Pre-Halloween

Its almost Nolan's first Halloween . . . last weekend we made a trip to the pumpkin patch with G and some friends to pick out pumpkins so Ryan and I could carve pumpkins for the first time since we were children. We got several good pics of Nolan sitting with pumpkins . . .

Nolan and G at the pumpkin patch

Missing a shoe

Lyndsey's twin daughters, Meredith and Katherine with the pumpkins they picked out and their webkins in their Halloween costumes

Leaving the patch with some pumpkins

Cutest Picture Ever (says the photographer and mother of the baby . . . biased you say???)

Our carved jack-o-lanterns . . .

Tonight, Nolan was invited to his first Halloween party, where he went dressed as, you guessed it, a pumpkin . . . There were 3 other babies (triplets that are about 7 months older than Nolan) and I think Nolan enjoyed staring at them though there wasn't much interaction . . .

With Mommy before the party (in his Halloween outfit that he wore under his costume)

Dressed as a pumpkin with Daddy

On the floor playing with Daddy . . . The triplets (Ian, Elinor and Sterling) are close by dressed as pirates and a pirate princess

A trip to see Nana and Papa Harold

Last weekend we took a day trip up to S Georgia to visit Ryan's dad and stepmother (Papa Harold and Nana to Nolan) and then went over to see Ryan's mom and step dad . . . It was a fun filled day for Nolan, who took only a few short naps and (thankfully) slept all the way home (the alternative would have been for him to cry all the way home . . . hes not always a great rider.)

Papa Harold and Nolan

Nana and Nolan

Sitting in the grass

First Friends . . .

Here are a few pictures of Nolan and his friend Gracie. I met Gracie's mom, Erin, several months ago at a mom's group we both attend . . . Nolan and Gracie are a week apart in age and its been lots of fun for us to watch them grow together and talk about all of their firsts . . . Nolan rolled over first, Gracie made razzing noises first, Nolan sat up first and Gracie played peek-a-boo first . . . These pictures were taken about 2 weeks ago, and this was really the first time they seemed interested in each other for any length of time. When they saw each other today there was even more eye contact and smiles, they are just way too cute together, and we are looking forward to more play dates in the future.

6 months . . .

Today (10/17/08) Nolan is 6 months old and we can hardly believe it! It feels like its been longer than 6 months and much shorter than 6 months at the same time . . . Nolan came down with his first cold last week, he woke up last Friday coughing and all stuffed up . . . He still has some remnants but luckily things never got too bad . . . He is also almost fully sitting up on his own. He can do it for several minutes at a time. Of course, the second whoever is watching him turns their head he flops over, but its amazing how much his sitting up has changed in just a week . . . I'm posting some pics of a beach trip we took last weekend. Two friends from my college days in Missouri, Tim and Micki, were vacationing in Destin, FL for the week with their family and some friends so the three of us spent the day with them last Sunday hanging out on the beach.

Nolan relaxing in his play pen on the beach

Tim and Micki's youngest, Eli, partially buried in the sand

Tim and Micki's oldest, Jacob, playing catch on the beach

Tim playing catch with Jacob

Micki and Eli trying to soothe a cranky Nolan

Fun with Daddy

Some recent favorites . . .

These are just a few recent favorite pictures . . .

At Mema's house

Playing guitar with Daddy

After a bath . . .

Playing with his toes on his changing table

In Memory . . .

At the young age of only 10, my mothers dog Kelly died earlier today from a sudden illness. Kelly was kind of the queen of the Cormier household . . . She loved to run in the woods, she liked to swim at the beach, and she especially loved going on trips with us. She's been to St George Island numerous times, Dauphin Island and even braved the drive to Massachusetts more than once . . . We're all especially sad that Nolan won't get to know Kelly as she was the kind of dog you could imagine a little boy falling in love with, but we are glad to have had this time with her. Rest in peace Kelly . . .

Lots of firsts . . .

Nolan is doing all kinds of new things these days . . . He is sitting up pretty well if he is supported, he can roll from his back to his tummy and vice versa, and is now eating "solid" food (rice cereal and barley cereal) . . . In addition to all of this he is also teething . . . He doesn't act like hes in too much pain, but if he gets one of your knucles into his mouth watch out!!

Laughing at Mommy and Daddy

Starting . . .

Almost there . . .

Yay! Notice Toby J watching all the excitement . . .

"Yummy" rice cereal . . .

We also had another nice visit to Ryan's mom's last weekend for a family birthday party celebrating all the September, October and November bdays. Nolan had a fantastic time playing with his cousins and getting more attention than he knew what to do with . . .

Happy Birthday to Rodney, Sheri, Pamela, Steve, Patrick and Ashlan!

Visiting with Mema before bed . . . Nolan was up until midnight and was totally exhausted

Sitting with Ashlan

Nolan with Reagan

Sitting with Cailan