first haircut

Two blogs in one day folks, this doesn't happen often! We finally took Eric to get his haircut. I did not want to get rid of his little curls but two people in the last week commented on what a beautiful little girl I have. Seriously, people, before you comment on what sex a child is, if they are wearing all blue and their shirt says "little slugger", just because there hair is long does not negate the fact that they are in a boys outfit! Oh man. We ended up taking him to Snipits for his first cut. I was going to have Jess cut his hair but I know Snipits is fun and it's closer so Jess will get the next cut! It wasn't too expensive and the salon was full of bright colors. They put on a tv in front of him which surprisingly he didn't pay much attention to. Daddy entertained him by giving him puzzle pieces that he mostly ate but also tried to put in the puzzle. He didn't fuss at all until she pulled out the clippers. He screamed at that part but he survived! At the end he got to put a card in a little slot and get a prize. He got a not so age appropriate toy so we will save it for when he's like 5 haha. He also got a certificate with a lock of his hair. So cute! They even put him in a regular chair and strapped him in. He's getting to be such a big boy!

Turn this way

and that way

Before it all got chopped off

Uh oh here come the clippers

Daddy trying to calm him down by showing him his haircut in the mirror

Hi I'm a big boy now with a big boy haircut!

New Things

We have been trying new foods with Eric. He loves a snack called mum mums. They are waifer crackers and he eats them right up. We also tried the baby food version of turkey and beef. He makes the most horrible faces with these and gags and just makes it so dramatic to eat meat. I keep trying to introduce it to him but it's not going so well. He's got to eat meat eventually! We also tried baby yogurt. He loves it! I'm glad that he likes it because it is good for his urinary tract and will maybe help his reflux of the bladder.
A little note of warning if you are around the baby. No longer is it a good idea to let him chew on your fingers. The tip of his tooth has come in and it is sharp! I found that out the hard way the other day!

My mom brought my gramma over the other day to see the new place. The baby did not want to nap because he did not want to miss their visit. He rarely sits still but my gramma rocked him and he just laid their peacefully looking at her. I had to take a picture because this is a special moment that he probably won't remember but I certainly will.




Eric thought my gramma's cane was very tasty. Here he is playing with it.


Yesterday Eli came over for a little bit. He is so good with Eric. I wish he could entertain him every day! Eric thought he was the greatest thing ever. While I was feeding Eric dinner, everytime Eli came into the room Eric would kick his feet like crazy because he would get so excited. Eli liked giving Eric lots of hugs. In this picture you can see Eli hugging Eric and Eric licking his shoulder (now that he has that tooth his tongue is constantly out of his mouth!)


Cousins (look at that crazy baby hair!)


So for the past week, the baby has been just holding his hands in front of his face and looking at them and moving them around. I have been wondering what he has been trying to do until yesterday when I saw him clapping for the first time. He was trying to figure out how to clap! I tried to get it on video but I was only able to get the tail end of a clap. Here he is clapping and hanging out with Eli:


Here's just a short video of the two of them hanging out

moving out and growing up

Last weekend we moved to our new apartment. I was sad because even though our old apartment leaked all the time, it felt like a home as opposed to just an apartment. So now we definitely live in what feels like an apartment. I'm getting used to it but there's a constant feeling of unsettlement knowing that this will not be the last place we live. However, if all goes to plan in a couple of years we will be buying a house and then all this moving can just be a distant memory. I cannot wait to settle in one place for the rest of my life.

I took Eric to a different plastic surgeon to schedule to get his extra thumb removed. This will be happening on December 1st. I am very nervous about it just because I get so sick from anesthesia so I hope he is not the same way. I know it needs to be done but it's scary to have to put a baby through this.

On monday I noticed something very exciting in Eric's mouth... a hole for a tooth! I thought I had been seeing teeth since he was 3 months old and even the doctor saw it too but this is a for real sign that a tooth is on it's way. I hope it's here for Thanksgiving!

I took pictures of our old apartment. I haven't taken pictures of the new one yet but I will once everything is completely put away. So here it is, 1003 Windsor Ridge Drive for the last time as our home (we were half packed so it looks a little messy!):

The back patio. That's Eric's canoe (the green thing) that made it's way to our patio. When the baby was a newborn he used to love sitting out here and listening to the traffic on Rt. 9. We also had a lot of fires on warm summer nights out there.

The front from the car. Our apartment is on the left

The living room

Look at all those toys!!!                         

The downstairs bathroom

The storage room under the stairs aka Pokey's hiding place

The kitchen

The baby's huge closet, I miss this closet!

The baby's first room:

Looking downstairs to the front door

Upstairs bathroom

Laundry closet

Our bedroom

So I guess for those who are reading this, these pictures aren't all that exciting, especially if you've been there before. But for me I like the memory. I wanted to take all of them so that when Eric gets older he can see where he first lived. It makes me sad that he will go through our current apartment until he settles into our own home and he has a permanent room but we will get there!

Ok I'm done reminiscing about the old place. On to other things... Here are the baby's 8 month old pictures. His hair is getting really long but I'm having a hard time with the thought of cutting it. We will get it done soon though because someone told me what a beautiful little girl I have. Yikes!

He already has the look of a fresh teenager in this picture

You'd think that he can just up and climb right off the chair!

Don't you just want to pinch his cheeks??? He looks like he's 8 months old going on 5 :)

Trick or Treat!

The baby's first Halloween was a busy one! He was a trooper through the whole thing. We were gone almost all day. We started at Sydney's 3rd birthday party at Papa Ginos. After that we went to my father-in-law's house. From there we went to my parent's house and made our last stop to see my mother-in-law. We didn't get home until after 9pm. Thankfully we kind of had two Halloween costumes. One of them was just pajamas and a hat that made Eric look like a pumpkin. The other one was the elaborate lion costume that Eric insisted on getting. Needless to say the lion costume just didn't work. But it is so big that we will maybe get some use out of it next year.
Now for some pictures in no particular order:
Sydney's party:

Dorothy!

Blowing out the candle:

Pretty awesome cake!

Ok so my sister is going to be very upset about this picture but the story behind it is a little funny in retrospect. So my sister was holding Dylan and we gave her Eric to hold too for a really cute picture. She was crouched down and Dylan leaned on her and she fell over dropping Eric on his head. Eric took a picture on her camera that was kind of a before where my sister's eyes are saying "I'm going to fall over!" and this is the after of them actually falling over that I had snapped while trying to take what would have been a cute picture. Eric was totally fine but my sister feels terrible! Eric knows she didn't mean it and he loves her just the same! (You can't even really see baby Eric because daddy Eric's hand is in the way)

Note to self for future birthday parties: throw a bunch of kids in a room with a bunch of balloons and you've got one entertaining party!

Aww Ryan :)

Ryan snuggling with his daddy

Eric liked the balloons too... well he liked to eat them at least!

Hi, I'm a cute pumpkin!

This is the elaborate lion costume. Doesn't he look thrilled about it??

Lying down on the floor trying to figure out what he is wearing

My little pumpkin!

Trying to climb off the chair

So cute but I wish the hat wasn't falling off!