Four Generations

While my parents were in town we visited my Grandma Stewart who is in a care center. We hadn't visited her in several months and wanted to get a Four Generation picture. Ellie is in her "Afraid of Strangers" phase and didn't want to go near my grandma. Grandma is not doing that great and we aren't sure she even realized we were there, but it was still nice to see her. I wish we could have gotten a better picture, but this one will have to do.

10 Months

Seriously, where does the time go? Our little girl is growing too fast. Before we know it she will be a toddler. She has become much more mobile and is all over the place. She took two steps all by herself today, and I hope she decides to repeat it. You can tell she stands there thinking about taking a step, but then decides to just get down and crawl.

At 10 months Ellie:

- Walks around all the furniture and crawls everywhere.

- Is really into biting. Whenever she is mad at us she bites us. And when she sees our toes she has to try to bite them. No idea where she got this from.

- Had a cold all last week, which means she was a little extra cuddly.

- Waves "Hi" and "Bye" pretty we'll now.

- Watched Cinderella for the first time and managed to watch about 30 minutes of it.

- Eats a lot of table foods and we discovered that she loves mashed potatoes, can eat an entire banana, eats Gogurt like it's going out of style, and will eat most chicken.

- Got to see her first real snow storm and absolutely loved the snow!

- Loves Little Einsteins and claps and dances along.

- Enjoys books and especially ones that have different textures.

- Likes when Mommy blows bubbles, though she blinks like crazy when they get near her, just like her Daddy.

- Is a very happy baby and always smiles for the many strangers that stop and say hi when we are out and about.

- Loves seeing all of her Grandparents on FaceTime.

- Celebrated her First Halloween as Little Red Riding Hood.

- Still loves to play with Minnie Mouse.

First Snow

Today we had the first real snow fall of the season. We have several inches and it is still coming down. Eleanor absolutely loves it! I won't let her play in it since she doesn't have a proper coat and boots yet, but she loves to try to catch the snowflakes.

Election Day

I don't like to talk politics. I'm not as informed as I should be and it gets uncomfortable. I do however love that I live in a country where I can vote for the candidate that I feel will best benefit the people and the country. Kevin and I sent in our absentee ballots last week so we wouldn't have to worry about making it to the polls today. What an honor and a privilege.

I know a lot of people may not agree with who I voted for, but I am proud to support Mitt Romney for President. Not because I am a Mormon, but because I strongly believe he is an honest man who has a better chance of turning this economy around. I was laid off TWICE under the administration of Obama and it is time for someone else to give it a try. I don't doubt that Obama had high hopes for improving the economy, but obviously his approach is not working.

I hope everyone takes the time to exercise their vote today. It truly is an honor and a privilege.

First Ponytail

I don't know why I haven't done it before, but I finally put Ellie's hair in a ponytail today. It lasted about 5 mins before she yanked it out, but cute nonetheless.

Getting Dressed

Last week Eleanor decided she wanted to put her dress back on herself. She played like this for a good 20 minutes or so. She cracks me up.

All Hallows' Eve

Eleanor dressed up as Little Red Riding Hood for her First Halloween and I think she made a pretty darn adorable one! I dressed her up for the whole day so I could be sure to get my money's worth out of the costume. And I had to take lots of pictures, of course! Hope everyone has a Safe and Happy Halloween!

We attended an awesome Halloween party a couple weekends ago and we won "Best Couple/Group Costume"