What else does he know?

We were sitting on the couch last night when Hunter randomly said......

What else does he have stored in that head of his???

Another fun fall weekend

These weekends have been so action packed, fun but tiring. This weekend we went for an early dinner to Rachel and Todd's house. Hunter loves to go there, they have sooo many toys, their living room is one of two playrooms. He disappears the minute we get there and isn't heard from again. He also loves their son Reagan, as you can see from the picture, they have a great time together.



Sunday was the annual Halloween parade which has just gotten huge in recent years. After the parade there is a big cookout with a band etc and is a great time for the kids.

My parents came for the day and babysat last night while we went out for a great dinner to celebrate our 6th anniversary. Thank you so much!!

7 Months Old

Luke is 7 months old! Many new developments in such a short time. He now can officially clap (although he actually started at 6 months, but since I was the only one to see it, and everyone gave me a hard time since only the mother saw it I am only mentioning it now,) and crawl, and he got his first tooth on the bottom left.

We also took him to the ENT and the doctor recommends tubes. He has fluid in his ear that isn't going away. He also said that since the fluid can cause discomfort we shouldn't try any sleep training like cry it out until that is resolved. So......Luke isn't sleeping well, still up every 3 hours at least. I am going to get a second opinion regarding the tubes, this doctor just seemed a little too nonchalant about putting tubes into a 7 month old for my taste.


Now back to the crawling, so he isn't in full on sprint mode yet, but in the last couple of days he went from mainly crawling backwards, and always ending up under the couch, see pic, to being able to make forward progress. Hunter thinks it is cute now, but he is already tired of Luke stealing his trains from the track and messing with his things!

Luke is still a very happy content little guy....yeah!

He cracked the system

So Hunter begrudgingly puts on his school uniform without much fuss most days. He has found that he can wear what he wants as long as it is under the light blue polo shirt. So he usually chooses to wear another t-shirt underneath (something he would want to wear.) Today he pushed the limits, a striped t-shirt, then his Penn State football jersey, then the light blue polo. He looked huge! But he was happy, and that is the bottom line.

Can I be any cuter?

Life is about to change

I think we are weeks away from our life getting much more difficult, Luke is determined to crawl and is already pulling himself to reach anything Hunter has. This morning he was up on his hands and knees.

Great Fall Weekends

Two weekends ago Patty came to visit and was treated to an action packed weekend. Saturday was the Delray Arts Festival, which is always something we look forward to. Hunter had a great time and we spent a good part of the day there. On Sunday they went to the Union Station Centennial Celebration and got to tour current and historic trains. Unfortunately, Luke was battling his ear infection and reacting to the medication, so we had to stay home.

This weekend we went to a great block party where one of Hunter's friends from school lives. They had 4 bands, great food and so many friends for Hunter to play with. I told him that there was going to be music and dancing and he said "I'm going to get crazy!" Sure enough he was dancing up a storm with all his friends.

On Sunday we went to the pumpkin patch to pick our pumpkins and apples and take a hayride. The weather was perfect, hot for this time of year and sunny.


We then went to the Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary for their annual open house. They care for rescued farm animals and wildlife. We got to see pigs, cows, goats, sheep, turkeys and chickens up close. Since Hunter is afraid of dogs, having an adult pig next to him was a bit much for him, but seeing the animals from behind a fence was great fun. Fall is such a great time in this area, there is so much to do!

Ants

We have had a tough battle with ants this season...all the toddler crumbs aren't helping. We thought we had them beat until last night. Kerry and I were eating dinner and noticed ants crawling on the kitchen table. I followed their trail which led straight to the plantation shutter where Hunter typically sits. I opened it only to find a half eaten quesadilla stuck between the shutter and the window. He is always working against me!!