Gretchen at 9 months

her favorite toy is a toss up between her stuffed monkeys and her stuffed babies or water play or her brother.

her favorite food is anything.  she likes sweet things. she especially likes spreadable cheese.

her favorite animal is calorie.  he plays really well with her.

she sleeps through the night, sometimes.

she has 4 teeth.


she loves watching curious george on the tv.

she is trying to stand up from sitting and doing very well at it.

she gets very very dirty all day long, every day.

in case you're interested, here was Patrick at 9 months.

Halloween 2010

We had a gigantic Stay Puft Mashmallow Man, an adorable and not-scary-at-all ghost and yellow braided yarn hair Heidi this year.  So so cute.

Sean won a crisp $100 bill for first prize at his office's Halloween costume contest.  He pulled another all nighter using my sewing machine and supplies from Home Depot and Walmart.  It certainly paid off.

Sean also made Patrick and Gretchen's costumes this year.  Like my dad said tonight, "if law doesn't work out for Sean, he could always be a tailor." They turned out really spectacular and everyone really loved seeing our little ghost "boo" at them as he skipped up to each of our neighbor's doors.

Patrick's cousins Ryan and Emily came by to carve pumpkins and trick-or-treat with us.  We had a really fun time tonight.

We got lots of loot and completely tuckered out.  

The Great Pumpkin is coming tonight to take Patrick's leftover candy and leave him a present in return.  So. Much. Sugar.  

Happy Halloween!

Solids

Our first attempt at solids about 2 weeks ago.  She likes it!