On November 11, Madeline became a teenager. Her parents, all four of us, seriously considered just having a 12th birthday all over again. Madeline seemed to be the only one excited about the milestone! She was a good sport about our denial and eventually we gave in.
It was great to have Grandma here to enjoy the special day!
One morning Tom and I received an email from Grandma and Emma telling us about their morning. It seems that Grandma loaded bagfuls (bagsful?) of leaves into the kitchen so that Emma could have her picture taken in the Fall foliage! The kitchen was spotless when we got home and we would have had no idea she had done it if we didn't have these pictures for proof! Grandma’s can get away with just about anything!
Emma received a special treat from the kids. Her first solid food—PEACHES. Sadly, she was not particularly impressed. She made some very interesting faces but would open her mouth for more.
Since then we have tried rice cereal and applesauce. Emma gets more solid foods at Sarah’s house. Good stuff!
Holy Cow!! Where did October go? It was a busy month that seemed to pass in a blur. The very best part of October was Grandma Cunningham’s surprise visit! She came to play with us for 3 weeks. Luckily that was enough time to get all our laundry and ironing caught up!
First on her list of things to do was going shopping for Emma. At the brand-spanking-new Babies-R-Us we had Emma test out some exer-saucers. True to her Cunningham blood, Emma picked the most expensive one… making Mom and Grandma so proud!
We just told Emma’s daddy it was a door prize!
