New York, New York!

Sept 14: David Takes Manhattan! We made our first family trip to the big apple on a beautiful fall weekend. First stop, Central Park for a picnic. 

David LOVES people watching

Horses!

not a fan of the big horsie up close!

Next stop, FAO Schwartz! The huge stuffed animals greeting us at the entrance were life-like enough to give David a bit of a scare. But the stuffed dogs were much less frightening :) 

We had a fun sleepover - first time all 3 of us have shared a room since our California trip! David did great! And we had fun camping out in the bathroom so we could still have some light & talk :)

Sunday we took a walk through Times Square - David loved all the sights and sounds.

Daddy had the idea to top off the TS visit with a walk through the Marriott lobby & to ride the cool elevators :) 

It was a great weekend in the big city - we can't wait to go back!

11 Months & GDKQT

David spent the past 2 weekends with his grandparents and doodles and my cousin Karen (Grandparent, Doodle and Karen Quality Time (GDKQT!)). And we celebrated 11 months in between! 

First up, a visit from Nana, Grandpa, Truman & Brady. David got lots of story time and floor-playroom time during the visit. We realized after David went up for his nap that the dogs managed to stay fairly calm & not engage in any horseplay the whole time David was crawling with them on the floor - amazing! :)

Josh and David also got to spend some DD(daddy-david)QT together (daycare in-service day...). Here are the 2 shots I got from their day of shenanigans :) 

Sweet-potato face! 

Selfie in the nursery :)

The next weekend, we went to LBI to visit my cousin Karen, Bob, and Mom-mom & Pop-pop. Franklin had an upset stomach, so it was just me & David (MDQT!). We got to hang out with Wilbur & Stanley, the original doodles :) David decided home base for the weekend would be Stanley's dog bed. Luckily, Stanley didn't seem to mind the company (& the ball thrower!)..

Everybody wanted to chase the ball!

David did a lot of exploring, looking and listening to all the sounds of the seashore. 

Looking out at the jet skis & seagulls with pop-pop

Enjoying the cool breezes with mom-mom

Staring up at the cool ceiling fan with pop-pop

And of course David got some real good DKQT with Karen :) 

Karen let him borrow her walker too!

& one final shot with mom-mom (he looks SO BIG here!) :)

Back on the homestead, David got a little cold, so we got to play hooky on Monday - yep, another day of just MDQT :) Here are some shots of my cutie :)

Still no walking unassisted, but man does he tear around in his walker!

LOVES playing hide and seek in his playhut :)

And last but not least, here is our 11m photo shoot! 

Trying out some new kicks!

Striking a pose..

PS, David started sleeping on a nap-mat at daycare! He seems to be doing really well with it, averaging at least 2hr naps on the mat (on the floor!)! Here's a shot of it - custom made on Etsy. Soft as can be - wish they made adult ones! :)