Happy Halloween!

A Family Of Jack-O-Lanterns

We carved our pumpkins tonight to get ready for Halloween!

Nolan liked touching the pumpkins on the outside... But not so much on the inside!
He enjoyed one of his last bottles with Daddy while Mommy carved the pumpkins.

Here is our big jack-o-lantern!

Here is our family of jack-o-lanterns inside...

and outside on our front porch.

Happy Halloween!

Big Day!

Nolan took his first steps today! He took three steps two different times! Mommy was so excited! Nolan was, too! There aren't any pictures capturing the moment, but these are from this morning.

Nolan loves his Halloween books...he is reading Five Little Pumpkins. He had fun carrying the empty wrapping paper roll while pushing the bar stool all around the kitchen, living room and dining room.
He loved pushing the kitchen chairs around, too. Nolan pushes anything and everything around and around and around all day long! Life is good!

A Medical Update

Nolan had a follow-up appointment with Dr. Hahn (the neuro-surgeon who took care of Nolan during his head injury). Dr. Hahn thinks his skull fracture has healed nicely and now just wants to monitor the arachnoid cyst (incidental finding) that appeared on the left side of Nolan's brain on the CAT scans and MRI. Nolan will have to go back to Dr. Hahn in six months and then have another MRI to compare the size, matter, etc. of the arachnoid cyst from the two images. Nolan is developing nicely and seems to be doing just fine. We just wanted to share a quick update for all of those who ask about Nolan. Thanks for your thoughts and good wishes!

A Panda On The Loose...

Nolan wore his costume to gym class today. He was still able to move around and do all of his favorite things!

Nolan loves this push toy that makes music when it moves.

He checked out the ball pit (and almost went into the pit)...

He picked up a ball...

He took a bite!

Mommy and Nolan went to the Jewel in his costume on the way home from gym class, and Nolan continued to play at home with his hat on his head.

Nolan sure is getting good use out of his costume. We cannot wait for Halloween! Thanks to MoMo for making Nolan's special costume. It is just perfect, and we love it!

A Day At The Farm

We went to The Palos Children's Farm today to check out the animals and take a tractor ride to the pumpkin patch. It was a very cool, windy day!

Nolan saw bunnies, ducks,
ponies,

chickens and roosters,

baby pigs,

goats,

cows,

sheep and

donkeys.

Nolan and Daddy posed by the big red barn.

Mommy and Nolan took a quick picture on the way to the tractor.

We took a long ride into the pumpkin patch.

Nolan climbed up on the pumpkins.

They were so big!

Nolan stood next to the pumpkins.

We walked really far into the patch to find the perfect pumpkins.

We took a tractor ride back to the barn after we found our pumpkins. Nolan drove an old tractor.

Nolan and Daddy took a picture near the fall display.

Nolan and Mommy took a picture, too!

We also took a fall family picture.

Nolan rolled a great big pumpkin.

He was so happy!

One-handed!

We had a great day at the farm and pumpkin patch!

Nolan rode in his swing when we got home while Mommy and Daddy worked outside.

We had a busy, fall weekend as we enjoyed lots of time outside! We can't wait to carve our pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns!