Halloween Vist

The Clay grandparents Helen and Bill made it out for Halloween weekend, and it was an absolute blast. An exhausting blast, because I think we managed to get done in a weekend what Michelle and I might have accomplished otherwise over the winter. We managed to clean out the garage and open up one of the bays so we can keep the outback in the garage. This will make loading Gabe on chilly mornings so much easier. We moved tons of boxes into the attic from nooks around the house. Broke down tons of boxes for recycling. Went to Ikea and bought shelves and wooden boxes, and put said shelves and boxes together. We cleaned out one of the closets in the laundry room and have now turned it into our pantry. It is full of emergency foods and such. Michelle and Helen gathered up dried seed pods and dad fixed our dish washer so it doesn't dance the mamba every time we do the dishes. Oh, and we played with Gabe endlessly. I don't think I've ever seen him smile and coo so much! He's definitely more interactive than for their first visit.


Gabe tries to use a spoon as a phone. Dad let him try out various cutlery, but I think Gabe liked the spoon the most.


Gabe's getting much better at grasping things and manipulating them.


Like all babies Gabe tries to find out what flavor the spoon has.


Gabe takes care of some business on his mobile spoon during breakfast.


Gabe rocks out on his spoon microphone, luckily it doesn't have an amp.


Gabe is tuckered out by the Ikea experience and takes a nap while pushed around by Lala.


What diabolic plans does Opa have for Gabe? Noisy toys for X-mas? Sweets before bedtime?


Gabe's tongue seems to spend at least half of the time out of his mouth.


Gabe is tuckered out after an exciting morning about the house and naps on Helen's shoulder.

The weekend isn't over yet, but it is winding down. We're all downstairs sitting around a cozy fire and enjoying the extra hour daylight savings time has given us.