Lil Pumpkin

We had a GREAT Halloween. Friday Delaney a.k.a. Lil Pumpkin visited both of our offices. She didn't quite know why she was in costume or what she was supposed to be doing, but after two or three 'treats' she warmed right up. We attended our friend Kori's wedding that night, which started out well...but didn't last long for the little one. After a major meltdown Joe decided Delaney needed to go home.

Saturday Kristen came over along with Kori and some of the wedding party to trick or treat in the neighborhood. Now Delaney was a real pro! She was marching up drive ways and almost in to people's houses.

We had a great time and have good photos. Take a look in the album. Enjoy.

Jessica

Some Delaney anecdotes

On Tuesday morning Delaney was coughing, so I picked her up and sat in the rocking chair with her, where she started talking in her sleep.
What did she say?
"Ice cream."
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This morning Delaney was in her chair drinking her milk. I was in the kitchen singing "Hoist the Colours" from Pirates of the Caribbean (sue me, I'm a geek).
Delaney pointed at me and said "No!"
I stopped singing.
She went back to drinking her milk.

Busy Summer

We had a fun and busy summer. So busy, in fact, that we didn't get around to blogging very much. New photos in the album. She's looking more and more like a little girl and less like a baby.

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Our Top Chef

We took these photos a few weeks back. Our friends Drew & Deepa Buss had the mini-chef gear and Delaney loved it. More photos in the album.

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left right left right

Delaney is a walking machine. This week she switched from "mostly crawling/some walking" to "mostly walking/some crawling". She's had a very obvious increase in confidence and ability, and it's been very entertaining to watch her move around the house, from backdoor to bedroom and back again. It's a far cry from a year ago when we could place her on her blanket and there she would stay.
She's also getting good at following directions; tell her to take these shirts to Daddy, and she does it. She was also handing me her clean clothes so I could fold them.

On Thursday we took Delaney to her first baseball game, the Lincoln Saltdogs at Haymarket Park. She had a good time crawling around on the berm, and had plenty of activity to watch.

New pics are in the album...

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Video Test

Testing the new camera with Delaney walking around a bit...make sure to hit the HD and fullscreen buttons.

She's on her way!

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Delaney put all the pieces together today and decided to go ahead and start walking.