We're Off...

To Montana for the big Turkey Day. Lots more posts when we return. Happy Thanksgiving all! Peace, d.

Above The Table

So here's the scene from breakfast this morning. Above the table Dylan is enjoying mango and bananas, uuummm....

Dylan doing her happy mango dance. "Yum, yum, yum, I likey the mango."

AND here's the scene below the table.... land shark!

"What? I like mango and banana's too"

Here We Go....

Today Dylan's 8 months old ~ awe 8 months! And today lil miss d learned how to use her arms to pull herself around. Here's the start of buttoning down the hatches! Our girl is on the move.

Exploring

So here's some pictures from the other day's adventure discovery ~ yup, Maggie's water bowl. Oh the fun that was had. I let Dylan go to town until she started drinking from the bowl. There was water everywhere and I'm sure you can guess Dylan was soaked. I included a number of shots as you can see her thought process throughout her discovery.

Matt's Birthday Aftermath Video

Here's some video from the aftermath of Matt's birthday (a little on the dark side, sorry). Fun times. Happy birthday Matt, we love you!!!!!!

Matt's Birthday

I'm not sure who had more fun last night ~ the birthday boy, the dog, or the girl! It was all hands on deck opening gifts, paper and bows everywhere. Auntie Jill sent a box from Hawaii full of gifts for all ~ I think there might have been a bit of confusion of ownership on one squawky raccoon but they'll work it out.

Sweet Smilin' Girl

We wake up to this every morning! It's the best!!!!

Fun With Dad

Dylan's favorite thing (okay besides her bah, bah) is her dad. Oh the smile that comes across her face when he walks in the room ~ it's very sweet. When Matt gets home from work, he, D, and Maggie have big time wrestling time ~ AND D just loves it! So now when she sees her Dad walk in the door she looks at him and screams with excitement for the next match. She loves to be tossed in the air ~ the higher the better. She also learned a new trick, she'll put her head in your lap which means she wants to be flipped upside down ~ just as you get done her head is right back down on your lap for another go. Here's a few cute pictures of Dylan and Dad being goofy.

Dylan's Got Rhythm and Soul

This morning over breakfast Dylan and I had a dance party. Miss D has always responded to music, she loves it. Her latest is busting out some dance moves. The other day Matt, Dylan, Maggie, and I were walking to the store. Matt had D in the Baby Bjourn. I started singing a little song and out of now where Dylan started shaking her head and moving her arms and legs - she was busting out some great moves. It cracked us up! Now when she hears music, or if I sing to her, she starts shaking her head. I've been trying to recorded it for days but she's been a bit shy in front of the camera. So this morning over breakfast we were listening to some music and I was able to catch some of her moves. Although it's a bit dark (I know better than to shoot into the light) but what are you going to do when the girl's rocking out! Just have to warn you that the video you are about to watch is hilariously cute!

Not One But Two

As The Count from Sesame Street would say "Not one but two, two wonderful teeth, whaahaaa, ahhaahhaaa". Yet another tooth has broken through D's bottom gum. Look close you can see both her teeth (if you click on the picture it will enlarge).

Under the Coffee Table

Someone thought they were super funny hiding out under the coffee table!

Search And Rescue

Here's a great little video of Dylan. It starts off with D all giggly in her PJ's, oh, then on the move rolling over and over (notice how softly she lays her head down as she rolls). She then kicks her alphabet spider (under the orange chair) which starts playing music. 'What's that noise?' Dylan thinks to herself and then is on the hunt. She spins herself around, finds the music, rolls herself onto her back, listens closely to make sure that's the music she's hearing, and then lays back and examines her find. Brilliant! So fun to watch her figure stuff out.

First Tooth @ 7 1/2 Months

Yup, Dylan's first tooth is on it's way in AND she's taking it like a champ ~ a little drooly, okay she's really drooly but still laughing. I've had a feeling for the past few days that she'd be getting one in very soon. Today she was rubbing her tongue over her bottom gum so we checked and sure enough there is a little tooth pushing it's way up.

First Word

I'll give you one guess....

Bah, Bah, Bah, Bah, Bah....

Oh The Places I Can Go

Our girl is rolling all over the place. The other day she got herself under a chair and let me tell you she was sooooo proud of her little self. Nice work Punky ~ anyone have a ball and chain they can lend us for the next 18 years?

Happy Halloween

Awe, first Halloween... Up on the Ave, by our house, the shopkeepers were having a little trick or treating for the kiddies. I got Dylan all dressed up and we headed up to see all the fun costumes. We spent a few weeks trying to think of a good costume for D. Everyone kept asking 'What's Dylan going to be for her first Halloween?'... I thought of a little Dalai Lama or Buddah, or Dorothy from the Wizzard of Oz or one of the flying monkey's, Little Red Riding Hood and her big bad black dog wolf, a squirrel... but final decision was Dylan in Wonderland. Here's a few great shots her dad got.

D was soooo excited! She was grinning from ear to ear. But then again she's usually grinning from ear to ear.







We decked out the stroller and went up to the Ave for a little trick or treatin' fun. People kept offering Dylan candy, one lady offered her a lollypop and I was like 'Uh, no thank you, she doesn't have any teeth'. The lady smiled and I realized neither did she.

Here's D's perspective. We followed Thing 1 and Thing 2 for a while, saw lots of witches, puppy dogs, fairies, lady bugs, cowboys, and we even talked to a banana. Mr. banana commented on how smily D was and I said "Yeh, I think she thinks you're breakfast". He laughed and walked off, I don't think he thought I was serious.

Halloween night as we waited for our 8 trick or treaters to come Matt and I did a little photo shoot with Dylan and her Halloween Pj's she got from cousin Lydia.

I love this next picture. It looks as though we were in the middle of telling Dylan and Maggie a spooky ghost story as they both seem to have the same expression on their face. What you don't know in the making of this shot was me behind Matt behind the camera saying 'cookie' - awe, the magic you don't see that happens behind the camera.

Happy first Halloween Dylan. It looked as though you enjoyed yourself, I know your Mom and Dad did! Maybe next year you can have that lollypop.