Halloween Sickie

After weeks of Dalia telling us she wanted to be a princess monster for Halloween, our neighbor gave us a Snow White dress. And while she has no idea who Snow White is, she was easily won over by her "princess" dress and had no interest in the awesome combo get up we originally set out to accomplish. She wore her "fancy" shoes and even got a little eyeshadow and lipstick (though after that wore off she wouldn't let me apply anymore). Now, all of this, including trick-or-treating, handing out candy and generally LOVING Halloween, happened with a high fever (of the past four days) and a trip to Urgent Care this morning. She has an ear infection, which I'm happy we are now treating - if we can get her to take the medicine. She was a trooper today despite feeling horrible. Hopefully, next year we'll make the Monster March with her little sister in tow as well. For now, we stuck close to home and didn't have any less fun for it.

Happy Halloween!

Baseball

Well, it's official, Dalia is a Giants fan. She's been exposed to lots of baseball watching the past few weeks, and last night (after having a monumental three hour nap - yes, the girl who doesn't nap) she got to stay up past her bedtime and watch the winning playoff game with us. It was all shouts and pacing and hat wearing in this house. She periodically would shout, "Go Giants!" and clapped and said, "good job, boys!" at just the right time. I truly believe she was watching and waiting as we were. I'm so glad we were both here to celebrate with Mark when his team won the penant. It was super fun. Anyway, I couldn't not post about this, seeing as how this is such an important milestone for Dalia in her Daddy's family. Can't wait for the World Series games. (Although, truth be told, it would be nice to watch something of my own for a change - all this Wiggles and Baseball is making me a little coo-coo. Well, I have until Wednesday.)

pregnant mommy with Dalia

Just thought I'd post some photos of Mommy just shy of 30 weeks pregnant with Dalia's baby sister. Dalia spent the night at her Gigi's house last night. First time away from home or Mom and Dad at bedtime. She did great. Can't believe what a big girl she is. In these photos she is intently drawing Archer and "spelling" his name for his birthday.