Field trip

The other day I got to take some time off work and go with Deven to his first field trip to Craven Farms.  It was a lot of fun getting to be with him all day and getting to peak in on Tova a few times.  I was able to share momma duties with his teachers - I am honestly not sure how they do it.  I only wanted to kill him a couple of times and we came home with a huge bag of kettle corn, so I would call the trip a success.

The equally fun part was getting two full hours to myself while the kiddos napped and had a snack (at school).  I had TMG ("the momma guilt") for a little while but my solitude at Starbucks and deal finding trip to Target was totally worth it.  Hey I had two field trips.  A great day!!

Waiting outside the pumpkin patch - they had a bit of a guided tour.

Yes, that is Deven's blond little head standing in A LINE.  Who knew??

Climbing over everything and yelling...this is the boy I know and love!!

Seriously??

So Tova has pulled herself up to a standing position on us before but not on the furniture...until today!  I had to grab some breakfast so I put her down in the living room (off my kitchen floor that is way past the need for a mop and away from Deven's sharp toys).  I literally was a way from her for about 20 seconds and she had crawled to the coffee table and pulled herself up!  She was so proud of herself, as you can tell! : ). She happily posed for picture evidence!!

P.S. Tova was 6 months on the 4th.  We are taking bets on how long it will be before she is cruising and/or walking!

6 month Checkup - Tova

Tova had her check up this week.  She is officially short and chubby, just the way I like 'em.

Fall

I think I have finally decided that fall is my favorite season, at least this year.  Sweaters, hot chocolate, Goonies, hats, pumpkins, soup, boots...so many things!!!  It's especially awesome when the rain waits long enough for the leaves to be crispy when they fall, like this year.  This last week has been really pretty so I tried to capture some of the colors to remember them next year if the rain comes too early.

On a walk yesterday through the neighborhood, we've lived here for 7 years and never noticed these before.

Deven found a leaf for me and I had to promise not to lose it.  It's in my car as write.

Toes

If on her back Tova has been known to put her foot, especially her big toe, into her mouth and suck it just like her thumb.  It's pretty hilarious.  Today when I picked her up from school I got a funny daily report from her teachers. Turns out Tova is the only one crawling so far (sorry had to brag).  Well our little lady will crawl over to one of her buddies and suck on their toes too, and since they can't crawl away she has the upper hand!  Have I said this kiddo is going to be a handful?!?

It's October

 Getting our pumpkin patch on.  Three times in a row makes a solid tradition, right?  Today we went to Bob's corn and pumpkin patch farm to get some pumpkins and various jams and syrups!  Deven was pretty excited and even though Tova was just hanging out she got all patch'd out.  Until next year.  Fall is the best!!
 

All three looked at me at the same time!

This is more like it.

We hang out together a lot like this.

Waiting "patiently" for the next wagon ride down to the patch

He was so excited

pumpkin patch'd out

Hard rock and roll with Slash

Just another Sunday morning.

No bananas!

Today our sweet T is six months old.  Let me start off by answering the typical question.  No, Tova is most certainly not sleeping through the night.  We've had a couple four hour stretches and I remember one glorious five hour stretch but on the whole we are talking one, two, and maybe three hour...naps.  If we are talking good news / bad news, Tova's inability to sleep would definitely we the bad news.  So what's the good news?  This baby is so happy it's contagious!!  Just look her!  All we have to do is blow raspberries at her and she is all giggles.

 So what are the stats looking like? I'm happy to report she is conforming to most clothing labels and is fitting in six month clothing while she is actually six months, unlike her big bro!  When we found out we were having a girl I was so used to buying boy cloths that I felt just strange buying girl stuff.  No worries now though, I love all the tights, slippers and sweater dresses!!  I am carrying over one obsession though and that is making my kids wear hats!!  Yes, she looks adorable in them!

This month, to nick and my surprise, Tova started to crawl.  It's more of any army crawl but it gets the job done.  This is so much faster than Deven who was crawling around eight months not six!!  As of tonight she is officially sitting up from laying down on her own.  Nick found her that way when she was "working" on going back to sleep.  :)

Last time I checked she weighed in at 16 pounds but official results will be posted next week.  In the mean time we have been practicing eating really food.  I didn't having any cereal and I keep forgetting to pick some up so we have been trying some whole foods.  Bananas were a hit the first night but a definite no go the next time.  They did not make her feel good and we were up at night more than usual.  Carrots are working well and next up I think we will do avocado.  Yay for food!!