Picky, Picky, Picky!

Augustus is turning into such a picky eater! By picky, I clearly mean that he is using his fingers to pick up delicious morsels. He still enjoys being spoonfed some of the farmer's market food prepared and frozen at the end of the summer, but tackles the fresh stuff from our Bountiful Basket on his own . . . con gusto!

First reaction to pomegranate! Pucker up!

Pick a little, eat a little!

Truly enjoying a meal of organic lettuce and "yum yums" (pomegranate seeds)

Back in Black!

Augie's darling teacher, Lori, in his Hedgehog classroom, orchestrated a painting day for the babies. So brave! Augie enjoyed every minute of it, especially the cleaning up in the sink part. We were scrubbing black paint from his toenails for about a week, but it's totally worth it!

Little hands making big art.

Portrait for his first gallery opening.

Time to clean up!

BOO! BOO!

Autie Teshie likes to call Augie "Boo Boo", and this time of year, he finds that especially funny! Although he dressed up as a pea for the Journeys School costume parade, we went with the family-themed costume for evening activities. What a treat!

Lassoing Daddy!

Tipping his hat to the ladies!

YEEHAW!!!

Hanging with the other neutral-costumed babies at a Halloween Hoedown!

9 months!

Recently, when strangers stop us to tell us how cute the baby is (no really! it happens a lot!), they ask if he's a year old. What?! No?! Sure, he is very long/tall, has a mouth full of teeth and is advanced in many ways, but for now, we're just celebrating 9 months. For those who are hinting that one year is just around the corner, we want to take it slow. But try telling that to Augustus when he wants to play a game of crawl-tag!

Lots of funny stuff happening these days!

 . . . like crawling!

Just need a little hand to sit like a big boy!

Baby in a Box

We continue to enjoy all the delicious offerings from our Bountiful Basket (but I could use more kale recipes, anyone?). Jacob and I know how much fun the cat has playing in the boxes, but now we know that we can buy enough time to whip up an apple/blueberry crisp with a little cardboard entertainment.

So far, Augie thinks EVERYTHING is delicious from our Bountiful Basket!

Baby in a box!

Pumpkin Patch

Aunt Terri Ann was in town the for weekend, so after a delicious Bubba's breakfast (A.S.H. had plums), we hit the town square for an overdose of family fun time. It was "the place" to see and be seen for the under 2.1 crowd. Needless to say, it turned into a photo shoot, and here are some of our favs . . .

"Terri and Darren, sitting in a pumpkin patch . . ."

Which one would you pick?

There's a cute lil' punkin!

Family photo!

HAPPY Halloween!

Handsome boy.

Sweet as pumpkin pie!

Just BEET it!

Where's my medal of "bravery"? I fed the baby beets! Beets in, beets out. Beets everywhere. Seriously.

So brave to try new things!

Yummers!