Our beautiful mums ...and little boy!
Watching dad blow leaves in the yard
I'm not a very good pumpkin carver!


Checking it out
Carving his pumpkin with Anderson
Loves his bath time

Will add more pictures after Halloween!!!

He's everywhere!

First pumpkin
Still running with my little man...even on cold days!
Looking at Halloween decorations with mom
In between the couch and chair and yes it's unplugged:) Waiting for breakfast 

Dane is certainly going to be a busy child as I find him everywhere...including behind chairs and doors playing with the stoppers. He's consistently pulling himself up on whatever he can find and crawls on his knees for a few steps and then back to army crawling. I think he understands that he moves faster that way! We had a fun weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Bowditch's house playing with all of the cousins. What made the weekend even better was watching Purdue beat Ohio State:)

Dane had his 9 month appointment yesterday. He weighs 19 and 1/2 pounds and is 30 1/4 inches long. He's in the 25th percentile for weight and 95th for height...our little string bean! We got his H1N1 and flu shot last week so hope he stays healthy this winter! We've been very lucky with him so far...he's been a very healthy baby! 

We've been running a lot lately so I've had to bundle him up. I think he just likes the smooth ride of the stroller since I find him asleep most of the time when I'm done. Yesterday Michael came home from work a little earlier than usual since he was done with his work and napped with Dane while I dug up the courage to take both the girls on a walk. Once i got started, I decided to take them on a longer walk across the road to the hospital trail. I get a lot of honks because I think people are just amazed how I can hold on to two dogs that outweigh me by at least 150 pounds together while squirrels run around all over the paths in front of us. It was fun though! Call us stupid for having two huge dogs but we make the best of it and love them! Have a great week everyone!

I can do all things through him who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:13

What a tooth!

ok..not a great picture but it's hard showing off that tooth!
Whatever he can chew on...
We're going to have to lower that crib...

Riding his doggie
Always wanting to stand on the couch

So the tooth doesn't look that big but it's growing every day! I just can't get him to show it off. It's like he's waiting till he can prove to the world he's a one buck toothed kid! I'm hoping the other one comes in fast so we can get these sleepless nights over with. Every night it's the same process; roll out of bed when the crying starts and apply Orajel. Then some back rubbing and back to bed! Hope everyone has a great week!

More teeth...pulling up...3 words..WOW! What a week!

So mad because daddy dressed him for a cold walk at night
Playing with his animals
getting ready for hunting season...

Beginning to pull himself up
Crawling everywhere

Now I know people won't believe this but Dane can really say three words: dada, mama and lola. It's true! Michael and I have both heard him say them clear as day. Especially first thing in the morning when he's laying in bed. We're still working on "Lucy" but that's a tough one! 

After a fussy long week, we're finally seeing another tooth coming through! One of the whites has already started popping through the skin so our little pumpkin had been hurting for a few days and nights...

And finally, he's starting to pull up on things. My leg, his little table and Michael and I often find him in his crib just sitting there so we're going to have to make sure we lower the crib!

What a week! I can't believe he'll be 9 months in less than a week...