Here are pictures from the weekend - pumpkin hunting, de-seeding, & seed-eating.

PUMPKIN HUNTING



can you imagine?! he didn't want to leave!

PUMPKIN SEED-ECTOMY

YUMMY! - SEED EATING

In other news, we received our video camera in the mail yesterday - last night, I worked on connecting it to our computer & realized that we do not have a firewire port on our computer. So I ordered a card/port & as soon as it comes in (assuming it works with our computer!), I should be able to upload more videos for you to see.

I got some great video last night, and in watching it after the little one went to bed, we realized just how far he has come in the past 3 months. He is hilarious (that much has not really changed, but he's become more purposeful in his hilariousness) and mischeivous (which, I enjoy, but sometimes drives me up the wall). His language has come so far - his words are becoming so much more intelligible, and with the help of signing, we understand him most of the time. We'll try to teach him something, he won't seem interested...and then 2 weeks later, he'll randomly start doing it. Body parts, for instance. One day, he was only interested in telling us where his nose was. We gave up on the rest of the body parts for a while and then one day, he randomly began telling us where his eyes, ears, hair, belly, etc. were. He's constantly putting his voicebox to use - we are gonna have a true talker on our hands.

We've also been working on jumping, lately. Last night, he finally got both feet off the ground without any help. This was huge for him, so he kept having to try it again. Of course, 7 times out of 10, he lands squarely on his behind...but I think the kid is becoming a jumping fool.

I am so pleased that he is making such strides in his development, but at the same time, it is killing me to know that he will continue to grow & develop so quickly! Part of me still wants the little baby we met back in March...I guess it's a fine line every parent walks - wanting their child to be right on track, if not a little ahead in their development...but at the same time, wanting to stack bricks on the child's head to keep them from growing too much. Of course, if we stacked bricks on this boy's head, that just might not be such a great idea - given that he is already on the vertically challenged side.

But I realized last night that I am now firmly in a "want him to grow - but not really so fast" stage of parenthood. I wonder if that stage ever really ends?