1st Halloween

Devan had his first Halloween.... He was a lion. ROAR!! We put on his costume and colored his nose black. Such a cutie! And we took TONS of pictures... (to the left- in the PicasaWeb Gallery). Unfortunately, the top was too poofy so he couldn't sit very well- kept falling over backwards. So it didn't stay on for long. And it was pretty warm (80 and drizzly all day- very humid).

John and Linzy came over for the night. We had burgers and onion rings for dinner (with Dustin's special onion ring sauce). Devan showed off his costume to the neighbors and we oohhed and aawwed at their little one's costumes. Then we took his costume off for the night and settled in to the ringing doorbell and some good football.

Overall we had 42 little ones between 6 and 8pm. More than last year. A very good turnout. Devan fell asleep on Linzy around 7pm (he was tuckered out from the long day of errands and pumpkin carving and only a short nap). The boys played Wii for awhile while Linzy and I chatted. Devan woke up and we had brownies and ice cream for desert. I turned off the porch light at 8pm before the teenagers came by. Last year they came by and wanted candy- and weren't even dressed up! Not this year. They can go buy their own candy :P

We watched the U of O- USC game for the rest of the night. Unfortunately, we didn't get Fox Sports, which was airing the OSU game on tape delay. Too bad... But John kept us updated from his Blackberry.

They left around 9:30 as we were getting Devan ready for bed. We're hoping tonight he'll go to bed early because of the time change.... fingers crossed....

New subject...

In the gallery there are also pics of his first real food. We had to do peas because that's all we had (we got a bunch from our neighbor, but most of them were Stage 2 foods with mixtures). He definitely did NOT like peas. I agree... peas are nasty!

Tried peas again last night. Nope. Still doesn't like them. But it was hilarious to watch his face when he gagged on it! I know... we're terrible parents...

So tonight we tried carrots. It's runnier so he thought it would be funny to spray us with carrots each time I gave him some. But it went down a little (and I emphasize "little") easier than the peas. Still did a couple gagging faces and let it run out of his mouth. But he managed to eat a little more. We'll try again later tonight and see if we can get a little more in him. I'm not giving up. He's going to have to eat them sometime.... He can't always have milk... And I make him wait for a bottle after feeding him. Don't want him to think all he has to do is refuse the veggies and he'll get milk.

It's been 20 minutes now since his carrots and he's still hungry. Better wrap this up and attend to the little lion :)