Thanksgiving travel

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We were able to go visit family in Kentucky and Tennessee, even if it was only for a short time!

At Grandad and Bobby (Grandma Libby)'s house Elizabeth was fascinated by JC. JC is an amazingly tolerant cat! He was so good with Elizabeth as she chased him all over the house!

We also went to visit Great-Grandad and Great Grandma!

Great Grandma fixed a delicious meal for everyone!

Aunt Janice and Uncle Blake came too!

The food was very yummy!

Hanging out with Granddad

Playing dress up with Great Gandma Nan's feather boa!

There was a tiny chair with a bear in it, and Elizabeth wanted to sit in it even though it was too small for her!

Cuddling with Great Grandad!

We had lots of fun at Grandad and Bobby's house!

We also went to visit Grandma in Tennessee! She fed me lots of cookies!

She also had a fun bucket of toys for me to play with or in!

We found one of Mommy's old babydolls, and had lots of fun with her!

We even tried to help Grandma with her crocheting!

Christmas Tree

We were excited to get a real tree this year! Elizabeth was fascinated by the whole process!

We wanted to "help" daddy!

Lights are up!

Time to put the ornaments up!

All done! What a beautiful tree!

Play time at the Discovery Center!

Very serious about the telephone!

Hard at work in the kitchen!

I kept trying to get her to look at the camera - she finally did - to tell me, "no, no, no!"

She will climb and stand on anything!

This is a giant peg board like thing

Fall Pictures

Walking

Here are a few videos of Elizabeth learning to walk! Although she is wobbly she does it all the time now!

Here is John working very hard to try to get her to come to him, she has a mind of her own!!


Here she is walking down the hallway to get to a toy


This was after bathtime, she was in her pajamas all ready for bed and we were putting away some laundry. Elizabeth came upon a pair of her pants and insisted we put them on, so she is wearing two pairs of pants here! lol (Boy our living room is a mess!)

Fearless

So my darling daughter is still very timid about taking steps (she takes a few, but is very cautious) but she is fearless in so many other ways! She will climb to the top of her table, stand up and try to reach high things, she flings herself around the rocking ottoman, and frequently stands in her rocking chair! Silly girl!

You can't really tell, but she is not holding onto anything - She leans against the back of the chair and bounces so the chair will rock back and forth!

Dress Up

Elizabeth often requests to have her shoes put on (she indicates this desire by holding the shoe out to you and grunting incessantly, not satisfied until you put it in her foot! lol), she also likes to put bracelets and necklaces on, but last night Elizabeth put on quite an ensemble! It began while playing in her kitchen, she discovered her apron and wanted it on. Then she found one of her black shoes and wanted it on. Next she found a brown shoe and we put it on. Then she wanted to put her Halloween costume on, and finally she found an oversized pink hat! What a fashion statement!

She was moving around alot so it was hard to get a good picture :)


Here Daddy - taste this!

Busy in her kitchen! (I wonder what she is cooking?)

Pumpkin Shape Sorter

We often go outside to play (especially in the nicer weather) and today when we went out Elizabeth was instantly drawn to the pumpkin we had carved. She started out by standing next to it and taking the lid on and off, but quickly discovered that it made a really cool noise if she banged the smaller gourd against it (because the pumpkin is hollow). A little later she found a walnut in the dirt (this girl LOVES the dirt!) and started banging it on the pumpkin too. She then discovered that she could put it in the top or in the eyes (but it did not fit in the nose or mouth! :)) It is just like her shape sorter!

Here she is looking into the pumpkin after dropping the walnut in

Re-examining the walnut... hmmm... has it changed any?

Trying to put it in the nose

Putting it into the eye

Retrieving it once again!

Lots of fun!!