Halloween Fun

While our house has been decorated for fall for a few weeks now, I have waited to bring out the girls' Halloween stuff so that they weren't bored with it by the time Halloween came around. I surprised them with a table full of stuff from previous years--trick-or-treat buckets, finger puppets, figurines, etc.--when they got home from running some errands with Greg. Then, after nap, we gave Lucy and Ella some bags full of new Halloween fun.

Dressed in Halloween tees

Excited to see presents!

Tearing in

New witch costume for Snap n' Style doll

Sweet masks

with Uncle Billy the witch

Hoodie

2 Months

Audrey Mae is 2 months old! She is the sweetest baby around. This past month she had been much more alert and had fallen into a little bit of a daily routine. She's still doing great at night--we even had a 5 hour stretch! Needless to say, I am hoping for more of those... Audrey's smiles are adorable--however, they have been nearly impossible to catch with the camera. We will continue to work on that!

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Audrey had her 2 month check up yesterday, when she was officially 9.5 weeks old. She weighed in at 13 pounds and was 23 inches long. Unfortunately, Dr. Richer found that Audrey has torticollis, which means that the muscles on the right side of her neck are very tightly contracted and cause her to look to the right almost all of the time. As soon as the doctor said she spends too much time looking to the right, I had images of Audrey in her carseat, on the floor, in bed, etc. run through my head, and she IS always turned to the right. We have an inital evaluation at the Pediatric Physical Therapy department at St. Joe's in a week and a half, and will learn much more about all of this then. We have to take this very seriously and will be making adjustments in our day to day routine--Greg and I have to do stretches with her at every diaper change and have her face to the left as often as possible. She absolutely hates the stretches, but if this problem can't be fixed with therapy, she may end up having to wear a helmet or have surgery. While this isn't the worst news we could get at a doctor's appointment, it certainly was a lot to take in. Working with her and trips to therapy are going to put some additional stress on out household, so please keep us and our little pumpkin in your prayers!

Honeycrisp

The five of us headed back out to Barthel Fruit Farm because honeycrisp apples are finally ready! We did not intend to pick our own, as the weather was pretty miserable--cold, windy, and wet--but the price difference between pick-your-own ($26/bushel) and the apples you can buy in the farm store ($60/bushel) made it worth braving the weather. We picked tons of honeycrisp and some pippins for apple pie...YUM!!!

Go Badgers!

Snuggles...

...with Uncle Billy

Centerpieces

Lucy and Ella went on a scavenger (or "scabbenger" according to Lucy) hunt with Grandma and found all sorts of fun things to make fall centerpieces--leaves, pinecones, flowers, a bird's nest, a feather, and some stones. We spent the afternoon sorting the goods, baking the pine cones, and creating some gorgeous fall decorations for the table.