Happy Thanksgiving!

We spent Thanksgiving in Louisville again this year with Desi's family.

Carolyn spent much of the weekend studying the "bow-wows", Otis and Ryno.

Almost all the cousins (we missed you, Sam!).

Spaghetti

I've stuck mainly to penne and rotini when feeding Carolyn pasta to minimize the mess and choking factors, but last week when she saw Desi and I eating spaghetti she begged to give it a try. And now, she's hooked.

In the kitchen

This video is from about a month ago. She loves mixing things up and tasting them.

Go Buckeyes!

Zoo time

We've been blessed with two unseasonably warm weekends in a row. We got some yard work done (cleaning out the window boxes and gutters) and made a trip to the zoo with our friends Elizabeth, John and James. It was great to see how Carolyn's interest in the animals has grown. She particularly liked the sea lions and, of course, the monkeys.

Happy Birthday, Grandma Dolly!

We went out for a nice dinner last Monday to celebrate Grandma Dolly's 81st birthday.

Carolyn's favorite part was definitely dessert: the amazing chocolate cake and ice cream. She kept signing for more and more.

Carolyn and Baby #2 Updates

(there are three new posts today so be sure to scroll down)

We got to take another peak at Baby #2 last week (well, really only I got to see him/her because we learned that children under 10 are not allowed in the ultrasound room so Desi had to wait in the lobby with Carolyn. I was quite peeved that no one had bothered to tell me this when I scheduled that appointment since I bring her with me all the time, usually sans Desi.). Everything looked good.

Carolyn had her 15 month appt last Friday where she made it quite clear that she hates doctors and nurses. She was actually calmer when getting her shots than when getting measured. Her questionable (because of all the screaming and squirming) measurements are 20lbs (10th %ile) and 31" (75th %ile).

Happy Halloween

I planned my first little kids Halloween party for Newcomers on Saturday. Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of all of the cute kids, but here are some of Carolyn. She showed off her monkey climbing skills getting onto and off of this chair several times while we waited for the other guests to arrive.

Desi was going to be the man with the yellow hat, but we couldn't find a good costume so instead he took the Project X angle and went as an astronaut.

Back at home pre-trick-or-treating.

We only went to two houses, our neighbors across the street and next door.

Time to go. Carolyn was a little overwhelmed by the whole thing, but enjoyed playing with the pieces of candy. She also had fun passing out the candy at home.

Playing in leaves with neighbors

Our neighbors, Mitchell (in the middle) and Logan came over to play in the giant leaf pile last Thursday. The kids had a great time burying each other, running and jumping in and just generally throwing the leaves everywhere.