our lil' punkin getting ready for Halloween

I HAVE to add a cute story here. We went to Ikea today (oh god how we love having a car) and had a suburban shopping day. For some reason there was an Elmo (a person dressed up like Elmo, duh) walking around and talking to all of the children (and by the way, the Paramus, NJ IKEA seems to be the hot-spot for gay and lesbian couples and their kids!). Now, Avery does not know who Elmo is, but Elmo came up to us and started rubbing Avery's cheeks with his red furry hands and saying "Hello! how old is this little guy? Oh my goodness look at those cheeks! He is SO adorable, he should be on TV!" and Avery just smiled and smiled his gummy smile back at Elmo. It was adorable and I was so disappointed we didn't have our camera with us because it was just so cute -- Avery grinning up at this giant, red fuzzy thing who says Avery should be on TV! It was neat.