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Fall is Here!

Now that October has arrived and the weather has cooled, we've been out and about doing those things you do this time of year.

We took Hunter to the Fell's Point Festival and, while we were too busy looking at all the displays to take many pictures, Hunter did get his photo taken perched on top of a race car. (Baltimore is hosting its first Grand Prix next September so there was a sweet car on display to advertise it.)

We also took a trip with our dear friends and neighbors, the Wagners, to Applewood Farm. Hunter went last year, but was obviously limited in what he could enjoy. Not this year, he had a blast checking everything out. He started on their playground, then found his way through the corn maze, played antler toss, got a hayride to the pumpkin patch where he found his very own pumpkin, and visited the animals at the petting zoo. Unfortunately their train had derailed soon after we arrived, so we were unable to take a ride. We'll have to save that for next year!

Some small talk!

Hunter is now saying a few words to indicate what he wants! We are excited as we imagine there will be much less frustration on his part once he can better communicate what it is he wants. Although, we must say that he does a pretty good job with nonverbal communications now (a grunt and a point say so much!) and we've realized many times the frustration stems from him wanting things he cannot have!

His chosen first words are very telling... Here they are in order of first learned and used, to last.

1) Mama and Dada: he started using these months ago

2) Iddy At = kitty cat: again, he started saying this months ago

3) Up: this was perfected about 2 weeks

4) Kee or Coo = cookie: started saying this all the time just a few days ago, mysteriously after a visit from Mom-mom

5) Mor = more: said this for the first time this morning while making the sign language gesture for it at the same time. This blew me away because, interestingly enough, I was doing this sign and a few others with him a lot when he was around 4-7 months old, but stopped. We can't believe he just did it out of the blue with no provocation while eating breakfast this morning.

In addition to these words, he has learned several animal sounds which he started using many months ago. He moos like a cow, pants like a dog, clicks his tongue like a horse galloping, snorts like a pig, and roars like a lion. We couldn't be more proud!!

Rock and Roll Will Never Die!!

New Beginnings...

Here is the first photo ever taken of our little sprout #2!

I spoon now!

Big Drinker!

This is Hunter's first attempt at drinking from a cup all by himself. It went well at first, but after the refill his mouth was missed and milk got poured down him neck! Oooops...we'll work on it!

OKAY...

who just tooted?

Labor Day Weekend

We went to Ocean City for the long weekend. We spent a day at Assateague Beach where we saw the wild ponies, played in the sand and surf, and Hunter found his first horseshoe crab! We also took Hunter to the boardwalk one day, where he enjoyed his first amusement park rides. Given his size and age, he wasn't able to ride very much, but we got him on a few. He didn't like the carousel very much, but loved the airplane ride.

As usual he had a great time with his Mom-mom and they enjoyed many laughs together. They even spent an evening alone together, so Ryan and I could celebrate our 3 year anniversary wtih a nice dinner at Sunset Grill followed by some mini-golf! (In case you are wondering...I won despite my husband's smack talking! My reward was a back massage. It was a very nice evening, indeed!)

Quick video of Mom-mom acting silly, much to Hunter's delight!

Hunter's 1 Year Photos

We had professional photos taken of Hunter just after his first birthday and we just received them in the mail! Our photographer did an excellent job...we absolutely LOVE these shots!