The Color of Fall

 
For anyone who has ever wondered what the color of fall is, this is what it is to me. This tree is right outside our living room so it looks so nice with all the brown and red in our living room. I love fall!

Wow!

Here is a short video I got of Addie last week & keep forgetting to post. She's saying "wow." She's been working hard on her "o" sounds for the past week or so. She also signs baby, dog, and sleep for anyone who can't understand what the muffled voice in the background is saying. :)

Hangin' Tough Halloween

Well here is my little Texas A&M Cheerleader. This is ironic on a few levels. For starters, Texas A&M doesn't actually have cheerleaders so it is interesting that the costume exists. Secondly, I have always made fun of my friends who were cheerleaders in high school so I guess I'm already eating my own words? :) I found it at Target in College Station a few months ago. It was a good deal and it would fit nicely under a warm coat for our fabulous Iowa weather so I took it.

Addie had a good time at two different Halloween parties this weekend. She really liked the second one which was geared towards younger children. We saw so many crazy costumes. People get so creative for Halloween. I think I just can't handle the competition so I just stick to black. One couple dressed up as the "American Gothic" painting...frame and all. We also had an entire family of M&M's (white tights included!) Billy Idol plus a wife a baby who both had matching punk hair. Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat were also there...just to name a few for you folks that might want to be cool next year.

All the Halloween "spirit" around and the parties reminding me of childhood things were the perfect prelude to hearing "Hangin Tough" by New Kids on the Block (NKOTB for those in the know) on our way home yesterday. I laughed so hard as I thought about how cool I thought that song was, how cute I thought Donny Wahlberg was, and how much I enjoyed sitting in the highest possible seats of Reunion Arena for their concert in the sixth grade with my friend Kinsey. I even remember the earplugs her mother was wearing to block out the screaming girls no doubt. All of my friends at school were so very jealous that I would get to see them "live." I was too young to even think anything of how bad the seats were. Ahh the perspective of an 11 year old.

This Little Piggy

 
I tried pigtails on Addie today and it turned out pretty cute. I have to admit, I have been surprised by how I find fixing Addie's hair more of a hassle than fun. Dressing her, now that's a different story. If the final product of the hair fixing is good, then it's worth the effort but if she puts up any fight I give up.

Okay, this picture doesn't even do justice how insanely funny the moment was. I have an empty powder compact that Addie likes to play with while I'm putting my makeup on. I gave it to her while I was feeding her dinner tonight and she opened it up and had the best time looking at herself. She'd close it, need me to open it for her, and then when I'd hand it back she was just as surprised as the first time I handed it to her. Funny girl - all GIRL!

Daddy Daughter Outing

 
 
 
 
Anthony took Addie out for the afternoon yesterday. After his rotation in Des Moines, not only was I a little tired of hanging out with a one year old, but Addie was definitely tired of me. They went to the dog park, which she always loves. Kinda sad since we don't actually have a dog...but she still enjoys it. Then they walked through a frisbee golf course that went through the woods. Anthony said Addie loved it. Obviously, she was with her dad because she's wearing a red bow with her pink and brown outfit and when she got home she was filthy! Not to mention the picture he took of letting her eat leaves or sticks or whatever that is. Now on to two weeks of Anthony working nights. Bla!

Help Me Understand

Okay, so sometimes I post things asking for feedback and nobody humors me (like what Jane Austen heroin are you?) I REALLY need some help here understanding the world around me. Are people actually watching this show? Is it funny? I lacked the gene necessary to find the Geico commercials funny so there's just no way I am understanding that this has become a primetime show on a major network. The Neilsens are not polling me, that's for sure.

Here are some shows I have loved that seemed to have some real writing and acting credentials involved: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, October Road, What About Brian, and Notes from the Underbelly (not GREAT, but no cavemen present.) Someone help me understand why Caveman is on my TV and not one of these?? The reality shows were hard enough for me to take, and Deal or No Deal makes my head spin, but I'm truly at a loss.

Who Needs Toys Anyway?

Well, it has been over two weeks since Addie got her little chair and it's still her favorite "toy." That is actually a record for any of her other toys. If we are in the living room, her activities revolve around it. Someday it will be funny to tell her that her favorite thing to do when she was one was sit in a chair. She gets in, gets out, stands up, sits down, takes toys in and out...whatever. Last night her friend Grace was over and they both took turns getting in and out of the chair. It was pretty funny to watch. Who would have thought?

Grandma Sun Ae Berg

 

Anthony's mother passed away last Thursday, October 4th and we went to her funeral on Saturday in Palestine, Texas. It seems strange to blog about the exciting, silly, funny, or unimportant events in our life without mentioning this very important but sad event. She absolutely blew me away with her love for my Addie. That is something I can never forget and can't wait to tell Addie about.