We'll start at the end of September, when we went to the Maryland/DC area to visit friends and family. We spent a few days out at the beach, but Rose wanted to spend most of her time there on the playground.
Papa came out for a fall photo shoot at the French Creek Metroparks here in Sheffield.
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| Obligatory "kissing the belly" shot. |
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| "No! No kisses!" |
We also went down to Hillcrest Orchards in South Amherst for a corn maze and some pumpkin and apple picking. Rose enjoyed getting lost in the maze as much as she enjoyed eating apples off the trees and trying to pick up the pumpkins.
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| "Rosie's pumpkin! Face!" |
It was a wet, cool, windy Halloween night, so Rose stayed home to help us pass out candy in her jaguar costume.
Rose turned two at the beginning of November, and had plenty of family and friends come out to celebrate.
She did much better with her cake this time than she did for her first birthday.
We also had another obligatory "age made out of leaves" photo shoot.
And just this past weekend, we hosted Thanksgiving once again.
Rose has been a flurry of activity again, both physically and verbally. She can now run and jump, and speaks in phrases and sentences instead of just single words. This week, we moved her into her "big girl room," which has taken her a few days to adjust to. Now it's time to prepare the nursery for baby number two, who will be here in a few short weeks. Speaking of the pregnancy, Erin has been doing quite well outside of the expected heartburn, aches, and tiredness.
