Eight Months

Nico turned eight months a few days ago. I feel like I was just posting his two month pictures. I can't believe how fast he is growing up. Nico's latest....

1. Started eating finger foods.......I needed a little encouragement from a friend who has a baby a couple weeks older than Nico.....I was panicked about him chocking. He loves puffs, baby mum mums and yogurt melts. He has gotten pretty good about putting them in his own mouth. Vino is a little bummed since he does the clean up work in the house :-)

3. He is still very smiley. He cracks us up.

4. Pulls himself up on every piece of furniture in the house. We have had many bumped heads and even a little blood. Poor guy!

5. Walks around furniture.

6. Lets go of furniture for a couple of seconds before falling on his bottom.

7. Pushes his Radio Flyer Wagon all over the house! (Mom and Dad broke down and gave him his Christmas present early) He couldn't wait for Christmas or should I say we couldn't wait for Christmas.

8. His best friend is still Vino! He loves him!

Nico at 8 months. This worked good for a few seconds before he spotted the blocks and then it was all over!

Then Vino decided to jump in for a quick ride!

Let's go Vino.........

Nico's First Halloween Week!

Yes, its true....it was Nico's first Halloween week. There are many pictures so I will keep this short and sweet. We had such a fun week with our little lion!

Our first stop....baby sign class. We had all the kids wear their Halloween costumes. They are all close in age and it was so cute to see them all dressed up. Hannah the little chick, Kenzie the candy corn and Micheal the bear along with Nico the lion.

Meghan and I with our chick and lion

The lion is checking that CHIC OUT! Poor Hannah....I think she was a little scared!

Our next stop.......Auntie Sharon and Uncle Warren's

Then down the hill to Auntie Suzy's

The lion needed to prowl around a little!

Then back up to see Uncle Lucas!

Our next stop......Uncle Rob's and this time to get a little messy! Rob wanted to carve pumpkins with Nico.........oh boy did he get a little messy and have fun too!

This is good stuff!

Oh Dad, can we do this everyday?

Family photo opp.....Our first year carving pumpkins with Nico. I have a feeling next year will get even messier!

Nico with all of his pumpkins.......the pumpkin in the front says Nico! Thanks Uncle Rob for taking the time to carve Nico's name! Mom and Dad wouldn't have had the patience!

Nico in a pumpkin

Now we had to bring out the LION! Yeah he is getting tired of putting this costume on but Mom and Dad think its too cute!

Thanks Uncle Rob for the fun afternoon!

Our next stop! The Linden Lions Girls Varsity Game to watch cousin Natalie play.......so guess what? The lion had to be the mascot!

Now for Friday night......we headed to the Kernals for a great evening of food, cocktails, friends, and kids playing!

Dylan was Batman he was too cute.....

Giada was Sophie the Giraffe......she was adorable

Trying to get the kids to sit still in their costumes all together was impossible so the Mom's had to jump in!

The kids deserved a little time to run around in their diapers because they were such good sports! Now does it get any more precious then this?

Back to Uncle Rob's to set-up for his Halloween Party..........Uncle Collin and Karin!

Then off to Nonna's and Nonno's to hang with the cousins.........again trying to get 5 kids 4 years and younger to sit still for a picture is impossible......this is as good as it gets.....adorable!

Nonna and Nonno with their baby lion

Then Mom and Dad were off to Rob's Halloween party. It was short lasted because we had a baby at Nonna's and Nonno's that wasn't feeling well and needed us!

Nico with cousins Marco and Jordan-

This was too cute not to share.........the cat stare down!

We look forward to next years Halloween!

Nico meets Fooey

A couple weeks back we had a wonderful afternoon with our dear friend Fay and her baby Fooey. We spent the afternoon introducing Nico to Fooey. Nico was in love with Fooey and I think Auntie Fay has created a monster. As many of you know......Nico loves his dog Vino....well Fooey is just a bigger version of Vino. We played with Fooey and then had a wonderful picnic and then played with Fooey some more. Fooey is such a beautiful horse. Below are pictures from our fabulous afternoon.
Nico with his Auntie Fay
Nico with Fooey

Nico riding his first horse Fooey

This is my favorite picture........Nico giving Fooey a kiss

Nico meeting Fooey

Fay and Fooey...........the love between them is unbelievable. They have been in each others lives for 25 years.

Nico getting a lesson from Auntie Fay on how to pet Fooey

Nico petting Fooey

Thanks Again, Auntie Fay and Fooey we had a wonderful afternoon and we look forward to many more trips to the barn to play with Fooey.