Milestones

This weekend Amelia did two really great things.

1 - She mastered the slides at the park. She no longer needs any help and is fearless (at times wanting to go head first)! She had so much fun!

2 - Sorry for being too graphic here - BUT she went poo poo on the potty! It was totally unplanned. She was in the bath, and I recognized the tell-tale signs so I scooped her up, put her on her potty and she did it! We were so proud. Now, maybe that she really gets the concept, she'll want to do it more often! Woo hoo! OK - I'll stop with that. Sorry again.

No pictures this time...more to come later. Busy week ahead!

This Kid LOVES Pumpkins

This time last year I would have never thought Amelia would like pumpkins so much. Last year when we took her to the pumpkin patch she was not a happy camper. This year, however, is a different story! She loves them so much. We say "hi" and "bye" to them at the grocery store. She looks for them out the window as we're driving around. And we also had to bring one of our pumpkins inside so she can see it everyday. I have to say, I am a little concerned that she may have "pumpkin withdrawal" once Halloween and Thanksgiving have come and gone! Yikes!

Here are pictures from yesterday when we visited TWO pumpkin patches. The first one is Grandpa's pumpkin patch and the second one was just a local church set-up where we decided to just play for a bit. Like I said - she loves a good pumpkin!



I got one just my size!



In Grandpa's Patch - going for the biggest ones!



Lining them up.



What about this one? It's all alone.



So many baby pumpkins! Can I have them all?



And, I'll take all of these too!


This looks like it's going to be great.


Getting ready to dig in and help carve!


What a big helper!


Success!!!!! Happy Halloween!

Daddy's Girl

Just a quick picture that I love. Amelia LOVES her daddy and I think you can see from the picture that they are two peas in a pod!

September Wrap Up

We have been BUSY these past couple of weeks! I have been subbing (which is turning out to be really fun. In the classroom without all the paperwork), we had family in town for a super-fun wedding, and we also went to Oktoberfest in McKinney.



Here's the family (plus my parents and sister) at Oktoberfest!



Amelia checking out the pony ride!



Sitting with Aunt Kelsey in the shade.



Trying to get back into the ice truck. Andy put her in there to cool off at one point.



All dressed up at the wedding with Andy and Kelsey. This was so fun - especially the photobooth! Gotta love formal maternity clothes!



Getting too big for her summer outfits :( But still cute!



She insisted on wearing her green pants and a hat after naptime the other day...no problem! She looks like such a big girl in the picture...it makes me sad and happy at the same time:)