Sept. 20th - Week 23&24 - Grandma's visit, football , Halloween gifts

On Sunday, the Pounder's family came over to watch the Bears game with us. Weslee is 20 months old and sure was active. He ran all around our condo and gave mom and dad a little taste of what's to come in the next year. Weslee and I were both sporting our Bears gear but the funniest part of the afternoon was watching me go after daddy's beer mug. He keeps them in the freezer so they're good and cold and the side of the glass felt really good on gums. Once I started chewing on it, daddy couldn't take it away. It was a fun Sunday, and probably one of the last times we'll see the Pounder's family for awhile since they're moving out to the suburbs in a few weeks.


Mom was really busy at work this week which makes for some stressful evenings. She keeps telling me it’s a good thing we’re doing the nanny share with Talia or she would have quit her job already. Luckily, Aunt Beth stopped by this week and brought me a bunch of cute clothes. It was such a fun surprise (for mom and me), and I practiced my sitting skills while playing with all the different textures of the clothes. I'm also getting pretty good at moving around. Not only am I rolling all over the place but I'm trying to figure out how to crawl. I'll reach my arms out but can't quite figure out how to move my legs. I still have a long way to go but I sure am funny to watch.

Grandma Etcheson came up to visit me this weekend to watch me while mom and dad went to their friend’s wedding. It was only the second time someone other than mom or dad had put me to bed, but I did great. Grandma took such good care of me and mom and dad were so thankful that she volunteered to spend the night on Saturday. Mom and dad had the opportunity to stay out with all their friends and pretended they were back in their pre-kid days. They stayed out way too late and probably had a few too many drinks so it was a REAL good thing that grandma Etcheson was there when I woke up at 7:30am on Sunday morning. Grandma fed me breakfast and played with me all morning so both mom and dad had the opportunity to sleep until 10am. Neither of them can remember the last time that had happened! Grandma Etcheson also brought me so many nice gifts from all the family back in Bloomington. Grandma-Great Haeffele sent me my very own little pumpkin and mom’s friend Pat O’Brien, sent me a pumpkin that was almost as big as I was! I loved the pumpkins but mom and dad had to take them away from me because all I wanted to do to was eat the stem. Aunt Jill also sent me my very first Halloween book and my favorite character in the book is the ghost. Whenever mom and dad get to that page, they make the ghost go Boooooo and I break into the biggest smile and laugh. I just love it! I also received a gift from the Stamper family this week. They sent me my very first Barney book and I loved the colorful pictures. Mom was amazed at how I was able to turn all the pages on my own and I made the best facial expressions looking through the pictures.
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I did end up wrinkling a number of the pages but that's ok because I really enjoyed myself.