Halloween Decorating Playdate

On Friday we had 8 of Tori's friends and 2 of Tristan's friends over for a fun Halloween decorating playdate. Tori's friends decorated ghosts with marshmellows and cotton balls, pumpkins with foam stickers, jack o laterns with paint and candy, and spiderwebs. The kids all had a lot of fun doing arts and crafts, eating, playing on the slides and swings, running down the halls, jumping on the sofas and just having fun. Tristan was able to roll around and laugh at his friends. It was a really fun and really tiring (at least for mommy). A special thanks to Grandma Val for coming over helping!!

A visit to the fire station

We went to the fire station today for a tour and Tori had a great time after she warmed up. The kids climbed on the fire trucks and ambulance. The fire fighters showed them where they "live" and the gear they use. The firefighters were awesome with the little kids and everyone had a great time!

Cute Tristan Video

Tristan really has gotten into banging toys together. He was cracking me up banging on his morraca over and over-- my fav part was the big smile at the end of the clip when he sees the camera on him. I love that smile!! Today he went for his 6 month check up and he is 29 1/2 inches long (off the charts they said for his height). He is also 18 pounds now!

Halloween Bash

Tonight we went to a Halloween Bash at the community center and the kids got dressed up. Tori wore a princess outfit and Tristan was dressed as a sock monkey. We all had a good time, especially Tori she loved all the games (especially since they gave candy for playing!) Here are a couple pics.

Tristan got his first tooth!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally Tristan's first tooth is out. He has been a crazy man at night and no amount of oralgel and teething tablets has helped. Thus Mommy and Daddy have had many low sleep nights and typically Tristan ends up in bed with us. Yesterday we could not only feel the tooth but we can now see it. Because I am a freak I did attempt a picture, but Tristan was WAY not into the idea so I am just going to tell you about it :)

Another BIG thing for Mr. Tman is 2 days ago he got up on all 4's with his little tummy off the ground then today he was up on all 4's again rocking back and forth and back and forth. Is this a sign he is ready to crawl? Although I love to mark his firsts on his calendar I am not sure I am ready for this big first. He is already rolling everywhere-- crawling just seems really scary.

Anyway Congrats to my little man on his very first tooth!

Tristan and Layla Playdate

Tristan and Layla had a playdate today it is so cool to see how far they have come since their last one. They both sat up and played on the piano together and rolled around onthe floor together then they shared a nice lunch of applesauce. Tristan is exhausted! Here arte a couple cute pics.

Tristan Playing

So now that Tristan is sitting up on his own he is liking to play with the "bigger" toys. He really enjoyed making the piano play music. I could not believe he was able to play blocks as well as he did. He watched Tori stacking them up and would grab a block and try and put it on top as well. I can't believe how big he is getting-- It's CRAZY!! Here are a couple pics and videos.