Happy Thanksgiving!

Chris & I had the (not so) brilliant idea that it would just be easier to have Thanksgiving at our house rather than load up the babies, all the toys and gears, etc. I suppose this is still true on paper, but it made life a little stressful for mommy. So I reached in and pulled parts out of the turkey...I pulled apart his skin and stuffed it with bacon...I rubbed it down with oil and spices. I gagged the whole time doing this because I absolutely HATE to touch raw meat, but it paid off and we had an amazing meal! It may not be Martha Stewart's table, but I was proud of it!

Gone Baptisin'

On November 6, we had Spencer baptized at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church...the same church where my mom was baptized, my parents were married, I was confirmed, etc, etc. If you'd asked me before I got pregnant, or even while I was pregnant if it was important to have the baby baptized I probably would have shrugged it off. I mean, I really don't believe in a God that would punish unbaptized babies for eternity. But when Spencer finally got here, I thought about it. A LOT. Better safe than sorry, right? I was so happy to have my sister and cousins up there with us as Spencer's godparents. I couldn't be more lucky to have all these people willing to look after and care for my little nugget.
Note Spencer's poor highwater pants. I swear they fit perfectly two weeks prior when I bought them...he's growing so freaking fast!

Food time!

Our first attempt at rice cereal was not much of a success. I think this was mostly due to me making it too thick for him. The look on his face is priceless...it's like he is thinking: I thought you loved me!
We did much better a few days later with sweet potatoes. In fact, he couldn't get enough of them. Going so far as to grab my hand, like: don't you DARE take these away from me!

Happy Halloween!

We started our Halloween weekend with a "trick or treat parade" into Hyde Park with Spencer's daycare. This is something we did for five years when Zane was there, so it was fun to continue the tradition with Spencer. Here he is with his friend Alex before the outing.
I think I like Trick-or-Treating!
All worn out!

On Halloween night we resisted the temptation to take our babies trick-or-treating and just stuck close to home. On one hand I can't wait for these kids to get old enough to go out, but on the other, I want them to stay little forever. It's already going by so fast.