Month 14

So I am actually ahead of schedule for Month 14 of The Life of Patrick. For the first time ever, I made dinner early so that I could eat with Patrick. Normally I don't eat until after he's gone to bed. Then on top of that, he had a rough day with teething so he was ready for bed early. So the baby is asleep, I've eaten, the house is clean, and it isn't even 8pm yet! Now, what to do on a Saturday night when I'm home alone (Delmar is working nights) and everything is done for the day? Start this blog early I guess!

Greetings from the Tompkins!

Delmar and I were dressed up for a preschool tour (WHAT?!?; and it's Humboldt County dressed up), so we had our friend take a few family photos when we got back home.

Month 14 of Mr. Patrick has been a fun one. The big news is, he still is NOT walking, but he is a pro at crawling now. He's getting so close to walking though. He can go up and down stairs, up the play structures at the park, he can get on and off of his toy truck all by himself now, and he's cruising across any surface he can find.

It's not that Patrick is not yet capable of walking, he just isn't motivated.
It's so much easier to use the Walker on his knees. Duh, Mom!

Something else we've noticed about Patrick is that he is extremely observant. He likes to sit and take in his surroundings before taking any action. The first couple times at a new park, he sat there for an hour just looking around. Eventually he started playing with the bark. I think by day 4 he started running around. Bachan (Grandma Janet Nakamoto) says he gets it from his Grandpa Bruce :)

Like I mentioned earlier, Patrick is teething again. We had a really nice hiatus from teething for several months but now these teeth are coming in with a vengeance. He already had his front 8 teeth so these are the big nasty ones that hurt a lot. I feel so bad for the little guy!

This past month we had a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Nakamoto. While Delmar and Grandpa painted the outside of our house (it looks amazing now!), Patrick spent the weekend hanging out with Grandma. They did lots of playing and reading, finger painting, playing in the rain, and most importantly, cheering on the Giants against the Cardinals in the NLCS!

Eating carrots from the garden with Grandma

Watching and learning before diving into
the art of finger painting

 All done!

Paint face!

Finally, this past month included Halloween and Patrick was a tiger! A friend of mine works at a nursing home, so I dressed Patrick up in his costume and visited all the residents. They enjoyed seeing a fresh young face dressed up and roaming the hallways for the holiday. We also visited at HSU (even though Delmar was at home sleeping for work later that night), to say hi to all our friends at the police department. They all got a kick out of seeing Patrick! Luckily Patrick was still in costume when Delmar woke up so they were able to hang out for a little bit before work. 

Two days after the Giants won the World Series, I was dressed
 up as a very happy fan!

Next up, Thanksgiving pictures! Patrick is going to have his mind blown with delicious food! Happy Holidays to everyone. We should be down in the Bay for our annual post-holiday trip sometime in January. 

-Sarah