a Halloween potluck

baby picture time - 10/28/06
Originally uploaded by coffywoman.

Here's Dylan, as happy as can be, at today's Halloween party. He only napped for about 45 minutes with Tom earlier in the day, so I was a little worried he'd be cranky and freaked out (especially since he was a little overwhelmed at Teresa's house the other week), but he was totally fine for pretty much the entire time we stayed.

We were even lucky enough to catch him smiling before he figured out he was on a huge blanket with a whoopie cushion, a bee, a monster, a frog, a shark, a duck, the Dalai Lama, Mr. T, a couple of chili peppers, some pumpkins, Alfalfa, etc...some of who were talking or crying or fussing!

Amazingly enough, he didn't even spit up all over his outfit (guess he got all his spitting up over and done with -- on me, no less -- before we left for the party...).

Anyway, he managed to maintain his equilibrium until we decided to leave. As soon as we got home, he totally crashed out in the middle of my rendition of Dan Zanes' "Bushel and a Peck," before I had a chance to take him out of the car seat!

Incidentally, Auntie Cindy picked up his pirate outfit which is sooo much nicer than the one I was working on for him. I didn't get a great shot of the hat, but it's adorable -- has a happy skull and crossbones on it!