His Hat & Sophie Giraffe

If he wears an accessory, it's this hat so I'd thought I'd get some pictures of him in it. It's good for shielding his eyes and I think it's pretty cute on him too. As you can see, Sophie is getting some attention too. He's definitely digging her ears!

Does He Look Like Dad?

So Tatumn was looking over my shoulder at pictures tonight and when she saw the picture of Rafferty, she reminded me of this infamous picture of Eric with his mouth agape. Hmmm? Maybe he DOES resemble his dad a little.

Rafferty 15 Weeks

Our Sweet Boy

Here's our cutie tonight before bedtime! Such a sweetie he is!

A Thumbsucker?

I doubt it's long term, but he's REALLY into his thumb when he finds it!

Chunky Monkey

Yep! Raf is 18lbs. 13oz.! Talk about a large baby and that's sans cloth diaper! He'll be 14 weeks tomorrow. When I look at him I see the equivalent of a six month old baby. Maybe he doesn't look that mature in the face, but the rest of him is at least six months in size. Crazy. Oh yes, he hasn't grown in length since his last check-up so now we have more chunk per square inch.

Rafferty-3 Months

Here's Mister Raffikins. Poor kid. I shouldn't call him that. Okay, so here's the baby. He's still BIG. I estimate him to weigh about 17lbs. or more. I'll find out on Friday how much the porker has gained, oops, I mean how much he has grown. He's got such personality these days. He LOVES people, loves to be held, loves to stand up with assistance still, and his new best friend is, Daddy. His face lights up when Daddy looks in his direction. I think he likes their resemblance. He said something about his dad's rad hair. :) I don't know if he looks like Eric much besides that, but it's fun to compare. Things he hates: his car seat, car rides, confinement (this could be good, right?) and strangers. He's already starting to realize when his family is not in sight and someone new is in front of him. His mouth turns down and the cries begin shortly thereafter. We were able to witness this, firsthand, on Football Sunday at Buffalo Wild Wings and a few times besides that. He is REALLY working at rolling over from back to front and will roll over from front to back. He's got work to do for both, as far as making them more commonplace, but it's the first maneuver that is really frustrating him these last few days. He gets mad when he's stuck by his chunky thigh being in the way. He has also discovered just how entertaining his little bawled up fists and fingers can be. Oooh, when he finds a thumb, he's in all his glory! He'll suck on them like there's no tomorrow. So that's where we're at with three months. I've probably forgotten something but I'm sure he'll top it in the weeks or months to come. Until then, here he is partially diapered and nearly ready for a nap!

Halloween 2009

So here we are, minus the Tater Tot. As mentioned previously, she refused to participate in any theme we were doing this year for Halloween. Can't blame her, can you? I was promised pictures from her friend's mom and hope to get some to post soon. She was Little Red Riding Hood. She decided early on that that's what she wanted to be.

As you can see, Eric and I are hot dog vendors, the girls are the condiments, and little Rafferty is the hot dog. Hadley, not too keen on being something not associated with a princess, reluctantly agreed to be ketchup, but only because it was a sort-of dress. Imogen wanted to be a hot dog as well, but since Hadley refused to be a hot dog (I tried to get them to both be hot dogs like the baby), she settled for mustard. She was happy with it once she tried it on and she HAD to be mustard because she actually likes mustard, while Hadley does not. As we made our way around the neighborhood and got so many compliments on our costumes, Hadley decided she loved all the praise and attention and felt it wasn't too bad not being a princess of some sort. It was a lot of fun and went very smoothly, despite the heat for the evening. We really thought Rafferty wouldn't be too cooperative due to his restrictive, hot costume, but he actually did rather well. When we tried the costume on him prior to Halloween he would get pretty irritated and HOT in it, not to mention that the day before he was to wear it, we tried it on to discover that he was nearly too big for it. We decided then that we should cut the bottom out so he could have more room and air, for his feet, at least. Apparently, it was enough to make it tolerable for about two hours, which ended up being perfect because that was about all the girls were good for, as well. Truly, it was pretty darn perfect and we look forward to next year, which may or may not be centered around a theme. At this point, I think I'm finally going to let the girls decide what they REALLY want to be rather than talking them into another one of my silly ideas. After all, they've been more than patient with me, right?