Where did October go?

There is less than one week left in October. Where did this month go!??!?! TIme is flying by. Avery's half birthday is this Sunday! We cannot believe she will be six months old! She has mastered rolling over both ways, sitting up and making faces. The baby food factory re-opened two weeks ago and we started feeding Avery solid foods two weekends ago. She has tried butternut squash, acorn squash, pumpkin, green beans, peas, mango, peach, apple, pear and papaya. And of course the baby oatmeal. Lots of new flavors! She does not refuse any of them.
Owen is still surprising us everyday with his little conversations that he carries on. He interacts with Avery a little bit more (sometimes good (showing her toys and books) and sometimes bad (scaring her by being loud). He is starting to grasp the concept of Halloween, but we think trick-or-treating on Monday will be an interesting experience.

Here are some pictures we took over the last couple of weeks.

Avery is already showing her love for books. She grabs for just about anything, but seems to have an interest in looking at books already. We'll encourage that any day!

Avery was sitting happily by Owen's elephant, so we tried to get their picture together. Owen was not cooperating and Avery was pulling faces.


We took Owen to a pumpkin patch a few weekends ago and Owen picked out a big bumpy pumpkin. We found a "Cowboy Mr Potato Head" for it. Owen also got to pick out a small pumpkin at patch that they set up at his school. He painted it during craft time one day. Here he is with his pumpkins.

And here is the whole family (picture courtesy of Nonnie and Pop!)