Let It Snow...She's Ready!

Enola got a new snow suit, boots, hat and mittens from her Nana and Papa. We got bundled up to go see the Living Nativity in Waymansville on Friday night. She was happier once we got there and saw the animals and had some cookies.

We woke up Saturday morning to a snow-covered forest. It's beautiful out here!

Her Own Thing

Side note: WHAT? Two posts in one day? A Saturday afternoon to myself is a rare thing!
On with the cute pictures....

Now that Enola has become entirely independent in her mobility, she is also developing independence in her activities. She enjoys helping me with chores and carrying things around the house. Today, she took the contents of the bread drawer into her bedroom and put them in the washing machine. Luckily, I found the bagels and honey wheat before I ran a load of laundry. Her toy camera, on the other hand, was not so lucky:

A few days ago I showed Enola how to cover her Bitty Baby with a blanket and feed her a bottle. After a few minutes of suspicious silence I went to her room to see what mischief she was up to this time. There sat my perfect angel:

Enola has a wonderful library, mostly thanks to you! However, lately she's been bringing me books from the big shelf in the dining room:

Today she also found my old US Synchronized Swimming Rules guide. She was trying out some of the moves! (I promise, I did no posing here...it is all her!)

Her pike:

Her ballet leg:

Yes, the extension needs some work, but if I recall correctly, that was always the criticism I got, too!

Up North

We went north last week to see Grandma Elser and got to visit with lots of family! First we stopped in Lafayette where Nana and Papa were online with Eliza, James and Shel. These bffs miss eachother! Then, it was up to Steph and Elden's where we got to spend time with lots of family! Enola is sometimes shy (with Elden, and men in general) but she attached right to Grandma....All weekend E would walk right up to her for a quick snuggle, and follow her around. :)

The girls in their snuggly pjs. This is one big pile of cute!

We had an ultrasound on Monday. Everything looked really good with no concerns. The below image is a 4-D Realtime picture. The baby was really moving around a lot and never was in a very good position for pictures.

This picture is of the baby's foot.

Check out the link below for a movie of Enola's first experience with processing a deer. She was surprisingly helpful according to her mother.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck59c3gW0aw

Mums and Punkins

My Punkin with mums

Here are some fun fall shots from a few weeks ago. Enola got a new Bears shirt in time for football season. You can kind of see our nice new landscaping in this picture. It was taken BEFORE the deer started eating my mums.

A "Mum's" Punkin

Dave's design (my execution)...a portrait of Littlest Baby...did not win us any prizes or titles at this year's pumkin carving party. It was pretty close to being size-accurate! Cute or creepy? You pick.

Strawbaby

Enola was a strawberry for Halloween this year. She wore the hat for maybe three minutes at a time. She looked oh-so-cute, but by the time the Harvest Party at church actually started, she was pretty worn out, and this was the closest to a smile we could get. Sadly, I cannot take credit for making this costume.

Give me a hand...

Isn't this amazing and wonderful? Littlest Baby is now 14 weeks along (just finishing up the 1st trimester)...I can't wait to hold those little hands!

(not our baby's hands....this is an image from the Internet)

Miss Enola is growing fast, too! She's walking independently much more often now, and loves to "help" me unload the dishwasher. She gets to visit with little friends at the babysitters, and we read lots of books together at home. She is "talking" more than ever; mostly random babble, but she attemps words here and there. This week she's saying "baby," "bye-bye," and she tried "amen" tonight at dinner (she wanted to pray multiple times throughout the meal...kept folding her hands and expecting me to do the same).