October just flew by...here are some highlights that I missed!
Ella and I at Zeeland hospital meeting one of my dearest and oldest friend's, Lisa's, newborn twins...welcome to the world little Cadence and Brynnley - congrats Jeff and Lisa! Besides the blessing of them being born healthy at 37 weeks, they decided to come on Ella's 2nd Birthday...thanks for holding out that extra day Lisa;) To top it off, Lisa and I discovered that we had the exact same rooms at the hospital too!
The second weekend in October we went to Post Family Farms with Wiersemas to pick pumpkins and see the animals...
Ella and Lily up to a little mischief:)
For some reason Ella was totally freaked by the goats so Brad had to hold her in order for her to get near them.
But she adored the baby kitties!
Ella thinks cows are aweome but boy are they are big and a little intimidating up close!
Picking the perfect pumpkin...
Betsy, Lily and Jake on the hayride back from the pumpkin patch
Our little fam...Ella wasn't having it - she kept saying that night "no more pitures mom!"
Lily starting a hay fight...Ella was not having that either:)
Precious cargo:)
Ella loves to play on the swings outside...her smile is just so contagious here!
Brad and I managed to get a day to ourselves to clean up our yard before winter weather creeps in and my Dad stopped by to lend a hand ...now spring cleaning outside won't be so overwhelming next year - thanks Dad!
On October 16 our niece Carley turned 4 years old...Strawberry Shortcake style - Happy Birthday Sweetie!
Some of the weather in October was just gorgeous and this particular morning we tried to soak it all up!
Ella has recently been really enjoying acting like a grown up...
like wearing Mommy's "dresses"...she sneaked these out of my private drawer:)
and she also loves to act like a "big girl' by wearing our shoes and clunking around the house in them;)
On October 23 Ella officially moved out of her crib and into her toddler bed. We were really nervous how it would go but she went right to sleep for her 1st nap and that night she slept 12 hours straight - it was awesome. Can't say it has always been that easy since then but overall I think she did really well with the transition. The main thing that is difficult is when she shows up in our room in the middle of the night and we have to decide if we going to drag our butts out of bed to bring her back to her room or to endure a night of sleeping like sardines:) This move really made it real how old she is getting! The next thing to tackle is to get rid of her paci all together. Right now it is just at naps and bedtime - one thing at a time, right?
A glimpse at her pre-nap routine:)
Me at 30 weeks pregnant...
Baby Boy Koning is doing great! I have been feeling really great and have quite a bit of energy which is unexpected, but I have a feeling that will start to change any time now. Nesting is definately happening in our house too:) He moves around a ton and can make sleeping at night a challenge, but other than that, I have no complaints - can't wait to meet my little man!
A Happy Halloween with our little monkey!
"Trick or Treat"ing at Great Grandpa and Grandma Essenburg's house...Ella had the phrase down...it definately helped that when she said it she would get some candy:)
What a sweet little pony and monkey!
Visiting Grandpa and Grandma Koning with Lily
Visiting Grandpa and Grandma Rotman
Cousins Carley the princess and Reed the scarecrow happened to be at the Rotmans too - how fun!
