Weekend with the Moore Family

The Moores came to visit us this past weekend! We had a great time (as always!) with them! It was a whirlwind of a weekend and of course a tad bit chaotic with 5 kids in the mix ;)

We managed to fit in a trip to the Wellington Green Market & playground, A Latte Fun (twice!), Playmobil FunPark, a BBQ & game night, and lots of eating! Miss them already!

Photo Break & Loganisms

It's so nice to have a house...until you have to clean it! Of course, it doesn't help that I have two messy kiddos and a dog that sheds! ;) taking a break in between vacuuming & mopping to post a few pictures...some are outtakes from Blake's Halloween shoot and others just from out and about this week!

We have had some seriously beautiful weather this week - great for my workouts and perfect park weather! We've hit up two of our favorite parks the past two days (and squeezed in a quick mall trip for pizza & ice cream), the cool weather makes living in South FL more bearable! :)

Funny Logan-isms:

Kally: ahhhhh!! The garbage truck is going to eat me!
Logan: (gives her a hug) don't worry Kally, it won't eat you.

Me: (tiny, quiet burp...I was pretty sure Logan wouldn't hear me!)
Logan: say excuse me, Mama.
Me: Oops, sorry Logan. Excuse me.
Logan: Good job.

Hahhaha. Payback.

Me: this month is Thanksgiving. What are you thankful for?
Logan: I'm thankful for cheese.

As we're leaving the park today...
Logan: (points to Alden) play two more minutes! Bye friends!

That little guy has just gotten SO social - he chats with everyone (including random people that we walk by!) and is always talking about wanting to play with his friends! What a hoot!

10 months of Blake

Okay, okay, so I'm a few days ahead of myself...technically he doesn't hit the ten month mark until Friday, but we'll let it slide.

Blake's been doing a ton of new things lately! All of the sudden it feels like he launched himself from baby status to not-so-baby status.

He's been eating a TON and loves almost everything we've given him. The only two things he has refused to eat so far are mandarin oranges and peaches, which ironically were the only two things that baby Logan would eat. His favorite is definitely the yogurt melts! Bring those out and he immediately starts waving his arms & legs and smiling. Those are seriously like baby crack. Logan used to be obsessed with those also!

He's also been holding his bottle by himself for about a month or so now, which has been amazing. Logan never did that, so to have a baby that can feed himself is a new experience - and I love it!! It has made my workouts so much easier since he is happily eating while I run & jump around ;)

I love his baby babbles! I'm pretty sure he says dada, but I'm always hesitant to put the early babbles in the baby book since I never really know if they reallllly mean "dada" or if it was just a random string of sounds, ya know? But whatever, it's pretty cute.

His crowning achievement (at least in my book) was that he walked three steps on his own today! We've had a sneaking suspicion that he will be an early walker since he so readily stands on his own, balances really well, and walks easily while holding on to our pinkies. This evening after dinner he was clinging on to Daniel's finger when he spotted me sitting a few feet away and he just took off. It was so fun to have both of us there to see it! The only thing better would have been if we could have trained Logan to use the video camera ;) haha. I'm super excited to have a walker (I think it will make some of our outings much easier, since its hard to have a crawler on concrete, etc) but on the other hand, OH BOY will I be in trouble when Blake picks up speed. Luckily I think I still have a ways to go - Logan took an entire month between his first steps and really walking!

Zoo and Family Fun!

We visited the Palm Beach Zoo for the very first time on Thursday - actually, it was Blake's very first zoo trip ever! The kids had a lot of fun with Lily & Kate...checking out the animals, watching the bird show, riding the carousel, and playing in the fountains. We stayed for almost 5 hours! Whew!!

Daniel's parents and cousin came to visit this weekend, so Daniel and I were able to go out for a relaxing (and much needed) dinner out on the town! ;) We went to Stonewood, so yummy! We both had skinny margaritas, the blue cheese chips appetizer, and shared the chocolate indulgence cake . I had the ginger lime glazed salmon (seriously, best thing ever) and Daniel had a steak. Pretty sure I blew my calorie allotment for the day in just that one meal, lol.

This morning we hit up the park and Playmobil Funland. I got a little bit of Christmas shopping done (hurray for getting a head start!) thanks to the 25% off sale on all Playmobil. Not sure who's more excited about his present, me or Logan! ;) I LOVE Playmobil!!

Oh, and this afternoon I attempted a mini photoshoot with Blake in his Halloween costume. Ummm, fail. He still won't wear his giraffe ears for longer than 5 seconds, and was a tad bit tired today after both he and Logan woke up at 5:15 (!!!) thanks to the ridiculous time change (why in the wod must we follow these antiquated rules anyway...!!). But, Blake looked cute nonetheless. Enjoy!

Halloween 2012

We managed to persuade Logan to wear his costume last night, and it was a success! My friend Lauren came over with her little boy TJ to walk around the neighborhood with us. Blake unfortunately had a rough day and passed out by 6pm...but one of these days we'll dress him up in his giraffe costume and take some pretend "Halloween" pictures! Hehe!

And last but not least...my little munchkin as Mickey Mouse last year compared to a dinosaur this year!