My First Halloween

We celebrated Halloween yesterday with a costume party at our house. We had 13 babies, 3 toddlers, 1 big girl, and 15 adults in our living room. The more the merrier as we say here at the Spirn household.

Lena had a great time with her friends and we loved seeing all the kiddos in their costumes. Lena was a lamb, a hand me down from her friend Jasper. There were also a zebra, a pea pod, a hot dog, a pumpkin, a garden gnome, and two giraffes, two lions, and two dinosaurs. A true zoo!

Puppies!

Lena was smothered by puppies yesterday! On our way home from a walk we saw these puppies playing in the park, and we just had to stop and say hello. Mama dog was there, with her little kiddos, one of them sold and the other three looking for homes. These Swiss Mountain Dogs were adorable, and Dan's lucky we're trying to sell our house and don't have the time to take care of a puppy, or we certainly would have ended up taking one of these home! They were so sweet with Lenabel, and the Mama dog too.

Nighty Night

Lenabel went to sleep totally on her own today, for the first time in her life. We've been on a pretty decent schedule with the little one for the past couple of weeks, and today was the highlight. After feeding, a bath, and a couple of lullabies, we put her down in her crib awake, and she talked to herself for a while, let out a couple short little yelps, and after about fifteen minutes or so, fell asleep. It was by far the easiest bedtime we've had with her yet, and very satisfying to feel that she is slowly but surely learning how to get herself to sleep on her own. She still can't do this for naps, but at night she's been getting better and better, and earned an A++ tonight!

Little Fish!

We took Lenabel to the pool at the YWCA today for her first swim and she did awesome! She was pretty much a natural!! All that practice in the bath tub sure paid off... not to mention all that swimming we did together when I was pregnant!

Today she went into the water without any crying, except when we tried to get her upper half wet. The water was at 84 degrees, so not too cold, but probably not as warm as she would have liked. Still, she seemed to really enjoy herself in the pool and we had a great time watching and swimming with her. We can't wait to cheer her on from the bleachers in her first 100 meter freestyle race!