Greta's Strider

Greta got a new bike for her 2nd birthday. It's called a strider and has no pedals. She is already a pro. We are going to get as much biking in as we can before it gets too cold.

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otto 5 months

from otto's 5 month pics. the photographer had otto belly laughing...it was hilarious!

to otto, our 5 month old SLEEPER!

i feel like you are growing and changing all the time, but one thing that remains is that you are such a happy, happy boy. of course you let us know when you are hungry or tired, but mostly you just watch and laugh and babble and smile. you started sleeping through the night a few weeks ago, just all the sudden. i was dreading having to take away that middle of the night feeding, and then one night you slept through it and that was that. you go to sleep around 7:45 or so, and sleep til about 7:45 or so the next morning. you continue to love to suck your thumb, and you continue to move all over your crib. sometimes you get your arms and legs stuck in the bars....and sometimes when you are falling asleep you scratch the sheet with your fingers as you suck your thumb. so sweet.
you are starting to sit up for a few seconds at a time. and you are DYING to eat some food. only one more month or so, if you can wait that long. when we are eating, you grunt and strain to reach our food. and a few times you've managed to grab onto greta's spoon and we can barely get it out of your tight little grasp. when you see us eating your eyes get wide and you lean forward with your mouth open. i hope you like rice cereal!
you like to look at books with mama and you laugh and coo when we sing you songs. you seem to like the songs old macdonald and down by the station best. your papa discovered that your back is very very ticklish, and you also laugh when we tickle you in your armpits. you are so hard to hold anymore...you move and lean and are so curious about anything around you. nursing is getting tricky too....you don't take long to eat at all, but you want to look around and see what greta is doing, what you can see you the window, etc.
i hope you continue to love life like you do....it is so fun to watch you enjoy everything around you, with your silly hair that's longer on one side...those big blue eyes and those buckley ears and that sweet toothless smile. as greta says, we love our 'otto boy'....

friends

to finish off our busy weekend, we enjoyed a playdate at our house on monday. it was fun to see julianne and robert one last time before they headed back to rhode island! pictured are greta, ella, and robert in greta's learning tower. quinn probably decided it was safer on the ground....who knows how many toddlers that thing can hold! thanks janet and ella, erin and quinn, and julianne and robert for a fun time!

burger farm

after the busy day on saturday, sunday morning we decided at the last minute to meet up with the gillards at burger farm to pick pumpkins. it was another gorgeous fall day and greta (and otto) had so much fun. greta and gavin enjoyed seeing some farm animals, riding a pony, and playing some carnival games. we also took a tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch. thanks stacy, scott, and gavin for inviting us along!

falloween

after the morning fun at sawyer point and only a 20 minute nap for greta, we headed to coney island for their 'falloween' extravaganza. it was tons of fun. we met up with grandma and grandpa hansbauer, and the ford cousins. there were tons of fun activities....greta painted her own pumpkin, rode rides, trick or treated, made an apple pie, and, most importantly, played in a giant patch of gravel. greta's favorite part of the evening was probably either the gravel or riding the tilt a whirl with papa and jacob. she LOVED it, and was laughing hysterically the whole time while mama waited nervously. otto had a great time too. his favorite part of the event was playing with the zipper on his bundle me. what a fun fall evening!

park and play

my college roommate, julianne, and her husband jason and son robert were in town for a few days recently. on saturday morning, we got some friends together and hung out at sawyer point. it was nice to see everyone (and everyone's children) and was a beautiful fall day for the kids to play outside. it was also the beginning of a very busy weekend for our family!