Yes, I'm a slacker!

It has been a long time since I put anything new here. Sorry, the past few weeks have been a bit hectic. Geddy had his 15 month check-up last week. He is 26 lb 13 oz and he is 2'8" tall. The dr. was quite impressed with his coordination and his verbal skills and comprehension. Geddy of course showed off by performing his favorite animal sounds as well as drumming on everything with a couple of tongue depressors the dr. gave him. He also entertained us with his lightsaber moves and sound effects (again using the tongue depressor).

Last week Geddy discovered the piano. He opened it up himself and started playing. We now have to leave it open so he doesn't slam his little fingers. He enjoys playing a few notes every time he walks by, but he prefers to sit on the bench and really play.

Another favorite pastime of Geddy's is airplane rides in his toy box (laundry basket). Geddy turns it upside to empty it out and then Daddy lifts him up and flies him around the house. Dad was getting rather tired after 3 or 4 rides and told Geddy he was "all done" (one of Geddy's favorite things to say) and this is the look he got. Needless to say Dad gave in and flew him around a couple more times. Now it has become a nightly ritual while I am at work. And no matter how many rides he gets, Geddy always wants more!

We didn't dress Geddy up for Halloween this year. We figured he is still too little to really appreciate Halloween. Also the cool costumes were all too big and too expensive. However, we did carve a pumpkin. Geddy was not too sure of the whole process to begin with. He was pretty upset when Daddy started cutting into the pumpkin. But Mama was holding him so he toughed it out. Geddy even sampled some raw pumpkin, thankfully he didn't like it. Halloween night I was at work, so Geddy helped his Daddy answer the door for the trick-or-treaters. He thought it was pretty fun to hand out candy to people. He made sure the tray was always full by emptying out the bags. He especially liked seeing our jack-o-lantern on the porch every time he went to the door. The next day he even pretended to open the door and hand pretend candy to people and then wave good-bye to them. Next year we will find him a fun costume and he can enjoy Halloween.