So Much To Update!

Wow...I hadn't realized that it had been over a month since I had updated this blog. Oops! I'll do my best to cover all the high points and again try to do better with the updates!

Hallowe'en
Hallowe'en was great fun this year! Cole and I attended a baby party, he got his photos done for "Pumpkin Day" at Superstore (he even smiled!), and then for the big event, Quinn dressed as Cinderella and had a blast going trick-or-treating with Steve.

All set to go pick out a pumpkin

Ewwww pumpkin guts!

Cole the Great White Shark

Ottawa Hallowe'en babies!

Pumpkin Day

Pretty Quinn as Cinderella

All set to go trick-or-treating

November

We made the big transition of putting Quinn into a "big girl" bed (aka a toddler bed). We chose the toddler bed over a twin bed since Quinn still has to wear her boots for a while yet, and the toddler bed is close enough to the floor that she can easily crawl back into bed if she gets out. The bed is super cute - it's a white sleigh bed. Quinn LOVES her big girl room. It's the only room in the house that we painted a different colour (light blue) and it definitely is girly! I'll take some pictures later on when it's finished up - there are still some craft projects that I want to do to really "finish" it.

Since we moved Quinn to her room, we also raised up the crib mattress and put Cole's "Monkey Rockstar" bedding on and valance up. The next task is to take down the sticker mirrored butterflies all over the wall, which will prove to be a challenge as they're quite stuck. Cole is still sleeping in our room until after Christmas, but we've been trying to get him to have naps in the crib...that's definitely been a challenge as he likes to resist these naps. More often than not, he ends up napping in one of our carriers. Thank goodness for baby wearing!!!

Potty training...well, we thought that Quinn was showing signs of being ready and she actually did pee on the potty once (and pooped next to it once). But she seemed to have lost interest for now and we're not pushing it. After Christmas is over and the craziness has died down, then we might try to gently push the issue again.

Cole weighed in at 15.3 lbs at his 4 month appointment and is sticking to his curve for length as well. He's between the 50th-75th percentile for both, which is awesome!

Present Time...

So that brings us up to now. Quinn's vocabulary continues to grow at an exponential rate. She now can sing a few lines to many songs and can recognize what Disney princess sings a certain song within the first 15 seconds...super impressive! She also LOVES to make Cole laugh and he continues to be absolutely mesmerized by her. Doesn't matter where she is in the room, he'll find her and watch her.

We started the tradition of "Elf on the Shelf" this year. Our elf's name is Chipper and Q loves to come find him in the mornings. Chipper even brought a present yesterday of a new Christmas book! The Christmas tree is up and twinkling...and currently has the coffee table in front of it to ward off curious toddlers. ;)