9 Month Photos

Here are Phoebe's nine moth photos...sorry I'm just now posting them- it's already time to have 10 month photos taken! Wow! Oh Auntie Beth... :) This was Phoebe's first time sitting in the grass barefoot- she was very skeptical! She is developing such a cool little personality- she's very delicate and precise with everything she does. She picks up food with just two fingers, and is very dainty about the way she eats. (Biter biscuits NOT included!) When she was first learning to crawl, she was very precise in her movements- one hand forward, one leg forward, just like a little wind up doll. And sitting in the grass was the same thing: she pursed her lips, wiggled her toes, and looked at it like, "Well what is THIS? I don't think I want to touch this stuff- it feels funny- you can go ahead and pick me up now please." What a funny little thing- high maintenance already...wonder where she woiuld be getting that from...?

Phoebe's Little Brother or Sister To Be!

Here's some photos from our 14 week ultrasound yesterday- Phoebe was with us, and got all fussy because she wanted to get out of the stroller and take a look at the screen- can't blame her- she just wanted to say hi to her baby brother or sister! And look, peanut was waving back at her! Friends already! :)

First Time Carving Pumpkins

Here's Daddy and Phoebe, investigating what pumpkin insides are like...turns out, they're pretty yucky! Phoebe just wanted to stick one finger in the pumpkin guts, and turned up her nose at the icky sticky stuff! That is, until she tried to pop a pumpkin seed in her mouth! We had to let all the grown ups have all the fun, carving all the awesome pumpkins you see below!

1st Annual Derringer Pumpkin Day

Here we are at the 1st Annual Derringer Pumpkin Day at Stoneycreek Farms. Phoebe had fun being outside all day, looking at the barnyard animals, watching Mommy do the pumpkin slingshot, eating carnival food (well, that was just the grown ups), watching Mommy fall off the hay stack, taking a hayride, picking out pumpkins from the patch, and taking a nap in the stroller!

A Few Random October Photos

Here are just a couple random October photos- there's me & Uncle Carl at our last LaPorte visit. Then there's me comparing my second trimester belly to my pumpkin, and Phebes standing up like a big girl in her "cage."

Biter Biscuit

Here it is: the long awaited biter biscuit! Yay! It was just as we had hoped- super messy and super cute!! She was a little skeptical at first, but it took her, oh, about 20 seconds to decide that she was going to devour this thing! She reminded me of those old-fashioned cartoon characters that ate corn on the cob like a typewriter- you know, chew-chew-chew-chew-chew- DING! chew-chew-chew-chew...you get the idea! She was quite pleased with the mess she made, and was promptly placed in the tub to be de-crustified. Just another day in the life! :)

Back to Blogging!

Whew! What a whirlwind couple of weeks! Between Phoebe being sick, getting better, me and my morning/all day sickness, Phoebe getting sick again, getting ready for Nick and Amber's wedding, doctor's appointments, etc., etc., etc. it's been like a madhouse around here! I feel like I can finally take a breath...ahhhhhh....now then, here are a few photos of Phoebe over the past weeks- first, there she is hanging out at Nick and Amber's rehearsal dinner. The rest of the pictures are of her at Mike and Beth's while Nick and Am were opening their presents. Now that all the hub-bub is over and done with, hopefully things will be calm and I can come back to updating the blog every few days...I miss it! :)