Santa & A Sleigh Ride

this past weekend, roman and i went to raleigh to meet mommom and aunt colleen to do some shopping and just hang out. we got real lucky and happened to be there the first weekend that santa and the sleigh rides were there!


mommom showing roman that the tree was about to be lit up

ooooh, pretty

sitting on aunt colleen's lap for the sleigh ride

hard to see, but the horse and carriage taking people for a ride looking for the horsey to come back around the corner
oh, yeah & santa was there too, but we didn't get too close
we had a great time hanging out with mommom and aunt colleen and the horsey too!

Come On Over

we had visitors today. jess and hala came over for a few hours and here's a couple pictures of pretty miss hala.

check out her stylin' outfit

she was going after roman's binky and he was NOT happy about it...but she was! uh oh, she found the tupperware cabinet
who me? i didn't do it!
we had a nice visit...thanks jess and hala!

Who's Playing With Who?

i'm not sure that duke was feeling like playing tonight, but that didn't matter to ro. you are gonna play and you are gonna like it!

Latest Trend

we were trying something new last night. roman is pretty good at removing all of his clothes by himself now, even his pullup. he did not, however, want to remove his socks last night and wanted to wear his crocs. i thought we could practice wearing big boy underwear since we are starting to think about potty training. combined, it's a lovely look. i think this will catch on nationwide!

i'm sure we'll see some celebrities sporting this look at the next red carpet...

action shot...he looks hot and he knows it. yes, that's handy manny smack dab in the middle of his hiney


this will probably be used as blackmail someday...sorry son.

Phillies Phever!

we have the phever! today has been a good day...the philadelphia eagles won and now we are watching the phillies play the yankees...

mimi was kind enough to send the boys some phillies t-shirts this week. ro's is a little big on him, but that just means he can wear it for years to come. thanks mimi!


don't ask me why he's standing that way...
go phillies!
i think he looks like mr. potato head with those goofy shoes!
this has nothing to do with the phillies, but just shows you that he is really into wearing anyone's shoes that happen to be laying around

he's a goofball, but he's MY goofball!

Cleaning House

it was inevitable, i had to clean the house sooner or later. okay, it was later, much later than i should have. but, i have to say, it was not so bad, especially since i had a helper.

mopping the bathroom floor

he made duke get in his clean bed after he vaccumed it
he really did a good job cleaning duke's bed

now, if only i can get him to empty the clean dishwasher and do his own laundry, we'll be all set!

Hop Op Ween!

that's how my little guy says happy halloween. i'm a little partial, but i think it's super cute. we went out on sat night for our first real trick or treating experience. we were lucky enough to score a pablo costume from a friend of a friend...thanks anne!!! ro, of course, loved being pablo and wearing his "backyardigan shoes" which are just his crocs with backyardigan jibbitz on them. here's how the night went...

checking out the pre-game loot

poppa had to give him chocolate to get him excited to trick-or-treat

here we go!

okay, that was pretty cool

we stopped at mr. greg's house, he's poppa's friend

we saw balloon boy...

taking a break for a photo op with momma back home now, enjoying some of his candy
washing it down
that was fun momma
it's hard to see, but poppa's punkin has a "P" for the phillies!

we had lots of fun this hop op ween, how about you?