Happy Birthday Grandma

My grandma celebrated her 78th birthday on November 10th. We had her over for dinner the next evening (she went out to dinner on her actually birthday). Leland was excited to giver her her gift, so excited in fact that he thought he should open it for her!! He also enjoyed helping her blow out the candles, we thought he had a lot more hot air in him though then he showed when trying to blow them out. Sutton also got into the fun, he really enjoyed the whipped cream from the gingerbread!!!

Teeth!!!!!

I have been trying without success for quite some time to get a picture of Sutton's teeth, finally success!!!! He now has 3 teeth (2 on bottom and one the top). His second tooth on the top is trying to come through. He is getting teeth much quicker then Leland did, Leland still did not have any teeth at this same age.

Not FALLing Over

Sutton went for his 4 week check up to the U of M on Halloween. He continues to get stronger everyday. He is rolling over both directions, army crawling all over the house, sitting up (pretty well, he still falls over every now and then), and getting up on all fours and lunging forward. His x-ray showed that his hips are still in the correct location, however his bones are still not yet forming around the femur. He is now wearing a brace (which puts him in the same position as the cast) at naps and night time. Thankfully so far he has not seemed to mind the brace and has been sleeping much better. We don't have to go back for 3 months. The poor kid can get no relief though, he has had a yucky cold for about 2 and 1/2 weeks and is cutting his two top teeth. So all in all he has been really good considering every thing that is going on.

Trick or Treat

I'm feeling like I negelected my kids in the area of costumes this year, but hey they both had one and still had a good time on Halloween. And Since Halloween is at the same time every year, I will aim to do better next year!! I was going to make Leland a tractor costume, but waited too long. I ended up taking the Monday before Halloween off work, one reason being I needed to find Leland a Halloween costume. So you can imagine the selection!!! But I did get a heck of a deal. The costume was originally $20 and I got it for $5, so I really shouldn't complain. And thankfully Leland wasn't too upset about being Tigger. Sutton of course used a costume that I had gotten for Leland last year.

Still Loving Bugs

Leland still LOVES bugs. Nathan's mom found this bug. Leland kept it in a cup for a couple of days and then with much thought he decided he would let it go. After dumping it out he watched it for a good 20 minutes, even laying his face right down on the cold concrete to get a better look!!!

Pumpkin Guts

We did our annual pumpking carving the Monday before Halloween. Leland enjoyed it, he had already gotten some practice becauce he had aleady carved one at day care. Sutton on the other hand was not so excited about touching the guts, but he did with some gentle help from dad.

1st Hair Cut

At Nathan's urging I decided it was time to get Sutton's hair trimmed. If it weren't for some upcoming pictures I probably would have kept letting it grow. Once it was done I was glad though. Since getting it trimmed no one has confused him for a girl.

Gear Head Already?

Sutton has been getting into lots of things lately!!!! He is just like Leland and Daddy, already enjoying looking at the car magazines. I am really out numbered!!!