three updates

1. Rose's new favorite activity is looking through the photo albums I've created on snapfish over the years. She particularly likes the ones from her first and second years of life, and pointing out all the family members she knows. The hilarious thing is what she does with this picture: 

Every other picture she sees of Anne, she immediately labels (accurately) as her "Trula." But this one she INSISTS is "not Trula. Someone one else. Looks like Trula. Someone in blue shirt." When she didn't believe me, she brought it to Mike. And then last night she brought it to Grammy. She is absolutely adamant, and it cracks me up every time.


2. Last weekend Rose was SO excited to help Mike shovel. I helped by staying inside and taking some pictures through the window. :)

3. Finally, almost a week ago we made the switch to "daytime undies" over night (rather than "nighttime undies," which were pull-up diapers). With one exception, she has woken up dry every morning!!!!  We now call them "big girl undies." I'm so proud of her! (And praying that I don't jinx it by posting this!)

Halloween

(Sorry for the belated post!)

We did a LOT of practicing for Halloween, all in preparation for the two houses we've gone to each year: the one neighbors we know (Brian and Sue) and my friend Marcy's family (about a half-mile away). Rose loved the practicing that we did, as this means that she got candy (a rarity in our house) in the week leading up to Halloween!  So this year, each house went something like this:

Knock knock. Door opens. Silence ensues.
Me/Mike: What do you say, Rose?
Rose: Thank you.
Me/Mike: Yes, what do you say first on Halloween?
Rose (whispering): Trick or treat.
Me/Mike: Can you say it louder so [person who lives here] can hear you?
Rose (yelling): AHHHH!!!!!!

Then we gave up. At least she got the "thank you" part, even if it was out of order. :) And she was THRILLED to get a bunch of candy - thank you to our great neighbor friends! She had a great day.

Halloween storytime at the local library

Rose herself decided to add on her rabbit as part of the costume!

As an aside, the weather has clearly changed a bit since Halloween, as we've had two snowfalls already (last Monday and last Saturday) and we're hitting 20+ degrees below average temperatures. Yuck!



At least it's fun to look back on how cute Rose was for Halloween just a few weeks ago.

Have a great week, everyone!

camera pictures (part two)

A few more photos from the summer/early fall...


Rose still LOVES to take baths:

I have no idea what we were doing here, but I liked the photo:

Mike had several bonfires as he trimmed back all the buckthorn in our backyard:

Rose has started to prefer running as her primary mode of transportation. (Whose kid is this?!?)

Next up...HALLOWEEN!

camera pictures (part 1)

As I mentioned in a recent post, I FINALLY figured out how to transfer pictures from my fancy (non-phone) camera to my "new" computer. Now I have six months of blogging to catch up on!

First off, some pictures from our "multi-purpose burcusa bash" last May. This was a combo part to celebrate Rose's 2nd birthday, Mike's 36th birthday, and Mike's graduation from the teaching program at the U. It was a lovely spring day! (I can't believe it's the end of autumn as I'm posting this!) Rose especially loved her "ice cream happy birthday cake." :)

Next up, we have a photo to commemorate day #1 of potty training. (Did I ever post a summary of the amazing job Mike did with this? If not, does anyone want me to type it out?)

And last up (for today), we have a couple candids of Rose from the summer, back when she had looooong hair. And was still teething. It's amazing what a difference just a couple months can make!

More photos to come, but I need to end my screen time now or I won't be able to fall asleep at my 9pm bedtime. :)

#TBT

In honor of "throwback Thursday," here are two pictures from when Rose was just a little, tiny munchkin. :)

hump day

Here are a couple photos to get you through hump day!

A couple days ago I finally figured out how to get photos off my camera and onto my "new" computer. So one of these days I'll be posted "good" pictures (i.e., not cell-phone pictures) from the past six months. Stay tuned!

Happy Columbus Day!

Two months
weight:  12# 6.4 oz (85th %ile)
height:   23.5"  (86th %ile)
head:    15.5" (66th %ile)

Four months
weight:  15# 10oz (86th %ile)
height:   26"  (95th %ile)
head:    16.75"  (85th %ile)

Six months
weight:  17# 7oz (78th %ile)
height:   27.25"  (93rd %ile)
head:    17"   (72nd %ile)

Nine months
weight:  19# 9.6oz (65th %ile)
height:   28.75"  (87th %ile)
head:    17.5"   (66th %ile)

Twelve months
weight:  20# 9.6oz (61th %ile)
height:   30.5"  (89th %ile)
head:    17.75"   (55th %ile)

Fifteen months
weight:  23# (70th %ile)
height:   32.25"  (91st %ile)
head:    18.25"   (67th %ile)

Eighteen months
weight:  24# 9.6oz (72nd %ile)
height:   2'10" (98th %ile!)
head:    18.5" (68th %ile)

Twenty four months
weight:  27# 12.8oz (66th %ile)
height:   2'0.25"  (98th %ile)
head:    19"  (72nd %ile)

Thirty months
weight:  31# 6.4oz (80th %ile)
height:   3'3.25" (99th %ile!)
head:     19.5" (83rd %ile)

I took a *big* hit in the PTO department when I took this new job, but in return I get 10 federal holidays per year, including Columbus Day (today) and Veterans Day (next month). So since I have no PTO to burn, I booked all of our major medical appointments for these two days. This morning Rose and I went to her doctor (she got a clean bill of health!), then we went to my doctor (I also got a clean bill of health!), then I dropped her off at "school" and went to my dentist (no cavities!). I got home, ate lunch, and scheduled Rose's first dentist appointment for Veterans Day. (Time to start brushing more regularly!) Then I got a phone call from Target's fraud department - ugh. I'm thankful that they were keeping a close eye on our account and that we aren't responsible for the bad guy's charges. So I just made some new passwords for our accounts and we'll get our new CC in a week or two. Now I'm making a cup of tea and trying to decide how to spend the rest of the afternoon:  quilt? read? nap? The world is my oyster! Thanks for sailing the ocean blue, Columbus!!

I didn't take any pictures today, but here's one from our "family walk" last night. Rose loves traipsing through the pretty fallen leaves.