Yay!!!

I'll do all the other catch up stuff like Thanksgiving later because I have way better news. Aaron took his first solo steps yesterday. Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!! We haven't caught it on video yet but I did take a couple of pictures. This just makes us so happy.

Yo homies, this is how I roll. When I walk, I walk cool.


And then I lean in to get the music started.

but not the hippopotamus

A moose and a goose together have juice!


While the moose and the bear and the goose and the hare are doing their best to keep up with the rest.

But not the Hippopotamus!

Superstar

All American Babies

I love the orange cast the tunnel on the jungle gym creates in these.





And my snuggle boy.

Happy Birthday

I don't know if you know this, but yesterday was Elmo's birthday. Another thing you may not know is that Stella and Elmo are really tight. He stopped by so they could hang out for his big day.


Oh Stella, It was the best party ever. When you get older I'll bring you to Sesame Street so you can meet Cookie Monster. He's a riot.


And don't even get me started on Oscar. I've never met anyone who loves practical jokes more!


Please no pictures! I'm just hanging out with my friend. This better not end up on TMZ...

Oh, and it was Auntie Natalie's birthday too. Happy Birthday Natalie!

Halloween pictures

The Aaron puppy. Yes, he is standing unassisted. He didn't mind the costume at all but whenever Stella saw him, she'd pull off his ears and tail.


The Stella piglet. We just let her wear this around the house because it is hilarious.


Leaving our first house. Stella had no idea what was going on. Frankly, she was more interested in the decorations in the front yards than in the candy.


Stella's new favorite thing in the world is pumpkins. If you ask her where the pumpkins are she'll look till she finds one. And she makes all the appreciative noises which makes us laugh every time.


Here Stella is hanging onto Natalie's skirt. There was a treasure chest on the ground and this skeleton would emerge and then the lid would slam back down. The first time it happened, Stella jumped. When it happened again she grabbed Natalie's skirt. When it happened the third time she made Natalie pick her up. It was funny and kinda sad at the same time.


I think Aaron sees the skeleton in the chest now. You can't tell from the pictures but the owner of this tiny house went with a full pirate theme this year. She had an entire ship in her yard with a giant inflatable squid in it that she made from plastic table cloths. She had an entire graveyard, a row boat with talking skeletons a skeleton jail, skeleton flamingos, tons of crows tied into the trees, blinking lights, etc. This lady takes a week off of work to put it all up and it is amazing. Parents drive their kids over from other neighborhoods just to see her yard. She said she regularly gets 200+ kids every year.


And then Stella was all done. Goodnight!

Jennifer Beals eat your heart out

This was right before she broke out her flashdance routine.


A little later, it was yoga time.


I just hope all this exercising doesn't get rid of her trim figure.

Grandpa took most of the Halloween pics so I'll post them as soon as I get them.