Into the woods

Shem takes Thomas on a little Daddy trip every weekend. One of his favorite places to take him is to the redwoods. Thomas loves it, Shem loves it, and I love that I have some time to myself! Thomas's new skill is eating an apple all by himself. He loves apples! He has also learned to say more and more words. His favorites are Mama, Dada, DogDog, Night Night, and What's a monkey/cow/fish/lion say? He also yells alot for things when he wants them but doesn't have a word for them yet. I feel the tantrums coming!

Unhappy Halloween!

We had grand visions of trick or treating around the neighborhood. Then we put Thomas's costume on him (a gift from our friend/Thomas's babysitter who's Mom made it for her son), and it all went downhill from there. He hated having it on, either crying or running around trying to rip it off. So, we stayed home, and passed out candy. Not so bad considering he certainly wasn't going to eat candy and I don't need it, so it worked out! ;) As you can see, I thought modeling the mouse head for him might get him into it. That didn't work either.

This is why..

This is why we cut his hair! It's cute....but, it was getting LONG! 

First haircut!

Thomas's hair was getting a little unruly, and a little, well, mullety. So, we decided to get him a cut. I was to scared I would mess up, so we took him to the Panda Room in Corte Madera. I totally thought he would cry but, he was totally fine!!!! I was shocked. He played with a little basket of toys and even sat in the chair. 8 minutes later, he had a haircut! It was sad to cut off the little baby curls, and he looks more like a little boy now but, I am glad we did it! After his haircut we checked out the giant turkey and the fountain at the mall, and then had dinner at Pacific Catch where we can get fish, and Thomas ate chicken fingers and sweet potato fries for the first time!

More PA pics

I forgot to upload the pictures of Thomas swimming in the creek, and meeting all the animals at Ivans.  Here they are!

PA Trip

We just got back from a week long trip to PA to visit Shem's family. It was a great trip! We stayed with Ben, Jordan, Jacob and Isla which was really fun. Jacob gave us a taste of what it will be like when Thomas gets older! Everyone was awesome with Thomas and we had such a fun time. We got to pick a bunch of Grandma Char's raspberries and Thomas ate a million of them. There must be something special about Grandma's raspberries because since we have been home, he won't eat a single one from the grocery store. Thomas also got to meet his Great Grandpa Gus. Gus was pretty pleased with him and was excited to hear that at least one grand kid has been named after him. Thomas did tons of exploring in the yard at the farm and loved all the dogs and kitties. He even had fun climbing in and out of the dog door with some help from his Uncle Mike. He also met his Uncle Ivan for the first time, and all of his animals at his house! Thomas was pretty shy, but by the end of our trip, he was best friends with everyone. Uncle Ivan and Shem took Thomas for a swim in a local creek. Thomas splashed around and loved it and even went diaper free for awhile in the water....he turned into a real country boy on this trip! ;)

More walking!

And he can even suck his thumb at the same time!