Mr. Big Boy

Recently, Clint has been working on feeding himself with a spoon.  This morning I decided to let him give it a try all on his own.  The subject YOGURT.  As you can see it was A LOT of messy fun.  First, he tried the right hand and spoon, then just the left hand and then the left hand and spoon.  He didn't forget to try just drinking it too.  What a fun morning :)  Happy Sunday Everyone!

 

Clint's First Birthday ParTAY!!!!!!!

 We had a Halloween Theme Party for him on October 30, 2010.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Birthday Cake

It's not a party without food.

So of course, we celebrated with Halloween Theme Goodies.

The Halloween Feast included:

Pizza Mummies

Snack O'lanterns

Witches Brew

Popcorn Cake

Candy 

Pumpkin Muffins

Apple Cider

Ghoulash 

Birthday Cake

We celebrated in costume as a family.

Along with other family and friends

One of my favorite moments of the day!

His first bite of cake. 

Our cousin Patti made both cakes for the celebration.  

Thanks Patti!

 

Clint received wonderful gifts, but the best gift was spending the day with family and friends who love him.

Clint's Great Aunt Penny sent him the Birthday Boy shirt.

 Thank you to all that attended, those of you who sent birthday wishes/gifts and for just loving him :)

Happy 1st Birthday Clint - 10/29/2010

A year with Clint, how lucky can two people be ...

 Friday was the Halloween Parade at daycare [he started daycare on Monday 10/25] on his birthday.  Here are a couple of pictures of the parade.  He is a Monkey but its hard to tell in the bye bye buggy :)  

We had his first birthday party on Saturday.  Pictures to follow very soon HOPEFULLY.  Grammie hired a friend of hers to take photos of the party.

PS.  If you click on the photo it will bring it up in another window!

Pickles, Teeth Brushing and We're Home :)

Clint enjoyed many new things while we were on the road in NJ.  

He enjoyed the taste of pickles for the first time.

Pickles @ Bobby's Burger Palace ~ Bergen Towne Center Mall

He also learned how to brush his teeth [which he loves btw]:

He loves the Grin & Giggles toothpaste made just for novice teeth brushers

Now he is back home exploring and reconnecting with his home.  He is learning many, many new things and so are we :)

Fall Time Fun

It was a GORGEOUS day here in NJ.  It got up to 70 degrees today.  Mom and I took Clint to Demarest Farms for some Fall Time Fun. We browsed the pumpkins, went through the cornstalk maze, went for a hayride to the pumpkin patch, "picked out" pumpkins and enjoyed apple cider.  It was so much fun and a great way to be outside [NOT in the hotel room]. 

How to entertain your kid in a hotel room the size of a SMALL camper

 

 As you can see we are all getting a little giddy coming up on our last week of travel.

More From Jersey

We are coming up on four weeks of traveling in NJ for my job [only two weeks left, HALLELUJAH!!].  Lets just say that it has been harder than I thought but we are having a lot of fun too.  Mom and I were discussing yesterday all the "firsts" Clint's mastered since we have been down here.  Here is a small summary of all the things we can remember thus far:

Walking full time and almost running now!

Grammie and Clint leaving the Bergen County Zoo

Clint rode on a train for the first time:

Clint and Mama on the Bergen County Zoo Train

 SKYPE-ing with family:

SKYPE-ing with Dada

Drinking through a straw. Mastered this in ten minutes per Grammie:

Sippy Cup with straw

Pointing finger and finger/knuckle bump:

Grammie taught him this and its so cute!!!!!!!!

Hands up to be picked up.

Starting to move beyond baby food.

Scooting off couches, beds and laps to get down all by himself.

Crawling under and climbing up anything he can:

THREE new teeth:

Top two teeth came in and he also has a bottom tooth coming in too.

Sliding down a slide by himself:

Van Saun County Park - Bergen County NJ