Our Little Sweet Pea

Chris said that Sunday was one of the best days of his life. It started with him drinking coffee and enjoy the nice fall weather on the front porch with Marianne. Then while they played together Marianne was laughing like never before. She laughed longer and harder than we have ever heard her and it was all because of the game she was playing with Chris. He was thrilled!




After church we took Marianne to the Botanical Gardens where they were having a special day called Goblins in the Garden. They had all kinds of different activities for children and they had a costume parade. Of course Marianne could do none of the activities and we just watched the parade go by instead of participating but it was still fun. Chris was a proud daddy and wanted to hold Marianne instead of keeping her in her stroller because he wanted people to see her. She was very sleepy and she slept almost the whole time which is why she looks the way she does in all these pictures. But I still think they are cute!

Blog Roll Shout Out

Except for the sports blogs on the right, the blogs we love are written by our friends and family. They are all great in their own unique way but I wanted to point out our newest addition. One of my friends who is super crafty has started a blog about all the crafty things she does. What I wanted to share is that from her blog (The Apple Crate) you can link to her Etsy shop where she has beautiful handmade cards for sale. As the recipient of some of her gorgeous work I know how amazing her cards are and I thought some of you might want to check them out and maybe even order some! But don't buy too many because I plan on ordering some too!

Delaware

Marianne and I had a wonderful time visiting family in Delaware this past week. I was a little worried about how Marianne would adjust to all the new experiences but she did great! Grandma only had to start talking to her to get a huge smile out of Marianne and Marianne seemed to love Grandma's house (especially her couch as you will see below). It was a fun trip and I really have to brag on little baby Marianne. She was a great traveler. Everyone kept commenting about how good she was during the flight. And she was a great sport about meeting all sorts of new people and having to make some changes to her routine! It was such a fun and easy trip I think we will try it again some time!

Isn't it cute how Marianne and Grandma kinda match? And we didn't even plan it!

Marianne loves her Aunt Sue!

Cousin Michael roller bladed all the way over to Grandma's just to be in this picture! Not really, he just came to hang out but he also got to take some pictures and be in a picture.

Marianne had fun sitting up on Grandma's couch. I think she felt grown up.

Four generations

Changing Weather, Changing Clothes

As soon as October came we started having crazy weather. Temperatures dipping into the 40s sent me looking for warmer clothes for Marianne . This was a good thing because at the same time she started to grow out of some of her clothes. Then before we knew it the temperatures were back in the upper 80s. I like putting these clothes on Marianne because I think they make her look a little older!

Check out how short those pants are!

This little dress makes her look so big!

I love this one because she looks like she is dancing.

Chris thinks the onesie tucked into the pants makes her look like an old person

because the pants are up so high on her waist!

When it first got cold I thought about how fun it would be for Marianne to actually wear this one day. But truthfully it will probably never get that cold here. Still I wanted to take a picture because it is so cute and the monogrammed Lacy-Dacy is priceless! I think she is saying "Mom, it is too warm to wear this!"

Lunchin' with the Ladies

On Wednesday Marianne and I went to lunch with some friends I taught with at the preschool. Last year five of us teachers were pregnant and we have all had girls! Only four of us were able to get together but we are planning to all get together soon. Here are our girls (who were all born within 2 months of each other)!