The Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch 2009

We almost didn't make it to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch this year. But I knew later that I would be kicking myself for not taking Carmine there for his very first Halloween. He just had to have his picture taken in that little pot (see pic). We went with some neighbors. The boys had a blast and PLAYED HARD. Needless to say, they will sleep well tonight. I noticed this year for the first time that Dominic and Ethan are almost the older annoying kids. You know the kids I'm talking about. The boys which all the moms glare at. The ones who are constantly being reminded by the employees that they need to slow down. That you aren't supposed to climb up the slide. I can't take my eyes off of them because I'm afraid they are not going to see the sweet little 3 year old Tinkerbell below them as they topple down the slide rolling and flopping around obvivious to their surroundings. I'm sorry mommies. But soon it will be your turn. A few years ago I was the skiddish mom giving the evil eye to the kids who I thought were too old to be in the jumphouses bonking into my precious babies (in which Dom is still 8 and technically still old enough to jump in them). So there!

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Eager

Last week we started noticing that Carmine would reach out for our cups when we took drinks. So Daddy thought what the heck, and tested Carmine to see if he could drink from the cup. He did pretty good. Messy of course, but better than we thought. So I made a trip to Babies R Us to pick him up a beginning sippy cup. He gets so excited to drink out of it. He sees it coming and squeals. It's a riot. He still has a ways to go before he can drink all by himself. But it's so darn cute.

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Yay! Carmine cut a tooth!

Make that two teeth.

I"ll Have What He's Having

Carmine's New Trick

About a week ago, when he turned 5 months old, Carmine started to sit up. He does what is called the "tripod sit" which means he uses his two hands like legs on a tripod to support himself and keep him from falling over. After a minute of the tripod he eventualy tips over (see bottom picture). It's funny, it's like he doesn't even notice when he starts to topple. He sort of does a slo-mo fall and lands on his side still in tripod mode.

And, timberrrr...

Yes that is another drool drop on his chin. He hasn't cut a tooth yet!

A Weekend With Grandma

This weekend Grandma came up to spend the night with us. It's been a while since she has seen Carmine and she couldn't wait to see how much he had grown. Within minutes of arriving Dominic and Ethan had her cornered and they were off to Wal-Mart to get their rewards for good report cards. Dominic picked out a Star Wars blaster to add to his toy gun collection. Ethan picked out a Star Wars Lego set (big shocker!) It was nice for Carmine to have some real bonding time with Grandma. She read him stories while he sucked on the pages.

The big hit was the set of finely crafted fake teeth that the boys couldn't wait to show their friends. Dominic's set looks almost too real. Scary.

Los Tres Amigos!

Lately I realized that I barely have any pictures of all 3 boys together. So after a healthy dinner of chili dogs and goldfish crackers, I mananged to get them all together for a mini photo shoot. You can still see some chili on Ethan's face. You can also get a good idea of how much Carmine is drooling these days. Uncle Tom knows. He always has a drop of saliva barely hanging on the bottom of his chin. This is why he is wearing bibs in every picture (thank goodness for all those bibs I got at my shower, they are really coming in handy these past few months). I cannot wait for him to cut some darn teeth!

Daddy and Carmine

No resemblance whatsoever.