Recent Video

Below are some videos of things we've been up to, enjoy!

Mae, cleaning out her pumpkin!

Swinging at the park with Mama & Papa!

Taking a short stroll around the living room (she can walk a little more than this, just not for the camera)

aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?

For Halloween, Maeby decided that she wanted to be Princess Leia, above all other options (actually, Jenn chose the costume, but together we decided that it's what Maeby would want had she the power to clearly communicate such knowledge.)
We spent the holiday with Chris and Sara in Salem, going trick r' treating up near Papa's old stomping grounds with Mae's three cousins.




Here she is with Hayliegh, whom the townspeople kept calling a bumblebee, for some reason. It was either really dark that night, people were really drunk, or Salem has the worst entomological savvy in the western hemisphere


With Jayna - a kitty/tiger


the whole gang - Alec would only wear the hat for pictures, spending the rest of the evening carrying it faithfully

With Grandma, who flew out for the festivities!

At her first door!

Mama came decked out as a member of the Dharma Initiative medical staff.

Eventually, we had to put another hat on underneath the wig, as it kept falling off. We probably could have just done her hair into the Leia coif (it's probably long enough), but we didn't have the time or the inclination to pin her down for a half hour of screaming.

Apparently, Papa's costume was to look like a total dork. This is why I prefer things behind the camera.

All changed and ready for bed.

This isn't the Hayliegh blog - but if she keeps posing like this I may have to give her a guest spot now and then.

Raiding the spoils.

She doesn't eat candy, but she does like to taste the wrappers and throw the pieces around.

Co-conspirators.

now and then and now again

Last month, we took Maeby out to the pumpkin patch, mostly in an attempt to recreate photos from 2008 and see how much she's changed (we'd already bought out pumpkins - at Winco - the day before.) Here are the results.

2008

2009

Infanthood

Toddlerhood

More toddlerhood

Baby

Kid

Adorable

Still adorable

Babe-in-arms

Big girl

Ashley's Visit

A few weeks ago our good friend Ashley came to visit us from Colorado. We had many adventures. The highlight of the trip was our trip out to the coast. Here's what Mae had to say about that:

(Don't worry, it was a very warm day)

We had a blast. It was so great to get to see Ashley.

seasonal photos

Mae loves the swing at the park, and will go for hours if allowed.

I kept trying to get her to play in the leaves, but she would simply crawl away the moment I set her down so she could go and eat top-soil

Also, I couldn't get her to face me

Carving her first pumpkin

guts