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Finn ~ 34 weeks

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DSC_0315We’ve had a crazy busy week this week and I haven’t hardly picked up the camera! I promise, even though Finn is in the same sleeper as a lot of the photos from last week – these pictures were taken on different days! Though there aren’t too many there are a couple of fun ones with some good expressions this week.

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We were busy working with dad and mom to get HostaWorks up and running with the 2013 Seed offerings. It was another good year for seed harvest. Only a few weeks until seed planting day!

Thursday we went to the David Nail concert at the Bluestone, one of our favorite venues for a live show.  The image below is of one of the opening acts, Brother’s Osborne, who were quite good! It was a good show and a late night! I was off on Friday but spent the day trying to catch up on domestic chores and such. We hosted Small Group on Friday evening and Saturday we were at church for the entire day. Thankfully, Grandma Beilstein came to babysit Finn. He didn’t sleep much at all (for Grandma or us!) and he has been extra fussy the last two days, Friday and Saturday, just not wanting to sleep (though extremely tired!) and not liking alone time.  I forgot to get photos with mom, so here are a few she took from Saturday of Finn!IMG_20131107_212017_159 IMG950060 IMG950061

And now….we are off on vacation! There will be plenty of pics to come next week. Yay, we are looking forward to relaxing!2013110795080209

 

Finn ~ 33 weeks

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We started this week off on Sunday at the zoo! We walked around for a couple of hours in the brisk afternoon breeze.  Finn was the warmest of us all in his cozy stroller!

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Monday we celebrated Lily’s 5th birthday with some treats, new toys and playtime in the backyard. It was a lovely fall night.DSC_0112 DSC_0105 DSC_0106 DSC_0143 DSC_0121 DSC_0128 DSC_0129 DSC_0130 DSC_0138 DSC_0153

Thursday was another story! It was trick-or-treat in our neighborhood and unfortunately, the weather was awful! Huge storms and tons of wind and rain came through town and the end of the night we had 6 trick-or-treaters! Finn dressed up to help daddy greet our visitors and pass out the treats.DSC_0160 DSC_0171 DSC_0176 DSC_0183 DSC_0184

Finn is moving all over the place these days and getting into everything. He loves to stand up and pull magazines off the end table, empty the dog toy bucket, and play with the curtains. He is most definitely developing his likes and dislikes and in particular, will let you know when he’s not happy you have taken away something he was enjoying or move him away from something he shouldn’t be near. He ramps up the pipes every now and then. And especially when he’s a bit tired and you leave the room (even if you weren’t really playing with him, you were just there) he will fuss. He hears everything and looks the direction of any noise he hears. He in quite intrigued by the littlest of things. He loves the dogs and often crawls to the closest bone on the floor…see one of the videos. His face lights up when the dogs come near him, and especially when they greet him in his room after a nap.DSC_0195 DSC_0197 DSC_0206 DSC_0216 DSC_0219 DSC_0274 DSC_0271 DSC_0243 DSC_0239 DSC_0254 DSC_0255 DSC_0256 DSC_0258 DSC_0260 DSC_0264 DSC_0265

Finn loves to upright himself on his knees. He is getting much more confident while standing up and often only uses one hand to balance himself while he’s standing. Sometimes he lets go and thinks he can just stand there! So far we’ve only encountered a few bruises, I’m sure more are in our future.

Bear and Cammie are doing better and mostly recovered from their infections. Bear is having a harder time kicking it completely. This week I was on the floor with Finn and had my feet near her and she cuddled her head right on my foot. Sweet Bear. She has always been the best of cuddlers. DSC_0230 DSC_0249 DSC_0225

The fall color in our backyard has been beautiful! Here is quick glimpse from our bathroom – such a beautiful signt!DSC_0279 DSC_0281

Here are a couple of videos from this week.




Enjoy!

Finn ~ 32 weeks

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Things are just moving right along here! Seems as though winter isn’t all that far away, as we awoke to snow on Wednesday morning!DSC_0777 DSC_0779 DSC_0780 DSC_0782Griffin just loves to stand, so much so that he moves along kind of combination army crawl and knee crawl until he gets to the nearest object, and then he just pulls himself up.  Thursday afternoon I went in to get him when I heard him talking after his nap. Most of the time he is already standing in his crib by the time you get in there, but if he isn’t, as soon as he hears or sees you he makes his way to the edge of the crib and does this:DSC_0783 DSC_0784 DSC_0785 DSC_0788 DSC_0791 DSC_0799 DSC_0816 DSC_0821


We got Finn all suited up in his Astronaut costume and headed to the Spooktacular event at the Rec center in Dublin. We met up with Deven and Aarnov. It was a super cold night so we hung out indoors where Finn was able to pet turtles and check out the bug guy. We also ran into our friend Andy and two of his kids, Audrey and Ryan. DSC_0830 DSC_0832 DSC_0836 DSC_0844 DSC_0846 DSC_0840 DSC_0851 DSC_0854 DSC_0858 z DSC_0866 DSC_0875

On Friday night Kevin and I went to a fabulous Halloween party hosted by Laura & James. It was complete with a game of Clue and Family Feud.  Kevin found our costumes, Robinhood and Maid Marion, and he made our lovely pumpkin cheese balls! Thankfully Pat and Jim were able to come play with Griffin for the evening. He enjoyed all of the attention! DSC_0882 DSC_0883DSC_0877

On Saturday I met a few friends at the Zoo for “boo at the zoo”. The kiddos wear their costumes and trick or treat at various stations around the zoo. It was super windy and really cold, so Finn was cuddled up and quite cozy. He even fell asleep for awhile. DSC_0018 DSC_0001 DSC_0010 DSC_0005 DSC_0015 DSC_0022 DSC_0023

 

We ended the evening Saturday watching the Bethune’s. Here you can catch a glimpse of Griffin and Greta getting some together time. They had a bit of fun when they weren’t crying at one another! DSC_0030 DSC_0044 DSC_0067 DSC_0068