Saturday, November 7, 2009

Monkey George's Halloween.

You may or may not recall that last year Rock was a monkey for Halloween.
Since his costume was big last year (pictured above), I thought I'd try it on him again. When I brought it out a few weeks ago, he was incredibly thrilled and acted as though he had never seen it before. So it was settled. He was to be a monkey again this year.
But (mostly out of guilt for not making or buying him something) I wanted to make it a little different this time around. Thus, on Halloween night Rock was "Monkey George" (his name for Curious George) and his Daddy was "The Man in the Yellow Hat."
We gathered at the Osbornes to do a joint trick-or-treating trip with some friends. Although we didn't plan it, there were a lot of monkeys at this get-together. After a yummy dinner, and a bunch of awkward group shots, we headed out to collect candy!
Now there is a picture of a man who loves his son. I don't think that the real Man In the Yellow Hat wore Harley Davidson boots, but the costume was thrown together that afternoon.
In case you wanted to know, I was a blurry pregnant firefighter.
After walking just a few blocks Rock proclaimed "My pumpkin is SO FULL! I can hardly carry it!" Since a few of the other kids were already in meltdown mode, we headed back to the Osbornes...
Where most of the kids (and all of the adults) indulged in a piece of candy.
That night, as I was putting him to bed, Rock prayed "Dear God, Thank you that I say trick or treat and the ladies will bring me candy."

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Fashion is Art

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

IT'S A GIRL!

Well, we were RIGHT! Fetus Fix #2 is most definitely a GIRL! And praise the Lord the doctors say that she looks "perfect." We are so so so excited! Looking at this picture you might wonder how the doctor could tell the baby's gender.
But from this side, it's clear! Not only does she like pink, she apparently likes to sleep on the placenta.
When the nurse told us the news, she asked Rock if he knew any good names for a girl. He replied "Boy." Then he started calling her "Skeleton Baby." Hmmmm... might take someone a little while to get used to this idea.First picture of the four of us! Too bad we all wore blue... from here on out it's gonna be pink, pink, pink.
Although for the record (and for all you grandmothers who are already purchasing outfits) I prefer my favorite color red over pink.
UPDATE: Just to clarify the comment above. I love pink and I love it on little girls. I know that Fetus Fix #2 will be wearing mostly pink for the first few years of her life and I am pumped about that. But I just wanted to throw it out there that I like red too.

Monday, November 2, 2009

PA Dutch Farmers Market

Last Friday we did a little shopping in Annapolis with BOTH of Rock's grandmothers.
Rock was beside himself with delight. We ended our morning with a yummy lunch at the Pennsylvania Dutch Farmers Market at Harbour Center.
Rock really wanted me to take a picture of our check. Here it is.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Pumpkin Search

In honor of All Hallow's Eve, I am going to tell you a little story I call "Pumpkin Search."Once upon a time, when Rock was just a month old, we took him to search for a pumpkin. But for some reason he doesn't remember that outing. So, we set out this past Monday to find a pumpkin to carve.
But we couldn't find the same pumpkin patch. We were going on the power of my memory -- which is usually very good for directions -- but again, we couldn't find the pumpkin patch. In fact, even the GPS on Fix's phone couldn't find the pumpkin patch.
We did find some beautiful horses. Rock insisted we get out of the car and take pictures.
Then we went to Homestead Gardens to find our pumpkin. It wasn't a traditional 'patch' in that they had no field, but they had plenty of pumpkins so Rock could pick the perfect one. This is not it. This one had a huge crack down the back of it.
Rock is saying "There are no pumpkins my size!"
He wanted one that he could carry.
We finally found one that was just his size. And we won't talk about how we discovered that it was rotting when we got home and that we couldn't in fact carve it because it was 'gross.'
Then we explored the rest of the fun Fall festivities... Having Daddy next to him gave Rock just enough bravery to stand somewhat close to the sheep.
Then, with his bravery bolstered, he ventured into the hay maze on his own. Dad hollered out "LEFT" "RIGHT" and Rock sometimes knew what that meant.
A few slide rides and we were ready to go back home for naps. The End. Happy Halloween everyone!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Logo

"Mommy, is this the logo for ice water?"

Thursday, October 29, 2009

A Series of Pictures

Question: Where does Rock's crazy smile come from?
You'll have to scroll through this series of pictures to find out.
Answer: He gets his crazy smile from his crazy mother!