We had brunch at Grandma Linda's house and then dinner at Grandpa Doug and Grandma Mary's. Jack had a great day. He didn't care much for the turkey, but he really enjoyed the pumpkin pie, so much so that I was cleaning it out of his ears later that night.
He even got to spend time with his elusive uncle Nick!
Do normal families gather round to play Guitar Hero on Thanksgiving or is it just us??
Well, here it is. This really is the best we could do. Jack HATED his costume (he's a sweet pea, in case you couldn't tell...) and although the costume says 0-9 months, apparently they didn't consider the fact that any baby with any sort of mobility will not allow himself to be zipped into such a restricting little pod. Also, these bozos making baby costumes neglected to consider fact #2: any baby between 0-9 months will be celebrating his or her first Halloween ever and therefore will be shuttled around to various friends and relatives in the name of trick-or-treating. Have you ever tried to buckle a little pea pod into a carseat? The poor kid had to be stripped down to his onsie (that's like underwear for you non-baby people) each time we got into the car. We made it to two places: Grandpa Doug's and Grandma Mary's and then to Jack's friend William's house. Now William was dressed in a sensible outfit (scrubs for babies? genius!) and had been happily playing with his little doctor set while I had spent the last hour wrestling Jack in and out of his pod. After much coaxing, I was able to convince Jack to wear his suit without cramming his legs into the bottom part. He was pretty traumatized by the time I remembered to take a picture and this, again, was the best we could do.
Our little Pumpkin Patch Kids! 
We went to Lone Pine Farm with our friends MaryAnne, Jeremy, and Lily. The kids were very patient and let us take tons of the obligatory pumpkin patch photos.
Jack wasn't sure about the goats at first (they are pretty creepy!), but he warmed up after awhile. 
One thing is for sure: Jack loves to eat! He seems to like everything, especially sweet potatoes. The messier the better! He's also discovered drinking water out of a sippy cup, which was great until we realized that the diapers get soaked very quickly now. In other news, it's been a little hectic around here with me going back to work and Brent starting his fabulous new job and Jack starting daycare. Thanks to some generous family members, Jack will be attending his "school" three days a week rather than five (thank you Mary and Mishaun!!). Starting Jack in the daycare has been a stressful experience for us (the parents), however Jack seems to be handling it all just fine. He likes the other kids, the "teachers" are nice (and they are okay with cloth diapers- yay!) and they have about a million toys... what more could a 7 month old ask for? Also, he's crawling now so that makes his life a whole lot more fun. Not a graceful crawl, mind you, but more of a beached sealion sort of forward movement. Still, he gets from point A to point B and that's all that matters. Suddenly I'm very glad our house is so small-- easier to baby proof!
