A beautiful fall day!

Baron looked like such a big boy sitting on his bike. He can only make it go backwards right now, but it won't be long until he learns how to cruise around on it.

The funniest part is that sitting on the bike gave Baron a false sense of security. Judging from the way he jumped up and down on the bike, I think he believes he is in his exersaucer. There was a diving catch after this picture was taken. Good thing I had the camera strap around my neck!

Not my best picture, but I love Baron's little smirk so I had to put it on. Now that I think about it - this is one of his "teething" faces (he has many of them and most of them are accompanied by sucking noises). I believe we'll see his third tooth any day because tonight when he took his medicine he left a little bit of blood on the syringe (TMI?).

Baron has mastered the word "da-da." Tonight while we were eating dinner Baron was saying "mmmmm" with every bite of applesauce. I thought this would be a good time to teach him to say "ma-ma." As soon as I said "ma-ma" Baron looked at me and said "da-da." I guess it wasn't the right time, but is sure gave Nate a good laugh (and me too)!

Kisses for Baron...from Baron

This particular kiss was a long and wet one!
See all of the lip smudges on that mirror?

Bugs, Apples and a Rash

We had a great day as a family today. Nate had the day off because we were supposed to be in Pullman this weekend, but sometimes as a parent/mom you have to make the unpopular decision. However Nate and I are very glad we decided to stay home because tonight Baron has a rash all over his body. I think it might be a reaction to the antibiotic so we are keeping an eye on it. On to more exciting things...
This little critter was a shocking surprise.
We spent a lot of time in the kitchen today.

Apples were the main ingredient. Nate made another batch of applesauce. Baron played with and chewed on a few apples and I baked apples pies. YUM! If you are one of our guests this fall or winter remind us that we have these in the freezer and we will share.

These two flaky pies will be doing a disappearing act tonight.

Bath water...yum...

He even knows to dunk the washcloth back in the water when it gets dry. YUCK!

Feeling better and ready to PARTY!

Based on this afternoon I would say Baron is back to normal. I am keeping my fingers crossed because the last two nights have been terrible and as a result I am exhausted. Baron on the other hand was not exhausted tonight. Here is the proof (insert your own growls of excitment here)...

Too sick to eat

Baron's snack of choice is cereal. He loves the Gerber cereal that melts in his mouth. However today he was just not feeling well enough to eat. He did manage to get a couple stuck to his face and fingers, but he didn't eat any. He just looked at us with this sad face and moaned every once in a while. Poor baby. This pictures just makes me want to pick him up and rock him.

Cuddle Bug

I always wanted a cuddle bug, but Baron is usually a "on-the-go" baby. Today was a different story. He had a fever and was very unhappy so we went in to see the doctor and sure enough - he has his first ear infection. All he wanted was to be held all day and even after dinner. So I sat and held him and tried to enjoy every minute of it even though he was making me feel like I was in a sauna. I guess one good thing about having such an active baby is that it is very very obvious when he is sick.

The Pumpkin Patch

We decided to take Baron to a pumpkin patch this weekend since we have a very busy October ahead of us. The "Pumpkin Patch" was unique. They were able to grow beautiful pumpkins without any vines!?!! It was kind of funny, but it served its purpose for us. We really just wanted to snap a couple of pictures (actually about 50 pictures) and pick out a family pumpkin.

Baron was trying to pick this pumpkin up.

Baron's serious face which I am seeing more often.

Our little Holstein.

This quickly became a game of peek-a-boo.

We were at the pumpkin patch less than half an hour, but it was cold and that is about all the time a 8 1/2 month old can handle! I think it was worth it - I love fall!

Boys are simple

Apparently all Baron needs on a Saturday afternoon is a game day jersey, a comfy high chair to sit in while he watches the football game and appetizers (aka his favorite Gerber cereal snacks)!

She's here!!

Our very good friends, Eric and Heather, had their baby girl today. Baron was very excited to meet Miss Josephine Elise Turner. He also enjoyed knocking on the glass window and charming all of the nurses! She is a beautiful little girl. While Eric was over for dinner tonight (because we live literally 2 minutes from the hospital) Eric and Nate arranged the marriage between Baron and Josie - Eric asked Nate for 5 horses, 2 goats and a bag of rice :) DEAL!

Little Runaway

I left Baron and Nate alone for about a half an hour tonight to run errands by myself and when I came back this picture was on the camera...

Nate said "He crawled outside while I was cooking dinner." Poor kid - that patio is hard on the knees, but it is probably a good thing or else he would have made it a lot further before his dad noticed!

Little Monkey

My little monkey is trying to pull himself up on everything lately. He is keeping me on my toes!

One more thing

I can't believe I forgot this because it was the highlight of my day and I definitely want to remember it forever.
Today I called my mom to ask her a question and Baron wanted to say hello. I put the phone up to his ear and as soon as he heard her he smiled and did a little wiggle. This might not sound like much, but back in August Baron and his Grandma Weber were sitting outside on a blanket and his grandma would say "wiggle wiggle wiggle" and he would lay on the blanket and wiggle like a worm. Since then it has been their little "thing."
When Nate came home I needed to call my mom again so just for fun we decided to see if he would do it again and sure enough - as soon as he heard her voice he started to wiggle.
I love it when kids make up their own names for the grandparents (one of my favorites is "Go-Go"). I wonder if Grandma Weber will be called "wiggle?"

Table Toy

This table toy was one of the great finds at the yard sales over the weekend. Baron loves it! Tonight he pulled himself right up to stand and play.
His favorite part of it is the little music book. He loves to turn pages whenever I read to him so it is no surprise that he loves to stand and turn these pages.

This was my view from the kitchen. He looks so tiny - almost too tiny to be standing! It brought tears to my eyes.

High-five dad - I'm standing!

Pull ups

Today was a great day. It was simple. Baron and I attended our baby/mama class which we thoroughly enjoy. We also did some laundry and played alot. Life is good. As soon as Nate came home, Baron decided to show off again and pulled himself off of Nate's lap to a stand while holding onto the stair banister.

My little dust mop

It may be difficult to see in this picture, but Baron's white shirt is a light shade of tan thanks to a small puddle of water that was on the floor and then hours of doing "the worm" (his form of crawling) across the hardwood floor. Someone needs to invent a onsie that has a dust mop on the belly - that way I could just spray it with some cleaner and send him on his way. Better yet - I would put that moving tractor in front of him and then I would be guaranteed a clean floor!
The most exciting news from today - Baron pulled himself up to a standing position all by himself! He grabbed the side of his toy basket and in no time was standing. It scared him more than it excited him. Perhaps that is because Nate yelled immediately at me to come and look and we both stood their watching him in shock. This mama is not sure she is ready for all of this...

ABC

One of the items on my yard sale wish list was alphabet magnets. I was really hoping to stumble upon the Leapfrog set, but at least I found something. Baron loves them and it keeps him off my ankles while I am in the kitchen.

Nate thinks he grew a ton while we were gone for 3 days. Looking at this picture I would have to agree. Oh - plan on seeing a cougar shirt on every Saturday post from now until December. We love football season in this house (we'll Nate does - I like the first month and Baron would rather play football than watch it).

Yum!

I didn't take any pictures today because we left Quincy around 8am. We drove to Susie's house because it is her neighborhood's yard sale weekend. These are GREAT yard sales if you have a small child. I picked up a few new toys, a super cute Halloween costume, a couple of pairs of 18 month PJ's (yes - he will be wearing those in a couple of weeks) and a few other miscellaneous items. We were going to stay Friday night and do some more shopping on Saturday, but we had found everything on our wish list and we missed daddy/Nate! So I did our normal bath/bed routine and then Grandma fed Baron his bottle. He was alseep before he was in the car. At 10pm we pulled into our drive way ....ahhhh...Home Sweet Home!
So you may be wondering why I have a picture of apples - well while I was in Quincy dad and I went apple picking. We loaded up the entire back of our pathfinder. I can just imagine the pies, dried apples, applesauce, apple crisp and cake...oh and the best - fresh apples! YUM!

Clinton's Baby Shower

Wow -what a night! Baron did not sleep much last night and we are both grumpy today as a result. Good thing Aunt Susie and Grandma Weber have patience so they were able to watch the little grump while the big grump took a nap before Clinton's shower.
I wish I would have taken a few more pictures at the shower, but this one is so sweet. This is Clinton with his friend Sadie.

Yee Haw!

Baron and I drove to Quincy all by ourselves today and it went well! Thank goodness because that could have been a long trip otherwise. I am not sure if it is because he loves his new carseat or if it is because it is his happiest time of the day. Either way - I am thankful! Grandma had this exciting new toy waiting for Baron and he loved it!