New Callie Video

This is her playing with her doorstop, dancing, and resting her head on a pillow:

Halloween

We had a fun Halloween. We didn't dress Callie up this year ( I have a great lady bug outfit for next year), but we did put a hand-me-down Halloween t-shirt on her.



It was a pretty, sunny day (although the wind was a little fierce) so we had to get outside. Callie enjoyed watching Ellie Jane run all over the park.



Finally, we ended the day with some good ole Chipotle. Chipotle offers free burritos to anyone dressed like a burrito (i.e. wearing some tin foil). We had to take advantage of this special day! In fact, I get way more excited about this aspect of Halloween verses any other. It brought back funny memories of last year when we wrapped my gigantic, pregnant belly in tin foil! This year we just wrapped little "C". Stay tuned for more updates. Callie is starting to take a few steps and Charlie and I are on a mission to catch her in the act with the video camera.

Fall Leaves

It's been a rather rainy October, so anytime we can get outside we try and take advantage of it. We have 3 large maple trees in our backyard. It's beautiful to watch their leaves change, but it does leave quite a bit of raking for us (well, mainly Charlie) to do.



Thankfully, she didn't seem too alarmed that we put her in a large pile of leaves!

Weekend with Papa and Bebe

We had a great weekend with Papa and Bebe. It was pretty low key but we enjoyed eating out, going on walks, and going to the Northwestern soccer game. It was a fun weekend, and we were sad to see them go. We're already looking forward to seeing all our family at Christmas time!



It was hard to keep Callie still during the soccer game. By the end of the game she was raring to go. We took her down to the field and she probably crawled a good 50 yards.


She entertained herself during the game by climbing the bleachers.


We also went shopping where Callie got spoiled with a new toy. She loves it. I took about five pictures with her, Bebe, and the new toy. In all of them Callie was blurry. That is because she wouldn't stop moving! Hmm, I'm noticing a theme. I think it's safe to say God gave us an active one!

Apple Orchard Video

A video of our trip to the apple orchard:

Aunt Laura: Part II

The highlight of our time was definitely our visit to Afton Apple Orchard (they had big pumpkin patches too). It was the perfect fall day for apple picking. Apparently other people had that same thought because the place was packed. We took a hayride out into the orchard. We probably took more pictures than we picked apples. Callie did however pick her first apple (all by herself). Her Dad has that on video, so I'm sure he'll be posting that soon. She loved tasting/gnawing the apples after I would take a bite out of them. It was funny to watch her try and dig in with her two teeth.






All good things must come to an end. This was the last picture before Aunt Laura left on Sunday morning. We hated to see her go, but we'll be looking forward to seeing her at Christmas!

Aunt Laura: Part I

My sister was just in town for a few days over her fall break. It was such a treat having her up here. We mostly just hung out at the house, went to run errands, and went out to eat. It was fun just "doing life" with her here. Yesterday was probably the highlight. It was a beautiful fall day and we went to the Afton Apple Orchard (more pictures from that to come!).




Callie was mesmerized by Aunt Laura's guitar playing. After a little while, however, she decided she wanted to help.


Here we are at Pizza Luce. It's a fun pizza place in downtown Minneapolis. Laura loved driving into the city, reminiscing of her year here.