Experiments in Eating

Violet has really taken to eating solid food. She loves carrots, squash, green beans, sweet potato... pretty much everything she's tried, she's liked. Except one day my mom and I thought it was time to try apples and well, they turned out to be much tarter than we realized. We were thinking, "Apples - sweet and yummy, Violet is going to go crazy over them!" Instead, Violet gave us this look. We just about died laughing.

To see way too many picutres of Violet eating go to: www.flickr.com/photos/chamy/sets/72157622910761134/

Jaden's 6th Birthday

Our niece turned 6 years old a couple of weeks ago. She's such a little girl now. All of the baby features are gone. Now she's lean and tall with the cute little girl haircut. It always shocks me how old she looks every time I see her.

To view all of the pictures go to: www.flickr.com/photos/chamy/sets/72157622910666552/

Seattle

At the beginning of November Violet went on her second airplane trip, this time to Seattle. We went to visit my friend, Liz, and Chip didn't join us so this also marked the first time I traveled alone with Violet. Thankfully there are "family travel" lanes at airports where other mothers took pity on me, helping me with all my crap. Seriously though, it wasn't too bad. Violet was once again amazing on the plane and of course made new friends with everyone around her.

To view all of the photos go to: www.flickr.com/photos/chamy/sets/72157622768441331/

Violet's First Halloween

Halloween was a full weekend. First we went to a party on Halloween night at a friend's house in Alameda. Then the next morning we went to our friend's annual Renegade party in the city. This was the 9th year! We've been to all of them and the bridge being closed that weekend wasn't going to stop us. It was a beautiful, hot day in the city and Violet had a great time. She was dressed up as a bunny. A very cute bunny, I might add.

Photo Shoot

So we made the big investment and bought a SLR camera and we absolutely love it! It takes amazing pictures and we've been having so much fun taking even more pictures of Violet with it. These are a few of my favorites from October.

To view all of our pictures from October go to: www.flickr.com/photos/chamy/sets/72157622765625835/