Cruising, Drooling, and Trick or Treating

October has been quite a busy month for both girls...but especially Lila.  She has gone from cautiously crawling around our apartment to sprint-crawling and cruising everywhere.  Thank goodness we don't have stairs (though that will change in a few months), because I'd be chasing her up and down them most of the time. 

But first thing's first -- Halloween pictures!  We went trick our treating next to our soon-to-be-house, and later met up with David, Tracey and Kaelyn just down the street, as they made the trip to Fort Worth for trick or treating and a Halloween party at a friend's house.

Our big pumpkin, pre-carving. 

Lila enjoying our jackolanterns, with her beautiful, teeth-filled smile.

Norah doting on her orange friend.

A picture Karen didn't want to include due to Norah's crazy hair, but I just couldn't resist. 

Norah as Buddy the T-Rex (from PBS's Dinosaur Train: http://pbskids.org/dinosaurtrain/), and Lila the Giraffe in front of the house, which now has a roof and windows. Incidentally, Norah got along great with a 5 year old girl (and her 18 month old sister ) two houses down.  Exciting!  Also exciting?  The fact that Karen put Lila's Giraffe costume on correctly.  Unfortunately, I wasn't so skillful when I dressed Lila on Friday night for our church Fall Fest.  Seems I put the costume on backward, which resulted in a giraffe tail appearing on the front of Lila's costume, instead of the back.  Awkward. 

Lila with Uncle David.

Norah accepting candy.  Amazing how polite she can be when she is getting candy.

Kaelyn and Norah held hands up and down the entire block, which was pretty adorable.  They were both in great moods given the atmosphere.  Uncle David carried the Giraffe for awhile, and the Giraffe was grateful.

I love this picture of Kaelyn, who did Mulan proud with her wonderful costume.

Happy Halloween!

Now on to other pictures...

Lila has turned into a complete ham in front of the camera.  She flashes her beautiful smile pretty much all the time now. 

Even though Norah'a birthday had passed by the time this picture was taken, I couldn't pass up this precious photo of her enjoying left-over cake. 


A wonderful example of what I have termed the reverse-mullet.  Long in the middle, short on the sides.  Hair clips are now mandatory.

Silly, silly girl.

She makes this trip between couch and coffee table about 150 times per day. 

And she's still got teeth coming in.  Lots of teeth, if you judge by the drool.

One of my favorite pictures of Karen and Lila.

Have a great November!