He crawls!

Batten down the hatches...this boy finally learned to crawl!

 And boy is he happy to be getting around on his own.

Of course we are finding him everywhere, getting into everything.

Halloween 2013

This year Tavish decided to be a pumpkin...originally he had wanted to be something else (I can't remeber now what it was) but decided it was too scary and wanted to be a pumpkin instead. So cute.

At preschool they had a Halloween parade at the end of school which the parents were invited to attend.

For some reason this pumpkin's hat ended up laying on his head. 

 In the evening we like to start our trick-or-treating at Auntie Lana's house...

 with crazy Uncle Joe.

` You may remember this monster from 4 years ago...

just a different baby.

I still love this costume!

Then trick-or-treating around Auntie Lana's neighborhood.

We had a slow start because we were a bit early, but we had fun and then headed home and did some more trick-or-treating around our neighborhood with the neighbor boys. 

Pumpkins!

This year's pumpkins...the spider turned out the best. the bottom right one is supposed to be Frankenstein which looked cool on the pattern but not so much on the pumpkin. I'm still sold on the whole following a pattern thing though. And I think we need to re-institute the pumpkin-carving party because otherwise it's a rushed affair with pretty indifferent little boys and a big boy who wants to get back to his football game.

Convos at church

We are sitting in the chapel at church during the service when Tavish notices the wall behind the pulpit has bricks that stick out in a repetitive pattern for decoration.

Tavish:  I bet Spiderman could climb up that wall!
Me:  I bet he could!
Tavish:  Do you think he'll climb up it today???
Me:  Probably not, it's the Primary program today.

FYI...Tavish delivered his two sentence line perfectly during the Primary program (he had memorized it and we could see him tell the Primary president he didn't need any help when it was his turn) and then proceeded to wave his arms all over the place (multiple times!) to get our attention while sitting on the stand with his classmates. Rafal and I were dying laughing...but trying not to let him see it :) Crazy, naughty boy!

Nine Months

Paxton, at nine months is getting ready to crawl...he gets on his hands and knees and will even rock back and forth a little but no forward motion yet. We are trying to enjoy the find-him-where-you-leave-him phase for as long as we can. And he is still able to sleep on the fly for the most part...or crash on the floor. However he has started waking up at night and screaming until he throws up if you try to ignore him and then stays awake for a couple of hours. Not fun. My friends from work say it's a nine month thing but I sure don't remember that with Tavish...maybe it's selective memory. He is also a gagger when you feed him...it's a texture thing and there is also a fine line between enough and too much. I've never been a fan of blonde hair and blue eyes but it's pretty hard not to love it on this guy! There is still a tiny ring of green around the pupils. Adorable.

Eight Months

I will probably never tire of pictures of babies crying and the funny faces they make...
At eight months Paxton loves to be held and while being held he likes to pinch the fat on the back of your arm. He refuses to lay his head on your shoulder for more than the briefest second, if its longer than that he is sick or exhausted and then its probably for about three seconds. He also is not a cuddler, he will allow you to cuddle him to sleep but he does not cuddle you. He does cuddle his blanket though and gets very excited when he sees it. And yes he is still a stud muffin and probably will be for a while.

Homework

Tavish's first homework assignment was a self-portrait...here's what he drew. I can't tell you how much I love this! He has just recently moved from drawing checklists and sound waves to drawing smiley faces. I love that he actually drew himself smiling (the other day he told me he likes to be grumpy...and not for the first time). I love that he thinks his hair is that crazy. I love the round eyes and button nose. And BTW red is the new favorite color...in case you couldn't tell.