Fall fun weekend

We took advantage of this beautiful fall weather this past weekend with a trip to the pumpkin patch and the Brookfield Zoo for Boo in the Zoo.

Welcome to Seigel's pumpkin patch!

Daniel loves pointing out airplanes, and has started saying "play, play" (plane)

he also learned to say "trata" (tractor)

...and "pumpim" (pumpkin)

Riding the choo choo train (I think I had more fun!)

Picking out a pumping with Daddy

It has been really fun over the past couple of weeks hearing Daniel learn to say some new words.  He also says "hi yia!" (hi yia yia), papa, and pooh pooh!  He is quite the sweet shy guy especially around friends he is not as familiar with but he is easily won over after a few minutes.  He loves to share a "Cheers" with you and now will fist pump, Mommy always first and then Daddy.  

Here's our little Yoda, ready for an afternoon at the zoo

Checking out the animals and "roaring" when he saw the lions and tigers

Jedi in training

Checking out the gorillas

"Of course he needs an authentic light saber..." (Daddy)

Daniel is now 16 months old! At his 15 month appointment he weighed in at a whopping 25 pounds and 31 inches long.  He did a great job with his vaccines, crying for just only a moment; what a difference this appointment was compared to even his 12 month appointment.  Busy, busy, busy...we spent time in the room waiting for Dr. Davis walking around, reading a book, climbing on a chair, playing with a truck over and over again!

Sweet Daniel is also becoming a bit willful these days, shaking his head (no) to just about everything.  And once the veggie lover, he is now picking broccoli out of his mouth and handing it to mommy (no Daniel, I think I'll pass on the chewed broccoli cuts).  And finally, the Binky.  Oh how he loves the binky.  He knows to pay the toll and hand it over for a bottle (yes, he still has the bottle) however, he has now taken up the practice of double binking...yes double binking.  He likes to have a binky in his mouth and a reserve in his hand when at Yia Yia's and at night in the crib....ya know, he likes to switch it them off sometimes!  sense a battle coming up...