California!

Over Veterans' Day weekend, daddy, mommy, and I travelled with Aunt Naomi and Grandma Nellie to Santa Barbara, California. Grandma decided to move out west to enjoy the family and beautiful weather of California, and daddy, mommy, and I joined her to visit everyone and help her get settled. The flight there was long but smooth and went by relatively quickly. We flew to Los Angeles, and then Uncle Hal and our cousin Jeff picked us up at the airport and drove us to their home in Santa Barbara where we stayed for the weekend. Mommy and I had never been to California, so it was a wonderful opportunity to meet new family members and to visit with family we don't see often enough! The only problem with this trip was it was too short! Our planes home were slightly delayed, and we ended up spending all day Monday travelling. Thankfully daddy was able to stay home Tuesday, and we all spent the day recooperating from the previous day. Here are some pictures of our trip:

Having fun with daddy at a coffee house in Solvang where we spent Sunday afternoon.
Playing peek-a-boo in the car!

More fun with daddy
Getting to know my cousins Lauren and Jarred while playing the piano

Here I am with daddy and Grandma Nellie
Here's daddy with his Aunt Naomi and Grandma Nellie
And here's one of the whole family eating a delicious dinner Aunt Naomi prepared for us!
Mommy and I on the plane ready for take off
A beautiful view of the California coast as we took off

Fall in full swing

Fall is here, and with it, I have been experiencing many new things. The week of Halloween I went to my first wedding with mommy and daddy of a friend of theirs from high school. I loved dancing and seeing the colorful lights at the reception. The most exciting part of the night was getting to visit with my Aunt Sami!

Mommy and I danced the night away, at least until bed time.

Sunday (October 28) we went with some friends from church to Relleke farms pumpkin patch! There we fed the goats, played in the straw, slid down slides, went through mazes, took a hayride, and I even got my very own pumpkin! Whew, it was a busy and fun day!

Here I am with my friend Christiana. She is 3 months younger than I am and is already crawling. We like a little friendly competition =).

And here I am at the end of the afternoon sleeping through my first hayride.

After we left the farm, we met some of daddy's family for lunch. Here's everybody except Aunt naomi who was taking the picture.
Mommy made sure to get a picture including Aunt Naomi later! This weekend, Mommy, daddy, Aunt Naomi, grandma Nellie, and I are flying to California where Aunt Naomi lives. Grandma is moving to live with the family there. I am going to miss her, but I am sure excited about getting to go visit her there too!

Tuesday evening, mommy and mawmaw took me to Boo at the zoo. They have some trick or treating for the older kids, but we just went to go for a walk and show me off in my ladybug costume!

We took a costume break while there, and I played with my mawmaw!
By the end of the eveing, I was one tired ladybug!
Here I am Halloween morning in my crib, ready to start the day!
Mommy and daddy let me play outside in my ladybug costume with my very own pumpkin!

I helped daddy pass out the candy to the trick or treaters while mommy was in class. Daddy says I was in a bad mood for a while and scared a little girl by growling at her. I say I was just getting into the Halloween spirit!

Was I a cute ladybug or what?