Baby Dedication

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

On the evening of October 5, Josh and I dedicated Eleanor Josephine at Tabernacle Baptist Church.

We recognize our child is a gift from God, and give heartfelt thanks for God's blessing.

We dedicate our child to the Lord, Who gave them.

We pledge as parents that we will bring her up "in the nurture and admonition of the Lord".

We ask God's blessings upon her life, to guide, guard and direct her through all her years.

We got to share the evening with 2 other families dedicating their sweet babies. One of the families we've grown very close to since we've loved to Cartersville. They have two boys, both two months younger than each of our girls. It was a great to share in the evening with them.

My parents came down from Indianapolis and Josh's older sister was there for the evening as well.

Trick or Treat

Happy Halloween! This holiday is so much more fun with kids. We had an absolute blast.

Pumpkin George 

G's trick or treat bucket I made with the help of my friend's circuit machine

Our only fall decorations this year

The day started off with a costume parade, trick or treating, and party at preschool. We have a couple of costumes so Genevieve was a giraffe for preschool. She was not a fan of putting on the costume. But she loved it once I got it on her.

Every day after preschool, Genevieve wants to stop and talk to the "turtle man" as I call him. (No idea why I decided to call him the turtle man.) She likes to point out his flag, eye, hat, back and shoes. Yesterday she also insisted on pretending to feed him some of her Halloween candy.

After nap time, we headed to church for trunk or treat. For the evening, Genevieve was a ladybug (same costume as last year) and Eleanor was a bumble bee. We decorated our car with a rubber duck shower theme. The ducks were a hit with the preschool crowd. Many tried to take the ducks instead of the candy. Genevieve loved handing out candy to the trick or treaters.

After trunk or treating, we went door to door trick or treating with our friends in their neighborhood. Genevieve loved it. We only hit up a few houses on their block. The first house we went to Genevieve and her buddy Connor walked right into the house and were playing in the living room. Good thing it was our friend's neighbors and they thought it was adorable.

About to try to take a picture of 4 kids. So far this is the only one cooperating

My two little bugs

Best we could do with 4 kids age 2 and under

Eleanor - 6 Months Old

I can't believe this little bit has been with us for half months now. Where has the time gone?

She is desperately trying to crawl. She gets up on hands and knees and then belly flops forward. I would be shocked if she isn't crawling by the end of the week.

Still no teeth but I bet those bottom two will be making their arrival soon.

On October 30 at 10pm, she had her last nursing session. She is fully on bottles and formula now. I do have some frozen breast milk stored up that she will get to have while it lasts. She is loving her rice cereal. She seems so excited by food. Today at lunch I was holding her on my lap and she kept giggling and kicking her legs every time the fork came near her. We are going to expand her menu options soon.

Genevieve has started calling her by her name. E-E-nor!  She can't quite say it correct it though. It's so cute.