Trunk or treat--the first of the Halloween activities began yesterday. We went to Elan's grandparents' church to their fall festival. Ellery was sugar and spice and everything nice (and her brother was the rest of the nursery rhyme). You can see what fun she had pushing her wagon (looks like it was hard work) as well as riding in the wagon and eating her first ever lollipop. She also thought she should eat the balloon string . Her costume held up pretty well, but I will have some more sewing to do. A few sugar packets were pulled off.

Pumpkins! Time to get some good fall pictures, and it was cold enough that it was more like winter this weekend. We went to a farm where they sell pumpkins, but the kids were more excited about the tractors. The video at the end shows how Ellery likes to "talk" with her brother.

TROUBLE! Ellery thought it would be fun to pull out the basket of DVDS, dump them all out, and then get in the basket like a boat. She was rocking it back and forth. I would say she is causing trouble, but how can you argue with a smile like that?

Ellery is 1! It is hard to believe, but the baby is becoming a toddler. For her party we had her grandparents come for dinner, presents, and cake. Elan remembered it was her birthday as soon as he woke up. His first words of the day were "It is Ellery's birthday." I tried to sing her happy birthday but he told me that Dee and Pop weren't here yet and I had to wait. Her cake was a healthy carrot cake. It tasted OK, but we mainly let Ellery enjoy it and then threw it away. Pictures and captions below tell more about the evening. (Sory everything got out of order. This won't let me move the pictures in a different order.)

Ellery enjoys her cake and thinks it is fun!

Big eyes as she is waiting!

Elan is interested in her new vacuum too.

She thinks she needs to eat everything!

Ready to use the vacuum!

Ready to eat her hamburger..look at those cheeks!

Eating her strawberries...and all the new fruits.

This was the funniest part of her birthday. Ellery was squealing loud at the bear and was kissing it too.

Hmmm...what's in the box?

So sweet!!!!!!

Her butterfly cake!

Videos below show her enjoying her gifts. The funniest is when she squealed and talked to her new bear.

Haven't done any good bath pictures in awhile. She can still fit in the sink, and she kept wanting to chew the toy. Made for a funny pic!

Ellery at 11 months--she really likes Anthony's slippers (they call them house shoes in GA but I grew up calling them slippers), and she likes my PJ top. Here she is sniffing my bra. She is cruising a lot and lets go of something for a few seconds but lowers herself to the floor. So no walking yet, but she is perfecting the crawling and getting around quicker.

Ellery's new face--she likes to scrunch her nose and sniff. She does it at the end of the video too. We think it is sort of funny! The video shows her practicing walking with her push toy.