Loving Fall and Food

Elise is loving fall! We've been taking advantage of these warm, colorful afternoons by playing in the leaves and taking extra long walks. Of course the dogs are also benefiting from our strolls around the neighborhood. With Halloween being this weekend, the neighbors have their homes decorated with pumpkins and blowup decor-- which Elise rates by how enthusiastic she waves. Big inflatable pumpkins usually get a big wave while homes that only have cornstalk by their mailbox may only get a passing glance. Watch out Martha Stewart!

(below- first known picture of Elise's two teeth!!)

With all the crawling, Elise is burning extra calories and she's excited to try out new foods. Today for lunch she scarfed down a jar of mixed vegetable baby food, peaches, a handful of Cheerios, a few 'puffs', half a yogurt, part of a Panera bacon turkey bravo sandwich and one pickle. The pickle was quite the hit until she bit off several huge chunks and swallowed them whole. Mommy had to intervene and take the pickle... the fun was over (see below before/after pictures!). On a side note, we are down to two naps a day. We are quite the big girl now! Plus Elise's top two teeth are coming in. She has discovered that she can grind her teeth and drive us all crazy....