Halloween

Leah's first Halloween was a success. She had fun trick-or-treating (to the one house we went to), giving out candy and even kept her costume on for the whole evening.

Here's our sweet little lady bug...

 

 

 

 

Skyping with Grandmas and Grandpas:

 

 

Our one trick-or-treating stop - Uncle Clint and Aunt Paige's:

 

 

A Mermaid and Captain America stopped by our house:

 

The best Halloween gift - Who Loves Leah book:

 

And ready for bed:

 

We hope everyone had a great Halloween!

 

 

 

9 Month Photos

9 month pics were a quick effort this month. I wanted to get some but I'm waiting for her year pictures to take more time to get some really good shots. Plus, with Leah crawling now.. pictures are getting really hard to do. These aren't edited because my computer was down last week and I lost my editing software when it got rebooted.

It was kind of a mess this month :-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visitors

Leah and Ziggy both watched these guys for over a half hour. The pics are hard to see but it is a flock of geese at the pond in our backyard.

 

 

 

 

Cousins

Well... getting a picture of these kiddos together wasn't easy. Especially with Leah being about 2 hours overdue for a nap. But, here are few shots of the Cermak cousins.

 

 

 

 

 

Jerit loved picture time... being a ham for the camera.

 

 

Blake's Birthday Party

Last weekend we got to celebrate Blake's 2nd birthday. It was a quick trip but we had a great time opening presents, eating cupcakes and spending time together.

9 Months Old

You have started to learn so many tricks this month. I'm still in shock that you are already 9 months old. Time is cruising by and you are cruising too so it's hard to catch you for a picture. Here's my struggle pics to get my favorite 9 month sticker picture below.

Here's what's new:

• You love to eat! Your favorite part is when you can pick up the food yourself. You like your baby food but finger food is what makes you smile. You are still eating fruit and oatmeal in the morning; veggies and rice for lunch and now a meal type food for supper.
• You always hold your own bottle now. You prefer it that way so you can put it in and out as you please. 
• You still aren't good with your sippy cup, but I think it is mom and dad's fault because we haven't been very good about giving it to you.
• Still just have your two bottom teeth.
• You have learned SO many new tricks:
• You clap
• You put your hand over your mouth and say 'oh, oh, oh, oh'
• Make a clicking noise
• You can pull yourself up to standing all by yourself
• You are getting good at taking steps
• You are a very fast crawler now
• You wave all the time 'hi'/'bye'
• You like giving hugs -- SO cute!
• And your favorite of all... giving hi 5's. You love it and it makes you giggle when mom gets excited over them 
• I'm pretty sure I've heard you say "Ziggy" multiple times now. You love Ziggy! You like to give him treats and bones, crawl after him where ever he goes and give him hugs. He loves to give you kisses.
• You've had a few nights this month that you have slept through the night... it's been awesome!
• You had your first 4 days alone with dad while mom was on a work trip. Dad said you were better when mom wasn't around. I think it was mostly because you didn't do your screaming when mom leaves the room (lucky dad).
• You had your first bad diaper rash. Yuck!
• You know the word 'no' but you still do what you want anyway.
• Your favorite toys are any kind of balls and getting pushed on your roller coaster car.
• You love to take all your toys out of the basket and just leave them on the floor - not play with them, just take them out. 
• You also love to drop things. You drop everything... then you have to go look for it and try to reach to get it. 
• You are wearing clothes up to 12 months and size 3 diapers still.
• Da Da is still your favorite word.
• We can't imagine our life without you. You like things your way, are naughty on purpose and love to scream but we wouldn't have you any other way. Your smile lights up a room and your personality is all your own.  

8 Months Old:

 Our Big 9 Month Old:

Happy Birthday Blake!

A super special cutie is turning 2 today. Blake, you have such a wonderful, fun-loving personality. We love your huge smile and the smiles it brings to all of us.

I hope you had a blast at your Mickey Mouse birthday party yesterday and we can't wait to come and celebrate with you next weekend!

Love you!

Happy Birthday Auntie Chas

I hope that you have a wonderful birthday Chas, because you are a very special aunt. You spoil me rotten. But it's not only with all the gifts but also with your time and attention. I love our time together on our evening walks with you, me and Ziggy. That alone has made moving into town totally worth it. Thanks for all the fun tricks you have taught me... the most recent being my clicking noise (which I love doing by the way.) I'm a super lucky girl to have you in my life.

Love,
Leah