This year Addie dressed up as Abby Cadabby for Halloween. For those of you who don't know, that is a character on sesame street (which Addie absolutely loves). I found a couple costume pieces at a consignment shop and rearranged them into what you see. The stem on my head is actually part of one of the costumes as well (as we were getting ready and I was about to throw away all the scraps I had the idea to make myself into a pumpkin; Jason just laughed).
She wasn't sure about getting in the costume until we showed her what she looked like in the mirror and she got excited.

A front and back view of the costume and of her hair - it's hard to tell but it was both pink and purple.

And at the end of the night, we had to get the color out of her hair so it wouldn't get on the sheets and it turned the water (and the tub) pink. It's not very clear, but it really is pink.

Pumpkin Time!

We carved pumpkins for Family Home Evening last night. Addie was very excited about it and we had a great time!

A Wonderful Day!

Well, yesterday I turned 27! I still don't feel like I'm really that old - it's very strange. Anyway, I had a great day thanks to my family. I don't usually look forward to birthdays because I've had some pretty terrible ones. But I think that my outlook is beginning to change because I haven't had a bad birthday since being married to the most wonderful man in the whole world. Jason always does such a good job and this year was no exception. Of course this year, he was at school all day and it was just me and Addie, but she woke up in a good mood (those haven't been consistent lately with her molars coming in) and we had a great day together. My family sent me some awesome presentsWhen Jason got home we dropped Addie off with friends and went to dinner. We went to a place that likes to embarass people with birthdays with the sombrero and singing and clapping and it was fun and really good food. But mostly it was nice to have some alone time and a real date with my husband. We might have even figured out the whole name dilemma. Does that let you know how little time we have to talk; that one dinner alone and we've been able to solve something we've been struggling with for a couple months?

And, no we're not going to tell what we've come up with.

Since I actually got dressed decently for the day, I thought we could take a picture of the progressive bump. It didn't work very well and this is the best one we got.

I just love fall and I'm so excited to be in a place where it actually exsists the way I remember as a kid. That hasn't happened in several years. For those of you in Utah or Idaho, I am very sorry. Especially those in Rexburg, I know those 3 days that are not either winter or summer are quite lovely, but it's just not the same. If you've never experienced an autumn on the east coast you are missing out (this is just a personal opinion). Anyway, I love the weather and the trees and everything about this time of year. It could be that it means the start of the time with the best holidays (halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas) plus 75% of my immediate family's birthdays are in the months from Sep-Dec. Whatever it is I like it!

So, there have been some pretty amazing sunsets lately and I wanted to share this lovely scene. It's from our front window. So pretty.

A video!

I've tried to upload videos since we moved, but haven't been able to until now! Yeah! I thought this was so funny. Jason got an application on his i-touch of flashcards for Addie and she loves to look at them. She also has become very talkative lately. We have no idea what she is saying, but she does and she can ramble on for a long time. She's even tried to help Jason with his studying. The looks she gives him as she "reads" his notes or textbooks looks like she's saying "I've got it, you can ask me anything." She's a pretty funny girl.