Fun with Our Phones Monday #10

 

Today was Halloween and Jay's schedule was a bit off so naturally I'm not getting on here til after midnight - oops!

Here's photos from this past week:

He pulled his blankie off the table and decided to carry it around like this, lol...

Fell asleep in the shopping cart at Walmart

Trying some broccoli and pasta!

I went to pick him up from my mom's after PT and he was konked out on the couch like this

Definitely one of the grandsons in our family - he LOVES Thomas the Train and gets excited when the theme song comes on.

"What's this you've given me, mommy?"

He's been having fun playing with my small pot and other safe kitchen items!

He fell asleep in the car on the short ride from the mall to Target and was still pretty much passed out when I got him in the shopping cart, so to make it easier and let him sleep a bit longer I figured I'd just prop the diaper bag up like a pillow, lol...

He's been a bit of a bookworm this week, actually having an interest in his board books!

Snuggled up with daddy while we wait for a table.

Hubby's birthday was Sunday (28!) and since the Cowboys had the Sunday night game we decided to go out of his birthday dinner on Saturday night, as he wanted to go to Joe's Crab Shack in the Chicago suburbs. It was a fun place, with a fun atmosphere, despite getting stuck with a waiter that was a bit of a crab (compared to all the other more friendly waiters in our area).

Sunday after church we went to Texas Roadhouse with hubby's parents. I mentioned early on it was his birthday and before he left they did the "yeehaw!" thing and got him to sit in the birthday saddle, lol... You can see Jay off to the side in the picture too, lol...

Jay's seen his Grandpa J several times lately... he hasn't been screaming his head off at least when he holds him, which is good!

Hubby's getting himself the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which is supposed to be out soon, which is his main birthday present but I had to get him something to open on his actual birthday so I got him a big thing of his favorite brandy and replacement Cowboys lanyard for work as his old one broke.

Hubby's small birthday cake, as he didn't really want a cake but you need SOMETHING for your birthday! So I got him a small, 4 piece cake.

Jay liked eating some of daddy's cake!

Fun with Our Phones #9

I keep getting behind on these each week it seems!

Anyways, here's this week's photos!

 He discovered we have a big glass door in our kitchen, lol...

 Being a monkey, on the gate

 Being all cute at Denny's while daddy pays the bill

Our family room setup pre-fireplace

The setup post-fireplace - LOVE IT!!

 Checking out the fireplace the next morning (we put it together after he went to bed)

Tearing apart the house. Hubby & I were hanging out in the family room when we heard him banging around in the kitchen... he figured out how to pull the grate up out of the floor, lol...

Fun with Our Phones #8

 

A few days late, I know, but I've been super tired the past few days and this is the 1st chance I've had to get near an actual computer =)

Part of my fall decorations. I bought this set a few years ago from PartyLite and decorate it differently for each of the seasons. I decided to do something for fall this year so I bought some fake leaves, some fall-colored glass stones and changed out my usual vanilla candles to apple!

 I posted these before, but I finally got new glasses! I had my old ones I got at Walmart for like 6 years and yeah, it was time for new ones (especially with Jay pulling and bending them!). I got these at Zenni Optical's site for ~$75 total (for 2 pairs! AND I have super bad vision so I had to get the more expensive lenses too!). Compared to most of the places in town that sell glasses, these were a steal! My prescription changed a lot so it took a few days to get used to them and wear them without getting a headache, but I'm all good now! 

 Playing with daddy's wireless keyboard - the sequence here is funny because he got distracted by the TV for a minute before going back to playing with it, lol...

He was being an "angry elf" as he didn't want to his coat on, lol...

Fell asleep in the car while we were at Walmart, lol...

 "Helping" mommy with the dishwasher

Chillin, watching TV

 He made himself a front row seat during football this past week, as we put him in his walker for a bit.

Being cute at Wendy's!

Fun with Our Phones Monday #7

 

It's Monday! (Okay, a little after, but I worked most of the day & this is the 1st chance I have to blog, hehe) Time to link-up for Fun With Our Phones Monday!!

Riding in his "big boy" car seat for the 1st time!

I actually took the time to be domestic and make a meal with some effort. I followed the French's Crunchy Onion Chicken recipe on the back of the bag and made Knorr Parmesan Pasta Side noodles. It was yummy!

 We went for a walk on one of the nearby walking paths and took a detour to visit the playground. Jay LOVES to swing!  It's been in the upper 70s all week too so I had to break out his summer clothes again, as I packed them up to go downstairs but fortunately they hadn't gotten stored yet!

Chillin' in the stroller after our walk

Napping with Elmo, his hat, and giraffe car toy during the 2hr drive out to the Quad Cities to visit his cousins.

Playing with his cousin Lucas (they're about 4 months apart) at Lucas' 1st birthday party!

Jay and cousin Noah playing with Lucas' new toys, lol...

Playing with Rock & Roll Elmo with his Grandpa & Daddy

Playing with cousin Lucas

Playing with his cousins and uncle he doesn't see often

Playing with his cousins

Riding home, late at night!

 As you can tell, this week consisted of riding around, going for walks and swinging and driving out to the Quad Cities for Jay's cousin's 1st birthday party. Jay seemed to really enjoy playing with his cousins and interacting with a baby closer in age to him too. I'm glad they got along and our 4 year old nephew is a riot!