sleepy

every night after my pal goes to sleep dad and i creep in to his room to peek in on him.. i never take pictures because i can't justify it after i get onto steve for patting and kissing on him.. but the other night i couldn't resist.. his bottom is just too sweet when it's poking up in the air. the little blanky next to him is what we call his "lovey" and he likes to chew on it. he has overlapping heavy duty overtime bumper pads because if he didn't he would have heavy duty head injuries. the other night we went in and found him asleep, sitting on his bottom with his forehead up against the bumper pad. he literally stands up until he falls asleep but i guess that time when he finally fell over to go to sleep he only fell half way!

sunshine and crabcakes

my pal didn't feel 100% this weekend. it's stinkin tooth #3 that is giving us trouble. tooth 1 and 2 came without any drama at all, but this one is giving us some grief. most of that is in the form of whining unless cope is preoccupied with something else, but some of it also comes in the "no i won't nap" flavor. we tried to keep cope busy outside playing and it worked until the tired face came out!

halloween!

so i broke down and bought a sewing machine. i've used one a few times (when i was a tiny kid with my nanny who made us the coolest toys with her sewing machine), in college when i was crafting my own halloween costumes (sorry jacque.. i probably destroyed your machine!), and now for cope's dinosaur. i think saying that i "made" it would be a stretch... it's just a sweatsuit with some felt triangles sewed on, but i think my little pal was the cutest dinosaur in town!

fall!

it's been really nice here! we've been hanging out outside quite a bit.

cope has also gotten pretty excited for halloween because nana sent him all kinds of outfits that he's been wearing.

and he loves to hang out with dad and watch football.. that's ok with mom as long as laundry is getting done at the same time!!

my pal is taking after his daddy, grandaddy and great grandaddy and his is a huge georgia fan.. he can't quite say "bulldogs" yet, but i bet it will be his next word.

i'm just not sure...

cope is 8 months old now! he is so expressive and he sure lets us know what he’s thinking. one of the funniest things he does now is to be in between 2 emotions. he often can’t decide which is more important so he shows us both at one time!

crawling, fall and a new favorite sweater

my buddy is a crawling machine. he's fast. he is also getting to be adventurous and will explore rooms that we aren't in! he is so kind to pause for pics for his mama, though..

we were going to go to the pumpkin patch this weekend but it was hot outside so we just took some pics at home depot in the shade! this was saturday, the day mizzou got destroyed by texas.. but my pal is a true fan and he wore his mizzou black and gold proudly.

sunday i picked my pal up a new sweater at target. i was worried that it might be too small so we tried it on when we got home. well he could care less about the sweater but he LOVED the tag. he shook it and chewed on it and slid around on it while he crawled with it under his little paw. i felt guilty cutting it off! he put it on for work this morning and i'm pretty sure he had forgotten all about it; or at least i tell myself that!

as an aside... his solid food eating skills are better than dad would leave you to believe with this pic! but he still loves his milkers the best!

busy busy

my buddy has been a busy little guy! he got his first tooth last week and a 2nd is about to break through. he had his first fall off of the bed. i think that injured his dad worse than it did him, ha ha. he crawls so much he has started to wear holes in the tops of his socks.. and when we take off the socks, he gets really really dirty feet.

he is so much fun and we are having a ball with him.. more pics about stories soon! my memory card is en route from connecticut and we'll catch you up on our recent vacation.