Long Week

Its been a long week since we last posted, with Andy gone deer hunting last weekend, and then Jess getting sick earlier this week. Now that things are relatively back to normal, Andy is taking off again this weekend!...but only for one night this time, and Jess is NOT getting sick!

Simon likes to do headstands...or is Andy that likes Simon to do headstands?

Before the traveling and illness, we had a visitor last week! Erich was in town for a conference and came over for dinner on Wednesday. (For those of you not familiar, Erich went to Valpo with Jess.) As always, it was great to see him--next time we're hoping we get to see Susan, too! Simon enjoyed meeting Erich as well--usually I'd say Erich's smile and charming personality win people over, but for Simon, all it really took was wearing this button-down shirt. He just couldn't get enough of those buttons (and I'm sure the smile and charming personality didn't hurt...). (Hope you enjoy Mexico City, Erich!)

Erich & Simon

We've had some snow this past week--nothing major yet, just a few light dustings. One day it did stick around on the ground until afternoon, though. I'm sure in no time we'll have some photos of Simon in the snow, so I'd better post a few more fall photos before crunchy leaves are distant memories!

Welcome home from work Daddy

Andy discovered that Simon has developed a unique way of playing with the leaves. Generally, he will pick up and explore them, eventually selecting one--when he has one, he'll turn it so that he has grabbed it by the stem, and then he'll wave it around like crazy. If you hand him a leaf stem first, he'll grab it by the stem and start waving. If you hand it to him leaf first, he'll take it and turn it until he is holding the stem before he starts waving it. Why does he do this? We don't know...but clearly he's got a lot going on in that little brain! (Which we already knew, but thought we'd mention in case any of our readers out there doubt the mental capacities of a 10-month old...)

The day Andy discovered this tendency of Simon's, he made sure to document the phenomenon on video...but unfortunately blogger isn't cooperating right now, so I can't upload it :(. I'll try again in another post--for now, you'll just have to imagine the leaf waving!