Halloween Part 2

Grant's Halloween included orange and black, just not the traditional kind when you think of Halloween.

Grant was in Nashville working for 2 weeks which gave him the opportunity to drive down to Knoxville and catch a game with some friends. Yes, I was completely jealous. So much so that I was looking for last minute plane tickets to fly into Nashville or Knoxville on Friday after work for the weekend.

Halloween

This mom started out the candy season completely against pumpkin costumes, well guess who changed their mind. After much debate I decided that everyone has to be a pumpkin once and quite frankly a pumpkin costume was going to be the easiest thing to make.

Unfortunately Grant wasn't able to make it to the Halloween festivities this year. His work has really put a wrinkle in our style this year, but it is almost over. Adelaide did get to go trick or treating though she was sick and got to eat her first piece of real candy. She loved it!!! This poor kid is going to be just like me and not be able to put the chocolate down.

Grant's birthday

Happy birthday to Grant, well it was his birthday over a month ago. I love that at the end of each day he may not always have more gray hair than me, but he will always be older.

this last picture was the end of Grant's birthday...he fell asleep on the couch and like all good moms, I had my camera handy.

Happy Baby

Grant and I have to be the most fortunate parents, we have an extremely happy baby. Here are some of the pictures from the last month or two that make us laugh.

banana face, the kid puts so much food in her mouth that she looks like a little monkey
and this is how she looks when she wakes up from a nap and yes, it's Florida so she typically sleeps with little to no clothes on
just because she has cute toes
Adelaide fell asleep in her chair when she was playing with Daddy

Heart Walk/Arts Market

In October my company brought together a team for the American Heart Association Heart Walk and my little family joined me. It was incredibly hot so we didn't complete the 5k, but we did do a mile and then waited for everyone in the common area along the river.

After the walk we went to the Riverside Arts Market where Grant devoured a turkey leg while Adelaide enjoyed some shopping.

It's a Hot Tradition

I don't know why we put ourselves through it every other September, but we do. The Volunteers travel 10 hours south and the Gasbarros travel an hour. This year we were joined byBlacky, his friends from Atlanta, a friend from Jax and our neighbors to tailgate in the Swamp. We had a good time tailgating with some co-workers from one of the offices I support inGainesville who hooked us up with a great spot. So we had a mix of Vols, Gators and people there just to enjoy the party.

The game was miserably hot and of course we were in the blaring sun the whole time. So this meant I watched the second half of the game from the breezeway. No matter how long I live here I still can't get over the heat on days like those.

Adelaide - 14 months

My updates have been very sporadic, but I did want to give a little Bean update. She officially turned 14 months on the 19th, yay, so what is she up to these days...

Walking...no way too lazy

Crawling...very fast, just ask Buddy. When she gets really excited she goes face first into the floor and then she laughs really hard.

Bad Habits....dog food, yes it's gross and as I mentioned she is fast so I have to remember to pick up the dishes before I put her down not as easy as it sounds. The other new found fun is closing doors and then crying when it doesn't open again. In her room the closet door springs back if you push it hard enough and of course that is hysterical to her. Not to me mind you because I am waiting for the screams of squished fingers.

School...moved to the ones class, though she is the only one not walking. She hurt my feelings this week when she saw her baby classroom teacher and screamed until I took over there. The kid would have rather stayed there than go home with me. I was mortified.

Food...eats anything and everything EXCEPT spaghetti. She likes mac and cheese, but not plain spaghetti with red sauce. Fish sticks and chicken nuggets are always winners in our house, but her absolute new favorite is her Grams chocolate chip banana bread. Adelaide loves to feed herself and gets frustrated if you try to help.

Talking...jabbers all of the time and is trying really hard to get new words out. So far she has no problem saying Dada, Momma and BuBu (Buddy). This week she added to her vocabulary with yes (sounds like ish) and duck (sounds like uck). I'm thinking she is also saying milk (sounds like ilk), but I'm not sold on that one yet.

Teeth...10 giant teeth and we are so lucky because she makes no fuss about it. The other month Grant had her upside down and told me to come look. She had 4 molars coming in at the same time and we didn't know it until they had already come through. The poor kid is going to have giant teeth like her mommy.

Size...teeny tiny, we still haven't made it onto the growth chart. We went for a sick visit last week and with her clothes on she was 17 pounds. This was a very exciting day for us.

Health...Adelaide's sight seems to be good, but her eyes still shake and cross occasionally. We don't go back to the pediatric opthamologist until next year. On Tuesday we are heading to a Neurologist at Nemours Childrens Hospital to have them observe her due to her development being behind and she occasionally shakes after sleeping. Our pediatrician is waiting to see how the appointment on Tuesday goes, but has already recommended that we look at physical and speech therapy.