Tis the season...

Christmas already? Time is slipping by! We did have our very first blizzard (sort of) today. Snow never really lasts very long here in the city. We took Shane out thinking he would be just as excited to feel the white snowflakes as I was, but realized between screams that he hated those wet things landing on his face. Oh well. Maybe when he is old enough to play in them, he'll change his mind.
Shane has been making tons of great progress lately. Finally eating most adult foods. This has been quite a struggle as he is a very textural eater and would only eat all things pureed up until about 3 weeks ago. He has graduated to such things as filet mignon, veal, beets, brussel sprouts, chicken, canned fruits in syrup. One of his top faves seems to be cottage cheese!!! That is what helped him get over his fear of "chunk". And avocado and scrambled eggs are right up there too. He is also rolling a great deal more and seems to finally understand if he wants something badly enough he needs to find a way to get it. Also spent many minutes on hands on knees in the crawl mode for the very first time this week in therapy sessions. Lot's to celebrate this year!!

Video of rolling. Just learned yesterday.

Never let go of the toy!

Halloween Pics

Giant pumpkin at the Chelsea market

Kathryn's (Shane's girlfriend) birthday party.

Ladybug and Bumblebee

Cops on our block getting ready for the crazy village parade.

Shane & Kathryn enjoying a swing ride.

Shane almost cried at the kids parade when the drummers went by and then some girl bumped into him with balloons. he hates balloons!

Enjoying the cooler weather.

Beautiful fall day crusing the west side bike path.

Winter will be here before I know it.

Still not sure about the swings.

Just had a big therapy session.

I love to lick this toy during therapy. Sometimes I get
so crazy with it they have to take it away.

FEED ME!

Cute video of how Shane let's us know he really likes what he's eating. At least that is how we interpret it!

BRUNSWICK STEW EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

What is Brunswick stew you ask?? Well, we just happened to find out for ourselves this weekend after a quick trip to Richmond. Fellow northerners can relate...It's a southern dish! Picture this...a giant witch's cauldron set back in the woods with 40 lbs of chicken, 50 lbs of potatoes (which we helped peel), 30 some cans of corn, countless costco size cans of crushed tomoatoes, butter beans (another southern fave), chicken hearts(blah), chicken gizzards (double blah) and whatever random bug or 3 happened to fall in the pot as no less than 2 people stood over the stew stirring with a wooden oar for approximately 5 hours. Oh, and water of course. As for the hearts and gizzards, we were told not to worry. They dissolve to the point you don't know their in there. Yum! The result... an evening of food and drinks to feed at least 150 with leftovers. Now maybe this is not typical of your Brunswick Stew Fests, but what about the Glover's is typical. It was quite a night. Oh yeah, I left out the 4 kegs and port-o-potty. These men are of no relation to Michelle Glover

Did you think I was lying?

What brunswick stew would be complete w/o a pick-up and cowboy hat?

Uncle Will

Great Grandma Avoy & cousin Michael

Great Aunt Daphne

1st Birthday Celebration.

Everyone warned us how quickly time would fly when you have kids and they were not kidding. We can't believe that we just had Shane's first birthday celebration. He was a bit confused by the candle and was not interested in giving the cupcake a taste, but Mom & Dad had fun playing their role. Sorry all of that only made it to video but Shane did have a little carrot cake celebration with his best buddy Nolan who is only 5 days younger. We look back at pictures of his first year and never remember him being so small. 11 pounds sounds like a feather now! Celebrating at home with Mom & Dad

Carrot Cake at Nolan's house
I really liked this card.

A walk in the park in Bronxville w/Nolan & Julie