A big thanks to a friend of Thomas' from grad school who sent Andrew this thoughtful outfit that we love since it's orange and blue. It looks like Andrew is already a Syracuse fan even though he's never been to New York. I'm sure he'll be watching the Syracuse games with his Daddy and love our hometown team as much as his Daddy and his Papa do and of course his Grandpa too! 
Good thing he looks good in orange and blue! 
Yesterday was such a beautiful day that we decided to eat lunch on the deck after we went to storytime at the library. Julia enjoyed running around the deck and the yard collecting some leaves. Before long our yard will be covered in leaves and then we'll rake them up so she can jump in the pile. 
Andrew enjoyed being outside too! I absolutely LOVE his smile in this photo! He's such a cutie. 
Andrew does great on his tummy and looks all around! Now he's pushing up on his hands and extending his arms which is something they need to be able to do to crawl. He's quite a strong little boy and getting stronger everyday. 
Just recently Andrew started liking his giraffe that Aunt Kim bought for him before he was even born. They say it's a great toy for teething. Don't you just love the one foot up in the air? 
An action shot of Andrew chewing on Sophie the Giraffe. 
Today we went to Sweet & Sassy at The Avenues to get Julia her first haircut. On Tuesdays between 10-3 they have a special and it's only $10 which includes the cut, dry, style, lollipop, and a cute little face painting. Julia was a bit hesitant so she got her lollipop at the beginning and got to hold it the entire time. At one point I was holding her hand while she was sitting in the chair and she was holding my hand really tight (she was a bit nervous). Despite being unsure of the whole haircutting experience she did great! I'll warn you right now that I posted a ton of photos so you may feel like you were right there with us! 
Getting her hair wet just a little. Don't you love the Sweet Princess cape? This place is very girly...it was so cute! 
Looking down while Miss Melissa cut (well trimmed) her hair. 
Trying to look down but also look at what's going on by looking in the mirror. 
Almost all done! It's really not much shorter but looks more cleaned up. She even got a little braid in her hair. 
After she was finished she walked on the little runway they have there but she still wasn't quite sure what to think about all of it. I'm sure as she gets older she'll really love everything at Sweet & Sassy. 
I even got a bit of a smile out of Julia as she showed me her lollipop. Julia decided her face painting would be a sparkly pink heart but next time she says she's going to get the star. 
It was such a beautiful day that we sat outside and she enjoyed her lollipop. 
The lollipop was a special treat for Julia and she LOVED it! 
They say that at around 4 months babies love looking at themselves in the mirror and this is definitely the case with Andrew. He loves looking in the mirror and usually gives a big smile. Julia never seemed to be interested in the mirror when she was little but I'm sure she'll spend plenty of time in front of it getting ready as she gets older.
A while back we went to Trader Joe's and they have little shopping carts and Julia absolutely loved having her own cart. She wanted to put more and more stuff in the cart and she looked so cute pushing her groceries around the store. When I told her we were going back to that store she was ready to go and do more shopping but this time I was prepared with my camera to take some photos. 
Even though she loves the shopping cart she has at home nothing beats the real thing! She had so much fun pushing the cart around the store and at one point she even told me we had too much stuff in our cart. 
Last Monday we had a Toddler Halloween Party at the house and invited some of the kids from our playgroup that meets on Mondays. Pace is Spiderman, Julia is of course Curious George, Amelia is Super Woman, Maddie is Minnie Mouse, and Cole is dressed up as Woody. Sunny who was dressed as a peacock ran off before the picture was taken. We searched for ghost, painted pumpkins, ate lunch on the deck since it was a beautiful day, and even sang Happy Birthday to what else but pumpkins. Julia wanted to sing Happy Birthday since it was a party so a few of us did that at the very end while they ate brownies. What kind of a party is it without singing Happy Birthday...right? 
I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted but here's a cute one of Julia and Amelia painting their pumpkins. 
