October Catch Up

I am failing miserable at keeping up with the blog. Bear with me, there is a LOT going on in the Alt household :) Update BEGIN!!

We went to visit Daddy in West Virginia while he was working there for six weeks :) He worked at night, and slept during the day- so we tried to keep Bean quiet while Daddy slept. That ended up with us spending lots of time at the pool! :)



I did everything I could to tire her out so she would be nice and quiet in the hotel room. Looks like it worked :)



At home we did lots of fun things to keep ourselves busy while Daddy was away! (Including trying to get Bailey used to the grass!) We went out to eat with Papa and Catie, spent lots of time with friends and went to Storytime at the Library :)



I did some crafty projects :) This is Bailey's re-vamped bow drawers. I finally got on the board with ModPodge! I see many more crafty projects to come!



I finally got Bailey to eat noodles!!! I have tried everything, tomato sauce, pesto, butter and parmesan, macaroni and cheese- finally homemade fettuccine alfredo with broccoli and chicken was a hit!



We had dinner at Papa's house :)



Daddy got home just in time for HALLOWEEN!!! I spent LOTS of time making Bailey's costume and I'm so glad it turned out as cute as it did. She looked precious and everyone got a kick out of our costume. Unless she was by herself- then they thought she was a bunny. Oh well. :)



It was freezing and Bailey was KNOCKED OUT after the ward Halloween Party :) But she had a blast and Mommy & Daddy ate all of her candy. Whoops!



Pumpkin I carved all by myself :)



Oh actual Halloween night it was rainy and cold outside! We went trick-or-treating with our good friends the Ramseys since Daddy was still at work. We lasted down one cul de sac and then took the babies inside!



October was a fun month of Mommy-Daughter bonding time, but we were so happy when Daddy came home!!

Punkin Chunkin :)

While Matt was gone in West Virginia we decided to keep ourselves busy! I had lots of fall memories to make with Bailey so where did we go? Ashland Berry Farm!! Of course, going to a berry farm the second weekend in October on a beautiful 70* day was going to be BUSY. We stood in line for about an hour and a half... but we finally got on the hayride! :)



This is what happens when I try to take self-portraits. Oops :)





Bailey was not sure what she thought about the pumpkins. We're still working on her walking anywhere that's not flat. She hates grass, and the dirt was definitely not her favorite :)





This is how Bailey saw most of the pumpkins :) Since the walking (more like falling ever 2 steps) wasn't working... we went for this. She looooved it! Giggled the whole time.





Ashland Berry Farm has a $20 "All You Can Carry" deal. You only had to take 3 steps!! So Grampa Bruce gave it his best shot!



How Tall This Fall?
One of my new favorite pictures of the Bean.



Chilling with Uncle Jake :)





And we finished the day off with a box of homemade doughnuts!! Don't mind if I do :)



There are so many things I love about the Fall. I love feeling the change of seasons and the promise of fun things to come. I love the smell of anything pumpkin, the falling leaves and Halloween! I can never pick a favorite season, but currently- this is it!

September Catch Up, Pt. ONE

We got to spend the first half of September enjoying spending time with Matt before he had to go out of town for 6 weeks. Labor day weekend we went down to Virginia Beach to spend time with friends and took Bailey to her first baseball game.






She wasn't too sure about the Fireworks after the game :)



This is such a rare occurrence now I had to document it. Little Miss never sits still for more than 30 seconds!



Now that Bailey is getting older, it's harder and harder to find ways to entertain her for more than 3o seconds. I've started getting creative :) So we built a FORT!



She played in the fort for over an HOUR! I consider that a success!! :)



This is why I don't blog as often :)
Whenever Bailey is awake this is what happens when I am on the computer. I'm lucky my screen doesn't have teeth marks yet!



Food is becoming such a big part of our day! I spend hours trying to figure out what to feed Bailey. I was determined that she would not be a picky eater. I failed miserably lol. She refuses to eat anything green. I can't get her to eat a noodle to save my life! (Is she my child?!) She actually turned up her nose at mac n cheese. I take that back... she sucked the cheese sauce off and then spit out the noodle. Goober. Some things she WILL eat (since that list is much shorter lol) Chicken, toast, yogurt, cheese, pears, peaches, bananas, goldfish, sweet potatoes, cheerios, puffs, grilled cheese, occasionally a green bean or two, we found out tonight she loves Saltines, she loves juice, and she still nurses a few times a day. At this point I try to get her to at least try what we're eating and then go from there. I'm trying to expand her palate so we'll see what we can get her to eat next! Sometimes it takes me so long to get my dinner, her dinner and Betty's dinner ready... this is what we end up with:



Or when she's really just OVER IT... I get this :)



Matt had a whole week off from work before he had to leave for West Virginia, so we decided to have a week of fun! We took Bailey to Maymont :)I didn't realize until we'd taken a bunch of pictures that Bean had left drool on the lens of my camera when she was chewing on it =/ So there are some blurry pics, but they're too cute not to include!



I almost forgot- Bailey loooves Graham Crackers. Her first experience with them didn't go so well (video here) but now she would eat a whole package in a day if I let her.



I have never seen anybody sleep as silly as little Miss Bean does :)



Anyone who has ever been around kids for any amount of time knows what it means when the baby gets quiet. Find out what they're doing QUICKLY!!! This is what I found :)



Apparently tissues are AWESOME. She does the same thing with toilet paper and every now and then I'll find a little trail of it around the house.

Grammie and Grampa got Bailey a toy to ride on. Of course I said, "Oh no way she's big enough for something like that"... boy was I wrong! She LOVES it! Not as much to sit on it... but to push it around and play with it. I can't believe she's big enough for a toy like this!!



We went out to celebrate a friend's birthday and got all dressed up as a family :) The weather finally got a little cool and it is so fun to dress my mini-me :)



Oh how much we missed Daddy when he had to leave after all of the fun we had when he was off for a week!

August...

I've been reminded of what a horrible blogger I am. I know, I know... it has something to do with the highly energetic ELEVEN MONTH OLD I have running around my house. So here goes- the rest of August went a little something like this:

Milk Coma
Dog Crate Adventures
Target Shopping
Silly Sleeper
First Olive Garden Breadstick
Midnight Cookie Dough Mmmm :)
Veggie Puffs
Bailey hates grass
New High Chair
Happy 3rd Birthday Isabelle!

And in photos: ENJOY!