A Snow Owl

Todd took so many good photos of Lena in her Halloween costume, it was hard to narrow it down to just these few. We spent Halloween in Houston at Todd's sister's with his family. Lena showed off her flapping skills and sat patiently on the sofa while we took her picture. She was surprisingly cooperative about the costume and wore it for almost 2 hours, which is a long time for a 7 month old. Since it was pretty warm out, I skipped the white tights I had brought along, so enjoy the extra chubby legs.

My favorite photo!

October Recap

Lena playing, before we lowered the crib

Whew, October has been a busy month! I'm so sorry I'm so far behind on the blog. Todd just downloaded all the photos off his camera and has been sorting them out. I'll post some of those soon--he had over 1,000 photos to sort through. I continue to have problems with my computer's space/hard drive issues so it isn't always as easy as I'd like to get the photos, but enough with the technical stuff!

Here's what's going on. Lena did a real crawl today! One hand in front of the other followed by one knee, then the other. More importantly, she was able to do it again when Todd came home from work and we wanted to show off. She continues to try to pull up on anything and everything and can pull herself all the way to standing. We lowered her crib to the lowest setting to keep her from toppling out. It is more difficult to put her to sleep now and she is waking up more at night upset, but I think she'll get used to it. We continue to have trouble getting her to eat solids. ever since the horrible vomiting episode she is not interested. I actually had some success with green peas, pureed and watered down. She got them everywhere, but I think she actually swallowed some too!

We've really enjoyed the cooler weather. We took Lena to the State Fair three times. We've been to the Dallas Arboretum's Fall Blooms Mommy and Me Mondays and Tots Tuesdays a few times. We even accompanied Hazel on a field trip to a farm! That was fun. I've been taking Bradley and Lena out for daily walks.

We're leaving for Galveston and a fall vacation on Friday. We're excited about Lena's first Halloween. I just finished her costume. She'll try it on tomorrow, I hope. She's going to be a snow owl, Hildy.

Now, for more pictures!

Lena sleeping, before we lowered the crib and after we removed the bumper

Happy girl! Before lowering the crib. She's on her knees here.

Lena after a long day at the fair!

Lena and Sophie the Giraffe. We've had some close calls with Sophie, but we haven't lost her yet.

Hildy, the snow owl. Better pictures to come soon.