Pumpkins for my pumpkins

Due to the infestation of dreary days, germs, and finishing touches on the house this month, we made a last chance stop for pumpkins this past weekend (no, not at a fantastic pumpkin patch like we had hoped...but a Clover's Garden Center in a Elmhurst parking lot :( !)
But they had pumpkins (and hay), and photo opps, and beggars can't be choosers.

We found the perfect one for carving, though Luca wanted to take them ALL home.

Nico, not feeling great like the rest of us, awoke to partake in his first pumpkin picking.

Next year will hopefully be a little more like the picture we had in mind, but memories were created just the same :)

Zoo Babies

We took advantage of the 1 warm warm day we've had in like, 3 months! and took Nonnie to the zoo. Luca and this goat took to each other like glue in the children's zoo...
must've been the tenderness Luca showed him while brushing his luscious locks.

No, his name isn't Joey, it's Luca! If only I had a pouch to contain him sometimes!

But I bet my back would hurt a lot more if I were a kangaroo!

Dreamy

Ladies, back off, he's mine...

and I can stare into these eyes forever!

Cheeky

What's wrong with this picture?

Is it that Luca is playing in the sink when he shouldn't be?

Or...is it the way he put his own underwear on?

I'm not quite sure, but at the end of a long day, the underwear part made the water mess all ok :)

My Bouncing Baby Boys

Nico has hit the age to be able to bounce in the excer-bouncer (or whatever it's called!).

So, I sent Mike into the black hole, we call the garage, to search for it (we didn't anticipate which milestones Nico would be reaching when we moved into our temporary house...who knows where the highchair is!). But the search was well worth it!
But I did find Nico bent over backwards, literally, to see the tv above him. Big brother to the rescue though...he turned Nico right around so they could watch tv together!

Hard to believe my oldest baby is now a big brother, and that my baby is so big already! Buds they will be, now and forever!

Furniture Shopping Is So Fun...

...except with children in their 2's who are experimenting with the defiant stage of development!

Bottles are SOOOO passe!

Get excited, Nico...It's time for cereal!
He didn't really know what to think of the whole thing...he didn't seem to like or dislike the cereal. He did like participating in the feeding though and kept pulling my hand towards him.

My helper in the back for sure didn't like the taste of the cereal and couldn't understand why he couldn't feed Nico himself.

I would say the first feeding was a success (and not surprisingly)!