Secret Operation

My mom is not a fan of tacky Christmas decorations and that includes inflatables. We always joke around about putting an inflatable up in my parents yard. Well, this year it happened. Adam and I took advantage of them being gone at a Cavs game on Friday night and borrowed an inflatable that my work was not using this year. So when my parents got home from the game jolly old Saint Nick was in the front yard!!! The best part is he is still up, just moved to a different spot in the yard. I think my dad secretly likes it.

Crawling and Standing

Izzie turned 8 months last week and started crawling and standing!!! I am not ready for this. She was all over the house this morning. She seems to be very interested in things she can not have, like the fireplace poker and now the bottom of the Christmas tree. She is pulling herself up on anything she can and standing pretty good now.

Izzie's First Halloween

For Halloween we dressed Izzie up in a pea pod costume and took her out for our usual Sunday walk during trick-or-treat. She slept the whole walk! I am sure in a few years that will not be the case when there is candy involved.My sister watched Izzie last Friday night and Adam and I went out on a date. When my sister watches her she love to do photo shoots. This time she had her out in the yard with all the leaves. She could not get a good pictures because Izzie kept looking down and eating all the leaves. If you need leaf clean-up give us a call and Izzie can come over and take care of them!

30th Birthday

So I turned the big 30 on Tuesday and celebrated my birthday last night with a surprise party. Adam had me thinking we were going out to dinner for our 5th wedding anniversary (which was on Friday) but when I walked into Wolf Creek Winery there were friends and family to surprise me. I really had no idea. My mom was so proud of herself for not spilling the beans to me! We were outside on the patio which was a little chilly but had lots of great food and drinks. They do not have a restaurant there so you get to bring in your own food which was fun. My sister knocked herself out again with all kinds of treats. It was a great 30th birthday. Now I have to come up with something really good for Adam's 30th birthday in December. Any ideas...

Izzie Is 6 Months

Izzie is 6 months old now (as of last Wednesday) and boy does time fly. She had her check-up and shots today at the doctor. She is up to 14lbs even and 24 1/2 inches long. Still in the 20% range for weight and height. She has been sitting up on her own for about a month now grabbing everything in sight to put in her mouth. We started feeding her baby food about 2 weeks ago and she is starting to get the hang of it now. I am making all of her food which I am really enjoying. I have made sweet potatoes, squash, pears, peaches, and bananas so far. It saves a ton of money and I like knowing what she is eating.
Below are a few pictures of our little buddy.

Aunt Mimi watched Izzie a few weeks ago and did a photo shoot with her. Here are a few of the pictures she took that night.
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Cold and Other Stuff

Izzie has her first cold:( She has not been herself today because of it. I think she is also teething, so that just adds to her fussiness.

My grandma's 80th birthday was yesterday so we all went down to Coshocton for her party. We meet for lunch at Ravens Glen Winery and then went back to her house for cake and ice cream. 9 out of her 10 kids were able to make it plus a bunch of grandkids and great grandkids. Below are some pictures from the day.

The garden just started slowing down the other day. I have been a canning machine the past few weeks. Adam even made salsa and canned it on Saturday. Tomorrow I am going to start making Izzie her baby food and freezing it. I bought some sweet potatoes and a butternut squash to start with. We are going to start feeding her food sometime soon.

Izzie got a new jumper that the Battles were done using. She is hysterical in it and loves it. Thanks Grace and Lydia.

Check out my flickr page to see a video of her in action!

I other news...Adam's sister Sarah and brother-in-law Troy had their first baby on Tuesday. Welcome Malachi Troy Sonnleitner!!! He is the first grandson on Adam's side of the family. The picture is of Grandpa Ed and Malachi.

Dumb and Annoying Products

My sister sent me a forward yesterday, which I typically do not read, but this one was great. It was from a lady writing to Always (monthly friend pads) in regards to the marketing campaign "Have a Happy Period." Whoever came up with that slogan must have been a man. The last thing a girl wants to see when using a monthly friend product is it to say on the package "Have a Happy Period." There is nothing happy about your monthly friend. WTF marketing people, dumb!

For those of you who have made formula bottles, you know about the little measuring scoop that comes with each container. Well, how annoying is it when they bury the scoop almost all of the way at the bottom of the container, WTF. Lucky I have outsmarted them and saved a scoop from a previous container, annoying!