A new trick

We've been working on waving for awhile and Calvin finally tried it this past week. Sorry for the shaky video - I didn't realize I was waving so hard.

Cousins in Costumes

We probably won't see each other on Halloween, so most of Calvin's cousins dressed up in costumes last weekend at Grandma & Grandpa Perkins' house.

Emily holding Joshua the pumpkin (Emily is going to be Hermione Granger, but her costume wasn't finished yet), Hannah the princess, Kelsey the pink witch (she's going to be Ginny Weasley, but was also still waiting on her costume), Jonah the firefighter, Ethan the bat, Caleb the puppy, Jacob the power ranger, and Sam the gorilla.
Jamie with Logan the puppy and Alex the monkey.
We don't have Calvin's costume yet, but just for fun,here he is in a diaper box, one of his favorite pasttimes these days.

Calvin Meets Ian

My good friend Elsha was in town from Iowa last week, so she and little Ian came to visit. Calvin enjoyed meeting a new friend. Ian is so good - he sat and enjoyed the toys while Calvin was busy as usual. You can tell from these pictures that they both liked to grab each other. Thanks to Elsha for sending me some better pictures (it was tough to catch these two together). It was so good to see you and to meet Ian.

New friends holding hands.

Ian's photogenic smile!