Fall Fun!

There is not a whole lot going on around here. We have pretty much been keeping up on our home chores and hanging out with friends and family. Elijah has been plugging away with the final touches of the kitchen, trim mainly, and we are pricing to find out where we are going to order our kitchen countertops. Gretta seems to be learning new words every day. Most of you have probably seen her do the little hand gesture when she doesn’t know something. Well, now she is actually saying “don’t know”. It is super cute. She has mastered the word “up” when she wants you to pick her up however she also has been saying “up” when she wants down. So, we always try to say you mean down and then we put her down. Well, I started noticing yesterday she asked me to pick her up and then she wanted down and she said “dup”. I know it is still not correct but it’s a start.

This past weekend we had a lot of fun. We had some friends over and had a cookout and watched a movie. Gretta was the only child there so she got lots of attention and she enjoyed that. She even made a new friend. Which Elijah and I were kind of surprised. It usually takes Gretta a while to warm up to someone but our friend Matthew when we were watching the movie she just crawled over and up on his lap and spent quite a bit of time there. It was super cute and his wife, Kelly, was frustrated because she had been working all night to try and hold Gretta.

Then Saturday we got to visit with our good friends The Farnys. Noah is growing so much. And I got to hold him a couple of times this visit. So, that is always a good thing. It seems like we don’t get to see each other as much since the kiddos came along, which is kind of a bummer. But when we do get together I always enjoy it. And someday Gretta and Noah will probably be great playmates and will be able to go off and entertain themselves. Hopefully they won’t get into too much trouble together. Ha, ha…

So, we continue to plan for our trip to California, it is only about 2 weeks away before we leave. I am extremely excited and I have started to strategize how we can pack and try to fit all our items into one suitcase so we don’t have to pay as many luggage fees. But we’ll see I am not sure how that is all going to work I usually need two suitcases just for myself, one for clothing and one for makeup/hair supplies. Anyway, I am sure we will make it work. Well, that is all I have for now. Enjoy the photos from this past week.

Month 14

Gretta and I had the pleasure to go and spend somtime with her Grandma & Grandpa Shannon plus two cousins She is working on her P sounds and last night we were looking at pictures and she said "pap" when she saw grandpas...yeah!! And we think she might have tried to say Caleb. Which is Elijah's brother and Gretta's uncle.

She is learning some pretty crazy dance moves. She has started doing this thing where she bends down somewhat like the yoga downward dog pose and the she will lift one of her legs up. Then she does the running in place like she is dancing as well. I will try to capture these smooth moves on video and post them. I don't where she gets her dancing skills from but one of these days she is really going to be bust a move. Okay well that is all I have for now. She doesn't go back for a Dr. check-up until December 1st. But we can tell that she is growing and developing each and every day. I hope you enjoy the pictures that I have posted from the last couple weeks.