Fall is in the Air

October is here and it is finally cooling off enough that Teddy decided to put on his own hat. Nice outfit Teddy:

Teddy's friend Vanley turned 2 on the first of October and we had a great time at his party at Cagle Farms. Teddy was excited to go:

Here we are with the birthday boy and his mom Jen:

There were animals everywhere and Teddy loved it. Here he is watching the ponies:

Teddy also LOVED the hayride. See the Moo-Cows (or as Teddy says Boo Cows)

After the hayride we got to feed the goats:

....and pet and feed the calves and other animals.

Teddy really liked petting the baby cows.

After all of the fun with the animals, we got to go to the jumpy thing:

And don't forget the cake!

It was really a wonderful birthday party and we all had a great time at the farm (although I won't be serving meat any time soon at the dinner table... not like that is any different than normal though). The party was so much fun I think it wore both of my boys out:

Teddy was given this doll by a family friend about a year ago, but recently started carrying it around with him all of the time. It was so funny when we realized Teddy and the doll sort of matched outfits:

Cooler weather also means Teddy can break out his Elmo long johns:

My Aunt Lucy and Uncle Mark were in town recently so we all went to my parents' house to visit with them.

Teddy and Violet played with the doll house...

...until they found the bigger doll house to play with!

Cool Cat Cousins:

Story Time with Grandma Judy:

Teddy also got to ride his new big wheel (Fall also means garage sale season. Which means Teddy gets lots of new clothes and toys for very very cheap.)

And even though the Brave's season is over... Teddy is still a fan:

Fall also means football season is here. Lots of bonding time for Teddy and Shae. (Yes they are watching football in the garage... by choice)

Go Hawkeyes!

I'll end this blog with two random but adorable pictures. After bath time:

Sometimes you just have to check your email so much that you can't even wait to get dressed first:

Teddy is 21 Months Old!

Teddy is 21 months old and amazes me more every single day. He is so much fun at this age and he is typically a very happy boy. He loves to interact with others and will yell out "Hi, HI" to strangers in hopes of getting a smile from them. He calls any little children we see his "friends" and also immediately says hi to them too. We are still not sure how our little man became so outgoing! I took him to a baby shower last week at the school where I used to work. In a room full of about 30 ladies, he stood in the center of the circle and danced around, lifted his shirt to show his belly, and pretty much did anything he could to get laughs and smiles. He is even friendly to inanimate objects. Yesterday as we were walking out of the library he started yelling, "Bye books. Bye chair!" over and over again! Although it doesn't seem like he has grown much lately in height, his vocabulary continues to grow each day. He can count to 6, recognizes all of his letters, and will "sing" several of his favorite songs. It is really fun to watch him play now as his imagination is developing. But most of all, he makes me laugh every single day and I am so thankful for him.

"Oh yeah!"

After the first Leapfrog video taught Teddy the entire alphabet along with their sounds, I quickly ordered the next video in the series. Not only does Teddy love this one too, but he sings right along with it at the end. You will also notice his new dance moves!

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"OH YEAH!"

Go Hawkeyes!

Like father, like son...

Catching Up

Fall is already here, Teddy is another month older, and I am behind on this blog! Here are some random pictures of what Teddy has been up to this month. I am also going to post some videos, but they will be in separate posts. It is much easier to upload them through Youtube, but it makes each video a different post. Anyway, Teddy has recently really started enjoying playing with the basketball. He shows very good effort:

Here is a cute picture of Teddy and his friends at the Teddy Bear Picnic:

We celebrated cousin Caroline's 11th birthday on September 12. As always, Teddy loved getting attention from Maggie:

Did I mention Caroline turned 11? She is definitely a pre-teen. We went out to dinner, and she repeatedly said she did not want us to sing to her. Of course we sang anyway....

Above you see the chair where Caroline was sitting until we started singing. I didn't follow her

to the bathroom to continue taking pictures. Luckily, when she returned to the table, she cheered up:

She is starting to look a lot more like her mom these days, isn't she?

Somebody was happy though when he got dessert:

Caroline did really like her bongo drums from Grandma Judy. Everyone had fun playing them:

We had a MOMs club board meeting at our house, but the highlight of the almost 3 hour meeting was when the garbage truck came. All of the kids rushed to watch:

Teddy and his buddy Vanley got to sit in a firetruck when we visited the fire station:

Teddy is still doing really well in his toddler bed (knock on wood) but the other day he would not lay down for his nap until he had both Elmos. So funny:

Teddy helped Shae harvest the rest of the beans from his garden:

We enjoyed one last pool day before the pools closed for the season. The baby pool was a little warmer than the big pool:

At least we can still go out on the lake. Here is Shae on his new inflatable kayak:

We walked down to the lake just to say hi to Shae, but Teddy immediately started saying, "Go in Dadda boat. Go in Dadda boat!" Of course, we couldn't say no that that.

But only on one condition...

... he had to paddle! I think he had fun:

The night before we left for our trip to Canada, Shae's friend Julia came to visit. She got to meet Teddy for the first time, and Teddy found another person to shower him with attention!

He seemed to enjoy it.

Most of the time Teddy will not keep a hat on his head... but occasionally he asks to wear one. When that happens, he keeps it on. Check out his cool Elmo hat:

One of Teddy's favorite things these days are steering wheels. Here he is driving a firetruck at the mall:

When I had a doctor's appointment recently, Aunt "Mir-mo" came to babysit. I know that Teddy had a blast... he keeps saying, "Aunt Mir-mo funny. Ha ha ha." I am pretty sure Aunt Mir-Mo had a blast too! Here they are going down the slide:

Teddy plays the blues

After a fun week traveling and spending time with his cousins, aunts, uncle, and grandpa, Teddy returned home. When he realized he was stuck with just his mom all day, he felt like playing the blues: