Playing with tractors

Great grandpa arranged for Chris and Xander to go out on the combine again this year. Of course they had a great time and Xander keeps talking about it.

Getting to ride in Great grandpa's truck

I can just imagine Xander shaking with excitement
Corn!

More tractor fun

Thanks to Great Grandpa for arranging a fun day for the boys!

Zonked out!

Really goofy boys!

Xander showing off his legs in high heels
quite the set of gams he has

Bucket head brothers

or Shriners :)

Boo Bash

We took the boys to Grand Avenue in St. Paul for Boo Bash. Trick or treating down the avenue with all the other little ones. Great fun, until the massive tantrum!

Oh no, there is a jaguar stalking that giraffe!

One lazy jaguar that wanted to be pushed, not walk

Nate the giraffe is ready for a nap

Halloween Party

We went to a playgroup Halloween party at Michelle and Calvin's house in Farmington. I stayed inside with Nate a lot and so didn't get many photos, but we had a lot of fun. The husbands were all with as well and there was good food, tractor ride and playing with chickens. It was the best party! I hope to have more photos to post soon.

cute photo, huh?

Nate hanging out with buddy, Tyler

Getting mobile

Only 6 months and already working hard on learning to crawl. Good grief, we are in trouble!

The look of trouble!

Prunes

I had started feeding Nathan some solid foods - he had tried bananas, pears, apple sauce and a little oatmeal. So far he wasn't over excited about it but would eat a teaspoon or so. Unfortunately, his system didn't seem to like the food and he got a bit...backed up. After a few days, I offered him some prunes in order to get things moving.

looks disgusting, but he seemed to like them

Goofy boys

just hanging out and being goofy

Apple Jack Orchards

The kids in the chain maze

cute little ghost boy

Xander can't decide on a pumpkin and must touch ALL of them

That is one big pumpkin and yet Nate seems unimpressed

Taking a tractor ride tour around the orchard

What a cool dude

Xander loved going for a tractor ride with daddy

Our little boy is really into rockets right now and chose to have one painted on his face

Squeaky clean

hanging out with daddy

scrub-a-dub

naked playtime - a chance to air dry

Teething and still no tooth!

He has been drooling and gnawing since 4 months old, and it still hasn't poked through yet. I can even feel the top of the teeth under there. Not that he is a crabby baby about it or anything. He is a still so happy and sweet!

Chew!
Chew some more!

Looking for something else to chew on

Open House at Xander's preschool

Xander's preschool had an open house so the kids could show off their classroom and all that they do to their family. He was just excited to spend a little extra time doing all the things he likes to do in class and he barely knew we were there!

getting a closer look at the fish

showing us the colored beads and blocks

running around the gym

Last fishing trip of the season

It was a beautiful day so the boys headed out on the boat one last time. Xander LOVES spending time on grandpa's boat!

fishing with grandpa

helping drive the boat

with his cute little fishing pole

Xander's favorite part - picnic on the boat

Posing with Xander's catch (squint hard!)

Trophy fish!

Nate's 6 month appointment

Waiting to see the doctor
"If you weren't so pretty, I would be crying right now"

Final numbers (drum roll please!)...... 19 lbs. 2 oz. and 28 1/4 inches long.

I will add Xander's number on for comparison as soon as I can track down his baby book. :)

Nate's new high chair

After much hullabaloo, we finally got Nate's new high chair. It was not the one we had ordered, but since that one came out of the box broken and unusable, and it was a discontinued style, we were happy to settle for the one the company sent us to replace it. It is bright and fun and totally adjustable. Now all we have to do is start giving the kid some food!

For now, content to just hang out at the table and practice

Xander give it two thumbs up!

A little lotion goes a long way

Apparently he thought his skin was a little dry and he needed to get into the lotion. He had a feeling I wasn't going to be too happy with him. The only thing I could do when I saw him was go to grab the camera.

lotion on the floor...
all over his hands and face

yum!