thank you, neighbors!

our neighbors are pouring a new cement driveway, which means von hasnt left the windows/doors since monday. the digger & cement truck offer pure fascination (as well as some pretty neat beeping and vroooming noises) for our little guy. today we decided to scoot the loveseat in our bedroom over to the window for a new view of things. von got the attention of the 'crew' with his window-pounding and digger noises ... they waived, which MADE HIS DAY. we probably sat there an hour this morning - just me & my lil guy, wrapped up in the moment :)

so this was our wednesday

little bit of rain ...
cooler weather ...
front porch sitting ...
kisses for daddy ...
doritos (um, yes, doritos) ...
and of course, a cute little boy in a raincoat ...

evening stroll

we know that old man winter will soon coat our road with slick ice & snow, so we've been enjoying evening strolls (aka evening cruises) as much as possible lately. von makes his siren blare and 'steers' his little cozy coupe ... it's really super duper cute!

growing up

gone are von's baby face and baby characteristics.
here are von's drinking-from-a-milk-carton-thru-a-straw days. he also shakes his head yes and no now, which makes for quite a bit of amusement.
sigh, 14 months, sigh ...

steely mcbeam

... meet steely mcbeam. he cheers for the steelers, throws his arms up for touchdown celebration, oh ... and he smells flowers too :)

diggers & more!

our most recent trip to PA was filled with machines ... little ones, big ones, loud ones, scary ones. and these days, von is literally 'all boy, all the time', so he was just in heaven. von sure did have fun with everyone on elm drive!! thanks all!!

'secret' look out

now accepting volunteers who are willing to break the news to these two that the windows will soon be closed due to cold weather ...