Trick or Treat!

Mom had her hernia repair surgery yesterday, so Dad stayed home from work to take care of me today. We both dressed up in our Halloween costumes and headed to my Dad's workplace for trick-or-treating. I was a fish and Dad pretended to be the fisherman that caught me! I liked to hold the fishing pole all by myself. Dad borrowed Grampie McMahon's waders and fishing vest and wore Jay's silly fishing hat. I'm too little to eat candy yet, but I'm sure that my Dad will find something to do with it!

Uh-oh, Cheerios...

Here's me eating my very first Cheerio...guess I'm officially growing up now! I've been trying lots of real food lately - my favorites are shredded cheese and Gerber yogurt melts. I haven't found anything yet that I really don't like - I guess my tummy takes after my Mom's! Mom let me have half of her pickle to play with the other day and, much to her surprise, I loved it and ate all of the soft part (she had to fish the hard skin out of my mouth so I wouldn't choke on it even though I wanted to eat it too). I'm getting really good at picking up stuff with my pincer fingers now and putting it into my mouth, but I still have a hard time with slippery, slimey fruits.

Fish Out of Water

Today was Halloween costume day at baby class. Everybody liked my fishy disguise that Mom bought at a consignment shop when we were visiting Grampie in Massachusetts. It took up most of her suitcase on the way home! After we sang the "Hello" song, my baby friends and I got to parade around the hospital to show off our cute costumes to the labor and delivery nurses.

Dad is going to take me to the trick-or-treating and costume contest at his work on Friday. He's going to dress up like a fisherman and pretend that he caught me!

Time flies!

Wow - it's been a month since I updated my photos...I guess I've been busy! I'm over 8 months old now and am an expert crawler, although sometimes I try to crawl too fast and trip over my hands. I love to stand up holding onto whatever couch, gate, leg, etc is closest to me. I'd like to play with the doggie, but he doesn't like me so I only get to watch him from a distance. I've done lots of fun things this month...

I hosted Thursday night playgroup at my house and Nadia, Kirin, Shaun and Lucas came. We had fun, but I always cry when it's time to take the group photo, especially when Kirin bops me on the head.

Grandma Ottele brought cousin Riley up to visit. I shared my toys with him and he showed me how to escape from my play yard. I went to a pumpkin patch with my friends Casey and Little Maddie (our names sound the same so they call me Big Mady). I was still getting over my very first cold, so I was sort of grumpy, but Mom still got some cute photos.

I went to Leavenworth for Oktoberfest and we stayed in a cabin with Grammie and Grampie McMahon. I wore the Hershey Kiss hat that Mom crocheted for me and it was a bit hit in town! We stopped at a fun market and played with the swing, pumpkins and animals too.