First Trick or Treat

I felt pretty bad torturing Drew with that heavy bear costume, so I found the bumble bee at Target and decided I would use it as a back up if it was too hot out. And today was rather warm so I decided to go with the bee. He seemed a little happier in the lighter outfit. Earlier in the day he wore his "baby's first boo" shirt and pumpkin shoes. The shoes didn't fit too well (I guess that's what you get for $2.99 slippers) and they fell off everywhere we went - I lost them at the gym, in the grocery store parking lot, produce isle, frezer isle, checkout...I am surprised they made it until the end of the day.

Drew went trick-or-treating at his cousins house and got to see Margaret in her costume. She made a beautiful fairy! They even had a special treat for Drew since he couldn't eat the candy - a stuffed doggie, what a lucky boy!

Last year, much to my dissapointment, we got NO trick-or-treaters. This year, I was praying for none so Drew wasn't kept up by the doorbell and the dog barking. I just didn't have the heart to shut off the lights, so I put a basket of candy on the front steps. I once again over bought candy, but I just checked the basket and it has a pretty good dent in it. Not sure if it was several children or just a few children taking lots of candy. Either way, I am glad not to have leftovers in the house.

First Words!!

Drew spoke his first words today: "I love you Mommy!" Ok, not really...his first words were DaDa. He woke up in the morning moving his mouth kind of funny. Andy and I chalked it up to his cold. Later in the day I could hear him whispering dada. Eventually it got louder and louder. He kept asking for dada so we drove to visit Andy at work so that he could hear it himself. Daddy couldn't be prouder! It is so precious to hear his little voice form words. He is also saying Hi, Dada. We figure that all the time we have spent trying to teach him to wave hello while saying "hi daddy" made him pick up on the words. Unfortunatly, I am unable to post the video of this momentus occasion. (Apparently HD video is not compatible, but we will eventually figure it out.) Until then, you will just have to imaging the sweetest voice in the world whispering "DaDa"

"PPPLLLTTT"

This is what it looks like when Drew decides to blow raspberries with a mouthfull of food. He got such a kick out of spitting all over me. He is really getting pretty good at keeping himself amused. This is making naptime quite challenging. When I put him down he usually pops right up and shakes on the crib, laughs, blows rasperries, bangs on the walls, runs his pacifier along the rails like a prisioner....you name it and he is up to it. It sounds like the Three Stooges are up in his room.

YEAH DREW!

GRAND SLAM!! FINALLY, J.D. DREW DID SOMETHING FOR THE RED SOX! NOW I CAN BUY DREW A 'DREW' JERSEY.

My Little Pumpkin

I had to back-date this post because it was last Sunday, but this was our trip to the farm for pumpkins. I love this farm, but I really wanted to take him to the farm stand that I used to go to when I was a kid. I was so dissapointed when we drove by the dilapidated Cooks farm stand located right next to a development of mcmansions called "Cooks Farm Estates". Oh well, I guess we will have our own tradition of going to Tangerinis Farm for pumpkins...and they have ice cream!
**If you click on the picture to enlarge, you can see his teeth (he now has 6)

Haunted Train Ride!

Today was the annual "Haunted Train Ride" in town. We put Drew in his costume and went to enjoy the festivities. There is a small train that goes through the woods and they set up spooky displays and people pop out at us. (We went early so it was still light out and not so spooky, but we had a blast!). It is on the street that is behind our house- if you go far through the woods- and we now realized what the crazy noises were that we heard through the woods last year.

It was so fun to get Drew dressed up. Unfortunately he really didn't like the bear ears so they sat kind of far up on his head but he was such a good boy with that big fuzzy costume. He had a great time, except for the fight that he got in with Zorro - apparently the kid didn't want "that baby staring at him" and he made Drew cry - but don't worry mommy shoved the kid (just kidding, but i kind of wanted to..)

Drew Bear and Momma Bear in the caboose

It would be pretty frightenting in the dark. People jumping out, chainsaws, fire! I don't know if Drew will do so well next year.
Much happier now that the bear ears are off! Well, I hope he gets used to them because I have a few more Halloween outings lined up...sorry honey, but you are a very cute Brown Bear!

Playground

"Higher Daddy, higher!"

The weather was beautiful this afternoon and we realized after walking home in the dark last night that we don't have many days like this left so we took Drew to the "Playspace" in town. He had so much fun on the bucket swing, the see-saw, the slides and the cars.

This see-saw was perfect for Drew because lately all he does is jump up and down. It was on a spring so it was just right for bouncing!

Drew's favorite part was the little car that was just his size. He had a blast while daddy pushed him around. I was laughing so hard that I was crying. I can't believe that my baby is old enough for one of these. Andy was so excited to see him enjoy this toy that he wanted to run out during his nap and buy one.

Now there are 2 cousins driving around town...watch out! (congratulations Nick for passing the driving test!)