Catching Up - October

The biggest news for Emma in October was that we hired a new babysitter named Linda for the days I work. Dan knows her family well since her children and grandchildren have gone to his school. Linda has been absolutely wonderful and made the transition super easy for Emma and us. Emma loves her and enjoys going to her house three days a week.

Linda, Emma, and I at a school event.

Early in October, we met several other moms and babies from our church at a local pumpkin patch. 

Riding the carousel with a couple of friends

Family picture

Running amok through the pumpkins! 

A few days later, my company raffled off two tickets to the Blue Man Group show, and I won them! They announced the winner on the day of the show, so we had to scramble to find a babysitter for our surprise date night. It was a lot of fun!

My younger brother, Steve, came to San Diego for a conference. He stayed with us, so we got to spend quality time with him in between his meetings.

The weather was gorgeous, so we spent some time downtown at Seaport Village.

All the kids were crazy about this dog kite!

Emma loved chasing the big kite tails, too. The man who owned this kite was so nice and lowered it to her level so she could play with it.

We had a play date with Emma's best friend, Ellie.

And with some sweet friends we used to go to church with. Lisa is holding her son, Jed, and Judy brought her boys, Ian and Jon, who are posing in the background. :)

Emma and the boys at the mall food court. Emma is demanding the phone. Ha!

We had dinner with our friends, Paul & Ann and Chris & Adessa and their kids. Both families have beautiful baby girls now! 

For Halloween, my department at work continued our tradition of dressing up like a cheesy TV show. 

This year, we were The Flintstones!

Emma still talks about Bam-Bam and Pebbles, although she hasn't ever seen the show. It took some work, but she had *just enough* hair to pull into a pigtail on top! I had to basically trap her in the car seat so she couldn't wiggle away from me. We mutually agreed to not try it again until her hair gets longer. Heh!