He continues to be an awesome eater and we have ventured into a good amount of finger foods which I am happy about. I am being a little bit cautious as the kid still has no teeth (a little strange as the other kids definitely got them around 7 months) but it really doesn't seem to bother him. He loves food and his face lights up when he realized you are feeding him. He is kind of over his bottle which is interesting to me and another thing I don't remember from the other 2. He has had a ton of different veggies, green beans, broccoli, carrots, etc. and while he may make a face he never spits anything out.

Have I said how much I love this kid????