{hockey season}

Gerard is officially a hockey player. He is registered and lessons begin next weekend. The first part of the class is "learn to skate" which is every Saturday and Sunday for 8 weeks. Then the "learn to hockey" part is another 8 weeks of Saturdays and Sundays. He's ready!

Tonight Morgan was wearing a pair of Gerard's old pajamas. I thought she looked so much like Gerard at her age, but big Gerard didn't agree so I had to find some old pics of Gerard. He's a bit younger in these pictures from October 2004 (about 13 months old) whereas Morgan is 17 months now. What do you think? (Oh, and he had a haircut about a month before these pictures were taken.)

Morgan

Gerard

(OK, after looking at the pictures side-by-side, I no longer think they look alike!)

{it's officially fall}

I love this time of year. The leaves are starting to turn colors, the days are cool but not cold, and the nights are crisp. It's time for apple and pumpkin picking and with those come the smells of apple cider and donuts. Yum. Today was the perfect fall day and we took full advantage of it. I think most of these pictures are self-explanatory, so I'm just going to post them all since I have so many to share. (Although I guess the first one probably deserves an explanation... Debbie told me that I always capture Morgan with a far-away, contemplative look. Well, here's the real reason -- when I try to take a picture with her looking AT ME, THIS is the face I get. Can you say goofy smile??)