Happy Halloween

I took the afternoon off and picked up Destry to go see Tiff at work for Halloween. Tiff's company really gets into Halloween. Each group dresses up and decorates with a theme. Tiff's group was the military, complete with tents, a ship and command center. There was also Pirates of the Caribbean, Mad Max, Monopoly, Peanuts, A Bug's Life, M*A*S*H and many others. It was amazing the work they put into their costumes and decorations. In the afternoon, everyone can have their kids come in to go Trick-or-Treating. The kids go to all the cubicles in each area to get candy. Destry dressed up in his Yoda costume so he could collect lots of candy for mom and dad. He (we) made out quite nicely. We all had a great time but were exhaused from carrying an 18 pound boy around for 2 hours.

Look Out World, He's Mobile

Little Destry starting crawling on Tuesday. We knew it was coming but were still quite surprised. On Tuesday night Tiff saw him take a few "steps". Later that night I saw him take a few in his crib. The next morning when I went to get him up, I saw him crawl the full length of his crib. That night when we got home from work, he was crawling all over the place.

Six Month Portaits

We got Destry's six month portraits taken this weekend. You can check them out in the photo gallery or click here: Six Month Portraits.

Sweet Potatoes

On Saturday we started feeding Destry Jr vegetables. We decided to start with sweet potatoes. How did he do? Well, as you can see in the photos below, it was a bit rough at first. But by the end, he loved them. He now eats them like anything else and likes to try to feed himself. I think next week we will try squash.

Happy 1/2 Year Birthday!

That's right, Little Destry turned six months old this week. How did he celebrate? He started sitting up last Sunday, got his first tooth and went to the doctor on Tuesday, started eating vegetables on Saturday, got portaits taken today and got a second tooth tonight. Busy week huh? He also is SO CLOSE to crawling that we thought he would add it to his week of accomplishments. We don't have any photos of his new choppers though, he barely lets us get a look at them let alone get a picture. We did get him a fun new toy for his six months birthday. He loves to play with it but sometimes it scares him a bit. Here are some pictures of him playing with it.

6th Month Stats

Destry's Dr. appointment was today and it went great. Officially he's 17 lbs 6 oz (50%), and 27 1/8th (76%) inches long. Destry and I are wondering how is it that two shorties have a kid in the 76th percentile for height? We'll see how long it lasts!

Little D had so much fun waiting in the room ripping up the paper and looking in the mirror. He was having so much fun he fell forward and hit his head and got his first of many bumps on his head. It turned red and left a little mark, but before going to bed we could barely see it. Dr. Sliman said he is growing perfectly and is right on in his development. He's sitting up, cut his first tooth, grabbing his toys, learning to use a sippy cup, getting close to crawling and "scooting" around the room. We have a busy boy on our hands.

Our next adventure is trying new foods. After the Dr's appointment we went shopping and got some sweet potato and squash for him to try this weekend. We hope he likes it as much as he loves his rice cereal and oatmeal.

1st Tooth

The last few days Destry has been a bit cranky so we thought he would be getting his first tooth soon. It finally came today. We were at the Dr's office and he asked if Destry had any teeth and we said the was close so he looked in his mouth and found that the tooth cut today! It's so exciting!

Here's some pictures of Destry and his "teething binky." We found it was one of the only things that made him happy the past few evenings. He likes to chew on it rather than suck it...it's really cute.

Pumpkins!

This past week we carved and decorated some of our pumpkins we got last weekend. Destry Jr decorated his pumpkin as a pirate! He had a lot of fun but I think he would have rather just ate it. I also carved my pumpkin. I went for an easy one this year, but it does have fun crazy eyes. Check out our masterpieces.

Auntie Jenny's Visit

We were so lucky to get to spend the weekend with our freind Jenny. She came over on Saturday afternoon and we spent the day visiting. Destry Jr was very excited to see Jenny and had a great time playing. She stayed with us overnight and on Sunday we all went to Remlinger Farms to pick out some pumpkins for Halloween. We had a great time visiting with her and are so glad she was able to spend the weekend with us. Here are some pictures from our weekend.

October

Growing up in Idaho and living in Seattle for the last 10 years I have noticed something. The seasons just feel different in each place with one exception, during the month of October. In both places, October just feels like fall in all the same ways. I'm not really a big fan of fall; summer is nine months away, the weather starts to get colder and the days start getting shorter. However, there are many great things; football is in full swing, the baseball playoffs have started, the leaves start changing and best of all, us new parents get to dress our little ones in funny costumes to embarrass them when they grow up. Check out our little Seahawk, Skeleton, Yoda and Jedi.

I have also updated the October photo album.

Lexi's Wedding

The Destry's and I went to a wedding for my Jazzercise friend Lexi. It was a beautiful day and the wedding was perfect. We had a wonderful time hanging out eith Michelle, Kim and Tara.

Chewing on Dad's finger during the ceremony

Getting ready for the toast!

Photo Update

September photos have been updated.