Trick or Treat!!

Dane did a little trick or treating today with Cameron while I waited at home for a few trick or treaters to drop by...he was a cow although many thought he was a dalmatian. Seems that he had a fun time and obviously was much more into it than last year. We allowed him one "treat" (a sucker) when he got home and he savored every last bit of that little dum dum sucker! See below for pics of the little man along with a video of him with his sucker and a few other clips of Dane being his silly little self!

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Pants off party? Sure....

This picture was taken at his 12 month pro picture shoot and I was saving it for just us, however it partners with this story very well! Every night around 8pm I take Dane up to his room, let him pick out his stuffed animal friend for the night, rock him for about 10 minutes and lay him in his crib. Generally he talks for about 20-30 minutes and then falls asleep. Once he's been quiet for a little while, one of us goes up and covers him up. Well, we went through the usual routine last evening and when I got to his room to cover him up I got a little surprise. My adorable 20 month old son was laying on his tummy with his pj pants and diaper around his ankles! What the?!?! He has never done that before! I was hoping to have caught him before he actually relieved himself but not so much...he was sleeping soundly in his puddle. So, I rolled him over onto his back, laid him on the floor, cleaned him up, changed him and then stripped his bed. Thankfully it only took me about 5 minutes to rock him back to sleep. And now as I sit here posting this, he is currently up in his crib chattering away until he falls asleep but I am very afraid of what I will find when I walk in there to check on him! No more 2 piece pajamas for our little Dane-i-mal!!

Swimming

We just completed Dane's second swimming class and we have quite a little fish on our hands. He LOVES to swim and has absolutely no fear of water. I am glad there is no fear of water, however I wish there was a bit of hesitation with some of it. He'll just walk right off the edge, thankfully someone has always been there to catch him. This class was a bit of a graduation from the class he was in last fall. The last 2 classes were spent with the instructor for about 80% of the time and I just sat on the sidelines and watched.

First costume party

Last Saturday, Cameron and I went to the first of 2 adult costume parties we'll be attending in October. We went as Johnny Castle & "Baby in a corner" from Dirty Dancing. We have a different costume for this coming weekend...much more inappropriate but that is how this coming weekend's party is, the more inappropriate the better (although I am sure we'll be much more mild than the rest of the party)! :)

Twins for a day!

Today we had Kaylin for the entire day so it was like having twins at the ages of 19 and 20 months!! WOWSA!! What a day! I give mega props to all those who have twins...I was on my toes all day, getting this and that for them!! I had to get up early anyway and then chasing around 2 toddlers all day long was quite tiring! It was a lot of fun and they played together very nicely. By the end of the day, they were both even sharing things. And I gotta admit...it was fun to have a girl for a day.

A little floor picnic:Hugs:Watching "Little Bear":

Trick or Treat Path

This evening we went to the Gurnee Park District Trick or Treat path. It's a fun little event for kiddos up to age 6 where they basically walk along a path and get candy or little trinkets from different characters. It was fun for Dane and some of his favorite characters were there...Elmo was a bit hit, but they also had Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Wizard of Oz crew, a dalmatian and Cruella Deville just to name a few! Dane got all dressed up in his cow costume, although many mistook him for a dalmatian because he refused to keep his hood up with the cow face!

With Elmo (looks scared but he did give him a high five):And Winnie the Pooh:And Daddy (he's quite the character):With Our Wednesday evening playgroup:

Fall Fun!!

We've had a lot of fun so far this fall...hopefully the weather will actually feel like fall soon. Don't get me wrong, I love the warmth but I am 5 months pregnant and I would like to start covering up this body! We are 3 weeks away from leaving for Disney World and we're looking very forward to that trip. In the meantime, check out more fall picture favorites of Dane (wish I had taken more with Andon & Presley but we'll get lots in FL)!

First tractor ride with Aunt Janel, Uncle Brian and Miss Priss:

Dane pictures

Since we can't get enough of him, I just figure you can't either! Here are several snapshots of a day in the life of our little man...

Loves hats:Maxin' & Relaxin':At our favorite park:

It's A....

BOY!!! We're having another boy in February! We're very excited to have a little playmate for Dane. This little guy was NOT shy and opened those legs right up! He looked right at the camera...no profile shots for this one, he was all face!

His spine:His little face:The 20 week buddha: