Auntie Jay!

So last night a group of our friends decided to get out and celebrate our friend Erin's birthday. The dinner was at 7 which is nearly past Deven's bed time so we decided to make it a "date night" and have my sister come up to watch our little fella.
Right before we were set to go Jaymie was playing with Deven and set him up with his "walker," a little toy that he can push around (thank you Grammy Johnston). Nick and I have not felt like Deven could handle pushing it alone for fear of a face plant of sorts. Jay not know this, let that kid just take off!
It was amazing (to us any way). Deven just trucked all around the living room and kitchen, all by him self!! You could tell he was so excited and proud of himself (at least that's how I'm interpreting it).
So we just wanted to give Jaymie a shout out and say thanks for watching Deven; he was so excited to have someone come up and tell mom and dad to chill out and let him get his walk on!!
I will of course be taking picture of this activity this weekend and get them up!! ; )

Rolling over - maybe?

We heard Deven crying early this morning right after a feeding. If/when that happens its Nick's job to sooth our little guy so he can get himself back to sleep. A lot of times Nick just needs to help him find his thumb and he's good to go. Well this morning Nick found D on his tummy. He was upset, one because he couldn't figure out how to get at his thumb, and two because he hates tummy time and probably was wondering why he had to do this when he was supposed to be sleeping! So, while we haven't witnessed it, it looks like Deven rolls over now!!

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Halloween 2009

It was Deven's first Halloween and I successfully picked a costume that will embarrass him when he's older and maybe appreciate when he's even older! His school had trick or treating for the older kids during the day so Deven and his buddies all dressed up for the occasion. He was a hit!!

The Wright's had a party so we ALL got dressed up. This was way out of Nick and my comfort zone but I guess we will do anything because of peer pressure. Here are some pics from the weekend.


1. Deven testing his costume out the night before his school debut. 2. Deven and me all ready to party at the Wright's. 3. Chip and Renee as skeleton's, Ryan as some weird news caster, Matt and Chanel as Scottish folk, Codie as a Geisha, Erin as a private school chick, Alex as the psycho from Clockwork Orange me as Dorothy and Nick...well Nick is the count from Sesame Street!! ; )

D's first UW tailgate

Although I don't think that any of us actually went to UW a bunch of us have embraced the college and the tailgating experiences it has to offer. As a fellow fan stated yesterday, "we are starting our little guy early." Thanks to our friends Ryan and Erin Deven was all ready to go in his Husky Outfit.

Deven had to take a pre-game nap to ensure optimum tailgate activity.

On our way in to the parking lot to meet up with the gang.

Chillin' under the tent, eating some ribs and watching football on the flat screen with great friends.

Not the greatest picture but here is Deven giving daddy one last hug goodbye before mommy brings him home for bedtime. We had a great time, he was a trooper!!

Babezilla

For those of you keeping track, our little babezilla is now 14lbs 1oz! I am wondering how much he will weigh after the 6 week growth spurt he is currently going through! This kid has been eating every 45 minutes...can any one say "football player?" These are pics of D during the heat wave about a week ago but I think they show off his chub the best.

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Happy Place

Deven had a big day yesterday. He got his circumcision surgery done and was rightfully unhappy about it most of the day!! To cheer Mr. Dev up his Grandparents were back to check-in, Great Nana and Bubba Bodle had a chance for photo shoots (to post later) and some of our besties Ry and Erin stopped by for a visit.

For this morning's "awake time" we started preparing for check-out time later this evening. It isn't for sure, but we are hoping to get back home to Mr. Sam tonight (thanks Jaymie for house/dog sitting). Deven has found one more of his happy places in his new car seat which is part of the "travel system" (yes i said travel system) that my awesome partner group at JJCo got for Deven! Along with new born clothing and diapers that our guy wont fit into, Nick had to adjust the belt to allow for our big but happy boy!!

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