Beantown Boys: A Couple of Turkeys

Fall is here and it is time to rake the leaves, or jump in them! We didn't do a lot this month, but we did manage to take a few pictures here and there.

Most of them were just us posing and being cute, but we're pretty cute, so why not share?

While Daddy was at work, Mom and I raked the leaves up and then we posed in the piles. I loved to jump in them and throw them. Even Reid thought the crunchy sound of the leaves was pretty cool.

Peak a boo.

Reid was just barely 3 months in this picture.

November means Thanksgiving. This year I was thankful for "food that's fresh, my family, and healthy." We had Turkey Day at our house this year and actually got to celebrate it on the correct day. It was just the four of us but Mom made dressing, corn pudding, potato casserole, green beans, mac n cheese with butternut squash, and banana pudding. I helped too!

While the cooking was going on, we all had time to be hams - I mean turkeys.

Check out the Blues Brothers!

Then we all sat down for a yummy feast. Reid hung out in his swing. Maybe next year he'll join us at the table.

The weather has cooled down and it's now perfect for us boys to watch football and basketball with Daddy.

We also had to fire up the fireplace for the first time.

Poor little Reid. He spent the first half of the month making this face a lot. After initially being a super sweet baby boy, he turned into a crankster. First, he just started crying from 5-7pm nonstop, but then it progressed to all the time. The poor little guy didn't want to eat, didn't want to sleep, didn't want anything. Turns out he had some pretty bad reflux, and once he got some medicine for his tummy, he's perked right back up into the baby we used to know.

He makes all sorts of other faces now. Check out the many faces of Reid from 3-4 months old...

He doesn't hate his tummy time as much now that he can prop himself up. He also rolled over 3 times from tummy to back.

He enjoys his toys and he enjoys his hands. Everything goes straight to his mouth.

We still get lots of smiles and he's started doing some big belly giggles if you tickle him just right.

He loves to wiggle and he loves to "talk."

He loves his bath time!

My bestest buddy Kaya celebrated her fourth birthday this month. She usually has a big celebration for her half birthday, but this year for her real birthday, we decorated cupcakes together. My friends Kaya and Lulu plus me and sugar makes for a fun combination.

Yummy - eating cupcakes plus eating all the toppings!

Daddy and Reid just watched. Neither of them ate any cupcakes.

Christmastime is approaching. We put up the tree right after Thanksgiving. I helped Mommy decorate it and this year the ornaments weren't so concentrated on the bottom 2 feet. It looks nice. I've helped wrap a lot of the presents too. Mimi sent me this stocking that she made. She has been working on it for the past 3 years. It's so big! Do I get that many presents?

Speaking of presents, here's my Santa Claus list in my own words:

1. A Buzz Lightyear that "do's stuff"

2. A garbage truck that talks (aka Stinky the Garbage Truck)

3. A white shirt like for our team (aka a UK shirt- Mommy's brainwashing has paid off)

4. A sippy cup with no top and no straw

5. Vinoculars (binoculars)

6. A boat for the bathtub that has a button you can push on and off and it goes by itself

7. A glass for looking at stuff like Grandmother (aka magnifying glass)

8. Remote control car

This was taken on Reid's four month birthday. He's up to 16lbs 3oz and is 25.5inces tall, putting him in the 75+ percentile for both. He's in 6-12 month clothes already, chunky monkey. Not to be outdone, Mimi had to make him a stocking too. Given that he was just born in August and the stocking had to be done by December, he got this little teeny tiny one. He likes it though.