Thanksgiving

Slane's first. I'm not sure it meant anything to her, but it was great for all of us. We have so much to be thankful this year, especially Slane. What a blessing!

She loved playing with other people and seeing both sets of grandparents at once. She also got to play in the padded playground at the mall, and had a fabulous time. She pulled herself up on a turtle, and crawled to the bottom of a slide and greeted the kids as they came down. She had a great time with all of the other kids running around.

Halloween and a gourd

For the last couple of weeks Slane has had a constant companion:


That's right, a gourd. She is on her third gourd at the moment, and people keep giving us more. She has been teething and it must feel really nice on her gums, because she chews on it so much that it squeaks. We had some professional pictures taken a couple of weeks ago and had to bring the current gourd along, and it is in almost every picture.


For Halloween, Slane was a pony, and we were her cowhands. Q and I borrowed Stetsons from my mom's boss and wore flannel shirts. On Friday, we were in Des Moines so we stopped by my sister's to see baby Ella and hand out candy with them. Ema was there too. Both girls were in costume for a while until Slane got too hot. Ella was a ghost (which, by the way, took searching at 3 Wal-Marts to find a onesie small enough).


On Saturday, we took Slane to see several friends in town until she got tired of getting in and out of the carseat, then we crashed at her godparents' house to finish out the night. The horse was even more cute because Slane is crawling now, and she looked like a pony on the go.


Here's a picture of the pony and her cowhands: