a study in b/w

mommy has always been fascinated with black and white photos so started to explore this feature on the cam... its like going back to the ol' days of our 35mm & the multiple rolls of b/w film... this time, we just have a new little subject ;P

9 month checkup.. yup, 9 months!

rmd actually turned 9 months last friday but didn't have his checkup until today...

his stats:
height - 27" (only 10% - but still, movin on up!)
head size - 19" (97%+)
weight - 21.1 lbs (50% - yup, he actually lost a whole lb since 2 months ago... daddy thinks he might be slimmin down for the holidays!)

this time, crinkly paper wasn't so scary at all! even after he got pricked twice for his iron/lead test...see casualties on big toes...





















in a good mood the majority of the time...too bad he still had to get another set of shots! before shot...
















and after...of course there were still tears,
but this time, it wasn't so bad...

1st Halloween

what a busy last few days rmd has had! reiken got to go to his first pumpkin carving contest @ collin's house and cheered everyone on as they frantically worked on all the pumkins. thanks collin for letting mommy hi-jack your pix... here were our entries:

mommy's the "pumkin house":














daddy's was the "drinker". after an exciting competition, daddy came out victorious at the polls! yay!!














you can check out all the other entries at collin's blog
here

then mommy had a late night workin - so feelin sorry for her, here was reiken's attempt at keepin mommy company...


finally, halloween arrives! this was reiken's first and since there wasn't an actual "super baby" costume, reiken was the next best thing...

"they call me boy wonder robin... i mean reiken... ok robin..."













"holy bajoojoobees, i think i hear batman" -
dooodoota doooott doodooot ... duh doo ...














"i going to save you batman"

















haha ok, no batman, but he did find a bag of goodies!




















ah - sweet, sweet victory!














flyin was pretty tiring so here he is on break...
hope everyone had a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

emailin...

camera-less, kinda.

so mommy's battery charger for her small camera went missing so no new pix but we can blog about the many happenings of last week! first off, we're gonna take you back to a little bit of a five-finger discount reiken made...

we went to blockbuster and found this fantastic portable fan - reiken loved it! we proceeded to trade in our first mail-ordered movie & in the midst of all the commotion, we were on our way home and there in reiken's hand was the fan... OH oh...

this is the fan.. mommy had to do a few hail-mary's for this one!




















wouldn't be october w/o the state fair - first time for reiken to see the carnies, the rip-off games and then see daddy and mommy (mostly mommy) chow-down on all the south beach diet NO-NO's, sugar-rushin, artery-clogging fair food!















excited about all the food...















reiken and his buddy collin got food coma just from watching us eat...















so close yet so far... maybe next year!
















sizin up big tex before we headed out.




















then, we got to meet up with reiken's buddies but w/o a workin cam, mommy will have to hi-jack her pix from some of his aunts & uncles at a later time... nevertheless, we got to go to chu peter & co trang's wedding on saturday. reiken finally gets a chance to play on lil bo sheep, who btw has been patiently waiting for him since last christmas!




















here's the family dressed and ready to go! (and finally on-time - to the wedding at least!).. but w/o cam, we have no pix from the wedding! oh well, it was still a fun wedding! congratulations chu peter & co trang!

clap them hands!

reiken was so happy to hear all his loved ones took the time to vote for him that he learned how to clap! yay!

so kissable!

ok, now be honest...who all has squeezed or pinched or kissed or even thought about doing any of these things to these cheeks of his? (yeah, you know who you are....) so if you have or even thought about it, even if you didn't, now you can really show our little pookie some luv (without pulling those cheeks any wider)!

reiken somehow got entered into kissfm's "DFW 's most kissable baby contest"! starting today, for the next few days, you can vote once a day, every day!!! so please vote as much as you can!!

here's the link below.. he's in the second poll under "reiken do"
DFW's most KISSable baby!!

for those that want a reminder, let us know and you'll receive the handy dandy reiken do email reminder daily!! (perfect for those that don't get much email and just wanna feel loved!)

**MUAH!** thanks all you WONDERFUL aunts, uncles, cousins, and buddies! XXoXOXoxoXX - reiken