Halloween Fun

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween. We had fun with Anderson!! He was the cutest giraffe (thanks Grandma Shorty for the the costume)! We took him around the block and then to a couple of friend's houses. Below are some pictures and videos of Anderson trick or treating on Halloween.

Carving Pumpkins

We (me, Grandma Shorty, and Grandpa Mark) carved some pumpkins in the afternoon on Halloween. Why so late...you ask. Oh, because every year the squirrels go crazy with the pumpkins and stock up for the winter. They completely hollow them out...it's gross. So...this year after feeding the squirrels two pumpkins already we decided not to carve any till Halloween so that we could put them out right before the trick or treater's came to collect some candy. They turned out pretty good! Anderson had a good time touching (and eating some seeds).

I don't like that...

I haven't posted much this month!! It's been busy...Brad is at the end of 22 days in a row of work. It's hard to hold down the fort and be effective at work when he's not around. So...my apologizes! Hopefully things will slow down a bit in November.

Anderson's taste buds are developing!! He used to eat anything that I put in front of him. However, I'm trying more textures and foods now...so, he has started spitting out what he doesn't want. It's so funny to watch his little tongue work the food around his mouth! My good friend, Shannon, said "just wait till he starts spraying it out". Does that really happen?!?!

Some funny videos...

Anderson has been cracking us up lately...check out these funny moments that fill our lives!!

Look what we found...

Anderson went down for his morning nap at 9am today...we heard him talking and talking and talking and the getting very excited. So...we decided to go check on him to see what was going on. This is how we found him...of course, with a huge smile on his face.

"Look at me...I'm standing up now!"

Is this really starting already?!?!?!? I thought we had at least a month or so left...now its definitely time to baby proof the house!

Our Little Rascal

Anderson is definitely showing his personality lately!! He LOVES to explore the house and now that he can crawl it has opened up a whole new world. He's so attentive to new objects and seems to prefer all of the adult toys (books, cell phones, remote controls) and animal toys over all of his brightly colored baby toys. We have hard woods upstairs so every morning I lay out this great (and brightly colored) mat along with several toys for Anderson to play with. Without fail, the first thing he does when I put him on the mat to play is crawl off of it and on to the hard woods to play with the books on the shelve or the large and very dangerous mirror that leaning against the wall. The behaviorist in me says...just put him back on the mat and with enough repetition he'll figure out that it is here he plays...however...it's not working!

He also has been playing around more that eating when its time for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. He gives about half of the puffs to Bella and giggles as she licks his hands and face to get any left over rice cereal or half soaked puffs. He also bites down on the spoon when we are feeding him so that we can't pull it out. Then, starts smiling...too cute.

Anderson biting down on the spoon so that I can't get it out and thinking he's so smart!!

Anderson exploring the cat and dog toys...it's ok...it builds up his immune system!

What a funny guy!!

He's on the move...