Happy Halloween!

Kylah has always been "daddy's little princess" - so how appropriate that she dress as a princess for halloween? She was definitely the cutest little princess I've ever seen :)

Her halloween fun began on Thursday with the kids from her daycare (grandma's house). They all dressed up, played outside, had lots of snacks, and each got to bring home a pumpkin!

On Friday Kylah got dressed up again before our neighborhood trick-or-treating began. She sat down to read princess books before it started. Appropriate, yes?
Kylah waiting patiently for the trick-or-treaters to come to the door:
Brian & Ashley helped us pass out candy, and the weather was so great that we were able to do it outside. Kylah and Riley loved it!

Kylah and our neighbor Shannon, who also recently turned 1:

Hope you all had a great halloween too!

Helping Mom Make Dinner

Kylah figured out a while ago how to open the cupboards and pull all the tupperware, pots and pans out. I was just waiting for the day she would explore the food pantry... Just as I was about to get dinner started on Tuesday night, she got a head start.So Mom, which one should we have tonight? The one up there looks good!

Can you just imagine what she's saying here? "Wow!" (Everything is either "Wow" or "Whoah" right now!) Ok Mom, Riley and I want these tonight!

MSU v. UofM

For those of you who don't know, we are a "house divided" cheer team. I say GO BLUE, Craig says GO GREEN...so every year around this time we battle it out during the MSU-UofM football game. I so badly wanted to dress Kylah in a Michigan t-shirt for this weekend's game, but Craig would've killed me :) Instead, she supported both teams by wearing blue AND green!

Kylah and Uncle Mark, watching the game together:

Snack time with dad: Yes, we all know how the game ended, unfortunately. But I'm not giving up on my team - we'll bring home the win next year! And Kylah will be right there cheering along side her mom for the blue team...hopefully :)

Play Date at the Mall: Friday, 10/17/08

Kylah and I met Amy and Olivia (almost 10 months old) at Rivertown Mall on Friday. We took the girls to the play area, and even though they didn't really play "together", they both had a lot of fun! Now that Kylah is walking everywhere, she kept leaving me to go play with all the kids. It was so cute to see her waddling around with them. Pretty soon Amy, Olivia will be too!!

Another quick video of Kylah walking...sorry it's sideways, I didn't catch it in time!

The girls, all tired out!

Promised Videos

Hi Everyone:

We apologize for how long it has taken to get some videos up on the blog of Kylah walking and doing some "neat" things, but she has an act for seeing the camera and forgetting what she was orginally doing. That said, we've caputred some fun times. Enjoy the Videos:

Kylah eating a popsicle:

Kylah getting up by herself in the middle of the Living Room (notice the clapping afterword):

Walking, talking and reaching

Perfect Fall Day

The weather is absolutely perfect in Grand Rapids today, 80 degrees and sunny. You'd hardly believe it's fall if it weren't for the trees turned beautiful shades of red, orange and yellow. It was way too nice of an afternoon to be inside, so we spent a couple of hours at Robinettes with the Lefevres. We enjoyed fresh apple cider, watched all the kids play on the slide, and picked out our pumpkins to carve. This is my idea of a perfect fall day!

Pumpkins almost the size of Kylah!

These are the pumpkins we'll be carving this year. One for dad, one for mom, and one for Kylah!

1st Steps!

Sunday was a big day for Kylah! She started taking her first steps...started out just two or three, and eventually became 5 or 6 on her own. Once she hits 5 or 6, she realizes no one is holding on and plops down to her butt - and crawling is still the faster way to get around - but she keeps trying! Now she'll just have to work on balance when Riley plows past her :)

As soon as we get it on video, we'll post it for everyone to see.