I woke up on Saturday morning and discovered that Reid has gotten his first tooth! His lower left has just broken through his gums. He is really not bothered but it certainly explains all the drool and the stuffy nose and congestion he’s had over the last week or two.

On Monday I visited Finn at preschool for the Book Character Week Parade. His Monkey class portrayed the raccoon from the book The Kissing Hand. It was fun to surprise him and see the kids all parade around the room and all of the parents gawking at our kids, ha!

On Tuesday, ironically Trick or Treat night, both Griffin and I had dental check ups. He checked out really well with healthy teeth and no cavities. Since it was Halloween all of the office staff were dressed up, even Dr. Bob! I visited a new dental office for my first visit ever to an office that wasn’t my Dad’s! I, on the other hand, had two cavities 🙁  Not too bad I guess for not having had regular check ups over the last several years. Later that evening Jim and Pat came up for our traditional Trick or Treat night. Sam and Debbie stayed for pizza and trick or treating with the rest of our neighborhood crew. Reid wore Finn’s Astronaut costume, which I didn’t even try on him until it was time to put him in it to leave. It happened to fit perfectly – thank goodness. He’s a super cute astronaut to go along with his big brother who was a Storm Trooper. The kids this year were so FAST! They ran from house to house at full speed and we hit each house in our neighborhood in about an hour and a half. A great night of fun. Kevin mentioned to me the next day how much he really enjoyed just walking our neighborhood and watching Griffin have such fun and joy. I couldn’t agree more! He had a fun time.  Debbie snapped this pic of some tummy time this week. Sweet Brutus just loves to be close.  We attended the calling hours and funeral of our friend Chad’s step-dad who passed away after a long fight with cancer. He was a really well known and respected farmer who was heavily involved in different organizations and in the community. The turnout at the calling hours and funeral was incredible, we waited an hour and 45 minutes in line and we didn’t arrive until 7 pm, three hours into the calling hours. The funeral procession also drove through his farm en route to the cemetery where a combine had been placed as well. We certainly have wonderful memories of our visit to their farm in the fall of 2014 when we rode in a combine with Dave. He taught us about farming and showed us much about how the combines work.
Reid now sleeps in only a warm sleeper or a long sleeve onesie and a sleep sack. Since he is no longer being swaddled he definitely prefers to sleep on his belly, just like Griffin. I’m also becoming increasingly aware that I’ve encouraged poor sleep habits. He will not fall asleep without his pacifier and if it pops out and he wakes up he is not able to get himself back to sleep without it (since I’ve long been popping it back in when I hear him wrestle and cry). Having him near me in our room has been great but I’m beginning to think we should have moved him to his own room a month or more ago as he now is very aware when he is alone and he really can’t get himself to sleep on his own at all. If I put him down still awake it always ends in screaming and crying or if I put him down nearly asleep he will often startle and wake up and I’ll have to start over again. Ugh. Much to work on in the coming weeks.  Here are a few others of me trying to snap a pic of his first tooth. He’s too quick so most of these are a bit blurry and it’s pretty hard to see a white spot on his gums! Griffin had school pictures this week too and Kevin snapped this pic in the morning before he left for school. I like putting in pictures of some of his school work so that we can go back and see how much he has improved over time. This week it was all about pumpkins! On Friday we joined my parents and the Bethune’s for dinner at The Spaghetti Warehouse. I didn’t get too many photos other than this one of Finn showing us how he likes to eat his noodles.