Here’s the birthday boy enjoying his birthday banana breakfast!

Mommy and Gram picked Blaine up early from daycare for a trip to the zoo!  We saw hippos, giraffes, lions, elephants, orangutans…

When we got home, Blaine was very excited to play with the birthday balloons Gram got him:

We had Blaine’s favorite, BBQ chicken, for dinner:

Followed by cake, of course!  Gram made a delicious yellow cake with chocolate icing:

Then it was time for presents – thanks to everyone who sent Blaine a gift!  We made our way through them over the course of the next several days.

On 10/5 we went out to Craven Farm for pumpkin picking!  Blaine most enjoyed riding in the wagon, and “driving” the tractor and truck.

Gram arrived on 10/4 to help us when the new baby arrived, and brought Blaine this awesome new hat to replace the one the goat stole at the zoo (though we did get that one back from the zookeeper).  It has a picture of a lawnmower and the lining has pictures of goats!

We celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary early this year to be safe.  Mommy and Daddy had a delicious dinner at the new restaurant on the hill, Marron.

Mom-Mom and Doc sent us a nice anniversary card and Blaine decided to add his own artistic touch:

Here are some pics from 9/16 of Daddy and Blaine planting some new grass seed in the yard.

We visited the zoo and Blaine’s hat fell into the goat pen.  A goat picked it up and started waving it around.  Blaine replied by screaming “my hat” at the goat — the goat didn’t care.

I took these pics at the Little Gym on 8/17 but haven’t gotten around to posting them yet!  This is a weekly class we started over the summer and plan to keep up through the fall.

Our PEPS gathering on 9/7 was out in West Seattle at Alki Beach.  The day was beautiful, but the water was pretty cold.  The kids didn’t seem to mind, though.

And, here’s a random brunch shot from September, at Coastal Kitchen.

Gram and Grand-dad came to visit at the end of August, just in time to celebrate both of their birthdays!  Blaine is still talking about it.

Blaine made birthday cards for Gram and Grand-dad, complete with many construction stickers:

When Grand-dad asked what this sticker was a picture of, Blaine identified it as “butter”:

Blaine also loved helping to open the presents:

And he proceeded to play with Gram’s new potholders for the rest of their visit:

Gram and Grand-dad read Blaine many stories during their visit:

They also took Blaine on several outings to the park, and we had a few brunches and other meals.  Thanks so much for visiting, Gram and Grand-dad!  We had a great time!

We had a great time at PEPSapalooza in August, where we got to see Caspar Babypants!  Thus began Blaine’s current obsession with the song, “Kangaroo”.

It turned into a hot day so I had to improvise a hat:

Here are a few other shots from August of Blaine helping cook breakfast – he loves to crack and scramble eggs (with assistance).