Whoa

Totally lost almost a month there. 

Amelia is loving her ECFE class.  Today we went to a park for a fall walk.  It's so much fun to watch the babies interact with each other.  For class we begin by playing with toys which is followed by "circle time" where we sit in a circle ;-) and sing songs.  My arms are really getting strong from circle time.  My girl gets so excited about the songs and games that she has to bounce the entire time.  She'll even bounce if I have her sitting down and she has a huge grin plastered on her face. 

Here's her class enjoying the wonderful weather today.

My girl has also somehow in the past month suddenly learned to sit up pretty well on her own. 

We started out using the boppy for support which works as long as the toys stay close to her.  After they move farther away she usually leans too far forward and falls on her tummy, which she hates.  She has pretty good balance now but hasn't figured out that she needs to keep the bouncing to a minimum if she doesn't want to fall over. 

Earlier this week we went to pick pumpkins from a Hay by George stand with Grandma and Kirsten. 

Other activities that have taken place in the past month include:

* Taking 6 month pictures (Hopefully I can take some time to finish reviewing them tomorrow)
* Helping my brother reshingle his roof
* Re-shingling our roof
* Play dates (Discovering Amelia really really really likes the swing at the park)
* Making Christmas presents and gifts for other events
* Many many trips to the library (we like to visit Gus the rabbit)
* Thinking that Amelia is saying Da da, I'm not sure she's connected yet what she is saying but Lucas sure loves to hear it
* Taking a journey to learn about whole, real foods.  Which in turn means a lot of home cooked from scratch meals and food.
* Planning and goal making, communicating more than ever, setting budgets
* Date night budget meetings (this could sound boring but usually lead to some very fun and interesting conversations)

Hmmm.....that's all I can come up with for now.  We may be busy but I'm sure enjoying our life and the direction it is taking.  Our little girl really has been a wonderful addition to our family and we constantly thank God for blessing us with her.