adam, cameran and savannah on halloween

adam and cameran before trick or treating. he was so hot i think he was miserable!

uncle lucas and adam the monkey!

adam the monkey and mommy

happy monkey with his monkey head OFF.

adam hanging with luke.

on the rocking horse with grandpa.

playing new xylophone.

for halloween weekend, eric, adam and i went to south carolina to see my family. luckily, my brother was also able to come up (his girlfriend, stephanie and stephanie's daughter, cameran too!), so it was great getting to see everyone. though i was sick during most of the visit, it was totally worth it to go down.

we weren't anticipating the temperature change though! shows how quickly you can forget! on halloween night it was extremely humid and hot and adam barely moved until we took half- and then his entire- costume off. he was probably melting in there. :)

we strolled the neighborhood while cameran trick or treated. adam couldn't eat candy since he still only has just 4 teeth.

while there, my mom gave adam a new toy- a xylophone and little piano in one. he LOVED it and banged on it all weekend. perfect toy for him. we also did a small hike while there and it was beautiful to see the leaves changing and get some fresh air.

as always, more photos and videos on flickr.

lately, adam is a barrel of funny. he recently learned to pick his nose! and while eric freaked out, i couldn't stop laughing! in my opinion, the time to teach him not to do it will be next week. for this weekend, i want to laugh about it. he gives kisses on the cheek, which is heart-melting. he calls us both daddy so pure and clear; i keep reminding him that my name is mommy, but he hasn't seemed to remember that yet...

he is taking more and more steps alone, sometimes now without our prompting, letting go of the couch and venturing to the middle of the floor to grab a toy or something. but for walking, he still mostly uses his push toy. he loves ramming it into us, and as he gets stronger and faster, that push toy may "go missing" this weekend, ha.

adam's new thing to try doing is opening our front door, which is scary. he can reach the handle and i have heard our alarm system go "beep beep beep!" once letting me know he got it open. so... time for the deadbolt when the door is shut.

when i pick adam up at daycare, he still tells everyone there bye bye and blows kisses. he likes to hold one of our hands to walk to the car. and, last week, in the parking lot, he turned back toward the school and yelled at the top of his lungs- BYE BYE! it was hilarious!

lately, adam is not too interested in eating meat, which is baffling to his daddy. he mostly seems in to fruits, veggies and grains. he LOVES beans and milk and "cookies" (graham crackers). in fact, "cookie" is his most recent new word. adam also says "weeeeeeeeeeeeee" when something fun is happening, which is also adorable. like, when he goes down the slide, is sitting in the rocking chair, or last weekend on his rocking horse. and while eating something yummy, he says "mmmmmmmmm" wonder where he learned that (woops)?

we're having fun and just trying to keep up!