Happy Reformation Day!

We took advantage of the opportunity Halloween gives us to leave the comfort of our own home and go meet our neighbors. After 2 new friends stopped by with their kids to say hi (and for the candy of course), we hit the streets with Zachary. Our little Monkey was a hit around the neighborhood. We met many people we had not yet, including 2 houses worth of Wheaton College girls who loved Zachary! A typical visit consisted of Daddy ringing the doorbell and Zachary following it up by knocking on the door with one hand and clutching his bag in the other. He did very well to get out of the way when the doors opened, pick out a piece of candy (as Mommy tried to direct his hand to the kind she liked best), and put it in his bag. He was too cute!!

I'm ready to go!

No one's home??
Trick-or-treating at the Haugen's
Family fun

More fun with Dada and Grammy

Is Daddy's sweatshirt too big for me?

Reading to his animal friends

It wasn't me!!

Where did Zachary go?

Here I am!!

Dada and Grammy

I learned to wipe my own mouth (and apparently climb on top of tables by myself!)

Me and my Dada

These Elmo slippers are so silly!

Me and my Grammy

Good bye Dada and Grammy. I'll miss you!

But I'll see you at Christmas...

Library Time

Zachary and I are attending a story time at our local library. The class runs for 6 weeks and is geared towards children 6 - 23 months. It's a wonderful time for us as we sit around a circle of books, sing songs led by the teacher, listen to a story, and then they bring out the toys! Zachary plays the role of observer in public until he's familiar enough to take it all in experientially as well. It took 3 weeks, but he finally found his voice today AND 2 beach balls!!

Red Sox in the World Series

Sporting my Red Sox love

I don't get what all the fuss is about

Here they go...

Oh, this is exciting!!

Oh dear, they must have had a bad play

Exactly how old do I have to be before I can have coffee like you Daddy?

Dada and Grammy visit for 2 weeks!

What fun I had with Dada at Target

Good boy staying out of trouble

Can you tell who's winning?

Dada creatively hung up my tree swing that Mommy found on the side of the road for free!!

Funny faces

I love my new swing!

Grammy let me warm my toes with her socks

Taking a ride on the dolly at Home Depot

Grammy let me have some of her french toast that Daddy made

These are my parentals

Grammy and Dada even let them go on a date while we had way more fun at home without them

Happy 14 months to Zachary

Zachary and his Daddy sharing a mutual affection

We took Zachary to a Wheaton football game tonight

Typical Zachary: watching the crowd as the game goes on behind him (Check out the new scoreboard with replay action!)

Clapping for Wheaton after they scored a touchdown

Go Wheaton

Our handsome little boy

Please visit this link to see more pictures of Zachary from this month.

Back in Time

It really seemed like I had never left as I visited St. Louis this weekend. This was especially true because Zachary and I stayed at Gavin & Esther's (our old apartment), so when I would walk outside it was as though I had stepped back in time. It was just a short trip, Saturday to Tuesday, but so worth it! I wish it could have been longer, but I will definitely be back!!

Thanks for letting us stay with you Uncle Gavin & Aunt Esther!

What fun to catch up with old friends!

So good to see you guys...I'll be back soon!

Go Wheaton!

Zachary got to go cheer on the Wheaton women's soccer team tonight! (Unfortunately we had to leave after 40 minutes because it started raining.)

Mayme Comes to Visit

Mayme and her monkey
Getting ready for Halloween
Is this a prop or can I eat this banana?
My best monkey face