Halloween Recap

We hope you all had a fun Halloween! If you've followed my blog of long, it should be no huge surprise that my post is a bit late. Oh well....better late than never?!

Anna enjoyed her first Halloween- or at least riding in the wagon. Her mom enjoyed dressing her up! She was just so so so yummy in her costume. We started at the Fall Family Frenzy at our church on Friday night. Anna's grandparents, her Uncle David and cousins joined us for the fun. It was a great night. First folks we run into: our friends the Harpers with their son Will, who is also from Ethiopia. Isn't he handsome?!
Anna and her cousins getting ready for some FUN! She wasn't so sure about that big pointy hat... As usual, Anna loved hanging out with her Bill! On Sunday night, our pumpkin friend, Roxie dropped by for a quick kiss....She and her mom brought Anna a fantastic book. Thanks, friends!
Finally, we made peace with the pumpkin.

"Hmmmm, could I BE any cuter?"

We had a fun holiday and already have a costume for next year (thanks to the after Halloween sale at Target!!). We hope you had fun, too. I can't believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Enjoy your week!

Halloween Seak Peek....

Stay tuned....more soon!

The (not so) Great Pumpkin.....

Fall is here and Halloween is getting close, so we headed to the pumpkin patch, held at a local church, to find a pumpkin for our porch. Anna loved riding in the wagon.....at least at first......

"Uh, mom, what are you doing? What are are these things?"

And then......

As long as that pumpkin was in that wagon with her, she was unhappy! We tried to get near the pumpkin again tonight and I got the same reaction. Who knew a pumpkin could be so scary??!! Mabye she'll warm up to it over time.....or mabye she'll enjoy it more next year.

Check this out!

Anna's got a new 'do'......I got in her first two pigtails tonight! You can barely see the little sprouts on top of her head, but they're there. My little gal is getting to be a big girl!

And now for her newest skill......

Pushing up on her arms......

turns into hands and knees.......and then......

TaDa! My super star is sitting up!

She's so big!

She'll be on the move soon....the PT in me is thrilled; the mommy in me is a little freaked out!

Have a great Wednesday!

Touchdown!!

Hope we see lots more of these during the rest of football season!

Football Time!

Last weekend was kickoff to the football season. So we suited up in our best orange (Thanks Jennifer, for hooking Anna up!) and headed to the ball game.

The fun begins long before kickoff....it's tailgate time! Anna loved watching all the people go by. Despite missing a nap (and cutting her first tooth) she was a blast the entire day.

Hanging with mom and watching all the people....and just looking cute!

Bill stopped by to get a little Anna love. Pure joy!
My brother, David, and his family came by,too. Everybody was wearing their Orange!
Then we headed to the ballgame.... Anna enjoyed some snacks with SueSue.
She got to play with some of her friends from Ethiopia- God is so good to provide a community of kids from Ethiopia in our town!

"Mom, this is sooo fun!"
She even took in a little of the ball game! When everyone clapped, Anna did, too.
I wish you could hear her squeals of delight....she had such a good time!

We had a really good day and Anna was asleep within seconds of heading home. I'm looking forward to the rest of the season- win or loose, football is much more fun with Anna along!

Finally.....

I love this sweet gummy smile,


But now, after 14 months, 2 weeks and 4 days of growing and about a month of "I think they are close"...my little girl sprouted her first tooth this morning! You can't hardly see it yet but I can feel it- it's in there. I'm so proud of Miss Anna who has been such a trooper; I think she's a tough little lady! One 'breakthrough' down, a bunch more to go!
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