Linnea is Nine Months Old!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures, although she is becoming more and more difficult to keep still for pictures we always get some good ones....and being that she is sooo cute they all look great.

We went to the doctor for her ear recheck - she had a double ear infection three weeks ago- she weighs in at 15 lbs. 12 oz.. I didn't get any other stats and will have to wait until our well check appointment in December to find out more. She also got her first flu shot today and will get her second at the December appointment.

The Great Pumpkin

Our little "Punkin" went as a pumpkin this year for Halloween. Chris had to work late on Halloween so I took Linnea to his parents where she got us a nice goody bag....well she got Cheerios out of the deal and Chris and I got some candy! I then picked up Chris's grandma, she went with Linnea and I to do reverse trick-or-treating at his office. Linnea was dressed in her costume and passed candy out to the six or so people that were there still working.

The owner's dog was also there...an Irish Wolfhound, it's back standing up is 35" from the floor and he weighs about 160 pounds, if he stood on his hind legs he would be over 7' tall. Linnea was excited to see the dog, and Chris's grandma was even more excited. I thought we would never get her back out of there...she loves dogs, and talked about it most of the way home.

Linnea went to Boot Camp!

Much to her Aunt Heather, Aunt Ellen and Uncle Dan's liking Linnea has begun the Army Crawl. Go Army! Linnea had been scooting and rolling around for some time but she is becoming more organized in her movement. She wasn't very happy when I put her back down to shoot this video but you get the idea.

Linnea also likes to pull herself up on her gym and dance to the music!

She is such a BIG GIRL!

Renaissance Festival

A day at the Renaissance Festival with friends what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Chris, Linnea, and I met up with Tom, Katie, Greyson, and Cameron at the Ohio Renaissance Festival a couple weekends ago, it was a lot of fun for all.

We did have a slight run in with a parrot that a lady was carrying around. She propped the parrot on Linnea's stroller and it decided it was a good place to use the bathroom....parrot poop on one of her favorite toys...into the trash that goes!

Jousting

Royalty?!

Come on you all know I am a queen!

Knightly Linnea!

Daddy knighted Linnea and gave her a great helmet to wear she only needs some armor and a sword her size now!

A flirting 3 year old

Greyson was trying to hook up with my 23 year old sister who was with us. He broke a few of the rules to impress a girl...he was picking his nose while winking at her and then grabbed her chest, not that he completely understood why he wasn't allowed to do that; but it made for a good laugh at dinner.

Linnea's Baptism

Linnea was baptized September 30th. Our church will do either infant baptism or dedication depending on the desire of the family, although our pastor does believe infant baptism is more appropriate.

We had chosen to read Psalm 121 and give Linnea a charge of Micah 6:8; but in all the excitement somehow Chris misplaced his marker and read Psalm 125 instead, oh well!

Following the baptism the pastor walked Linnea down the aisle for the entire church to see and charged them all to treat Linnea as a member of the covenant community; praying for her, teaching her and holding her accountable.

The service was beautiful and the party that followed was a lot of fun too, thanks to all who attended.

Linnea was the life of the party!

Linnea's dress was supposed to be for Easter, which was in April, but as you can see it fit great in September. Chris's mom made the dress in the smallest size the pattern said, supposedly fitting babies 7-14 pounds, Linnea is about 15 in the picture. Thanks Grandma Doughman!