Curious

We have a very curious and active little girl. She's figured out how to climb all the way INTO her toybox to find what she wants at the bottom.

I now find myself saying things that I never would have imagined I would need to say. One such occation occured on Saturday afternoon, when these words came out of my mouth, "Madeline, we don't eat our poop!!!" Enough said.

Hair Milestones

We have hit a major milestone. Madeline now has enough hair to wear alligator clip bows. Not everyone may agree with the designation of this as a milestone, but it is to me.

When I found out I was going to have a baby girl, one of the first things I thought about was all of the cute bows I would put in her hair. You may need a little background on my childhood to fully appreciate where I'm coming from. I learned how to braid my cabbage patch doll's hair at the age of 3. I did my own hair everyday from about first grade on. I would go to school early in elementary school so I could do my friends' hair before school. I guess I was passionate/slightly obsessed with hair. So... I bought cute little clips and ribbon for my unborn child because I was sure she would come into this world with a full head of black hair, like I did. I thought I'd be putting clips in her hair from day 1. Imagine my surprise when this is what I saw...

I thought, this can't possibly be my baby! Where is all of her hair? I have to say, though, that she was still the most beautiful baby I had ever seen. I'm looking forward to the days of curlers, ponytails, and braids. But for now, we're pretty exited about the alligator clips.

Halloween Mania

We went to the Dallas Arboretum last week with some friends, mostly as an excuse to dress our babies up in their Halloween costumes and take cute pictures.

Madeline loved Natalie's tutu!

It was the first time I'd been to the Dallas Arboretum, and it was really beautiful. I decided that day that we really need to take advantage of the opportunities for fun in DFW. I'm amazed at how little we've done in the 2 1/2 years we've been here.

Scott and I carved a pumpkin the night before Halloween after we put Madeline to bed. Most of my motivation came from wanting to roast the seeds. Unfortunately, I roasted them a little bit too long, although they were still edible. I figured if I was going to cut the top of the pumpkin off to get the seeds, I might as well carve a face on it. Madeline was pretty exited to see the Jack'o'lantern in the middle of our living room floor when she got up in the morning. She spent a lot of time playing with it that day.

We also went to vote on Halloween. I have no desire to wait in a long line with a baby on Tuesday. There was still a line on Friday, but the whole process only took about 40 minutes, which was reasonable. I'm exited for election season to be over.

On Saturday night we went to our ward's Harvest Carnival, which provided yet another venue for Madeline to wear her costume. She tried chili for the first time while we were there, and it was a hit!