Halloween Fun

This year I planned ahead and ordered Amber's Halloween costume early. Well it never came in so I had to scramble to make her costume my self. I started with one of Andy's old uniforms:

Cut it all up:

And did some serious experimenting:
And Voila!

A few of Amber's favorite hang outs.

Poor Bebe

We're still here.

I know it has been a long time since I have posted anything to the blog, but I have a good excuse. I got my student teaching placement and have been teaching for four weeks! So exciting! I should be finished at the end of Nov. Amber spends her days with the babysitter-my friend Becca and seems to really like it there. She turned 1 a couple of weeks ago and is getting so big. I will be posting pics from her birthday party asap. Which could be a long time from now as I am swamped every day! But it was a great party. So that is what is going on here. We are missing Andy and can't wait for him to get home. He is doing good and staying very busy. We are still hoping that he'll be home for Christmas (not only in our dreams-but for real). We miss you all^keep in touch!

Laughter is the Best Medicine

I love listening to Amber laugh and could do it all day everyday. You'll have to check out the link to the video because I wasn't able to upload it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLn5cdajyjQ Enjoy!

Ms. Tortellini's Swim Class

For the last two weeks Amber has been taking swim lessons at the base pool with Ms. Tortellini, yep that's right, Ms. Tortellini. Amber did really well and we had a lot of fun. Amber even started kicking her legs and blowing bubbles in the water. It was "parent taught" so I was with Amber in the pool and we got to play a lot of fun games that really just made her more comfortable in the water and taught her the basic motions of swimming. Some of the games fully submerged the kids underwater but it didn't faze her at all. We even went down the big water slide together!

Amber's 1st Report Card:

Amber's 1st report card (side 2).

Amber and Ms. Tortellini

Messy Girl

Believe it or not, she does manage to get SOME food in her mouth. A lot in fact-that is why she is getting so big.

The days have been HOT, well the humidity makes it feel HOT HOT HOT. So we (Amber) took a dip today. I thought the water might be too cold for her but she started playing and splashing right away. When I first put her on the grass she tried to put both legs in the air at the same time because she didn't like the feel of it. It was so funny because she couldn't keep her balance. I wasn't able to get a pic of that but it was hilarious.



Look at me, I can clap and swim at the same time.




The End!