Dressing Up

So this post is late but I have a four week old so I am cutting myself some slack. In addition to welcoming a new baby we have had a number of other interesting visitors in the last few weeks...

First there was a renegade Tigger roaming the halls...

But terms out she was pretty tame, though a bit suspicious of this photographer...

Then a bumblebee showed up..

And this pumpkin (there are no words)

Bumbo! (pumpkin in Nemo speak)

Turns out more than one pumpkin hangs out around here...

Nemo's first experience Trick or Treating (though she still doesn't know what candy is..)

With her wand!

Oh and a really cute skeleton stops by occasionally ...

We've been having a good time with all these visitors... 

Welcome Simba!

On a crisp, sunny fall day in Chicago...

We welcomed Simba into our family!
(not her real name, hers is much less Disney)

We think she's pretty awesome

And so do most of her admiring fans!

Many more pics and stories to come. But for now I will say that Simba is fitting nicely into our family and we are incredibly grateful for her!

September Fun

The days are winding down on our time as a family of three. In September we've made a concerted effort to do some things that we won't be able to do when the new baby comes. One important thing on our list was to visit with Baby Les and her parents. Nemo was pretty gentle with Les, who is about 8 months old, though she couldn't quite understand why Les didn't want her pacifiers at all times. Nemo kept handing them to her and Les wasn't really that interested. But other then that Nemo was interested in the "baby" as she calls Les so we'll see how she likes having her own baby at our house soon...

Adventures in the west!

Nemo has had quite a few new experiences in the last few weeks. There has been hiking through the maintains, gondola rides way up into the sky, bear sightings (including one grizzly on the path!), boat rides on mountain lakes, swimming lessons, rock throwing, and plenty of swimming in cold mountain lakes!

And not to be forgotten her auntie's engagement, celebrated up in the mountains...

Though we love our city it is good to relax in the mountains for a while..

Three girls playing...

A few weeks ago we got together with Nemo's baby friends... One of them is moving overseas this month so it will be our last gathering for a while. Here they are in the Summer of 2012. It's so fun to have girls with my college friends that are all within a year of age...

searching for eggs

still searching

too funny!

it is amazing how big these girls are

moms and girls!

And just for kicks here's the three of them over the last two years...

Winter 2010

Spring 2011

Summer 2011

Fall 2011