My baby is 6.

I'm not supposed to call him my baby anymore. At least not when we are in public. But since he can't officially read yet, I can get away with it here. :-)

Ever since Griffin was born, I've been amazed at how much older he seems to me. And now with those glasses ... wow. He's a KID, not a little boy.

For those of you that mailed gifts, thank you! He had a blast opening them and has played with everything.

The big birthday party is this Saturday, followed by a Monster Truck Jam for the guys in the Cities.

On another note, Griffin really enjoys ripping open presents. REALLY enjoys it. And then, after the present is unwrapped, he really enjoys shredding the paper. Maybe he is part cat. Christmas will be fun this year! :-)

I've been slacking ...

on posting pictures. Or updating everyone about what is going on in the Lessinger world.

For starters, Baby is getting big and really *kicky*. I've been having regular contractions at night for about 3 or 4 days now, but they always stop. I have a doctor appointment on Monday, so we will see if there is any activity. As of yesterday, I am 36 weeks - 1 week shy of what is considered full term.

Noah has been busy with school and planning his birthday bash. Well, the planning was pretty easy. We are having the party at Space Aliens, and he's invited 5 buddies. The two of us went to town today and got stuff for his goodie bags, as well as ordered his cake. He chose a Cars cake. We also spent a good amount of time looking at toys at Target today. If anyone is still wondering what to get him, I highly advise Transformers. He flipped out in that aisle ... wanted ALL of them. I think Griffin might be selecting a Transformer for a gift in the next few days. :-)

The G-monster has been doing really well. He is such a funny kid. He mimics everything he sees, and especially anything he sees his big brother do. He is at such a fun age right now. Yes, he's as busy as ever, but he's so much fun that we don't really mind. :-)

Bob and Mark and our neighbor Cory got the bathroom sheetrocked last weekend (while Jackie, Jackson, June, Turner, Griffin and I went shopping at the MOA - what a crazy choice that was!) The tape/texture guy is coming to start the final phase of *operation: walls* on Monday. I am so excited I can hardly stand it!

Bob also has an opportunity to teach a few classes at SCSU. I am so excited for him. He has a gift for translating jargon into English, and I think he is really excited. I hope the opportunity works out because he'd be a great teacher.

Here's a picture of the boys playing. There is just something about boys and boxes ...

We love Halloween.

Halloween was C*O*L*D. The plan was to take both boys to a couple of houses, then Bob and G would stay home to pass out candy and Noah and I would finish trick-or-treating.

Yeah.

Good plan.

Unfortunately, Robin screamed bloody murder when big brother and mama tried to walk out the door without him. So along he came, bundled to the max. His costume didn't fit over his coat (Batman's costume actually looked better over all the layers ... go figure!). Robin really wasn't into all the trick-or-treating. We didn't even bring his pumpkin, because Noah already filled one pumpkin at the kindgergarten party. Talk about candy overload! Anyway, both little guys had fun. And carrying my extra 50 pounds of baby-weight plus my 30 pounds of Griffin-weight proved to be quite warming. I can't move my neck today, but I was warm last night. :-)

No good pictures of both kids together ... and only semi-decent pictures of each alone ... but you get the idea. Note that Robin is trying to eat candy with the wrapper still on. Funny kid. Batman has a weird expression. I think he was trying not to smile because "Batman doesn't smile." Ha!