More fun stuff...

And a picture of Esme staring intently at a pink flamingo, clearly taking after my Aunt Joyce...

Travel is Beneficial...

Angie, Esme, and I went with Angie's family to Banner Elk, and despite some interesting weather and my being sick we had a wonderful time. On Saturday we toured Biltmore and it was sunny and 65 degrees.



By the time we got back to Banner Elk it was snowing and we awoke to this:



I did learn about a Google Mobile app that rocks, and got me through the mountains easily and back home safely. Here is the link:

http://www.google.com/mobile/default/maps.html

And while we were gone, Esme learned something new. She showed it off to me this afternoon, and I couldn't help but post it.

Hah! It worked!

Boating with our Daughter

Yesterday we decided to take a quick spin on the boat with my mother, so we loaded up and headed off to the boat ramp. This is technically the second time we went out on the boat but I am a bit hesitant to show pictures of the first trip. Here we have a rare awake picture and while she doesn't seem overjoyed, she was quite quiet and comfortable for the majority of the trip. Even Angie seemed to be enjoying herself and we stopped by a waterside restaurant for some lunch. All in all it was a very enjoyable trip and quite a nice way to decommission the little boat for the winter (unless we have some unseasonably wonderful weather).

Happy Halloween (One Day Later)

We didn't have many trick or treaters but we did have a few creative ones. Obviously we didn't trick or treat as the concept would be a little lost, but we did meet the trick or treaters at the door with our special pumpkin.





It's not a difficult costume for her to pull off, she and a pumpkin have similar attributes. They both sit fairly still and look cute. She is far less still then she used to be and is way cuter though.

We went to our two month doctor visit yesterday and were pleased to find her in all the correct percentile ranges. She was a little low in weight, but the doctor was not at all worried and based on her development recommended doing some schedule changes that he thought she would be ready for. When our doctor asked us to brag a little, I promptly picked Esme up held her delicately under the arms and let her stand wobbly for a second, and said, there is my brag. Now I don't know whether that was a developmental bragging point, but she can sit up fairly well on her own and hold her head up really well, and she loves to stand with support and coo at us. Developmentally or not, I still thinks it's great. He thinks I am turning her into an acrobat, but it is not intentional I promise. We even had our first round of immunizations and despite the shriek and two minutes of crying during the shots themselves, we tolerated it well. Esme was back asleep withing 5 minutes, and so far we have seen no major side effects. We're optimistic that she will escape the fever and aches that can be associated with it, but we aren't out of the woods yet.

We have a social event to go to tonight and we will be really pleased if we can make it through an hour or so without a problem. It is a wedding, and I really don't want to be the ones with the screaming child during the ceremony.

Hope all is well with everyone out there.