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Everything to keep you from crying in the car! Today was the first time that we were alone in the car – mommy driving and you by yourself on the back seat, strapped down in your carseat, which is not your favorite thing even when the grandparents were around. So when we left the house and you were wide awake, I thought we would be in trouble. You started complaining, I turned on the CD player and started the Coldplay CD that I used to listen to when I was pregnant. That didn’t seem to be enough so I started singing along, and you calmed down. You just listened to mommy’s and Coldplay singing the whole drive to Bellevue, just complaining during the quiet time between the songs. On the way back, Coldplay wasn’t working so I found some good radio static noise and you fell asleep after a few minutes.

You had a busy day! You wore a pink piggy costume and was very cute, I was wearing a witch costume. First we went to mommy’s work, they were having a Halloween party there. Unfortunately the party was over fairly early and we just got to see a couple of people there. We walked around with nona to say hi to everybody and headed to mommy’s doctor’s appointment. You stayed in the car with your nona and was being a bit fussy, but you calmed down on the way to daddy’s work. They were also having trick-or-treating for all the kids and we introduced you to daddy’s co-workers. We didn’t stay long because you were quite tired from all the driving and different places, so we went home after that and you took a good nap. You didn’t see all the cute trick-or-treaters that stopped by, you’ll join them next year!

Gato came in your room today and you stared at him for a while, and smiled at him several times. Is this the beginning of a friendship?

We enjoyed the beautiful day (amazing 77F, sunny and blue sky) to go to the pumpkin patch and get your first pumpkin for Halloween. The only problem: I wasn’t expecting such a warm day and didn’t dress you accordingly. Sorry! It was the first time you had to deal with the heat and the sun and we didn’t have any sun hats that fit you or any of the big ones in the diaper bag, so you ended up wearing a cotton ball cap. A fleece romper and an onesie under it completed the inappropriate outfit. You started crying while we were walking on the pumpkin field so I took you to the car and changed your clothes to something lighter, but since we had nothing to protect your head, we didn’t go back to the field and waited for your grandparents and friends to come back. We got you a nice big pumpkin that we’ll carve on Saturday when your nona arrives to visit. Next year you will have a better time, I promise!