First Halloween

Wilson was a gorilla for his very first Halloween. Grandma bought him this adorable suit, and we planned to make him carry around a Barbie and be King Kong... but he wouldn't hold on to the doll, and then Joan got a hold of it and chewed it apart and made the hair a teased mess.

We put him in the suit a couple of times during the month so make sure that he wouldn't freak out. He was totally fine, just went about his business looking like a gorilla. Adorable. 

Our ward had a Halloween Carnival on the 22nd so we dressed Wilson up and took him. He lasted about 10 minutes because he was VERY fussy that night and the building was ridiculously hot so he was just sweating in the suit. Ryan's parents had a Trunk-or-Treat on Friday so we dressed him up again and took him up there. It was freezing that night so he was totally fine. He was terrified of Grandpa in his inflatable cowboy hat and would NOT look at him. And Grandma's car was decorated with a ghost in the trunk, and that made him cry. Courtney pointed out that he might have his dad's affinity for Halloween. Super.

Last night (the Mormon Halloween), We didn't dress Wilson up because we weren't going Trick-or-Treating. Ryan and I won't/can't eat candy... and Wilson is far to young so we figured there was no point. Same as last year and the year before, we BARELY had anyone come to our door. For living in such a young neighborhood I find this utterly ridiculous. When we did have trick-or-treaters, Wilson just looked at the door very quizzically and continued playing. 

Part of me feels bad that we didn't make his "First Halloween" a big deal... but he really had no reason to enjoy it anyway. 

Dis-Ney-Land

Lets start with a blurry family picture.

Three full days at the wonderful Disneyland with the Jones family.... It was pretty fantastic, I won't lie. This was Ryan's first airplane trip with the little man. We started out with a lovely 2 hour flight delay in the SLC airport. I was hoping Wilson would sleep during the flight, but the bump messed up that plan pretty bad. He basically didn't have a nap all day and only fell asleep 30 minutes before we landed.

The first thing we did once getting to the hotel was eat. We were with the Jones family after all. Once getting some sustenance, then we headed over to California Adventure. Wilson's very first ride was Flicks Flyers (pictured below), which we headed to after we found out that babies aren't even allowed in Tower of Terror. What? Then Ryan's parents offered to watch Wilson so we could enjoy Tower of Terror. Well, I forgot to fill Wilson's bottle up with water before we left (which sadly happens quite often) so I text Audree that if Wilson got fussy he'd need one so they might need to find some water. Well when we got out of the ride Audree was giggling and was very hesitant to tell us that the vendors had run out of water and Wilson kept coughing and coughing so Audree had bought some orange Fanta.... and put it in his bottle... Apparently he guzzled it down and then let out the loudest burp she's ever heard.

Back in the Hotel we realized that Wilson didn't really have his own space to sleep because there wasn't really a door to the bathroom. But The Grand Californian did provide us with a pack N play that fit perfectly in the closet. Unfortunately, Wilson still had A LOT of trouble sleeping.

Monday, Disneyland was ridiculously packed. We went on Haunted Mansion which is decorated for Nightmare Before Christmas. Wilson was VERY nervous in there. It also broke down in the middle of it. Then we thought we'd freak out Wilson a little more so we got in line for Pirates of the Caribbean. It was right in the middle of Wilson's nap and he was hungry (once again had no water) so he was screaming from the time we got on the ride to the point right before the first drop with the talking skeleton. Then he stopped and we didn't hear him for the rest of the ride. When it was light again we noticed that he was asleep.... so basically he was so terrified of the talking skeleton that he passed out from fear. Great parenting. That night we were right behind the castle for the fireworks, so we didn't understand the storyline, but the show was cool. Wilson was once again unresponsive.

Tuesday was the wonderful "Magic Morning" when we got to enter the park before the general public and ride Ghost Galaxy (Space Mountain) then headed to Fantasyland for Wilson to experience Pinocchio (which is terrifying) and Dumbo... they give you a feather... ha ha. Growing up I always remember Thunder Mountain being AWESOME, sitting in the front row I gotta say that ride was L.A.M.E.  Then we met Britney, Mike, Zoey, and Felix and rode some other rides... blah blah... THEN we went to The Bayou to eat.... EXPENSIVE. The menu they have online I believe is an old one, so I was not prepared to pay that much for Lunch. I was cheap, and ordered a kids meal to share with Wilson and Ryan ended up ordering the most expensive thing on the menu. Typical. Britney let me try her Monte Christo and it really was delicious. They kicked us out of the park early on Tuesday because they were having a trick-or-treating night. World of Color at California Adventure (night picture with Wilson at the fence) was fun... but we didn't realize they had a projection on the water so we missed the point.

We were leaving on Wednesday, but we spent the morning in both parks. We wend on Small World again with the whole family. Mostly because the day before when I had gone with Wilson and Ryan I had to go to the bathroom SO BAD that I couldn't enjoy it at all. 

Summary - 

Favorite things: being in the park at night and riding The Matterhorn, Splash Mountain, Eating foooooood.

New things: Despite having been to Disneyland quite a few times, I never remember Small World, The train around the park, OR Tom Sayer Island.

All-in-all it was a good time. Wilson was too young to understand what was going on so he really had no reaction to any of the rides. His face stayed exactly the same on every ride as in that first picture with he and ryan. We also realized that a stroller is a waste of time because you constantly have to take them in and out of it because you can't take it in any lines. We wore him in the Bjiorn almost the entire time, and Wilson REALLY enjoys being on dads shoulders. 

*** I'm too lazy to edit this so you can all just deal with the typos***

9 Months

What's new with this guy?? He's still fantastic. He has two bottom teeth. When I get him out of his crib he always cuddles up to me. He sleeps to Enya every night. He's started chewing his crib. He can say 'ba' and 'da' and he LOVES to growl. He's started to crawl for real now, although he'll still drop down and army crawl if he's in a hurry. He can pull himself up really well. He likes to try to share by sticking things in your face, but he never actually lets go of the item and will yank it back if you try to take it. He loves to open and shut doors. 

It's been really fun watching him grow up. How he tries to figure things out, the concentration he puts into it. He's eating like a champ, and he LOVES fruit. Peaches and bananas especially. People keep saying he entering the hard stage, but I love him being mobile! I love how he follows us around the house, and he loves to play "peek-a-boo" with us. He's even crawled to the dog bowls a couple of times and managed to get their food into his mouth. Gross. 

Blog Worthy

Ryan becomes obsessed with places to eat all the time. I'd been trying to get him to go to Mo' Bettah Stakes, but he also doesn't try new places willingly. One day his mom and sister were picking up dinner and asked him what he wanted from Mo Bettah so he was forced to eat it if he wanted dinner. Well, it's become his new obsession.... 

He came home from grabbing food today and showed me the carton. Notice the large mound of rice? He asked if I wanted to know why it was so large... Sure, why not.

Apparently they know him when he walks in the door... usually there is quite a wait to get your food while they grill it in the back. As soon as he ordered tonight they called his name and he was a little confused so he asked why it was so fast. Well, when they see him walk in they start grilling. Awesome. 

Look at This Kid

Notice anything in these pictures? This guy is cutting some teeth! He's got two coming in on the bottom and he's been pretty okay. I mean, he's a little whiney but it hasn't been too bad. Ryan is pretty upset that he's losing his 'Muppet Mouth'... 

New Lows

Ryan is always asking me when certain events are during any given month. I always direct him to the chalkboard that is on the wall ask you walk in from the garage. He keeps saying that he doesn't ever look at it because it's not in a convenient place. He walks by it every day. At least twice... but it's not in a convenient place. So this month I decided to bring him to it when I was done and map the whole thing our for him. I didn't anticipate him wanting to contribute...

It just about killed me to let him write "October DisneyL.A.nd" It doesn't match anywhere and I'm not particularly fond of his handwriting. Why did he capitalize LA? Because it's in Los Angeles.  AND THEN he proceeded to write SePtEmBeR just to annoy me. He was going to write more, so I had to tell him that this was a 'read only' document. Then he gave himself a reminder... 

I wish I wasn't so OCD

While I Can't Sleep

While I"m waiting for some diapers to wash (so Wilson has clean 'undies' in the morning) I'm sitting in my dark house early thinking... HEY! I could blog! Joan/Karl is in the crate next to me, and one of them must be having a dream because they are faintly barking in a distressed manner. It's kind of funny.

Anyway... Ryan and I went shopping last night at Old Navy, and I guess I was taking too long because Ryan decided he wanted to go next door to Toys R Us. Next thing I know I get this picture begging me to let Ryan buy it for him...

It was a little jet ski on wheels. I'll admit, it was adorable... I mean, look how happy that kid is! But the sensible part of me realized that Wilson is way to young for it.... and we don't need it. So we put it back on the shelf and walked away. Wilson started whining pretty bad when we were walking out... but after about 20 seconds he forgot why and was his happy self again. It's a good thing babies have the memory of a goldfish. I now just have these images to haunt me.