Happy Fall!

It's officially Fall here in Lexington and we've got the leaves to prove it. Ellie and I went for a walk a few days ago and these are some of the leaves she collected on her walk. The pumpkin actually came from a Halloween party a while back.

Say huh?

Everyone who has kids has the pleasure of being surprised when they talk sometimes. Ellie is quite conversational when she's in the mood and lately I've been doing some double-takes when she is talking to me. Since people are always saying "you think you'll remember it but you won't so write it down" I decided to do just that. Here are just a few things she's said in the past two days that I wrote down.

Purple barrette matches my purple bracelet - ok, she said this to me a few days ago and I was a little taken off guard. What 2 year old cares if something matches??? Apparently mine. Maybe now she'll stop trying to wear her purple pants with everything.

Can I eat this other room? - She calls our living room the "other" room and I'm not sure why. But every so often it's a special treat to get to eat dinner in the living room (considering she's not the neatest eater) and she'll ask if she can eat in there a lot. We let her eat her snacks in there because it's usually an apple or crackers or something non-messy.

Got this at the grocery store? - Ellie now understands that I have to go grocery shopping to get our food. Sometimes she'll just ask if I got whatever she's eating (or even her new tooth brush) at the grocery store. A few weeks ago she declared from the back of the car "I want to go to Wal Mart" when we were on our way home from the library. She hadn't been to wally world in about 3 weeks. What the heck?

My bangs in my face - she really does not like having her hair in her face.

Momma, cough in elbow! - This was a big shocker. A few days ago I was choking on some water and Ellie promptly told me to cough in my elbow. Unless you've been living in another country, most of you are aware of the complete panic the H1N1 virus has thrown everyone in. Lexington is no exception. At Ellie's school she's learning the importance of coughing in your elbow. Side note: Ellie was able to get the vaccine on Monday because Dan works in health care. I, however, am last on the hit list and will probably not be able to get one. I wouldn't care a bit except for the fact that if Julia gets the flu (either variety) she'll be in the NICU.


Some not so surprising phrases:
I sit here - she'll say this when she's sitting somewhere (like the sidewalk or the foot of her bed) when I'm trying to get her to move.
Mommy get it - usually said when her blanket is upstairs and we are downstairs and she wants it... now.
Let me have it! - needs no explanation
Let my do it! - said all the time
Go upstairs and play! - she loves her playroom and requests to go upstairs and play often. However, it's more of an order than a question.

E 29 mo

Boo Bash

Every year one of the libraries we frequent has a Boo Bash. We didn't go last year because I thought it was yet another excuse to dress up and flaunt the little one's. So do you think we went this year? Heck yes we did. When you go to all the trouble to make your kids costume, you want them to wear it out! We met Caleb and his brother Noah at the library and did a few crafts, paraded around the library for candy, and ate lunch afterward.

Ellie can't wait to trick-or-treat tomorrow! She's discovered candy this year and I can't seem to keep it off her mind. Guess that's what happens when you don't have candy in your house. Her little treat bag I made (which she calls her "candy purse") is always within Ellie's arms reach. She's sure to ask if she can have candy a few times a day. Usually she gets one piece after her meal or nap. Next year I probably won't be so lucky... she'll know how to open the candy herself!




These are pictures of my good friend Sarah and her two boys Caleb & Noah. Caleb and Ellie are pretty much best friends and see each other a few times a week. And if you can't tell from the pictures, Caleb is a bit of a clown and Ellie usually just looks at him funny when he is acting silly (the last pic).

Streeeeeetch, Julia-style.

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Julia saw that I made a stretching post without her and protested. Actually, I can't believe I left her out of the stretching post a few days ago. After all, she stretches more than any person I've ever seen. Nope, not kidding. Julia takes every opportunity to stretch. She'll stretch after she wakes up, after she eats, after you put her on the floor, after she's been bundled up (in her carseat, in her carrier, or while you've been holding her), and pretty much any time you move her around from room to room. After her naps, she practically won't eat until she's had a good stretch. As you would probably assume, her stretching is indicative of her disposition: laid back. I thank God for an easy-going #2!

No Fall Sunday is complete without...

FOOTBALL! Since Dan now "plays" fantasy football, he has been paying more attention to the games this year. In efforts to spend more time with her father, Julia has taken up watching football.

J 2 mo

Julia is 2 Months

Actually she's 2 months and a week. We went to the doctor yesterday for Julia's 2 month check up. Everything looks great, nothing abnormal. Julia is right around the 75th percentile on the growth curve. She behaved very well and seemed very proud of her 12 lb, 11 oz self. The only time she cried was when she was hungry and when she got her shots. We came home after the 1:00 appointment and she didn't sleep very much until around 8pm... she was tired when we got there and was more than a little over stimulated when we left an hour and a half later. Someone remind me to get morning appointments from now on.

Streeeeeetch

Alas, we've found a new use for the stairs! As if we needed one... I started running again regularly last week (yee haw) and when I get done I usually stretch on the stairs.

These were taken with Dan's new iPhone (which he loves and tells me daily how much he loves it) and I think they take junky low-light pictures.