Its fun to be a Dad . . .

You get to throw them up the air and make them laugh until they spit up their dinner . . . cool.

Grandma and Grandpa come for a visit!

This weekend we were very excited to get a visit from Steve and Maxine. This was the first time they had seen Noah since we went to Maryland in July - and as Steve said, he's a totally different baby now! We had a great time on Sunday walking around Salem, MA - although everything was a little quiet because I think the town was in post-Halloween hangover . . .


It seems like we did a lot of eating this weekend as well - what would a great weekend be without breakfast at The Lighthouse?


Not to mention Sushi!


But mostly we just hung out - and it was great. We can't wait to go down and see them in December!

Don't Let a Black Cat Cross Your Path . . .

Noah had a great first Halloween! We went trick or treating with Noah's cousins: John, Ollie, and Andy (and my cousins Sarah and Jay) in the neighboring town. They have an awesome neighborhood where all the houses really do it up. There were about 60 kids and their parents out on the streets just in the hour that we went. It was total and complete bedlam! (The only down side was that I found out that it is waaaayyyy more fun to be a kid at Halloween than to be a parent - stressful!). At first I was taking him up to the doors and getting candy for him - but the other adults were giving me the evil eye in a "we know he can't eat candy yet" kind of way. So, then I got wise and enlisted his cousins to grab extra candy "for Noah" when they went up to the doors. Candy which Dave and I prompty ate. Thanks John, Ollie, and Andy (especially Andy - he was very consciencious about getting candy for his younger cousin).

Pumpkin festival

We also went with our good friends Keith, Diane, Ella, and Sophie to a pumpkin festival. Here are some pictures of us - and a picture of Diane and Sophie getting Sophie's face painted!

Pumpkin Carving

A family resemblance between us and our pumpkins?

DAVE . . . NOAH . . . ME

Of course - they're not the coolest pumpkins I've ever seen - This is the coolest pumpkin I've ever seen!

Pumpkin choosing

We went out to a farm near us to choose our pumpkins . . . While Dave and I chose ours based on size and shape, Noah was more concerned with the "sitability" of his pumpkin!

The spoon - mastered. Bring on the chopsticks!

Rebecca and Phyllis

Aunt Phyllis came to visit Dave's cousin Rebecca, who is a student here . . . we had lunch with them and they met Noah for the first time! Rebecca was so enamored with Noah she begged us to let her baby sit (and believe me, we will take her up on it sometime!)

Dr. Spock (and other horrors)

Dr. Spock no longer rules - you are no longer supposed to let babies sleep on their stomachs (or play with sharp knives . . . ) Watch this "re-enactment" of our discussion the morning my parents were due to take Noah for their first full day . . . :)

First Day of School

In September Noah started to go to daycare, then in October he started going for full days, three days a week. (Then later in October, he promptly caught a cold . . . well, what can you do?) Here is a picture of Dave and Noah on his first day. Note that Noah is asleep in this picture - he's not adapting easily to this 7:30 in the morning thing - he is a night owl!