Baby's First ROCKTOBER!

 I love October.  The leaves change, it's pumpkin season, it's my birthday AND Halloween all in one month.  Each year "Rock"tober involves a trip to the pumpkin patch (or two...usually my birthday weekend).  This year we got to take our Pnut, and it was a little disappointing she wasn't more excited about it...I guess I have to have more realistic expectations from an infant :)

This year was a quick trip.  We picked a pumpkin (yes, only one pumpkin this time...and not even from the patch...it was very hard for me), got a candy apple, posed Olivia for a couple pictures and went home.  The day was short and sweet (just like my little girl!)









I spent a lot of Rocktober exercising my time management skills.  I went back to work full time on the 5th, and am trying to fit as much in as I can.  I think I only got dinner on the table about a half a dozen times....good thing Russ knows how to fend for himself!

I didn't plan out a fun Halloween costumer for myself, like I usually do every year.  I just wore and old one (Rosie the Riveter) and made Olivia a traditional Parrish-Watt family costumer (inspired by Grandpa Parrish many years ago)...elmer's glue

Olivia has been an awesome baby, and she just keeps getting awesomer!

She was always a good sleeper, but she's even better now...only waking up once to feed at night, AND sleeping in!  Okay, the sleeping in part doesn't work out so well when I'm trying to get to work but it's GREAT during the weekends.

She is holding her head and shoulders pretty steady now, and LOVES that she is facing out on the baby bjorn now.  She loves going for walks, and Russ and I are excited that the rainy season is taking it's time here in Oregon.  We've had so many gorgeous fall days, and the colors are amazing!

I've been able to get a couple of belly-laughs out of her, but mostly she just smiles...at everything and everyone.