Baby Halloween outfits are fairly limited. You can be a caterpillar, apparently, or a pea in a pod, or a ballerina (who can't walk or stand, figure that out) or a pumpkin. We picked pumpkin, because it's cuteness was simply mind-boggling. Here in Arlington, October 31st was a surprisingly warm day, and as you can see from the picture on the left, Reid was starting to lose it in the fleece pumpkin outfit. (We got this from Old Navy, and there isn't a single thing they won't make out of performance fleece.) On the right, you can see Reid searching for the underside of his squash outfit, being held by his Grammy and accompanied by two cousins, Rachel and Samantha. Samantha is a month younger than Reid, and she is dressed as a regular baby for Halloween. (Actually, this may have been a few nights before Halloween, so she wasn't dressed as anything particular.)
In one of the five cutest pictures of all time, Reid smiles in his pumpkin outfit. We took 1,000 pictures to get one this cute.
On the right, a rare glimpse at Reid's newest development, teeth. He sprouted two teeth right in front of his jaw about a week before his fourth month ended. He hates it when we do this, so we don't do it often. This picture doesn't have anything to do with Halloween or Thanksgiving, but we don't care.
For Thanksgiving, Reid was dressed up in a handsome new green shirt, which tickled him pink, as you can see on the left. In a return to the couch with his cousin Giavanna, Reid and Gia together join forces to produce the most potent holiday drool demonstration since the last Christmas in the Reagan White House. Wisely, Gia wore a bib, while Reid just moistened that fancy new shirt.
Reid and Gia are joined by Gia's brother Anthony, who, as a considerably older child, will be one of leaders of his generation of Marinos, along with the considerably less mischievous Jacob and Nicholas (not pictured). Immediately after this picture was taken, Anthony bonked Reid and Gia's heads together and called them both "Knuckleheads."
Reid's previously discussed power to convince people to hold him once again entrances an unsuspecting victim: Aunt Shari.
In these four shots, you can see what kind of impact Reid is already making on the solid food community. First, (top left) he heads in for the kill, seeing a freshly carved bird in his sights. Then Reid impassively takes on one of the legs (top right) before turning his attention, dubiously, to the other turkey leg (bottom left).
Finally, after devouring the entire beast and leaving nothing but the spent carcas in the background, Reid is overcome with tryptophan and lets out a massive yawn. While Reid's turkey rampage left the entire Marino clan without a main dish on Thanksgiving, he was kind enough not to touch that nasty green bean casserole. Later, though, he did eat a whole pie.
Ha ha. Actually, Reid didn't have an ounce of turkey or pie on Thanksgiving. He isn't actually eating solids yet, if you happen to be our physician, Dr. Nancy. If you aren't Dr. Nancy, Reid is enjoying a tiny bowl of mush every night, which his mother claims is genetically related to what we call oatmeal, but which looks far more like...something else. Also if you're not Dr. Nancy (who asked us to refrain from administering any solid foods until month five), Reid had his first "biter biscuit" over the Thanksgiving holiday. This is a special cookie designed to turn into an extremely disgusting mudstick as soon as a baby touches it with his lips. These two pictures were only taken seconds apart, but you can see the biscuit's incredible molecular transformation. Truly gross.
