Fun at the Mall!

Today my friend, Christina and her baby Eli, met us at the mall play area.  Pearce had not been before, but he loved it!  He and Eli crawled all around.  There were lots of places to explore and it wasn't crowded at all.  We also went on a carousel ride!  Pearce and Eli were not too sure about that, but they did have fun.  I wanted to take a picture, but it was too hard to get a good one of them sitting on their horses....actually, Pearce sat on a red hog...it was meant to be :)  There was a little boy named Steven who was 2 1/2 who LOVED Pearce and Eli.  He kept petting them :)  He was there with his grandparents.  He even kissed them!

  

 

Eli and Pearce were having so much fun!

Here's Steven going in for the kiss!  Christina and I were trying to get a picture of Pearce and Eli, but Steven just would not move.

"Dude...did you just kiss me?"

"Eli, it is so cool that you can already stand up."

"Watch this little buddy!"

I do believe there will be many more mall play dates!

iPhone Pics!

Here are some cute pics from my iPhone!

Holding on for dear life....he can't do this by himself yet.

Baby food!

Sweet, crazy Daisy :)

Cookie and Pearce

When I was in Dallas a few weekends ago, I started looking through some of my mom's photo albums and came across these :)  That's me.

My Daddy feeding a very tiny me.

 

Mom and dad with their twins...love the outfits mom and dad!  I love how I'm looking at either mom or dad...I can't tell which one.

This was the day where I said what the heck, and let Pearce play in Daisy's water bowl.  He loved it!  At some point I want to get him a water table for outside.  

Then I took it away :(  Look how his jeans are soaked!

Story time at the library.  He loves to crawl all over that mat!

Lunch date with Brice after the library :)

Mr. Handsome!

Pearce LOVES to play with Daisy's food bowl and fling it all over the kitchen floor!

Peek-a-boo!

My 3 little puppies :)

Pearce has all of these neat bath toys, and he wants to play with the shampoo bottles!

Another lunch date with Claire!

Love those puffy eyes in the morning!

Pearce has started sleeping on his tummy with his knees tucked under...love that!!!

I got him all bundled up when we had our first cold days.

Mama got him this cute fleece jacket!

My sweet, happy baby boy!!

Pearce loves to suck on his blankie!  In the mornings, his blankie will be all wet and slobbery :)  He has two that he loves and they both have a sweet/sour smell to them....a smell only I would love, I'm sure!

Official 9 month stats

This morning I took Pearce for his 9 month well-check.  He was his usual happy, babbling self...until he got his flu shot booster :(  Dr. Sperling said he is doing great!  He has reached all of his milestones, so I was happy to hear that!  Next time we go back is for his 1 year well-check...wow!  

9 month stats:

Weight:  21 lbs, 2 oz  (75th percentile)

Height:  28.5 inches  (75th percentile)

Head Circumference:  45.8 cm  (73rd percentile)

Perfectly proportionate!

This is our doctor.  She is the SWEETEST!  I really think she's about my age, and maybe younger, but I've never asked.  She said we can start finger foods now.  I'll still do the purees, but start introducing some finger foods.  We'll also start eggs and meats!  I need to brush his two teeth twice a day...I have got to remember this!  She said the top gums are swollen, so he might get those in soon!  We ended the visit with his flu shot booster.  Poor little guy cried so hard and lost his breath....luckily I had a bottle ready and as soon as he got that, he was happy.  

Pearce's First Halloween 2012

Pearce's first Halloween was so fun!  Last weekend, my friend Kristin had a Halloween party, so we went to that.  I wasn't planning on dressing up, but remembered I had these cat ears, so I dressed up as a cat.  Easiest costume ever!  My little bat wore himself out that night.  It was really fun!

Here's the hostess with the mostest!  Kristin wore her grandmother's vintage Asian pajamas...she looked so cute!  Unfortunately, halfway through the night, the crotch ripped....that's vintage for ya!  That's Jesse holding Pearce.  He loves Pearce!  He was Dorothy from Wizard of Oz and he made his costume!  Pearce loved his ruby slippers :) 

Christie and her little candy corn.  Her mother-in-law made Ridley's costume and he looked so cute!

Kristin's baby Marlee :)

On Halloween night, I made Pearce a dinner of pumpkin, green beans, and pears.  MY dinner consisted of chocolate!  I knew Pearce couldn't go trick-or-treating, but I was so excited about Halloween.  It was so fun taking cute pictures of him and passing out candy while holding him.  Last Halloween I was pregnant and still had doubts that I would actually have him...I wish I could let that go.  I loved peeking outside and seeing all of the kids dressed up and just feeling so thankful I have my own little pumpkin now!  

I had to wait until Chris got home to put Pearce in his real costume, so he just wore his Halloween jammies.  We had tons of trick-or-treaters, so it was fun answering the door holding Pearce and passing out candy.  I think he started understanding what was going on, because each time the doorbell rang, he would look at me and then I would scoop him up and run to the door to pass out candy.  He just smiled and kicked his little feet.  I loved seeing all of the trick-or-treaters, but man, there were some greedy ones!  I am determined that when Pearce is old enough to understand, he will say "thank you" and be thankful for what he gets...."You get what you get, and don't throw a fit!"  There were several older kids that were not happy with what I gave them and said they didn't want it, they wanted something else.  So, I would just smile at them (their parents were watching) and through my smile I would say, "Be thankful for what you get."  Geeze! 

As soon as Daddy got home, we put Pearce in his costume...Biker Baby!  Chris came up with this idea a while back and REALLY wanted Pearce to be this.  When he was first telling me the idea, he was so afraid I would say no....but I thought it was hilarious!  Thankfully, my friend, Elizabeth just happened to have this Harley onesie, so she let us borrow it.  The bandanna is actually Otis's and I just painted on a mustache and beard with my eyeliner.  Chris had to hold down his hands while I did the eyeliner, and he did not like that...so that's why we have a crying Biker Baby!  At least WE thought it was funny!

Happy Halloween 2012!!