pics

Here are a few pictures of our Lizzie. Here she is opening her first Christmas present (thanks Mimi and Grandpa Gary for the nice snowsuit):
Here is Lizzie in her exersaucer, obviously having fun:

Here is Lizzie (and Ryan) with our friend Feleke (he is a few years older than Lizzie, but I think they are already nice friends):

That's all from here - now to get the baby to fall asleep!

Dr update

Here is Lizzie in her new (to us) backpack. She really seems to like being in the backpack and it is definitely easier to do things with our hands then in the front pack.

I realized this morning that I hadn't posted about Lizzie's last well-baby visit. She is doing really well - 27.5 inches long and 16.5 pounds. She is right where she needs to be. As a result, she is now having cheerios and trying oatmeal. We are also trying not to feed her in the night to encourage better sleeping (the doctor suggested this - wish us luck - we still get up with her and give her water and hold her if she needs it).

We were all very excited for the election on Tuesday. Ryan and I did some volunteering for our local candidate during the day and Ryan stayed up to watch election coverage. I went to bed during the early stages of the coverage, so Ryan woke me up in time to see Obama's speech. We heard Lizzie start to stir right before the speech, so Ryan brought her downstairs to watch with us. Though I think Obama will mean many great changes for all of us, the significance of the election will be even greater for Lizzie's future. Now we just need a female president (I promise to be patient).

Nov 2, part 2

Two blog posts in one day - pretty good, I think! Here is Lizzie trying squash for the first time - I think she likes it!
Mimi and Grampa Gary came up to visit today - we tagged our Christmas trees to avoid the cold and possibly snowy-job later on.

Here are all of the proud grand parents:

Also, I put Lizzie's hair in "puffs" for the first time today. They are pretty cute - I am just learning, but I think they came out ok:

Orange

Here are some pics of our recent orange-y days. Here is Lizzie at her only trick-or-treating outing this year (thank's Aunt Laurie & Uncle Chris!):

Here are our pumpkins (Ryan carved them for us):

Here is our new woodstove (also orange-y) - thanks Dad, John and Uncle Chris for your help!

Here is another picture of our favorite pumpkin. They are about to greet some of our trick-or-treaters:

That's it for now!

pumpkin

Here is a pic of our cute pumpkin today. I will post more later!

Homecoming

Yesterday, Ryan, Lizzie & I went to UM to tailgate with friends at homecoming. Here are Ryan and Lizzie in front of the big "M".
Ryan was wearing Lizzie in the Bjorn earlier this week while he was working some outside. He came in because Lizzie fell asleep. Not long after this photo, he took her out of the front pack and put her in her crib.

Lizzie having fun in the exersaucer:

She loves her bornfree sippee!

New pics

Lizzie sleeps
Lizzie sleeps part 2 (this is what I came home to today - Lizzie asleep in the laundry basket in Ryan's lap).
In Ryan's garden last weekend.
Grammie Susie and Lizzie.

Things are going well! Off to visit Mimi and Granda Gary tomorrow!