Being April

Our Halloween festivities began last Monday when we carved our pumpkin. It was nothing impressive, but it was kinda fun. We didn't take any pictures though. Yesterday was the trunk-or-treat. We all dressed up in our costumes and headed off to the church. At the church there was a horse drawn hayride, cookie decorating, and some other games. We didn't get to go on the hayride because DJ didn't want to stay in my arms, and I didn't want him crawling around on the ground eating rocks and leaves. I had the hardest time trying to keep in in arms the entire evening. DJ finally decided that he was ready to walk, so he did, all evening, and he didn't want to be held at all. That kinda ruined the costume idea though. I dressed up as a tree, so he was supposed to be a monkey in a tree, but that monkey just wouldn't stay in the tree. Dean was Darth Vader, but he wasn't allowed to wear his mask, so the effect was kinda lost. It was a lot of fun, excep...

DJ is everywhere these days. He used to cling to me and have to be with me constantly, but now I'm having a hard time keeping tabs on him. I look away for 30 seconds and the next thing I know he's in the bathroom trying to climb into the toilet. I try to keep the bathroom door closed, but somehow it always seems to be left open, and he always wants to play in there. We'll be playing in his room, and I'll be folding his laundry or something, he'll crawl out of the room and go around the corner. I always expect him to come back to find me like he used to, but now I'll have to go looking for him and find him sitting in a pot in the kitchen cupboard with a colander on his head. He's got a thing for hats and sunglasses. I've never known another baby to actually want to wear sunglasses. The other day he insisted on putting on his hat and his sunglasses and then we went on a walk. He wore them the entire time and got lots of oohs and ahs from passe...