September

Over Labor Day weekend, we went to a San Jose Giants game with the whole Rouspil clan. It was a scorcher out in the bleachers, but Grandma and Grandpa managed to get us into a VIP area where there was shade. Whew. 

Teddy missed naptime and got suncreen in his eyes, so he wasn't at his cheeriest. 

But he still managed to eat an enormous bag of kettle corn. 

Teddy has started to figure out the merits of the stool Granpda John made him for Christmas. 

It goes a lot of interesting places these days. 

With her half birthday approaching, we introduced Jo to solid foods. She hated the rice cereal I tried to feed her a couple times, but took to the baby food I made her quite happily and messily. 

She loved these black beans. 

Teddy discovered a little bin full of hair clips that were handed down to Jo from Kylie and Paige. He brought them out to me and instructed me to put them in his and Jo's hair. For every one he wanted in Jo's hair, he wanted four in his own. Then he started stealing the one's from her hair, too. 

Aren't they both the prettiest?

Perhaps my favorite Mother-Son moment yet. Teddy helped me make cookie dough and knew instinctively that it had just as much tasty potential as the cookies themselves. 

I couldn't have been any prouder of him. 

We went to a barbecue at Chuck and Michelle's new house and Chuck needed some help assembling his new ping pong table. Teddy, Audrey and Lila got straight to work. 

Daddy wasted time looking busy reading the instructions. Silly Daddy.