6 Month Check-Up

Long and lean
Yum! Green beans!

Boy are these good!

Trying out the sippy cup

Today Nicholas had his 6 month check-up with his pediatrician. He has grown a lot in length...he is now 27 inches long so he's in the 70th percentile for height! Yay! He's taking after his daddy! He only weighs 14 pounds 11 ounces though so he's definitely a long and lean baby. Tonight he had his first taste of "real" baby food-green beans-and he loved them. He gobbled them up as fast as he could! Dr. Thompson suggested we started introducing him to a sippy cup so it's easier to get rid of his bottle after his first birthday, so tonight he had his first try. He's not really sucking on it yet, he just likes to put it in his mouth and chew on it, so we will keep trying. I cannot believe that our baby will celebrate his half birthday on Thursday...where in the world does the time go?!

The Many Faces of Nicholas

Joy
Tickle smileConfusion?

Peace

Contentment

I need some privacy here, please


These photos were taken my my best friend, Lyndsey, who was here in August for Nicholas' baptism. She is a talented photographer who is starting her own company and working on finishing her art/photography degree. She captured so many of the adorable faces that Nicholas makes on a daily basis that I just had to share them!

Night Out for Mom & Dad

Jamie Rist and I
The birthday girl, Brenda, and myself

Jeff's longtime friend, Brenda, turned 27 this week so she invited us to her birthday celebration on Friday night. We had a yummy dinner at her apartment then headed to Chopsticks to have a drink and listen to other people sing karaoke. I love to sing...but usually just in my car...not in front of a whole room full of strangers! My parents were kind enough to come to our house to watch baby Nick so he could sleep in his crib and not have to be disturbed when we came home. Thanks Mom and Dad!

Marriage Blessing

Father Gillette blesses us
Exchanging rings

Prayers of the FaithfulEveryone who celebrated with us

Jeff's family who attended

My family that attended

Jeff and I had our civil marriage blessed in the Catholic church last weekend. It was quite a long process...we started all of the preparations back in March! It was a beautiful, inimate ceremony and Jeff and I both appreciated having our family there to celebrate with us.

Wedding Fun

Family of 3 all dressed up
The Bride and Groom with the Best Man and Maid of Honor

My little brother Eric

Yesterday we attended our good friends' wedding. Ryan was like a brother to me when we were growing up and he finally married the love of his life, Anne. We had a great time at their wedding and enjoyed visiting with many friends who we don't get to see very often. I would have taken more photos, but Jeff accidentally put my camera in Nicholas' baby bag and when my parents took him home they took the camera with them. Oh well...we really enjoyed our evening celebrating with good friends! Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Simms!

Trick-or-Treat

Little Baby Dragon

Baby Dragon (back view)

Gramme and Grandpa stopped by to

wish us a "Happy Halloween"

The three of us on All Hallows Eve

Cousin Zoie was a cheerleader and cousin Alex was a vampire

We had a relaxing and fun Halloween. Jeff had been at the training center in Eugene all week and arrived home this evening just in time to see our little dragon all dressed up for his Halloween debut. Nicholas and I gave out candy to the little trick-or-treaters and he seemed to like seeing all the kids in their costumes. We had Cleopatra come visit, as well as Superman, Batman, a couple of princesses, and a hobo or two. Nicholas really didn't like his costume too much-he couldn't move very well in it. At 7:00pm when it was time for bath we took his costume off and he was all better because he could finally move again!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Jack-O-Lanterns

Pumpkins in the daylight
The first Halloween for Nicholas had to commemorated with a pumpkin!

Moon and stars


All of them together

Yesterday I spent a couple of hours carving pumpkins (by myself because Jeff is out of town and Nicholas is too little). It was really fun deciding what should be carved into each one. I really like how the one with Nicholas' name turned out and I also like the moon and stars, because I usually just carve jack-o-lantern faces. I got a bit more creative this year! Happy Halloween everyone!

Boo Bash

Nicholas and Talon
The streets were packed with trick-or-treaters

Koby and Talon

Nicholas and mommy

Talon aka "Darth Vader/Storm Trooper"

Cutie in his Halloween outfit

This afternoon Nicholas and I joined my cousin Koby and her son, Talon, for the Boo Bash in downtown Camas. There were SO many kids there all dressed up who were trick-or-treating at the local businesses. It was a beautiful autumn day and so much fun!

Dinner with Gramme

Last night we did a little shopping and then went to dinner at Claim Jumper with Gramme. She makes Nicholas so happy when she snuggles with him!

Cousin Zoie's Birthday Party

Aunt Jami makes me smile
Zoie opening her gifts

You're so silly, daddy!
Blowing out her six candles
Cuddling with Auntie Eva

Nicholas' cousin, Zoie, turned six this week and had her party today. Mommy only got to stay for a little while because she had to go to work, but daddy and Nicholas stayed and played for a few hours. Zoie loved that all of her friends and family could be there to celebrate with her. She's such a sweet little girl!