Pumpkin Carving

The only part Seth likes to do. . .digging out the guts!

Seth & Alex with the finished projects!

Seth and the Pumpkins!

All lit up!

My pumpkin before I doctored it with toothpicks!

Tonight Liz and I had our 4th annual pumpkin carving night. I had a mishap because my stencil wasn't designed very well, but using some toothpicks I was able to put the haunted house back together. Upon Seth's request Liz carved Frankenstein, and did a mighty fine job. Alex really wasn't into being shoved into a pumpkin or getting his picture taken in general tonight. All in all we had a fun night though.

Fall Festivities

I love fall, so we did a quick fall photo shoot. Alex wasn't super into it, but we managed a few shots! You can see his true feelings about being inside a pumpkin, but really I think the picture is cute anyway!! At least we actually got to enjoy a few fall days this week! Happy Fall everyone!!

Shrimp Boil

Last Saturday we headed to the Surratt's for a Shrimp Boil. We saw lots of people we hadn't seen in a long time. It was so nice to visit with everyone. Many friends from college were there and met Alex for the first time. Ashley and Gabbi helped put Alex to sleep, and as you can tell from the pictures they were tired too. Gabbi is mimicking Alex's finger sucking in the second picture!!

Achy Ear

All weekend Alex was kind of grumpy. On Friday night I thought it was because I had him so bundled up for the football game. (We don't want to talk about the game because we lost and the playing conditions were terrible!!) Saturday night he only wanted his Mom when we were the Surratt's and Sunday he wasn't very happy either. Alex was also constipated on Sunday, so I had to go to the pharmacy and get suppositories for him. They worked like a charm!!

On Monday I got a call from the daycare saying Alex was running a 100.5 temp, fussy, wouldn't sleep and wasn't taking his bottle. I went and picked him up, took him home, and called the Doctor. He fell asleep on Mommy and did that for most of the evening. He slept pretty good that night, and we got up and went to the Dr. in the morning. After weighing it at 18lbs 10 oz, the Physician's Assistant, Tracy came in and checked Alex out. She had to dig lots of wax out of his right ear, and then determined that he did indeed have an ear infection. Daddy had a lot of ear infections growing up and so did Mommy's brothers. I'm thinking this is going to be an ongoing problem!! So, we then made a trip to the pharmacy for our first prescription and got some Amoxicillin. He slept a good part of the day (and so did I), but I did manage to get all the clothes that he has outgrown packed up and ready to be stored until another little baby comes (it's going to be a while folks!!)

Alex seems to be feeling better and is taking his medicine like a champ. He had even managed to poop up his back by the time I got him to daycare this morning!! Oh the joys of parenthood!!

It's Halloween Time!

Halloween is my favorite time of year, so of course Alex has several outfits to celebrate the occasion. (Thanks Manda!! She bought these onesies right after I found out I was pregnant last year!) I'm sad that I don't get to decorate this year, but it seems kind of silly to drag stuff out when I'm supposed to be packing everything up! Anyway, enjoy the pictures of the Halloween season. Have you ever seen a skeleton with such chunky legs?! I just love them!

Future Job?!?!

According to Alex's bib that Aunt Angie got for him, he may have a future as a Food Critic!! We find this bib pretty funny, particularly since he is a breastfed baby!! I think he likes what he eats!!

I've Got Feet!!

Alex has recently discovered that he has feet. He tries grabbing them all the time, but hasn't tried putting them in his mouth yet. It's so fun to watch him discover new things!!