Yay October!!!

Did you know that I LOVE fall?! Of course you did because I talk about it all the time, sorry Tim. I love everything about it! The changing colors, cooler weather, breezy days, fresh pumpkins and apples in the stores, pumpkin spice lattes, and of course...the Renaissance Festival! This was our 4th annual trip with the Clements. Our first trip was when they first met Tim, and then slowly we've all gotten married and had babies. And every year we have the best time! Rachel and I drink hard cider and watch the guys Drench a Wench, while their two year old, Wilson, says "Let's go Daddy!" So the Renn Fest is MD at a permanent location. It is this big area surrounded by trees with permanent building housing shops, food, stages, and of course jousting. And let me tell you, the craziess really come out for the event. There are of course the paid actors who portray the king and queen and so on, and then there are the people who dress up as whatever they want, and boy do they take it seriously! Let's just say it is my favorite place to people watch ;) So here are some pics from this year's trip:

Mommies and Babies:

Princess Elliot doing the "princess wave":

Queen Ellie and King Wilson:
First time on a swing was a hit!

7 months!

On Sept 24th (I'm still catching up on the posts), Elliot turned 7 months old! We don't have a dr visit this month, so I don't know her stats...but she's still our long & lean girl. Here some new developments:

• Her two bottom teeth are about a third of the way out. This mean I will probably stop nursing her soon...no explanation necessary.
• She sucks on her thumb occasionally but still wants nothing to do with the pacifier, which I'm told is a good thing.
• She shoots, but not too much. She still prefers to roll around.
• She says "mmm ma, ma, ma" when she eats. I have a feeling "Mama" might be a first word ;) Sorry Tim.
• She gets slap-happy at night right before bedtime. So that's when we get some really good laughs out of her!
  
• She loves any kind of food she's given and always squeals for more. Except store bought baby food. We forgot to make a new batch of her food, so I had to use my emergency stash of Gerber baby food. So gross! The whole time she was looking at me like "Really Mom?! This is supposed to be bananas?!"
• She is holding on strong to the 4:30 am feeding. I have a feeling another round of Cry it Out might be in store (cringe face).
  
• She loves daycare and hanging out with the big kids.
• She is over her stranger anxiety, thanks to daycare, and will let people hold her again.
• Her favorite restaurant is Guapos, THE best Mexican restaurant which happens to be in our village that we walk to. She loves all the lights and bright walls.
  

I know you all probably get tired of hearing this...but I love this little girl! We are so blessed to have her! She cracks me up every day and I can't wait to see more of her personality shine :)

PS-Today, Oct. 5, marks Elliot's first real cold. She has a little cold with some conjestion a couple weeks ago, but this one was accomponied by some feverish nights and fussy days. So with some good advice from my friend Brittany, and hopefully the dr tomorrow, Elliot will be well again soon!

Mary Vistis!

Tim's mom, Mary, came for almost a week in September. We had a great time! It's been hard balancing chores and caring for baby girl now that I'm working, so Mary helped out with some of the chores, which was nice. She also bought Elliot some adorable outfits that I can't wait to put her in this winter! The 5 of us walked to Village almost everyday and ate at some of our favorite restaurants. On Saturday, Elliot and I took her to Le Madeline. I knew Mary loved everything French, so I thought it would be perfect place for a girl's lunch. While Elliot contently muched on Cheerios, we dinned on soup, salads, and pastries.

On Monday, we went to Dogfish Head Ale House for Tim's favorite beer...and dinner. Of course they were out of his favorite, but they had mine! Tim likes it too, it's called Punkin. It is a nice pumpkin flavor beer with yummy spiced but not too heavy. The Today Show featured it, and the hosts loved it too! We usually eat dinner with the early birds because Elliot be less fussy (although she's always well behaved), service is better, and we get better seating. It was also a great time to get some nice photos of us :)
This one is my favorite: