Adventures Being 10 Months

Brenna is 10 months today. Just two more months and she'll have her first birthday! That means Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming soon. Hurray!

Brenna is still not quite crawling forward. She can go backwards on her stomach pretty well and she is now very mobile, often getting to things unexpectedly. She is trying to pull up, but so far hasn't gone passed her knees. She babbles a lot and loves to see other babies. She watches videos of herself and Lauren and Spencer and just loves them. She has a sense of humor and one of her favorite things to do is put her pacifier in other people's mouths. She thinks it is so funny.

She still only has the two bottom teeth, but she eats just about everything I feed to her. She will try everything, though somethings like brocolli get spit back out. The only food she refused to eat was cotton candy. She clamped her little lips down and wouldn't even try it. Probably a smart thing anyway.

Here are some videos of her crawling attempts, babbling, and pulling up.

Happy Hobbit Day and Autumnal Equinox

Yesterday was such a fabulous day! It was Frodo and Bilbo's birthdays and the beginning of Fall. I am so excited to see the leaves change color and the days get nippy and cold. I have missed this seasonal transition for 3 years and I can't wait!!

We celebrated the day with Hobbitish food, sort of. I kind of forgot the date until half way through the day. I had already planned spaghetti for the meal and wasn't going to change that. We did add a butternut squash from the garden, some Sprite in place of wine and spirits and a seed cake. I learned that my children do not like Hobbitish food so much. Next year will be different. I'll think of some things that they will be willing to eat. They all enjoyed the 'spirits' at least, but sadly Brenna and I will have to snarf the seed cake ourselves. Life is so tough!

Almost Crawling

She's just so close to crawling.

Summer Fun

On Saturday, Pleasant Grove had its Heritage Festival. We checked it out and peeked in on the quilt show. Next year I'll have to take a quilt to display. This quilt was my favorite. It is machine appliqued, but I can still appreciate all the time it took to cut out and sew each of the little pieces before they were appliqued. Plus, the theme was perfect.

Now that our play set is finished, the children enjoy playing on it with their friends and cousins. Brenna loves the little swing. Unfortunately it isn't designed for infants so you have to stand right next to her.

Always work to be done in the garden. Here Spencer is defending Lauren from garden pests as she harvests the cucumbers.

Be gone foul vermin! Snails and slugs before. Spencer the Squasher is here!

This is the little inflatable pool I put Brenna in to play while I weed. The kids help keep her entertained.

Very entertained.