Veteren's Day at Irvine Park

This year, Veteren's Day fell on a Wednesday, so I had the day off. Grant, Geoffrey, and I headed up to Irvine Regional Park for the afternoon.

First, we had a picnic lunch in the park. Grant and I enjoyed our Subway and Pirates Booty while Geoff played on the grass. He loved picking up the crunchy leaves, and feeling the different texture of the grass.

Next, we went to the Orange County zoo. The weather was nice, kind of cool, so some of the animals were pretty active. Geoff liked watching the bobcat pace back and forth in the cave, and the bear came right out in the middle of his enclosure. Grant thought it was funny that the zoo had coyotes and raccoons. Geoff only really noticed the more active animals, of course, but seemed to really like walking around.

After the zoo, we went over to the duck pond. Geoff liked watching the ducks swim on the lake. Grant and I saw a kid across the way roll right into the duck pond! Gross! Grant thought it was hilarious - he had just been wondering how often people fall in!

We walked over to the train station and then around the lake and back to our car. We drove to another section of the park where Geoffrey got to play on the swings - his favorite!

Once it started to get dark we left the park and went to The Counter for dinner. All in all, it was a beautiful day!

Temporarily Standing

Geoff can balance for a few seconds while standing now. Of course, this is a very gradual thing - (is he actually balancing himself or just put there by momentum?)

What's good, though, is that he will usually sort of squat slowly down into a sitting position instead of just fall over. He's good at keeping his balance!

 

Sneezing

Geoffrey is SO CUTE when he sneezes. Have I mentioned this before? He's done this since he was only a couple of moths old. Whenever he sneezes, he looks up at you with a big smile on his face, like sneezing is the funniest surprise in the world.

 

Diaper CHanges

Diaper changes have become such... fun.

Geoffrey does NOT like to stay on his back - and he rolls over the second you put him down.

Today I decided to change him on the floor. The second I got the diaper off he rolled over and started crawling into the bathoom naked except for his socks. I though, "This is so cute! I should video tape this!" SO he crawls into the bathroom and stands up holding on to the cupboard - and proceeds to pee - right there - on the bathroom floor.

Heh  Heh

Well, at least he knows where to go when he has to pee!

Geoffrey's First Halloween

For Geoffrey's first Halloween, he dressed as Tigger. We thought that this was an appropriate costume since Geoffrey loves to go "bouncy bouncy!" In fact, we sing the Tigger song for Geoffrey - with a few altered lyrics

The wonderful thing about Geoffrey,
is Geoffrey's a wonderful thing!
His top is made out of rubber,
his bottom is made out of spring!
He's bouncy trouncy bouncy trouncy
fun fun fun fun fun!
And the most wonderful thing about Geoffrey is he's the cutest one!
Heeeeeeeeee's the cutest one!

Geoffrey came to my school on Friday to meet my students. He looked so cute in his costume! My students sang him the firetruck song and take turns looking at him - some of them even held him!

On Saturday, Geoffrey woke up from his nap in time to help us greet some trick or treaters. Everyone thought he was SO CUTE!

Then we went over to Nonna and Grandpa Gary's and Uncle Blake's house. Geoff helped Nonna pass out candy, and Angie came by with Andrew dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow and Cori dressed as Tinkerbell.

Finally, we went over to Grandpa Bob and Grandma DeeDee's house to play some more!

You had lots of fun on your first Halloween!