Gwen the Soccer Player!

Here is our amazing daughter showing us once again just how smart she is! While Grandma Connie and I were watching her she just started kicking her toy around like a soccer ball. I had to get it on video so everyone could see the next soccer star in the family!

Halloween

What a great Halloween! Gwen was adorable as Roo! We don't have any good video - everything was super dark - but I will post it anyway. We went to a few houses here on Mercer Island and it didn't take Gwen long to figure out how things were done. She started "knocking" on doors, grabbing candy out of the bowl, and even said "tic-o-teet" once! I wish we had that on video! She was a hit with all the houses - I think Cole lucked out because people would give us lots of candy because she was so cute. She really liked one house and ran into it when the people opened the door. Her favorite candy were the lollipops and we let her have two while we were trick-or-treating.

She slept great that night and didn't wake up until nine in the morning - which was great for us! We can't wait until next year! Gwen will have even more fun and so will we!

Mommy's Birthday

Here is Gwen having a cookie on Mommy's Birthday. Both Daddy and Theresa brought over these cookies because they are my favorite! It didn't take long for us to finish off two boxes of them. I had a sub job at Eastside Catholic and Chris is such a good husband that he sent me flowers at the school! They are beautiful and have been brightening up our apartment all week. I got lots of calls wishing me a happy birthday that day and it is so nice to be so loved!

Private Blog

So, I just turned our blog to private so only those we invite can see it. I sent out invitations to everyone I had an e-mail address handy for to be authors (this means you can post if you would like to), but I know I didn't include everyone who loves Gwen. If you can read the blog and know of someone I inadvertently snubbed, please e-mail me their address and I will add them right away. I know I missed quite a few important people - if you are missing you haven't been sending me e-mails, so I guess it is your fault. :)

I will be posting video (it is super dark) from Halloween, Uncle Ethan and Aunt Sara's visit, and my birthday today, so stay tuned!

Sleepy Gwen

What a good sleeper we have! Gwen slept from 7:50pm to 8:00am last night and is in the middle of an hour nap right now! She must have been tired out by the two days she spent with Grandpa Steve!