AJ's First Halloween

On Tuesday, AJ and I went up to visit Grandma Cheri in Rockford and AJ had a practice run in his costume. There were a lot of friends and relatives there, as well as another baby almost his age, so he got a lot of practice meeting people and being social. I put his pumpkin "shirt" on him and he was unhappy about it going over his arms and head (as usual!) but was fine in it once it was on. The lunch was wonderful and it was so fun to see and meet everyone. This way, Grandma Cheri, Aunt Sheila, Aunt Shirley and Great Grandma Marcella all got to see him in his costume dress rehersal!

Yesterday was the actual holiday, so I dressed him up again, this time in his full costume - green tights, pumpkin shirt and hat, and then I stuffed him with batting to fill him out!It was so funny, but he looked really cute and seemed not to mind the outfit. We decided not to go Trick-or-Treating (even though I really wanted to!) since it was getting too close to he dinnertime, and he wouldn't be able to eat the candy anyway. So we went next door to our friends' place and AJ's friend Kaya put on her costume too to take a few pictures with him. She was a buzzy bee. It's so hard to take a good picture of them both at the same time, so this is the best I could do!!

AJ and I also visited our friends the LaSalle's today and AJ got to meet his new little buddy, JP. He was somewhat interested in the 6 week old, but I didn't let him get close enough to touch (aka: slobber on/chew/poke) him. AJ has also really been enjoying the excersaucer I borrowed from a friend, and seems to find new and exciting things about it every time. I also borrowed one from his cousin Kyra, and that one is at my studio waiting for him to accompany me to work next week. We'll see how that goes!!