Monday, November 2, 2009

Halloween Fun!

We had a last minute costume change for Carter this year. Originally, he wanted to be a football player, like last year....

But, when it was time to paint his face, he wasn't feeling it. He decided he wanted to builder instead. Luckily, I was able to round up some builder gear.



Cannon stuck to his original plan and went as a football player.

We went to the "fall festibal" (as Carter called it) a the local elementary school. Carter met up with his friend, Brooke.
Brooke, Carter, and Austin are having some sort of meeting.
Carter went down this slide MANY times.

Carter's pitch looks a little wild, but surprisingly accurate. I don't think the guy helping out knew that at first though.


After the "festibal" it was time to head to Grammiki's house to man the crazies trick-or-treating event I have ever seen.

Carter was making sure he had all of his tools ready.

Cannon was just happy.
Apparently, her street is the place to be on Haloween. This is just the beginning. I would have taken pictures of the masses, but we were too busy handing out candy. People even decorate flatbed trailers to haul the trick or treaters around.

We sat out in her yard, there is no point in waiting for someone to knock at the door, it never stops.


Carter and Cannon enjoyed handing out candy (eating it, really).

Lots of candy made Carter feel extra cuddly.


Cannon didn't get to eat candy, but he didn't seem to mind.

Last Haloween, we were just three days away from Cannon being born!


And here he is, almost one year later!

I'm on to you...

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Multitasking

Aggie football player



Wearing a tiger mask



talking on the phone



drinking chocolate milk



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Monday, October 26, 2009

Blue Sky & Green Grass

Quite the opposite from today, which is cold and dreary. These were taken back in September.












Sunday, October 18, 2009

Cheese!



Carter rarely poses for pictures anymore. Wait, let me rephrase that - he rarely poses and smiles for pictures anymore.

This past Thursday at the library was an exception when he politely insisted I take his picture.



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Monday, October 5, 2009

Just being cute...

Cannon looking at Grammiki's backyard.  Maybe the roosters are out there...
He's been spending more time standing on his own.  And smiling, of course.  
He loves the circus train!


Just another day for Carter in the camo overalls.  Now we have added the Aggie football jersey.  


What?  My shoes are on the wrong feet?


Saturday, October 3, 2009

Cannon is 11 months old!!

Cannon celebrated his 11 month birthday today by eating his first chocolate chip cookie and learning how to go from sitting to standing...without holding on to anything.





A few highlights from the past month.
-Cannon is very eager to talk. He says cracker "a-der", daddy, mama, baba, hi, doggie "da-de", thank you "a-doo", night night "na-na", and probably a lot of other things that we haven't caught on to yet. He babbles in "sentences" and will try to say whatever you ask him to.



- He has dropped his morning nap and now takes just one nap from about 12:00-2:30. He sleeps a little better at night, but hasn't slept through the night officially. Yawn. Next week we will be rolling out Kim West's "Good Night Sleep Tight" strategy. We did of with Carter around the same age and it worked great.


- He can crawl at warp speed, cruises the furniture, walks with his walker or while holding our hands, and is standing alone at times. I found him standing in the living room today with nothing close by that could have helped him up!!



-He now has 6 teeth. He loves to feed himself, with his hands of course, and eats pretty much whatever we eat. And he can put it down. Just look at that belly!



-He is still laid back about most things, but we have had a few days where he wanted to be held all day. Thank goodness for my sling! The extra cuddles sure are nice though.





- He enjoys being outside and we often go swing by the pond in the mornings.



-He loves music and has great rythym! His favorite book is "Baby colors" which has pictures of cite babies. Be seems to like the cute Hispanic baby girl the best...she is pretty cute!



Happy 11 months Cannon!!



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Friday, September 25, 2009

A new storyline


Carter was pretending that Cannon was a giant attacking his fire station....



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Today

Enjoying the sunshine...











And the water hose...






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Friday, September 4, 2009

Cannon is 10 months old!

Yesterday, Cannon turned 10 months old! More on what he has been up to later. But here is the latest.






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