Happy Halloween!

From the puppy dog on Swift Boulevard.

The Pacifier Drop

Trey has a little game that he likes to play in the mornings. After he stirs from his peaceful slumber (and he really is a good little night-time sleeper - about 12 hours each night!), he crawls around his crib, pulls up on the bumpers and the bars, and looks around to see if there is any activity in his room. He then takes a pacifier, bangs it back and forth between two of the bars on the crib, and eventually tosses it onto the floor. As we keep several pacifiers in the crib (fully realizing this is against the instructions of all the baby sleep experts), Trey repeats the process until each of his pacifiers is on the floor, with the exception of the one in his mouth. For whatever reason, he declines to do the same thing with the toys he keeps in the bed. He then rolls around a bit more, lies down, and rests until Mommy or Daddy come to get him. When we enter the room, we are greeted by a sea of pacifiers on the floor. It really is too funny. We's posted a video of it on the bar to the right.

Social Butterfly

Trey had all kinds of social engagements over the weekend. After Fall Fest and dinner on Friday, Trey headed to a birthday party (a costume party where Trey dressed as a tiger!) and then a housewarming party on Saturday, where he was the star of both shows. The older kids at the birthday party loved holding and playing with him, and he entertained all at the housewarming by crawling around everywhere, laughing and giggling. Then, at Aunt Kacie's birthday dinner on Sunday, Trey squealed and smiled his way through the evening. Even after spitting up all over the guest of honor, he was all smiles.

Fall Fest

Trey had Fall Fest at school on Friday. It's their version of a Halloween carnival, where all the kids dress up and have a "costume parade" for their parents and other guests, and then the school has little booths and games in the courtyard for all the kids to enjoy. Trey dressed as a puppy dog, and Mommy, Daddy, Mama C, Daddy Tom, and Aunt Kacie all came for the festivities. They all got to meet Trey's teachers and some of his friends.

Here is most of Trey's class at the parade (Emerson the bunny, Jake C. the lion, John as Humpty Dumpty, Trey the puppy dog, Jake B. the pirate, Matthew the penguin, and Jeremy the lion):

Afterward, we went to dinner at Ibiza to celebrate Daddy Tom's latest visit. Trey was absolutely an angel at dinner and drew the attention of waitpersons and patrons alike. When the table next to us finished and got up to left, they commented on what a good baby we have. Of course, we already knew that! :)

Babyproofing

Our house is now on its way to being fully babyproofed! On Friday I had a service in to install safety gates to block off the dining room, put latches on the kitchen and baby's bathroom cabinets, and do a couple other miscellaneous things. Trey is now crawling around everywhere and trying to get into everything he's not supposed to touch, so we're doing more and more babyproofing every day. He's a very curious little guy, so babyproofing only does so much - we still have to hover over him whenever he's "on the loose"!

Mommy's Home!

Mommy is home after her longest time ever away from Trey - 48 hours! Trey greeted her this morning standing up in his crib, hollering for attention. When Mommy spent her lunch hour with him today, Trey was full of smiles and energy.

Trey is now more active than ever. He is crawling everywhere and pulling up on whatever he can. We lowered the crib once last week, only to find him leaning over the railing when he didn't want to go down for a nap. So we were forced to lower it yet again; it is now as low as it will go. The house is being babyproofed on Friday. He is no longer the little baby that stays in place and is easy to tote around, but he is more and more fun every day.

Welcome Baby Chase!

Welcome to Trey's newest friend, Chase Curran! Chase was born late Thursday night in Boston will a very full head of hair! Chase and his mom will be moving from the Boston area to Charleston, South Carolina; his dad has been working there for a few months now. Trey now has so many friends in Charleston South that we are going to have to try and visit sometime soon!