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.

Lots to Say

Lena looks like she's going to say something. She babbles away all the time. Sometimes she is very emphatic about what she's saying and adds some dramatic arm gestures to get her point across. Sometimes, as in the bottom photo, a look is enough.

Me and Lena

At South Side on Lamar at a craft show, The Dallas Flea

Todd has taken some great shots of me and Lena together. I love it when Todd and Lena come to visit me at a craft show. Here we are practicing faces. She makes some really good ones.

These bottom photos are all from cousin Sophie's 3rd birthday party at a park in Plano. Lena was adorable in her brown dress, striped tights, and brown hoodie.

Last image -- here we are after a long day at the mall. Lena is just waking up while being carried in the sling. Why, she's at the new H&M at North Park!

In a Galaxy Far Far Away

Lena watching Star Wars for the first time.

Todd bought the new Star Wars box set, so we watched all of it. That's right, all 6 movies in a row, night after night. We finished it up in a week. 

Lena wasn't too into the movies. Here she is watching her favorite program, the washing machine. What's going to happen next?!

Lena at the State Fair

Elayne and Lena, getting ready to go to the fair 

Lena made a big splash at the Texas State Fair. We went opening day, again with pals, and finally on a beautiful afternoon just the two of us. I ate a lot; Lena looked around and slept mostly.

What to do first?

So many possibilities! 

At the fair on opening day where we ran into Erin and Paul with little Clementine.

Pumpkin Princess

I met a friend at the Dallas Arboretum on Oct. 18. Afterwards, I stopped by the photo portrait booth and they shot these photos. You can browse them here - http://arboretum.hphoto.net, then select Fall 2011, then 10-18-11. We were the last ones to be photographed that day, so just scroll to the end. You can order directly from the website if you want a print!

I think Lena looks pretty cute in her denim jacket and pink hat.

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.