Fall Fun

This fall we have had a good mix of fun weekend events and quiet family weekends at home. We are still adjusting to being a family of four, but seem to be getting into a good rhythm. Our weeks are generally pretty busy with both Jasmine and Zeb at work and both boys at daycare, but we still manage to have some fun family time including some trips to the park during the unseasonably warm fall weather and a few nights out for pizza. Our weekends at home were often filled with trips to the YMCA, the parks, spending time in the yard (Zander loved helping with the garden and helping with other yard work tasks), baking cookies, and crafts (Zander really wants to go to school and loves doing crafts at daycare and home with mom!). Some of our fun weekend trips included a trip to the Children's Museum in Milwaukee, the Exploratorium, apple picking in Wisconsin, Circus night out in the park, Cheese Fest in Wisconsin with Aunt Abbie while we went to a football game, a trip to the Pumpkin Patch with Aunt Maggie and a train Ride with Aunt Nellie and Abbie! We also had a fun Halloween this year and Zander was very excited to choose his costume and was a hit with all the kids at the Halloween festival......He chose to dress up as Elmo and chose Cookie Monster for Zaiden. We are a busy family and love spending as much family time together as we can.

We are also trying to give Zander some extra one on one time including some "dates" with mom or dad. He is a fun, imaginative and super smart little guy! Some of his current interests are identifying letters (the D is for the Doughnut store!), time (he always asks what time it is and is excited when he knows what some of the numbers are.... it's 5:00 or 8:00) and he really likes money including asking people (all of my co-workers at a recent pot luck or my grandpa) for "more monies" and finding out how much his toys cost (most of them cost $60 according to him!)

Painting pumpkins 

Our little Elmo, Cookie Monster and a Halloween cooking project (dirt!) 

Fun at the Exploratorium 

Taking a train ride to one of our favorite destinations....the doughnut store and the park! 

The boys hanging out together a the Play Place 

Family Photo at the Pumpkin Patch 

Apple picking and petting zoo 

6 months

Zaiden is a busy 6 month old little boy! He is now sitting really well and can sit for at least 5 minutes at a time. His favorite thing to play is sitting at his piano and hitting the keys. He is also trying really hard to craw. He scoots all the way around when he is on his tummy and can sometimes inch forward or backwards a little bit. Other times, when he is really motivated to reach a toy, he will just fling his body forward to get it. He is also "talking" and babbling a lot and now loves to say "dada." He continues to charm everyone with his smile and dimple (except for the camera) and loves to laugh. He often thinks big brother Zander is hilarious! He is also eating baby food and does pretty well most meals. He is also improving in the sleep department.....yay! 

Playing with his toy and sitting up like a big boy

Aunt Maggie spent a lot of time to finally catch a smile on camera!