Happy 4 Months McNugget!

Dear Daughter,


You're four months old. Your daddy and I just took you to your four month appointment - and we reviewed all your latest milestones with your doctor: you always hold your hands together - and you've recently "found" your voice. You're always talking and even laughing a bit now. You still love to stand up more than tummy time, but your favorite activity is your jumperoo. You could spend hours in that thing if we'd let you. You're built well enough too: 47% weight, 57% height and 95% head size - which means we have to get you 9mos hats I guess.


You and I are almost done reading The Secret Garden together - and you're really getting along well at school. You've developed a preference for me and your daddy over all other people and watch us as we walk around the room. You love to watch TV (especially sports with its fast moving colors) though I try to not let you. Everyday you interact more and more with the world around you. You've just started wanting to put things in your mouth, though most of it seems to be by accident still.


It's amazing watching you learn - I just don't know how you do it. You're so beautiful and awesome. And while you're my daughter first, you're already my best girlfriend. To the happiest girl I know - I love you everyday.


XOXO,


Your Mama

Caps For Sale!

I love the children's book Caps For Sale. And my husband's hat collection seriously sent my memory back 20 or so years to that very book to when I laid it all out (I also found a few others in the wash and down stairs - so this isn't even all of them!). I asked him (nicely) to thin out his hat collection by at least 5- and he did.

I took one of these hats for myself, but we were able to give away about a dozen to Goodwill!

Chili!

This is my second attempt at chili... and this time it came out awesome! I even have spiced tortilla chips to eat it with like they give at wendy's withe that new Baja salad. Bonus? The house smells amazing!

Office Prank

We pranked my coworker on her birthday a few weeks ago. FUN times. Seriously, I love having been a part of a good office prank.

Yes, that's actual black paint on the walls... I kind of like it!

Happy Halloween - Part 3 of 3

So we were trying to get our family Halloween photo together, and 'someone' (yes Trotter, I'm calling you out on the world wide web) felt left out... or maybe that I was ruining the picture.

Here's some out takes, and then the final - daddy, mommy & mcNugget - shot below.




Hope your Halloween was as good as ours!

Happy Halloween - Part 2 of 3

Here were the two best photos from McNugget's 'solo' portrait on Halloween. I love how happy she is and how beautiful her baby skin looks here!

Happy Halloween - Part 1 of 3

McNugget's first Halloween was a success! She got to wear her costume twice - once to her aunt's Halloween parade and to the neighbors house for trick or treating - she even was given one token package of candy (Fun sized Skittles) from Chris & Katie next door.

As I mentioned previously, I made her costume this year (as I hope to every year). No pattern - just sew-and-go! Why did I dress her as a flapper, you ask? Well, I really like her in red, and she can wear a headband like no other baby I know. I also LOVE historical era clothing. I made it a smidge small (forgetting to allow for the rapid growth that has apparently took place for her tiny body in the past few weeks), but we got it to fit.

The costume... (which took about an hour and a half to make, and was under $15)

The try-on...

On Halloween - it was cold!
The meltdown... yes, I'm wearing a 1920's-era paperboy costume to match her.

The 'good' shot of us... and this is the best one - even with the odd smile I have and her not looking at the camera...

I love Halloween. Can't wait to make her many, many more costumes and really enjoy it with her!