Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!! Here are a few pictures... Leah had pictures taken the other night per Grandma Linn and this is a few shots when we got home.. of course she was being a ham! We are looking forward to a few days off!!!!

Halloween 2011

So, Leah was a princess this Halloween, and she loved it.. She loved Trick-or-Treating. We went in Greene on Sunday night, and then went in Mason City on Monday night... So, here are a few pics of our little Princess :)

Getting ready to go... had to help Grandma sweep first...

And dust bust.. :)

All ready to go!!

Mom, this is heavy and it doesn't even have candy in it!!

Carving Pumpkins.. No thanks, Mom..

So, we got Leah a pumpkin to carve, and she wanted nothing to do with it... I mostly just wanted her to stick her hands in and get all the "junk" out of it.. although I should have KNOWN that she woudln't want to get her hands messy... So I mostly did the carving, and she played with her toys..

Holding on to me...hoping I wouldn't make her touch it...

See! She was seriously afraid..

I'm just gonna play while you do that Mom...

Happy Halloween Week!! :)

Cupcake anyone?

Leah would like to thank Grandma Linn for bringing over the Halloween cupcakes.....
YUMMY!! :)

I'm a little pumpkin..... or turkey.. one of the two. :)
Mommy loves you Leah :)

Another cake

I made another cake this weekend for my friend Paula. Her son Carson turns 2 tomorrow and he loves John Deere tractors, so i made a tractor cake (although I've totally gone against everything I've ever learned growing up on RED tractors!) :)
So, Happy 2nd Birthday Carson! I hope you like your cake :)

The John Deere Tractor

Carson's little cake for him :)

Extra cupcakesThe whole sha-bang :)

I met Paula in Story City to deliver the cakes, and it was good to see her!! It's been too long!! Miss you and good seeing you today!!! :)

18 month stats and pics

We had Leah's 18 month appointment today with our new pediatrician, Dr. Weigmann. Everything went pretty well. She was still 22 pounds, and 32 inches long, so hasn't changed much at all since her 15 month check up. She even "performed" well today with all the tasks the dr. asked her today, even showing her where her elbow and knee was. :) The dr. was pretty impressed. All she said was "Where is your nose?" and "where is your toes?" So, I, being the teacher mom that I am told her that we are WAY past learning nose and toes-- we're onto elbows and knees. :) Haha..
She got the flu shot today, and also had her hemoglobin and lead checked... just because she hadn't had that checked since she was 4 days old, and I had mentioned to the dr. that little miss Leah is a picky eater, so the dr. just wanted to make sure her counts were good. So, she had to get her finger pricked, and yep, that was awful- she hated it.. but then she got a sucker, so then she was fine :) So, we will find out the results to that and hope all is well. We are also going to have a weight check in 2 months, after our "loaded" calorie diet.. (I wish someone would put me on one of those kind of diets!) And then if all is well, she won't have to see her again until she's 2! O my lord, 2??! I don't think I'm ready!
Here are some pictures from tonight-- I swear she really does wear clothes... we just apparently only have the camera out right before or right after bath time.. :)

Telling me a story...

She apparently doesn't think I'm listening too well.... since this is the SAME look I give several 8th graders during my day of teaching... :)

and she's tired of talking to me... so she turns to Daddy..

No kisses for the camera..

Reading with Dad..

Worst BLogger Ever..

So, lately, I guess we've gotten busy because I have NOT blogged in almost a month... or maybe its been over a month.. Anywho, its been too long!
Leah is now 18 MONTHS!!!!! Where does the time go!? She is all over the place.. She LOVES her new daycare (probably not as much as Cara and Stacey.. :)) but she can barely wait for me to drop her off in the mornings. Every morning on the way, I say we're going to Millie's, and she lights up. I say, Are we going to Millies? and she says, "YEP!" THat's her new thing... its not yes and no... its YEP and NOPE. Apparently I must say that! Also at daycare, she has gone on the POTTY! Only a couple times, but there is a 2 year old girl there that is in training, and she wants to be like the BIG GIRLS, and she has gone for Millie a few times!!! Crazy to think that she's getting that old... fine by me, GOODBYE diapers cannot come soon enough. And she doesn't use a pacifier at all at daycare.. and only at night at home.
As for what she can do at 18 months... She jabbers up a storm. THings we actually understand are things like, YEP, and NOPE, Mama or MOMMY, Dada, ALL DONE, outside, DORA, BYE BYE, backpack (from Dora), NITE NITE, and other random things we say she tries to copy..
She can find her hair, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, tongue, teeth, tummy, belly button, toes, feet, hands, arms, and my personal favorites, knees and elbows. :) She loves to be Mommy's little helper in the kitchen, and loves to stir things. She's awesome at retrieving things like diapers and wipes, and tv remotes for Mommy and Daddy :)
We have her 18 month well check tomorrow after school, so I will post PICTURES and updated stats from the dr.

As for Eric and I, we're doing well.. School and football keep us busy. Its Homecoming week here at Mason City, and no one gave me the memo that NO ONE ACTUALLY dresses up for homecoming days.. oh well, I've dressed up everyday and the kids love it. Today was 80's day and yesterday was Crazy Day. Tomorrow is Pajama Day, Thursday is Class Color day (yellow for us) and Friday Mohawk Day. Should be a good week, and HOPEFULLY we pull off a win Friday night!! GO MOHAWKS!