Daddy's Pumpkin

Of course, for Baby A's first Halloween we had to carve a pumpkin. And we had to find a pumpkin that was getting close to Baby A's size. She was pretty intrigued by the pumpkin, before carving, and thought the guts were fun to stomp around in.

I saw this post, and had to steal the idea for carving the pumpkin. So we traced Baby A's hands, and used them as the pumpkin's eyes. Here's Daddy's pumpkin with her pumpkin.

All lit up for the trick-or-treaters.

Mommy's Cupcake

My wonderful friend Heather sent me this costume idea for Baby A about a month ago. Given my love of cupcakes, I couldn't resist! I think it turned out really well... maybe a little heavy on the frosting, but isn't that the best part of the cupcake anyway? And Baby A won 3rd place in the costume contest at the party we went to. The first person under 21 ever to place in many years of the party. Her prize... a box of Count Chocula and a small Target gift card.

Heather also came up with the idea for Mommy and Daddy's costumes. A quick stop at the uniform store Saturday morning, and some pink ribbon later, we were ready to go.

7 Months!

The littlest one (in our house) hit the 7 month mark this week!


Just a couple days after Baby A turned 6 months, she mastered sitting up. And she loves being able to sit up! At first, she would dive at toys that got too far away from her, or arch her back and fall over, but as the month went on she got better and better. I don't know why, but seeing her sit up makes her seem much more like a real person, and less like a baby.

Baby A is still in a combination of clothes... 6 month, 9 month and 6-12 month fit depending on the particular outfits. I have noticed that some of the pants are getting a bit short though, so I think she's getting even longer.

Our 7 month old little girl has two (very sharp) teeth now! Teething has made her a little upset, but I managed to sneak in a few happy pictures before the monstering started.

We've got quite the chatter on our hands. Any time we take Baby A to a store, she squeals like crazy! She's also big into blowing bubbles and fake coughing. We think her fake coughs are laughs (or at least that's what we tell ourselves).

Sunday Morning

Sunday morning when A woke up, I was still very sleepy, so I brought her to sleep by me. She loved being in the big bed! And I got to enjoy a little more rest time.

Mommy's Little Helper

Last night I hosted my neighborhood book club, the Queen Bees, at our house. So Baby A and I spent the afternoon getting ready. She was such a good helper with the cleaning!

Welcome Home Daddy!

What better way to end a long day at work?

Crafty A

A few weeks ago, I posted a little peek at Baby A's first craft project. Here's what we did...

I covered the floor and put Baby A in her jumper. I then painted her feet red with washable finger paint and let her stomp her feet on the paper. I switched out the paper a few times so we'd have a bunch in the end. I let the paper dry a little bit, and then repeated, painting her feet yellow and green.

After the papers were all the way dry, I cut tree trunks out of brown construction paper, and glued them on the page where they looked right.

Beautiful Fall Trees, by Baby A!

Once everything was done, we sent them off to the grandmas and grandpas, and covered the fridge too!