Keeping the Boy Happy

So, last week was a rough week. Rock was a grumpy boy. As we saw in my last post, he didn't enjoy trying on hats time. He didn't really enjoy much of anything. On Wednesday when he was extra fussy we decided (again) that we needed to simply get out of the house. Rock and I suited up in the Baby Bjorn and walked over to the strip mall right by our house. We spent an hour or so browsing and bought some cute new shoes for Rock's mom and a few groceries for everyone.
This made him very happy and eventually he fell asleep. The adorable outfit he is wearing is from my mom's CBS friends. It was a hit with the employees at TJMaxx.

Hunt for Hats

Rock has a pretty big head for his size (actually he has a pretty big SIZE for his size, but anyway...) so the other day I realized that I needed to try on some of his hats and make sure he wasn't going to outgrow them before he had a chance to wear them. As Rock's face can attest, we were all a little weirded out by this hunting hat hand-me-down from Dave and Erin. Even weirder, it has matching booties with little deer heads on them.
So I tried on the Pooh hat from Aunt Sarah (favorite aunt in Dallas) and Uncle Ron.
At this point (yes, just two hats in to "let's try on hats" time) he was done with trying on hats.
But to be fair, Rock was having a bad day. When trying on hat time went so sour so quickly, I decided he had just had enough of looking at our townhouse and my face all day. Thus, we left the hat on and went for a walk to the library. That calmed him down enough to fall asleep and take a sleeping picture with dad when we got back. (So, Aunt Sarah and Uncle Ron, don't develop a complex, he liked your hat just fine!)

Two Mondays Ago...

I know! It's been awhile since I've posted anything... but here are some shots from two Monday's ago. Rock had a very exciting day. Not only did he scratch his nose pretty badly....
But he also rode in his carseat all around the Washington, DC area. He got to eat a fish and chips lunch with Aunt Susanna (his favorite aunt who works in Old Town Alexandria) at Eamonn's (a wonderful chipper where Uncle Jason and future Aunt Heather got engaged). Then we saw Uncle Jason and future Aunt Heather at the bakery where they are having their cake made for their AWESOME wedding that is coming up soon.
He also got to see Aunt Susi for dinner! We went to her house to pick up some of Fix's old toys and we ate at Noodles & Co. which mom is still deciding if she likes or not. Of course, did mom remember to take a picture of Rock with his uncle or any of his aunts? NOPE! So here are shots of him alone. Hope you don't mind.

Afternoon Nap

Take a look at the size of this kid! Rock really really loves to push up on his legs and wiggle around. Thus it was hard to get focused pictures of him before his afternoon nap.
Fix and Rock like to look over their shoulders.
Here we are getting ready to settle in for a long nap.... Well, one of us is sleeping...

Happy Halloween!

Rock was lucky enough to get three, yes three, Halloween outfits this year. So, we wore the first one to the pumpkin patch (thanks again Aunt Bethany!). This is Halloween outfit number two, which we wore for most of the day on Wednesday.

This one was purchased by Rock's Nana B (I keep changing her Grandma name because she hasn't picked one yet!) the day after she found out I was pregnant. It was purchased along with the "Going to Grandma's" outfit seen in the Monday Night Dinners blog, and a "Baby's 1st Christmas" outfit that will be worn in the near future. All three were gender neutral because we didn't know if Fetus Fix was a boy or girl at that time. It also came with a hat but Rock usually runs kinda hot (like his father, the human radiator) and so we decided not to wear the hat in order to keep him from overheating.
At around 3:30 pm, I realized that I needed to get carving if we were going to have any jack-o-lanterns to set outside for the trick-or-treaters. Fix was busy preparing for his oral examinations for the Presbytery Committee (the next step in getting licensed and ordained) and Rock was busy taking a nap. So, since they couldn't join me in the carving fun, I decided to make pumpkins to honor them in their absence. In case you couldn't tell, the one on the left is Rock, the one on the right is Fix.
Here we are, with Rock in his third and final Halloween outfit. This one was given to him by Erin (older sister of our former neighbor Megan) and Dave (her husband). This picture was taken at Mike (head pastor at RPCB) and Barb's house where we were having dinner. This is our weekly Wednesday night activity -- dinner together with the pastor and his wife and then prayer meeting at the church. Rock's outfit was a hit both with the trick-or-treaters coming to Mike and Barb's house as well as with the folks at the prayer meeting.
What do you think? Do they look like their pumpkins?
This one just made me laugh.

Perfect Pumpkin Quest 2007

Well, I had been talking up the pumpkin patch at Queen Anne Farm for a few days, so Rock was really excited about going to pick out his first Halloween pumpkin. He decided to take a nap before we went so he would be wide awake for this monumentous occasion.
So, here we are at the pumpkin patch! Wake up Rock! There's a giant pumpkin for you to explore! Alas, no. The boy would rather sleep than explore...

And he wasn't really up for opening his eyes for a 'sitting on a pumpkin' picture with dad...It's funny that he would keep sleeping through all this fun when he had been looking forward to it for so long. When I asked him to inspect this pumpkin to see if it was up to his standards, he just kept snoozing away.

Look Rock! A funky squash/gourd/green thing! That's worth waking up for, isn't it? Apparently not.
Okay, what about if we pick a pumpkin that's your size? Just open your eyes and tell me what you think of this one. When it came down to it, none of this pumpkin stuff was worth his time. That is until...
The CREEPY-WORK-OUT-PUMPKIN-BUNNY-HEAD! Now that's worth waking up for!
And now that it's time to go home, the boy was ready to play.

*** Note that the adorable jack-o-lantern outfit in these pictures was brought to you by Bethany, Rock's favorite aunt in Florida.***

More Smiles

This smile melts his mom's heart! We are seeing more and more of it these days.