Fall has now arrived in Colorado and looking back, I'd say we had a good summer. We did a lot of fun things. And some of you may know that earlier this summer we found out that Caroline is going to be a big sister! We're really excited. The baby is due sometime around March 20th, and then a whole new adventure will begin. In two weeks I have an ultrasound where we'll hopefully find out whether it's a girl or boy. Stay tuned for that news!
Caroline is quite the little person lately. She never seems to stop talking. She's saying a lot of big words and sentences. She has many opinions and is exerting them more every day. Her new thing is that she will not wear certain types of pants. I'd say we're getting a glipse of these "terrible twos" that we've heard so much about. But overall she's doing great. She's started reciting nursery rhymes and singing songs. It's absolutely hilarious. One night while trying to fall asleep she busted out "Baa Baa Black Sheep" in it's entirety. We'd never heard her do that before. And she loves to sing the ABCs, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Wheels on the Bus, and many others. We've also been reading books about becoming a big sister to try to plant that seed. I'm pretty sure she doesn't really understand what's going on though. We've been working on counting, and she can count to three with no problem. Sometimes she can count to five, but it's still a bit hit-or-miss.
One not-so-wonderful thing we experienced lately was croup. Caroline got croup, likely from daycare, and ended up going from an appointment with the pediatrician, to the ER, and then being admitted to the hospital. It was very unpleasant. At least we only spent one night there, and everyone at Avista was really wonderful. They took good care of her, and us, and we're just glad that she's better now!
Here are some pictures from the past few months. She has a cute little dress from Mexico (thanks Auntie Karen!), and since it was so hot this summer she got to wear it. We took her out to breakfast dressed like this, and the ladies at our regular breakfast spot couldn't stop saying how cute she was.
Greg went to a bike race awhile back, and while there got Caroline a strider bike. It's pretty sweet, and it even matches her helmet! At first she'd was a little unsure, but now she sits on the seat, pushes herself around and is getting good at steering too.
She prefers riding it inside for now, as evidenced by the picture below. She decided it was easier to walk to the park...though this was also the first weekend she had it, so she likes it a lot more now!
Here she is painting daddy's 'happy birthday' picture. It was fun to put on her little apron.
Nice handprint on her face!
In September we had a long visit from Grammy and Pa. We did a lot of fun things while they were here, like going to the zoo.
And to Cottonwood Farms to check out the animals and pumpkins!
I think that's all the news we have for now. Have a wonderful fall! Stay tuned for info about baby #2, and to see pictures of Caroline in her awesome halloween costume: Supergirl!
