Friday nite soccer

Your dad has been playing soccer on Friday nites. Your dad LOVES the game. He loves to play, coach, and watch anyone play the game. We watch our friend's daughter play and he yells from the sideline like he's one of the parents. I must say he does know what he is talking about. Anyway, we went to watch him play the other Firday nite. Actually you walked around and I followed you. Not much watchin goin on. I kept trying to keep your gloves on your little hands. It was a chilly one. We ended up packing up early and waiting in the car until he finished.

Birthday weekend

We packed up our car and headed to Nebraska for your dad's birthday weekend. We visited grandma & grandpa King, grandma & grandpa Wimmer, and had a gathering with Aunt Susi & Grandma Schuett. It was a fun filled weekend with our families. There were a few people missing, one of which was your grandma Dorsey. She was in Washington DC for a media conference. We missed her, among the others who we didn't see. As you will learn, family is hugely important to us! We are all three blessed with amazing family. Thanks to our family for loving us UNCONDITIONALLY and being a part of our journey.

Grandma Cindy giving daddy the Wii

Blowing out birthday candles

Daddy's brother Uncle J.R.

Grandpa Frank

Pic of you touching the entertainment stuff that you were NOT supposed to

Grandpa Dorsey, Daddy, and Uncle Jay opening presents

The ladies (minus a few:(

Grandma D bought this car for you. (her house is like a daycare filled with toys and right now you are the only kid enrolled:)

Happy Birthday daddy!

Happy Birthday Lateaf! Thank you for being such a great man. Words can't even begin to express how wonderful your daddy and my life partner is. Pictures and videos:) are worth a thousand words (or however that saying goes):

Back to the Farmstead

You and I headed to Deanna Rose Farmstead today for an outing on this beautiful autumn day. you went on the swing, watched a worker get a goats head out of the fence (poor little goat poked his head through the fence and couldn't get it out), saw a farmer milk his cow, you pet a calf's head, and watched all the little kiddos run around. As you get older, I know you are really going to love this place.





Notice that in the pics you are shoeless...this has been an issue for momma these past couple days since you've been walking. Up until know we just don't do shoes. Don't get me wrong we have shoes for days but they just don't work. I try to put them on you and they fall off or hinder you from getting around. You are a bear crawler and therefore have a hard time manipulating the shoes to crawl. You can do it, but just get frustrated with them. I don't blame you, I'm not a fan of shoes either. So, I have been investigating shoes for you online and hopefully we will solve this problem soon. In the meantime, I'm that mom and I'm ok with it.:)

What??? A tooth is popping up???

So your momma is CRAZY and for a long time I thought you were teething since about three months old but nothing happened. Ask grandpa D, he gives me hell about it:) I almost don't want to tell him, rather show him next time we see him. Anways, big changes are going on with you lil mamma... Not only are you walking around, but a little tooth has poked through the past couple days. It's still on the surface, but when I rub my fingers across it, there is a little sharpness to it. You are moving your mouth around knowing there is something going on inside. You are growing so fast these past couple weeks...walking, teething, and mimicking words. I love being your momma, I can't say that enough. You continue to amaze me daily.
I Love you Scoops....