Packing is fun...for Hoyer.

Hoyer loves bubble wrap and boxes, oh and tape, especially after I have cut it into little tabs to secure things. It is impossible to pack while he is awake. Good thing we have lots of time, cause we will need the next 3 weeks to get organized!

Happy Halloween

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Hoyer is ready for Halloween and Fall. Jenny (Nan) made this adorable outfit for him. Hoyer has 2 Halloween parties and 2 costumes. His first costume is a solider, to be like his God Father, Brad and the second is a skeleton!

Hoyer at Sea

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Here are some of the pictures of Hoyer during our cruise through the Black Sea. He loved it and did so well. Kyle carried him most of the time in the back pack while we were on excursions. Everyone was so sweet on the boat, lots of grandparents on the ship who went gaga over him. I think he may be wondering where all those people are now that it is just me and Kyle! We made it though with only loosing 2 toys. There was a wonderful playroom on the ship with toys galore, so we spent an hour or two in there each day. We strolled him around in his little Target stroller and he sat in high chairs for every meal. He loves Cheerios now too, the waiters began to bring us a box every time they saw us coming.
We didn't have a baby sitter for Hoyer, because the children have to be over 2 for that, but he was a trooper, sleeping in his stroller or hanging out in the sling while Kyle and I enjoyed ping-pong and pool time. Hoyer had fun in his very own pool too and he even got to take a few dips in the salt water pool with us. We think Hoyer is about to walk, he can walk holding on to things and is brave enough to let go with one hand and reach for a toy or another place to hold and makes his way pretty well. Just in the 10 days we were together, he changed so much, we feel like he is a little boy now, no longer a baby!
In the pictures above ( click the picture to enlarge) you will see Hoyer doing/with the following things (L-R):
Hanging out in his crib in our room, in the ship's jumparoo in the under 2 zoo, swimming in the baby pool, being sun smart in the backpack, with mummy and daddy in Izmir, riding a camel, hanging out with carpet weavers in Turkey, sailing through the Bosporus Strait, crawling around the playroom, with Daddy in Yalta at a palace overlooking the Black Sea, with Mummy at the Swallow's Nest Castle in Crimea, at another palace in Yalta, sitting on the steps in Odessa, playing ping-pong, eating at the Grand Pacific dinning room, on the coast of the Black Sea in Constanta, Enjoying shadeed benches in Constanta, sporting new booties bought in Bulgaria, at the Blue Mosk in Istanbul, at the Grand Bizzare trying on hats in Istanbul, walking through the palace gardens in Instanbul, having tea while over looking Asia.