Last Few Photos: Grocery Store, Jeggings, and More

Todd took Lena on her first grocery store trip. She loved it! So many sights and colors and sounds. She was squealing and kicking like crazy.

Fashion: check out Lena's new winter boots. They barely went over her calves, even though we bought them a size large. Bonus tummy in this photo. Below, you can see Lena in her jeggings, looking very slim. The shoes don't stay on at all, but they look cute.

Lena doesn't care of it doesn't look cool to stick a giant orange thingy in your mouth. It is meant for holding and teething. Lena tends to suck on it like a pacifier, hand-free. Below, see one last time before we dropped the crib. She is so tall. We had to drop it that night.

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.

Good Morning!

I shot these photos this morning. She was so bouncy it was hard to get any pictures in focus. She's doing a great job of pulling herself up at the side of the crib. We had a busy weekend with lots of birthday parties and activity. Today was busy too. We met friends at the Dallas Arboretum and had a picnic. Then we checked out the petting zoo, pumpkin patch, and more. Lena was pretty worn out by the end of the day.

Pink and Green Play Time

Here are way too many pictures of Lena playing in the crib. I actually shot over 60 pictures, but the light was low and she was wiggly so these are the only ones that came out. These are from this afternoon when she was playing in her crib. Her pink striped dress was so cute against the green and white polka dots that I couldn't resist. You'll notice an outfit change and more toys later down. She spit up all over herself, but was still in a good mood after I cleaned her up. She loves her stuffed bunny. She usually sleeps with it at night.