Building Castles - First week of October 2013

October is going to be a fun month!

Video - Max counting to ten in Spanish

Thank goodness this kid is cuter than me!

I love it when he wears vests

I tried to build Max a fort with the alphabet squares.  He called it a castle.

Peter showed me up by building a MUCH BETTER castle.

Hey there, slick! (I seriously love that creamy skin tone with just a little bit of rosy cheeks!)

Another castle built by dad.  Max loves playing in them.

It was my favorite work activity of the year - Casino Night!  I look forward to this night every year.  This year I only got a few things in the silent auction (I realized that we probably wouldn't be doing very many "activities" in the coming future...baby coming and all...so I didn't go after many of the things I would have normally).  As usual, I played pretty conservatively and didn't make much "money".  Peter learned how to play craps while I stayed at the blackjack tables and did pretty well.

At the end of the night we put our few raffle tickets in the bags.  I tried to be strategic and go for the less popular items.  Then they did the drawing...and I WON SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!  Not only did I win something but I won the biggest prize (biggest = worth the most money).  I won a night in the CROSSMARK Suite at the American Airlines Center during a Stars Hockey Game (NHL).  I get the suite all to myself and my closest 11 friends.  It's a pretty sweet prize!  (It's ironic that we put most of our tickets in for other prizes and only put in *1* ticket for the suite!) It's fun to be a winner!

Max looking pretty tired in his car seat.

All of a sudden he put on this huge smile.

Less then 2 minutes later - this is what we had...

Max working on building his own castle all by himself.

He did a great job of stacking and understand what would and wouldn't be stable.

Pretty proud!

Video - I love his reaction when the blocks fall, just a little bit of frustration and a "hey, what you doing" and then he just starts over.

...still going

I was impressed with how many towers he got to a good height plus how many different types of blocks he used.

Still crossing his feet all the time

Eating out as a family

3rd week of September

Here's some of what we were up to the third week of September.

Max enjoying watching Uncle Derek dance on DWTS

We had our first prenatal visit with my doctor.  First chance to hear the heartbeat!

The face of a preggo - not feeling too hot!

Baby's first picture

I have no idea (unlike with Max) when this baby was conceived or when my last period was.  I figured it had to be a week or two before the cruise.  Due to the baby's measurements, the baby's due date is April 25.

Max playing in the water with Uncle Joe

Surprise, Uncle Joe!

Max thought it was hilarious

Peter went for a run in a torrential downpour.

He poured water out of his shoes!  

We went to the park with Tida, Jessica, and C.  Max went down the slide for the first time willingly by himself!  (I think C is a good influence - she loves the slide!)

Family pic (again, Max's totally-natural-not-awkward-at-all "cheese" face)

He really enjoys making silly faces.

A funny thing happened with Max his week.  Out of the blue, he counted to eight in Spanish!  It a minute for me to understand what he was doing.  I guess that means he must be watching too much Dora, the Explorer...