Our Girls

Mommy went in for her ultrasound a few days ago and the doctor told her and daddy that they were going to have another baby GIRL! Mommy is still feeling great (but she's wondering how long this can last). And the baby, as far as the doctors could tell, is healthy. Which is what mommy and daddy were hoping for:)

Daddy came home from work the other day after our baby and Mommy had been home alone all day playing. He found his princess wearing a tutu, Elmo underwear (no pants or shorts), green swim shoes, and her favorite Donald Duck t-shirt. Oh yeah, and sun glasses too...just in case it got too bright in the house. She had dressed herself and wanted to take a walk around the block:) The walk did happen...but only after she agreed to put on some pants under her tutu. Daddy is so strict on some rules!

At the first house, Donald Duck didn't really know what to make of the whole "trick-or-treating" business. The Duck was a little cautious, a little hesitant. However, it helped that the first house we went to was our next door neighbor who said: "You can't take only one piece of candy, you're our favorite in the neighborhood!" And then our neighbor proceeded to shovel candy into Donald Duck's pumpkin. The Duck may have been hesitant, but she's not slow. At the next house it was a cheery trick or treat and a hoisting of her pumpkin toward the candy bowl. Between houses we were treated to choruses of an impromptu musical composition: Donald Duck, Don-ald Duck, Donaldduck. It's true, our Girl was dressed as Donald Duck and making up songs whose only lyrics were the words Donald and Duck. It's fair to say that she hit her Halloween stride. As we visited house after house, the "Trick or treat" became unprompted and eventually she add...

This video says it all...