Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving with my family, which has been a long time. When Phill and I got married with spent Thanksgiving with his family, the next year I worked, the year after that was with the Wakens, and then last year I worked, so it was nice to do Thanksgiving with my family for the 1st time in 4 years.
This year Thanksgiving was at my parents house and the Hull side of the family came over.
It was Phillip's 1st Thanksgiving and I had him in a cute turkey outfit but the turkey hat didn't quite fit him but he was still cute.
For dessert I made a Caramel Pumpkin Trifle that was really good and I was go glad it turned out well.
We ate dinner around 2 pm, which was delicious, and then spent the rest of the day just socializing with family.
Happy Thanksgiving!

9 months

Phillip is 9 months and its fun to think that he has now been on the earth for as long as I was pregnant with him. He is growing so fast. He is walking around objects, holds on with one hand and is starting to let go. He stands for only a second before he falls but I know that its not long before he takes off walking. He drinks from sippy cups, he's excited to eat "big people" food like mashed potatoes (not really a fan of), rolls, he loves cheerios, and puffs. He also really like veggie sticks. He also cut 2 teeth shortly after he turned 8 months, beating Avery who didn't cut a tooth until she was 10 months. He is still our happy smiley boy, and he gets into everything. He likes to chase the vacuum, go towards the fire place, push things around the room, and by crawling and pulling up to a stand on everything is constantly falling or hitting his head but continues to do it over and over. We've had a rough go with naps lately like 10 minute naps or as soon as I lay him down he wakes up. We're working on it and I've found that if he wakes up right away he'll cry for 10 minutes and fall back asleep. He loves Avery and crawls/chases her around the house. His hair is getting long but he has these cute ringlets that I'm afraid won't grow back if I cut, so I'm planning on taking his 9 month pictures with his cute ringlets before I take him for a hair cut.
9 month stats: 18 lbs 12 oz - 20th percentile, 2 feet 5 inches tall - 75th percentile

Kids Say the Darnest Things - Part 1

Avery's vocabulary increases daily and she's so fun with the new things she says:

"No Sydney don't lick my bum" - Avery trying to get in the shower. (we are dog watching Sydney for my parents)

Avery - "Oh Mommy, you have and owey? It's ok Mommy I'll get you a new one"
Me -"A new what?"
Avery - "A new diaper"

"I like this" in front of everything. "I like this chocolate", "I like this bed", "I like this car"...

"I can't see my eyes!" when it's dark

Avery -"Mom, I don't like the poopy rhino, I tried it and I don't like it"
Mom-"What? Oh do you mean the pepperoni?"
Avery-"Yeah I don't like it"

Names for food:

Mo-mos = marshmallows
Scary chocolate = Count Chocula cereal
Ban-bans = bandaids