Eating a fudgesicle

Grandpa enjoys a fudgesicle pretty much every day. How do you spell fudgesicle???
You'll notice Grandpa calls her a "he"....At 92 he just can't remember that she's a girl (=

Playing Dress Up

Here's a snapshot of our weekend. We were with a Junior High group. They LOVE putting on all the clothes (=

New Jersey

We've been on the road since Thursday - it was a FULL day of flying for us and then an hour car ride to the lovely place we are now. We've always enjoyed our times in NJ with this group. They are such great folks.

Layla has done well despite our busy schedule and her dealing with multiple nurserys and folks holding her. Thankfully she's been in a bread-eating mood as that is pretty much always available.

We leave tomorrow for Minneapolis to see old friends there. We are excited about that! We'll be staying with Matt and Julie and little Addy - Lj will LOVE being around a little one. She found a baby in a car seat at church yesterday and was literally climbing in the infant seat with her to kiss her! It was too cute. we say "give kisses" and she dives towards whoever is nearby with a big open mouth....beware.

Gorgeous time of year.

Read to me!

 

Yet another hat. Layla LOVES to read and is coordinated enough these days that she can pull/toss/drag the book of choice in your general direction. She is also just learning how to point to things which is a HUGE help in trying to figure out what she wants to eat.

It was SUCH a gorgeous day today, and we couldn't figure out how to all go hiking together, so Tom just took Layla by himself. The trees are changing all over the place. Our two big colored trees in the driveway are bright yellow and a deep red now. SO lovely. Just soaking it all in (=

Fall in Colorado!

 

This is my one fall picture - we were at a friend's house who has her lovely fall thing going on by her front door (= I couldn't get Lj to look at me because the sun was so bright.

Hat show

 

 

These are hats that Tina knitted for Tom and his sister when they were young. Layla LOVED the blue one and wore it most of the day and even slept in it. Her expression in the top one makes her look So FAT! It cracks me up. She has lost a lot of her chub, but when she is naked in the tub she is all butt and gut. So adorable!!

sweet moments

Three lovely things today:
Had a LONG chat with an old friend - Sue, SO good to hear your voice. I loved your words about the next stage being fun too: walking with them holding your hand.
Got to see an old friend today, but not for long enough (= Carrie - SO great to see you - next time we'll include the men and Gracie!
Listening and watching Grandpa play with Layla. He hardly ever knows who she is, but he plays with her anyways. He thinks she is a boy all the time and constantly asks me if she is my baby.

We have a marriage getaway weekend that starts on Sunday. We knew it was on the calendar but didn't realize it was THIS weekend. It should be lovely...staying out at the Glen. All part of the 11.5% admin fee we pay to the company! Bless them for giving back.

The weather is fabulous - cool breezes, in the 30s and 40s in the early am but warming up nicely throughout the day.

Hiking

 

 

 

 

Out for a bit of a hike. The wind was cold cold cold, but we enjoyed it anyway. The hat is one that Tom wore as a kid. His mom made a matching sweater - very hip and happening nowadays!

This hike is about 10 mins from our house - we are SO enjoying the outdoors here. Today the temps were in the 30s!! What a shocker for us. I asked mom if this is how it is going to be from here on out and she said "colder". I've obviously forgotten about it. At least I've finally gotten some shoes besides my sandals from home!

Well, I'm trying to think of anything else interesting going on...
guess not much (= Layla continues to make us laugh. She is still pushing everything she can but not walking. She dances so readily to any music she hears. You can tell she is understanding SO many words! She still only says "da birds" and "da da" regularly.... she babbles like crazy all the time though. She is no longer taking three naps a day (= I have no idea any more. Our days are too crazy and unpredictable and will continue to be until mid-November. We're just going with the flow (=

Okay. Sorry to go on about Layla so much. She is a major part of life for me these days!

More from Georgia

 

 

 

 

These two posts are really a scavenger hunt: match the photo with the text.

Well I'm not sure if these are uploading okay, but the text for these photos is in the post below. Sorry about that! The first photo in the post below is in the patio area of Tom's mom's home. It was SO lovely out there - the weather was a treat and the garden was lovely. Lj was OBSESSED with crawling up and down that one step.

Trip to Georgia!

 

 

 

 

Hello All!
Here are some lovely pics of our recent trip to Georgia. I feel like I've hardly had time to take pictures let alone load them up and blog anything.
The first few photos are with Tom's mom and grandmother. It was a great time to see them and Tina had kept old toys and clothes from Jill and Tom for us to have. She's sent their old books as well and I love all that family history stuff! She was quite a seamstress and knitter and has the cutest dresses and sweaters etc.

The photo of lj on the leather chair with the remote is her sitting in her Grandaddy's chair. He was gone in Australia (sorry to have missed you Jon!!) but we thought we'd take some photos of Layla making herself at home in his absence (= We wrote him a little note and that is the first time I've ever put a pen in her hand. I was suprised she actually wanted to draw a little.

The other folks are old old friends of Tom's - one from 4th grade and one from highschool days. They've stayed in touch and we really enjoyed our time with them. They were the ones who actually drove us to the airport way way back when we moved to the ME!

Good Friends

 

 

 

We had some friends from our language school stop by tonight. It was SOOO fun to see them and their little ones. It was a kick to watch lj loving on both girls and wanting to give hugs. She's only just learned how to give hugs this week and she's figured out how to give them to real-live people and kids now!