Our Little Cubs Fan, Cherries, and Standing Up

Here are some Pictures from mid-October. They are mostly of Alex eating cherries, dressed up in his cubs outfit (I was trying to get some good ones, so there are a ton of these), and a few of him standing up to play at his little table toy. He's started babbling dadadadada all the time now, which Andy of course loves. I still get a mamama every once in a while, normally while he's eating his puffs. He likes blowing bubbles and making raspberries noises too. He loves that he can stand for a long time holding on with one hand or two to things now, but he hasn't figured how to pull himself up yet. He's make some backwards creeping progress, and can spin on his belly, but no forward progress yet. Here's the highlights from the pictures:

Trip to IL

We took a family trip to Avon, IL to visit Andy's family last week, the 13th-17th of October. We flew our plane there. We had a tachometer gauge and cable break (it was the original in our 1968 airplane!) and had to wait overnight in Watertown, SD for the part. It arrived on Tuesday morning, but it didn't fit correctly, so we flew to Willmar, MN to get the right part installed...they have a great Mooney service center there. Then we were back on our way to Macomb, IL to land on Tuesday evening. It was a good but short visit. The rain kept Andy from helping his dad with the harvest except for Thursday afternoon. Alex got his first tractor ride--Andy drove us in the tractor hauling a wagon full of corn. The weather was good Thursday morning to fly (but too wet to farm), so we went on a formation flight with Andy's dad, who owns a Cessna Cardinal. Andy and his dad were in the Cardinal and Andy's mom, Alex, and I were in our Mooney. We had fun and got lots of good pictures of both airplanes in flight. Alex got to visit with his great grandparents Dallefeld, great grandma McElvaine, grandparents McElvaine, and Phil, Jean, Jeff, Kristi, and Addison Kramer. Addison was 18 months old, full of energy, and very entertaining for Alex. Phil and Jean got this airplane rocker for Alex, and Andy's mom painted it. He really liked the propeller. Unfortunately we couldn't fit both Alex and the plane in our plane to come home, so we'll have to get it shipped later. Here's all the pictures from our trip.

Early October Pics

Just a quick post for a few pictures from this month so far. Alex really likes to eat crackers now, so there's a bunch of those pictures because it's funny to watch him shove the whole thing in his mouth and then play with all the pieces it crumbles into. There's also some of the little Bears fan, including this one of him with his hand over his heart for the national anthem playing at the start of the game. We are trying to fly to IL Monday to visit with Andy's family, but the weather might not let us go (we are flying our own little airplane). We plan to return Friday. If you want to track our flight anytime we file a flight plan, go to flightaware.com and put in our tail number N6702N. That's about it, here's the pictures.

Papa's Pumpkin Patch in Bismark Oct 4th

On Saturday we took Alex to the Pumpkin Patch in Bismarck. It was great, and if he was just a little older, he would've really enjoyed it. As it was, we just took some cute pictures. So here they are.

Pumpkin at the Corn Maze- 71/2 months old

I took Alex to the corn maze east of town this past Sunday with some friends. There were lots of pictures ops (which is why I wanted to go), and he seemed to have a good time in the maze, moreso than I expected. We have been able to get him to prop up on all his knees now, but he won't get there himself yet. He tries to move, but ends up just plopping down and getting frustrated. We went to the pediatrician earlier this week for his runny nose and a bug bite on his leg. She gave me Singulair granules to give him to see if that helps clear up any allergies and cortizone for his bite. He weighed 18 lb, 15 oz (that was Tuesday, Sep 30th). Andy and I are both sick with colds I guess this week, so it's been pretty low-key around here. That's about it, here's the pictures from the maze.

Oh, and here's a video of the jump n go, though he isn't quite as crazy and laughing as he is in there sometimes.