Happy Thanksgiving!

We are back from another fun trip to Englewood, NJ - home of Brian's Uncle Kevin (see Jersey Shore beach post of 9/08). Great time, great food and great chilly fall weather.

Around this house, Daddy is the toy du jour. Since I stay home with James, I am old old boring news, but Daddy is new and fun and exciting. Ranking just above Daddy is Uncle Kevin whom we see quite often here in Old Town. But above Uncle Kevin are James' second cousins KC and Missy. NO ONE can top KC and Missy. James stalked them both the entire time we were in New Jersey. He asked Missy to play with him no less than 1,000 times and he would often ask if he could "check on her" if she were outside the room.

Here's James and his top three favorite people:

And here is why James loves KC so much.... because he will get on the floor and do this. There was even some sliding belly-first onto the floor resulting in great laughter from James and weeks of un-doing by James' parents.

I don't know how it started, but James kept asking people to take him on "adventures" around the house. He wanted to go in different rooms and look for monsters. KC took it a step further and found some Indiana Jones-type adventure hats.

Just to prove his love for KC, James sits on a dirty NYC sidewalk, you know - just to be near him.

So just to recap:

#1 KC and Missy

#2 Uncle Kevin

#3 Daddy

and in a distant 4th: Mommy (until he needs to eat and then suddenly I am #1!)

We ventured out on a little side trip to Ridgewood, NJ where Brian was born. I had never seen it and it was adorable. It should be called, "Pleasantville" - so cute. James, apparently, thought otherwise and threw up in the car all over himself and his car seat. Here he is in what is left of his warm winter outfit: a fleece on his chest, my scarf underneath him and socks on his hands.

After a short side trip on our side trip to a clothing store - we are revived. James downed his weight in pancakes, demanded some juice from the waitress and was back to his usual self.