Gobble Gobble!

After a very short work/daycare week, we were happy to spend a long Thanksgiving weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Blatchford, along with Aunt Kate and Tristan.

Thanksgiving Day was wonderful, we enjoyed spending time with family. Delanie was able to eat some of the foods we were eating for Thanksgiving dinner - sweet potatoes and green beans!

In terms of development, Delanie is on the verge of crawling. She is able to lunge forward to grab something, land on her knees then scoot back into a sitting position. She makes her way around the entire room by doing this, but never actually crawls on her hands and knees. It reminds me of a weeble wobble - she won't fall down!!

Over the weekend, Dave and I also got some time to ourselves. We went to the movies and the mall for a little shopping. It was great to have the help with the baby!

We have so much to be thankful for this year - with the addition of Delanie Ann Blatchford to our lives being #1 on our list! But also, our health and our supportive and loving families and friends.

Holiday Photo Shoot

We had our family photos done yesterday, so I am sharing the ones of Delanie by herself. The family photos will be in our Christmas card, so we can't share those yet!

It has been a few weeks since we have recorded anything of substance, but life just got in the way! We have had some ups and downs over the past two weeks, but are excited to have some time together as we celebrate Thanksgiving.

Last week, Delanie and I went to our first aqua babies class. It was so much fun! It is a water aerobics workout for mom, set to nursery rhymes and songs, with interactions with baby to match both. Delanie went under water for the first time and did fantastic! Some of the infants were even swimming several feet underwater, but we're not quite ready for that!

Delanie has also become VERY vocal over the past two weeks. Daily reports from daycare now include comments such as, "Does Delanie growl like a monster at home?" Dead serious. She says dadada when she looks at Dave, although she doesn't stop at two syllables. And she also calls me dadadada!

Delanie has 6 large teeth and her hair is starting to grow out. She doesn't crawl yet, but she can type:7i8 kiul uikmo;pmo lnp,p' iopko0,p

She does go from sitting to kneeling, which is what she did just now to lunge
for the laptop.

As for Dave and I, we are doing great! Dave turned 30, and we celebrated with a dinner date out. LAst weekend, we got some time out for a dinner date and drinks with friends.

We hope everyone has a happy and safe Thanksgiving! Enjoy the pics of our little elf!

Extra Extra!

Read all about it! Some video of Delanie reading today's paper!

Happy Halloween!

Here are some pictures of our 'lil pumpkin on Halloween! She had two costumes, and it is a toss up as to which one she was cuter in!


The first picture is of Delanie, dressed as Tinkerbell. She had a lot of fun chewing on the wings of this costume!

Then, we switched her up and put her in a pumpkin costume.

Now, Delanie's first Halloween was pretty uneventful for us. She has been sick since mid-Oct. We kept thinking she was returning to her ol' self, but then her fever would spike again or she would get sick and we would start all over. So, we had to cancel our Halloween celebration with friends and our plans to go Trick Or Treating with Delanie's cousins, Skylar and Jayson.
Instead we stayed home and handed out candy to only about five groups of kids. But, the highlight of our evening is when I said "kid" Delanie parroted the word back to me! She did it two seperate times, but of course, would not do it on cue.

We hope everyone had a wonderful, safe Halloween! To all the people we canceled plans on - we'll see you next year!