So cute it's spooky!

Will's first Halloween has been a lot of fun! Last night was our neighborhood trick-or-treat. Will had fun in his Scooby Doo costume parading around to all of our neighbors showing off his cuteness! Although we had a really hard time getting him to sit still long enough to take a picture!

Nan and Pap came over to see Will in his costume and to pass out candy while Mom and Dad took Will trick-or-treating.

Nan and Pap also bought Will an extremely appropriate sweatsuit for Halloween. See my horns and tail...

Pumpkin Carving 101

Wednesday evening Will decided he was ready to carve up his first pumpkin. He enjoyed watching Joe carve his pumpkin and was moderately interested in touching the squishy insides! Here are some pics of our fun!

Will and Daddy drawing on the face of the Jack-O-Lantern. Of course it has 4 teeth, two on the top and two on the bottom, just like Will!

Ewwwww... touching the seeds and pumpkin guts! Hiding from the ickiness!

Will proofing...

So while we are really proud that Will is progressing very quickly with moving around (crawling, pulling up, walking with assistance), it also poses a few challenges for "baby proofing" our house so that he is safe. We try to take the stance of teaching him what is his and safe to touch and what is not (with the alternative being pretty much completely undecorating and locking down our home from the ground to about 3 feet up). While we're still sticking to it and seemingly constantly redirecting our little Curious George's behavior, we did recently have to put locks on the cabinets that have cleaning products in them. Here is a picture of Will helping Joe measure for the installation and some of precisely why we had to do it...


We hadn't been home 5 minutes the other evening and he was already in the kitchen opening cabinets and taking things out. Thankfully the cabinets with cleaning products are now safely out of play for Will.

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Fall Fun!

This weekend Joe's parents, his sister and her husband came for a visit. We spent a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the Fall Festival at a local park. Will was seriously skeptical about the animals in the petting zoo, but loved picking out a pumpkin!

Will also got both of his top front teeth this weekend. Now he has all four of his front teeth. A big sigh of relief from all of us both because we're glad he's feeling better and now we're all back to getting some sleep!

Here are some pictures of our fun!

Meeting the goats with Daddy.


Uncle Fred and his friends.


I want this one!


Mommy and two pumpkins!


Yeah, pumpkins!


Checking out my pumpkin with Aunt Jen.


Painting my name on my new pumpkin with Mommy and Grandmom.

Growing up...

Seven and a half months, is this really the same baby? Sometimes it is hard to grasp how quickly he's changed and grown.

Sunday in the Yard

So Sunday was a day for playing outside and enjoying the beautiful fall sunshine. We had a lot of yard work to do and Will was a big help. We made a little time for swinging and exploring the backyard too!

Helping Daddy.



In my swing! Poor Daddy still working in the background. See my two bottom teeth?





We call him our little Magellan. He's such an explorer.



After all that yard work and serious playing, Will was ready for his favorite dinner, peas and yogurt! You can also see his favorite toy in this picture, the plastic kitchen spoon.

Pretty cute...

A few of Will's 6 month pictures: