Happy Halloween!

What a spiffy ladybug!

Fall into Autumn...

Whew, it is finally cooling down and Blythe can play outside! We went to a local family farm and Blythe got her first taste of a Corn Maze and had a great time. Lots of pumpkins, a petting zoo, big tires painted like cows and all the dried corn you could ever want to throw.

Train Park Fun

Blythe's Papa Randy and Nanuk ("Polar Bear" for Grandma) were in town a couple week's ago and took their grandkids (Blythe, Kelton and Quin) to the Train Park! Troy made it back from Flagstaff just in time to join in the fun. Blythe wasn't sure about Papa Randy's beard at first but she got used to it pretty quick.

She even showed off how well she can walk now...

Kelton spent a little time in "jail"...

While Quin hid out under the stairs...

GrandMimi took a break and watched the kids run around.

Everyone rode the train, ate a cupcake in honor of Blythe's birthday and had an all around great time! It was a real treat to spend time with cousins and grandparents!

Great News!

Grandma Connie is much better and is now home resting and regaining her much needed strength! We all went up to Flagstaff to visit Grandma Connie and stayed here. It was a wonderful (and beautiful) facility and the staff was very accommodating. It snowed a lot and Blythe celebrated her birthday that week. In fact, on Blythe's birthday Grandma Connie got much better! Blythe got to visit her through a window at the hospital and it was a very good day. Thank you to everyone who sent their good thoughts and prayers to Grandma Connie.

Get Better Grandma Connie!

Blythe's Grandma Connie is in the hospital with some nasty pneumonia and we want to send her our love, support and prayers. We want her to recover quickly! Blythe can't wait to snuggle in her Grandma Connie's lap again!

Here is Blythe with Grandma Connie up on the mountain this past September.

Blythe is Moving Up!

We are really excited for Blythe – she is moving out of ‘infant’ day care and into the ‘bigger kids’ room (1 to 2 year olds). She will get to play outside more, do arts and crafts and really blossom.

"Moving Up" is a result of learning to walk and feed herself – it was hard work too! It took 2 weeks for her to figure out that eating is fun! Now she hums when she eats...

Blythe started to really crawl at Thanksgiving. Since then she has been very busy walking as much as possible. One thing we have learned about Blythe learning to walk is that she doesn't really want to walk, she wants to RUN! Here she is Christmas morning with her new "hippo" walker:

Blythe did bring it to my attention that I forgot to mention that if you click on the “slide show” picture (top left on page) you can view her pictures in a larger format.

And finally she wanted to share this funny cat picture with Grandma Connie. Blythe thinks Grandma Connie's cat "Will," could use a helmut too! We think its pretty funny and laughter makes everyone feel better!

Blythe is almost ONE!

As Blythe's parents we can attest to "one fast moving year!"

We are trying to give Blythe every opportunity for a "green" start in life. Especially in the food and health care areas. It's not always easy but with the help of friends (thank you Auntie Geggie!) and some creative shopping we have been fairly successful. We figure a good healthy foundation is our responsibility until she can make her own informed decisions and hopefully by then it will be a much easier & convenient lifestyle (don't we all want life easier & more convenient?)!

She has grown so quickly and loves the world around her! Blythe has been walking since Christmas and is always on the go. Her little fingers busy inspecting everything she comes across including the dog! She is just now showing an interest in opening cabinets, drawers and doors. So one of our new found hobbies continues to be baby proofing EVERYTHING!

Blythe had her very first haircut in December here by her Mommy's favorite stylist, Karen Holmes. It looks like we may be paying Karen another visit soon!
Blythe plays a lot, carefully inspecting her toys for entertainment and durability value all the while humming, talking and yelling with glee.

Her vocabulary is currently limited to "Da Da," at least that we can understand (she talks alot in her own language). The girls in our house like to talk which means soon her "Da Da" won't be able to get a word in edgewise!

Books are very big in our house too and Blythe often walks around with them. Her current favorite is "Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?" Her GrandMimi gave her this book and has read it to her so many times!

Blythe has a special rocking horse (actually a computerized pony) named "Sugar." Sugar makes pony sounds, moves her head and shakes her tail - Blythe is quite hypnotized! Grandma Connie (a great horse woman), was very excited to give Blythe this wonderful experience!

She has a couple other special toys that she particularly loves, this is one of them:


It's her "Bob's Big Boy" bank. Chewing Bob is not allowed, so her play time with him is limited to diaper changing time. It's pretty funny to watch her rock him like a little dolly!

She also LOVES this toy (squeals with delight!):It was given to her by her special "Nanuk." I had no idea Care Bear's were so delightful and beloved by kids but Nanuk did! Nanuk is pretty special!

We will be celebrating Blythe's first birthday very soon. It was a big decision whether or not to have a "Baby Luau" (a Hawaiian style first birthday party) but we decided to wait till next year since it will take a lot of planning and apparently a cousin with a truck (we know who you are!). This is a pretty funny description of just what goes into a Baby Luau!

Blythe's very important 1st year birthday party will be on a smaller scale and has a "puppy" theme (dogs also make her squeal with delight). We know she will have a great time with her friends and family!