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Our little Phish-heads

Chloe and Gavin have a favorite phish song now. They ask us all the time for "The Happy Song." Normally Gavin is a little more into the song but he is pretty tired here.

Can you tell they are related??

Take 2

Okay, so I am not sure why the earlier post didn't work, but apparently you all can't see it. So, here is my little guy! Above was the second or third time Nick had oatmeal.

This was the first day he had solids. He was really interested and loved grabbing the spoon and my hands.
His interest in solid foods has cooled somewhat, but I am sure not for long.

Enjoying the exersaucer.

Changes in the Morgan House

So, this afternoon was Gavin's first nap in his big boy bed. We have been reading him bedtime stories in it for a while and today we cobbled together the side rails. Besides being an entirely different color, they actually aren't any different than the side rails on Chloe's bed. Doesn't he look so small in that big bed?And yes, that is a comforter on the floor. I am not entirely sure this bugger won't crawl out.
Speaking of crawling out, it appears that Gavin's first day IN his big boy bed will coincide with the first day Chloe has learned to get OUT of hers. Last night we were watching a movie and we were greeted by a shadowy figure in the doorway. After jumping out of my skin, I realized it was Chloe. Now we have a whole new set of challenges. Doesn't she look so innocent? Don't let her fool you.
Chloe is super into pre-literacy skills right now. She has learned many of her letters and loves to engage in writing activities. Here she is picking out recipes and telling Dan what the ingredients are so we can make a shopping list. It is kind of fun to see my masters program before my very eyes.

Chloe's "Chicken Song"

She has entitled this song the "Chicken Song" and I am SURE she HAS to have heard some of these lyrics somewhere, but I can't figure out what song. She has personality, that is for sure.

The Wetgan

My apologies for the multiple postings. Now-a-days, if I have a moment, I have to use it! You'll notice there are no new pics of the house or of Halloween night. Our memory card was full and the cords all packed up. Some friends got some pics of Halloween night but have yet to send them our way. We'll try to get some house pics up as we settle in, but we are still a ways from being settled.

Here are few more shots from the weekend. Nick on the train (wearing my new favorite shirt), Evan playing in leaves.

The Morgan and Wetzel families!

Ohio upset PSU this year, so the Wetgan will be on display in MI (what a shame).

Weekend in PA

WE had our annual get together with the Wetzel family to watch the PSU/OH game. We met up in the Poconoes and went to a cute town called Jim Thorpe on Sunday. They had a locomotive and there was not stopping Evan from getting on that train!

This is Leo, he is 3 weeks younger than Nick. The two were very cute!

Evan's bday party

The stage is set!

The cookie cake, as requested by the birthday boy.

Party hats, also a birthday boy must-have!

Presents and fun!

MA Pumpkins

Evan wanted a small pumpkin that he could carry.

He also wanted a scary pumpkin!

Nick's pumpkin had to be a happy pumpkin.

We got some family pictures done yesterday. This is the one of Gianna that the photographer sent me this morning. You wouldn't know that it was soooo cold out side.

Halloween Events

Just because he is so darn cute
Mixing up the gingerbread
rolling out the dough
Decorating her pumpkin gingerbread cookies.
Making sure grandma does it right.
Look at this beautiful little girl!
Drawing the face
Gavin's actual Halloween costume. He picked this out at the store, carried it around, snuggled it, even wore it twice. On Halloween, he wouldn't have anything to do with it. As you will see, a fireman's hat was all we could get on him. Improvise!
Chloe's purple witch. She decided she wanted to be a "mean purple witch" 6 days before Halloween. This is your typical "New York Halloween" costume. She has on a sweatshirt, a long sleeve purple shirt, tights, and sweat pants on under this costume.

Gavin's first trick or treat
It was windy, but knowing New York Halloween's... I think we were lucky.
I love this picture because their expression seems like they are sharing a moment. I think that moment is, "Wow... this is awesome!"
Gavin went to 12 houses and happily held out his bucket. Suddenly he realized what they were putting IN the bucket and he sat down on the sidewalk and refused to move. He wanted his loot and he wanted it NOW. We cleared up the traffic jam with a lollypop.