Nap Time at Our House. . .

OK, honestly most days nap time goes really well. this particular day she was all out of sorts and acting extra sleepy before nap time so i rocked her and she went to sleep then I put her down in her bed like usual. . . apparently she wasn't THAT tired!

The day we headed to Women of Faith she slept a lot of the day (which was really helpful for me trying to get around to leave!)

Every now and again she's extra sleepy even with her normal naps and I'll find her conked in her pack-n-play.

another unsuccessful nap. she got quiet and when i checked on her to see if she was asleep, this is what i found.

Just lots of Pix...

My personal favorite lately.

She was doing this with her leg quite a bit for a while... I think it must have been part of the pre-sitting herself up thing.

"Me? I'm not doing anything."

"HA! You caught me!"

"Is this OK mom? Am I in trouble?" For the record, she IS allowed to get her toys. There are a few things she struggles with temptation on (mostly it wins) and gets in trouble for but most things that she's not sure about if she doesn't get a big response then she loses interest. :-)

Excuse the drool! :-) I thought it was cute anyway.

Scary I know, but something about this picture reminded me of younger pix of Aunt Becky and I can't quite place it.

Pretty girl but. . .

Happier this way...

In other news, we're getting excited for the holidays! I've been in a project frenzy trying to get some household projects and organization finished up before the holidays hit. . . I love how I haven't worried about it all year, but now with the "threat" of the holidays. . . Jon has taken up radio control helicopters and has been a member of the men's group board at church for a while now, besides playing on Sundays (which means practice once a week) so he keeps pretty busy. Madelyn has 2 1/2 teeth (front bottom 2 and a molar she's been working on for a while), seems to have subtly grown into the next size (she's still pretty much just hitting 6-9mo [well except for pants. she's leggy] at 8 1/2mo, so...), and she can eat!! She's still eating baby food, but she downs a LOT and in only a few minutes every meal! She also continues to scoot - not crawl and we're pretty sure she's just gonna skip the crawl stage altogether. Now she's moved on to sitting herself up and pulling herself up. (had to move her mattress down 2 notches a week ago) She likes to stand or walk holding onto my hands and sometimes thinks she's too big to hold on with both hands (doesn't take her long to realize she's not THAT big yet).

And now, I'm gonna go. I have more pictures still on my camera, but... Madelyn and I were able to go to Women of Faith at the beginning of the month and I have a few fun pictures from that. but for now, ta ta!

Happy Halloween!!

Not this past weekend but the one before we had our annual pumpkin carving with Jon's family. The pumpkin's are (from left to right) Melissa's Grandma's, Brad's (I think... they did it a day or so before), Logan's (mom & dad helped!), mine, Ruth's, Ralph's, and Jon's.

Cousins - Madelyn, Sydney, and Logan

More of our little Ballerina. She was full of it and would NOT sit still and look at me so...

Thought the pumpkin was really something!

Good plan Mom, move the pumpkin out of the picture but still within view! ...

And to the mall to see other kids (she LOVES little kids!)

Playin' with Aunt Joy.

Papa shared his vanilla shake and they became buddies! :-)

Of COURSE I'd rather have my pictures turned the wrong way! Thanks Blogger! Grrr!

Daddy worked late but surprised us and came to see us at the mall anyway. Madelyn was so happy to see him! It was so cute when she saw him she grinned great big and started kicking her legs.

Jon was fresh from work and I wasn't really thinking pictures of ME when I left the house, but I still think it turned out nice.

Kids these days. . . The tooth fairy used to leave a quarter and for Halloween you got a few pieces of candy! This is Madelyn's Halloween loot and not from Mommy and Daddy either - who needs parents when you have GRANDparents??