A Failed Attempt

We went to the park yesterday to try and get some family pictures. It was a big fat fail. I put the camera on the tripod and set the self timer. Meghan would smile for the 20 seconds leading up to the capture but them something would distract her and she would look away. I see the purchase of a remote trigger in my near future.

We still got a few good shots of Meghan while we were at the park.

Being a ham as usual. She wouldn't stay still and kept walking towards the camera.

The wind made her hair look wacky but I still think this is a cute shot. I love this dress but I think when I do a redo of family pictures I'll put brown leggings on her instead of white tights.

More Birthday Fun

These pictures were from yesterday while we were at the park.

I love the expression.

Walking in the leaves. She actually did really well considering she has just started walking.

She's One!!!

Today was Meghan's first birthday. Here is a picture from our day, more will come. And yes those are capri pants, it was 80 degrees here today.

Happy Halloween

Meghan had her first Halloween today. She even got to trick or treat at a few houses.

Modeling her cute bumble bee costume.

Trick or Treating

Meghan's early birthday presents. A Little Mermaid car and cell phone from Grandma and Grandpa.

Got Dirt?

I was pretty sick this weekend, as was Meghan, so there wasn't too much fun going on. Nevertheless here are some pictures from the last week or so.

While I was getting things ready for work and daycare Friday Meghan took it upon herself to get into the pantry. She had found a potato and was noshing on it. Ya know, they say kids start to eat weird things (i.e. sand) when they are missing minerals in their diet. I wonder what eating a potato means?

Meghan's Great Grandmother gave this chair to her last Christmas. She loves the thing. She spends a great part of the day climbing into it with her books, doll, tiger, or anything else she can find. She has also discovered that she can stand up in it to get a better view out the window. Amazingly she is able to get out of the chair without hurting herself, though she still just rolls out occasionally. I guess it's just faster that way.

My intent was do do a few projects this weekend. I did not anticipate the nasty cold I have. So, the only project I got finished was this scrapbook frame. It has one of Meghan's first pictures, her hospital hat, her first pair of socks, and an M. It looks a lot better in person.

Baby Steps...

Meghan has been taking steps lately. We have been trying to capture it on video for days now. The problem is that every time we take the camera out she stops taking steps. I imagine it won't be long before she is really walking.

Pumpkin Patch Part II

More pumpkin patch fun...

Waving to herself. Meghan hasn't quite mastered the direction in which her hand should go while waving.

Playing with the big pumpkins.

A pumpkin hug.

With Kevin in the corn maze. It was really cold out, notice Meghan's mittens that are way too big. She kept trying to wave to herself with them on.

All in all, we rode on a hayride, went to the petting zoo, explored some pumpkins, and froze. Average high for October 11th is 74 degrees, today the high was 40 degrees.