Happy Halloween!

Krysten celebrated her very first Halloween last month with great excitement. The fun began on Halloween Eve when Krysten and Dave carved her pumpkin that had been grown by Nana and Papa in their garden. Krysten provided supervision while Dave did most, well really all, of the work.

After he was done, Krysten inspected Dave's work and gave her stamp of approval.

The next morning, Krysten began the day by exchanging gifts with Grandma. Grandma had brought Krysten a Halloween basket of goodies, and Krysten gave Grandma her birthday present.

Later in the day, Grandma brought Krysten to my work for our Halloween party where she met Miss Lita (who usually doesn't look quite so scary).

And here is our little Strawberry, all dressed up with nowhere to go, as she is still a bit too young for trick-or-treating.

She did take moment to pose with her jack-o-lantern after it had been lit on the porch.

One of Krysten's favorite things to play with is a cell phone ... yes, she does have a play cell phone, but prefers the real thing (same with remote controls too). Well, on Halloween night she was playing with a cell phone and we decided to see what she would do if the phone rang ... you can see her reaction for yourself on this video.

Earlier in the month, Krysten was introduced to her first pile of autumn leaves. It was a bit nippy that day, so we didn't play too long.

And, of couse, she celebrate with Dave when the Phillies won the World Series!

Although I'm not sure of her exact height and weight right now (she will have her 9-month check-up next week), I do know that Krysten is getting to be a very big girl. So much so that she has outgrown her baby bathtub. Here she is having her first big girl bath in the big bath tub, playing with her Nemo toys of course.

Last night, Aunt Mary showed her skill as a top-notch teacher when she taught Krysten how to wave bye-bye. Unfortunatley, I am having trouble uploading the video we have of her doing it ... we'll have to catch her at it again and share.

As far as other developments go ... our daughter is a barrel roller for sure! She rolls all over the place, and has even mastered rolling over on the changing table without falling off (don't worry ... she is always supervised while on the changing table). For some reason she just loves to turn over onto her stomach and stick her little bare butt in the air, which is always tons of fun when poop is involved. Krysten can get up on her hands and knees, but is not quite sure yet where to go from there. She has rocked back and forth a few times, but no crawling yet. When she is on the laminate floor in our family room she able to scoot herslef pretty much wherever she wants to be ... and she loves to stand! She can't do it by herself yet, or even pull herself up, but with someone supporting her, she is most happy when she is standing. It looks like it wont be long until we have a baby in motion!

Today is Veterans Day, so I had the day off and Dave only worked until 1:00, so Krysten and I met him for lunch before doing some shopping at Babies R Us for a convertible carseat (yes, she has outgrown her infant carrier seat too). All in all, a good day, and Krysten seemed to enjoy our little family outing.