Halloween

Captain Baby is 18.5 pounds, 28 or so inches, hitting all of her milestones on time. The Dr said she was a little short for her age, but then again so are we. Dr said she's doing great and we should keep doing what we're doing. I opted to get her a flu vaccine and I got the adult Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine.

On Halloween Captain Baby and I decorated the front porch while Minion #2 cleaned the leaves off the driveway so that it wasn't slippery. Then all three of us carved a pumpkin. Captain Baby decided that she didn't like the taste, but she approved of the mess it made. She also had fun helping to hand out candy.

Road Trip!

This weekend the Tiny Overlord and her two minions went on a road trip to the Charlotte Speedway to meet two of her Grandminions. She handled the car time very well, sleeping for most of the trip. When she got tired of being in the car, we stopped for lunch at a restaurant.

When we got to the Speedway, the Grandminions were properly appreciative of the Tiny Overlord and her cuteness. She demonstrated her new tricks of crawling and pulling herself up to stand, and basked in their adulation.



She was so pleased, she allowed both minions to go for rides in GrandDaddy Minion's hotrod.

We discovered that the Tiny Overlord likes hotrods, and seems to enjoy hearing engines rev. She was so excited that she had trouble sleeping that night. She obviously enjoyed herself and was sorry to say goodbye the next morning. Looks like we might have a Tiny Gearhead!

Exploring Autumn

We took the Tiny Overlord outside to experience her first autumn. I put her down squarely in the middle of a pile of leaves. She just sat there at first, looking at both of us. We reassured her that everything was fine, that both of us were right there with her, and we explained about the leaves falling from the trees. After some time to think, she started to explore and play with the leaves.

This is fun!



Look what I found, Mommy!



Our little actress, ready for her dramatic monologue. "To be or not to be..."

Crawling and Standing!

This morning, as we were packing to spend the weekend at a Friend Minion's house, the Mini Monarch became the Mobile Mini Monarch! For the first time, she crawled a significant distance - a few little crawling steps towards her Daddy. She's still scooting most of the time, but every once in a while she'll pull herself up onto her hands and knees and crawl for just a foot or two.

We exclaimed with pride and delight, which she took as her due, of course. The Mobile Monarch and I then went ahead with our planned trip. About once a month we spend the weekend at a friend's house that is about an hour or so away. There both of us get spoiled and enjoy a visit with a good friend and we return home refreshed and relaxed. On this occasion, the Newly Mobile Monarch spent some time outdoors on their deck, enjoying the last warm breezes of summer and watching birds, one of her favorite pastimes.

Then, after we got home on Sunday, she displayed a new ability; pulling herself up to stand! We were in her room, sitting on the floor, looking at her fish. She reached up, grabbed the top of the wooden cabinet that holds the tank, and smooth as could be pulled herself up. Once again both of her Minions clapped and cheered and generally made a big fuss over her.



I'll leave you with this picture, that her Daddy appropriately titled "Daydreaming."