Bash is here!

Bash arrived on Saturday and we've put him straight to work. After a fun round of golf with Dad, he helped attack the yard which has unfortunately become overgrown with weeds and dandelions. They raked the leaves (front yard) and he did an excellent job of mowing while Chris fertilized. They are quite a team and now our yard doesn't look quite so bad. Here's the fruits of his labor -

This is only half of the yard, the other side had just as big a pile and now we have 8 bags of leaves in the alley.

Crazy November

Why do the months with holidays always seem crazy? November (and a few weeks before that) has been busy. Here's a quick update - A visit from Grammy and Pops at the end of Oct.

A trip to the Pumpkin Patch on Halloween day

These pictures are her 7 month pics because I forgot this month to take pics with her lamb chair. Oops! And I realize that next week will be 8 months, but better late than never trying to record her accomplishments each month. I do have a goal of making her a real baby book on Spring Break when I'm done with masters classes and I hope it becomes a reality although I realize that this blog may end up being her baby book.

It has been a month full of milestones - Piper has mastered sitting up alone, is crawling, is pulling up and walking along furniture, and saying ma-ma. I chose to believe that she knows I'm ma-ma and says it when she's talking to me and Chris lets me believe this so we're happy.

For Halloween - we got a puppy!

This was in the school book parade.

Our puppy can sit, roll over, speak, attack, and play dead.

We invited Piper's birthday buddy Sally over and Piper played rough. She didn't understand why Sally didn't like it when Piper crawled up her back. We're going to have to work on her social skills with babies since she's the youngest at daycare and the other kids think she's so cute they let her get away with being rough and scratching.

Chris and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary. Woohoo! Chris got me these beautiful flowers which are a replica of my wedding bouquet. Thanks Robin and Rachel at Cymbidium.

We were fortunate to be able to go on two dates to celebrate. We had a great time and did a good job of not focusing on the little cutie we left at home.

Here is Piper's winter hat

Chris baptized a guy in our small group - Burton. We are amazed at the people God has put in our group and feel so fortunate to be surrounded by such wonderful friends who care for us and support us through everything.

And finally evidence of Piper's new tricks (sorry the pictures are in such random order)