Happy Halloween!!!

For J's first Halloween, we dressed him up as a penguin. Why a penguin, you ask?  Well, when he was born he made lots of "Meh!!" noises that reminded D and me of a penguin. His costume is a little big for him, but you get the idea. Maybe we can use it again next year?  Although, I did see an adorable little boy's lederhosen outfit . . . might have to do that one instead.  Happy Halloween!!

J in his Halloween jammies ready to start the day!

To new beginnings . . . Minus the bread machine

At the end of September, the three of us moved into a new apartment and we have been slowly getting used to our new home. During the move itself, we tried to plan ahead as much as possible, but we all still ended up being exhausted. I think that's just the way things go with a baby in tow now, or at least that's what I try and tell myself. J did pretty well, he freaked out a little with the movers. You could see in his little scrunched face thinking to himself "Who are these big burly men?! Why are they messing with my stuff? And WHY am I in this weird apartment?!?!" Poor little guy. I think he'll like having his own room, because I know Mom and Dad will!

On the final day of turning our keys in at the old apartment, I felt a little sad about leaving it behind. It was the first "real home" Dan and I had made together. Yes, we had lived in previous apartments together in SF, but this one felt like an actual home. We got rid of our crummy college furniture, well most of it anyway, and bought new furniture that actually matched!  We were lucky enough to do this, as we stayed with a friend during our first couple months in LA, and were able to save our pennies. The apartment is also where I rediscovered my love of running and took to the trails in RPV. I will really miss those crisp ocean breezes, flying pelicans, and blood orange sunsets. D and I hosted Thanksgiving dinner one year AND I made my first turkey. It is also the place where I discovered I was pregnant and the first home that we brought J too. Grant it, he was living in our walk-in closet, but I still have sentimental feelings about that apartment. I'm sad that he won't ever remember that apartment, we'll drive him by it one day and say "That was your first home!" Although it won't mean much to him, it will certainly mean alot to his ole' Mom and Dad. Despite my reminiscing about our old apartment, I'm very excited about our new apartment (yay for air conditioning!) and the other adventures that we'll go through together here. To new beginnings!

Eatin' Real Food

We finally moved into our new place. Several new things since our move . . . J's first solid food, D's first 30th bday, and J's baptism.  Here are a couple videos we took of J eating solid food for the first time. His reactions are pretty priceless . . . So far he thinks the spoon magically gives him food, like a bottle, so after sucking on the spoon for a minute or two and no other food "comes out" he gets pretty frustrated. Learning curve here we come!

Silly Charley

Uncle C visited during our last week in our RPV apartment. He was tickling J and got him to laugh so loud!  Never heard a baby laugh so much. We're blessed to have Uncle C in our lives!