Ready for winter!

Tabitha is getting used to bundling up for winter these days. Last year it was fairly easy because we were just able to keep her in her car seat, and put blankets over her to keep her warm. Now that she's not in her bucket car seat any more, and we have to physically take her out of the car seat, she needs the whole gammet of clothing.

While we were smart last year to buy clothes on clearance at the end of the season, we misjudged her sizing for this year. We bought 18 month jackets thinking that they would be fairly close to fitting this year. Wrong....because she's barely wearing a size 12 month, we had to get her a new jacket. (The good news is that the 12 month size snowsuit we bought last year for $5 fits and she can now wear it!).

The one accessory she truly enjoys putting on...in fact Tabitha begs to have it put on, is her hat. As you can see by the picture, it's all about the kitty. It's cute how she'll just walk around the house with it on. Hopefully, someday when she's a teenager, she'll enjoy wearing hats as much as she does now (okay, probably not, but I can wish!).

I just thought that I would post these because they are cute. They were taken about a month ago.

I love this photo. It was a quiet Sunday morning after church, and the two of them were just watching the squirrels in the backyard. The moment didn't last long however...soon Tabitha realized that it was too quiet and started seeing if Fred could fit between the two doors.

I'm finally getting around to posting more pictures from Tabitha's 1st birthday!

Think she got spoiled this year?

Ohh...this looks very interesting!

More gifts?

This bug house is cool! How come you don't like the real bugs we have in the house mama?

Yes, I am 1 and I am cute as a button.

What is this?

Hey what happened to that real cake you just put in front of me?

Why is everyone insisting that I eat this cupcake? I don't want to!!!

Fred...what else can I say? He did this on his own.

"We're off to see the wizard...."

I didn't realize this until after I took the picture...but Tabitha's got a Dorothy (from the Wizard of Oz) outfit. The blue dress and ruby red shoes. What fun we have dressing her up! (oh...but she chose her"bracelets" that day...aka some rings that she's able to fit over her hands).

Go Dada Go!

James ran (and finished) the Twin Cities Marathon on October 2 this year. Tabitha wanted to make sure that she didn't miss his first marathon, so she came out on a cool morning to cheer her dada on!

Tabitha with her sign

Ringing her bell for the runners

Goofin' around

Dada you are awesome...just 13 miles left!

On his way again!

I can see the finish line!

FINISHER!!

With his medal (too bad I didn't do a good job focusing the camera)

State Park #5

A few weeks ago Tabitha visited Minneopa State Park. The park is about 1.5 hours south of where we live, in Mankato where Elise went to grad school. We were hoping for a better view of the fall colors, but most of the leaves had fallen. However, we enjoyed a nice morning of hiking, playing in the leaves, and a picnic lunch in the warm sun. Yay for fall!

Dada...I am ready to go!

Playing in the leaves is a lot of fun!

Evidence that I was at the park.

Yum...fiber

It's so much more fun now that I can walk.

That's all folks!