Vita Reading to Daddy

The lighting is poor in this video, but here is a glimpse of Vita's reading skills. She's got such great inflection!!

Olive Who? Olive You!!!

Vita's New Hat

We're All Done Sledding

Nothing much happens in this video, but it's fun to watch Vita walk in her snowsuit.

Sledding Around the Block

Playing With Grandma and Grandpa Z

Uncle Joe's Visit

The Pink Slippers

Where Does She Pick Up This Stuff?

I am now about to share some mortifying news. It's nothing new that Vita likes to terrorize the dogs while they eat dinner. If it's not Vita eating their food, it's Vita covering up Deimos' bowl with Grace's bowl. And the list goes on. Last night topped the charts. To distract the dogs during dinner, Vita grabbed Deimos' penis and Grace's nipples. We have never seen her do this, and we have no idea where she has?

Vita Showing Off Her Threads

Vita can't help but be the cutest toddler with help from family. Grammie Asch made the sweater, and Grandma Z picked out the dress, complete with warm tights.

Doctor, Doctor...Give Me Some News...

Last week Vita had two medical appointments (the poor, little bugger...): her annual kidney check-up and 18 month appointment. The kidney check-up was an ultrasound, and Vita was miserable during almost all of it. She was very scared, and I had to hold her down so they could get the pictures they needed. The guy who started off doing it asked another person to do it midway through. A young mother came in and she was much better at the process. Vita was a little more receptive with her. After the ultrasound, we ate lunch at the hospital, and she definitely thought that was fun. Or was it all the attention she was getting from everyone around her? We will meet with the urologist in a couple of weeks to go over the results, but I'm not anticipating any issues. Unfortunately we have a new pediatrician because our old one moved away (back to Michigan), but the new doctor seems pretty cool. Vita had her 18 month check-up, and of course, had to get shots. So she wasn't too happy, yet again. The doctor said Vita looks great, and that this was one of the better 18 month visits she has endured (we talked about how every appointment as she gets older is more difficult, and she agreed that the 18 month age is the trickiest!). Vita's stats are 24 lbs. at 45% and 32 inches at 55%. Hopefully we won't have to go the doctor's office much this winter because she has tubes now. I, myself, had enough of doctors last week!

Vita's Stand Up Routine

I couldn't get the video the right direction, but it's still worth a view. It's hilarious to watch Vita crack herself up!

Halloween Play Date

Trick or Treat

Halloween was a big day this year. We started off the morning going to the park, and after nap, we trick or treated with Noble and Anna at the outlet mall. Vita would try to munch on every piece of candy after she received it. I had to throw her candy in another bag to stop her! During the day she dressed up as a pirate (see a full length picture of it on the previous post). That night, we dressed her up as a zebra and the family went out to a few neighbors' houses. Lisa took the picture (and she also gave V some Mardi Gras beads--she loves them) and Mike is in one of the pictures (on his new cement porch). Of course, this was the time all of the other trick or treaters came out, so we missed most of them at our own house. Just means more candy for us, I guess!

Daddy and V

We ate out last night. We didn't feel like working in the house anymore after preparing for the party. Vita enjoyed sitting in the booth because of the fun mirror. You'll notice that she still has some paint on her cheek. Other than looking at herself, she enjoyed a straw, flirting with the ladies next to us, and the fruit leather I brought with which to bribe her.

The Snackstress

This little stinker loves to eat. She grabbed these chips from the table and proceeded to run away with them and munch on them. She was so fervent in her mission you can see the tear down the middle of the chips. She did something similar to this Saturday night, too. That time she grabbed a box of snack cookies from the Lazy Susan, walked over to her music table (which is disguised as a snack table no thanks to me!!) and sat there and waited for me to put some cookies in the little compartment. She was so confident in her mission she didn't even say anything; she just strolled on over to the table. I won't even get in to how she is a human Deimos when she is around others with food. She's got the stare down! I guess she has a Master to learn from.

Perfect Pumpkin Painting

We did not carve any pumpkins at our party, and Vita was too busy having fun to sit down and paint, so we opted to get our pumpkins ready yesterday. Vita actually looks like an artist in the first picture! I couldn't resist taking a video of her walking after she was done painting.

Pumpkin Carving 101

We had our second annual pumpkin carving party on Saturday, and people actually carved this year. Last year we merely had some painting action. We started earlier this year so people could carve outside and see what they were doing. It was beautiful outside! Randy said it was about 60 or so. I had on just a long sleeve shirt all night (My annual Halloween gear: my Trick and Treat shirt) and it was perfect. Just before it got dark we had a fire started and people lit up their pumpkins. Vita had an excellent time. Except for the first half hour of the party when she wanted Daddy to hold her, she adventured all on her own. She played with all of the kids and checked out all of the partygoers. I had to remind myself she needed a sweater and food as the night wore on because she wasn't coming to me at all. She had too much fun running around.

At Least She's Not Eating It (This Time, Anway!)

Vita and Lily

On Friday I watched Sean and Lily while Kori was at an interview. The girls actually had a good time together. Lily has been known to cry just if Vita looks at her. Okay, Vita has also been known to torment her. Odd, she doesn't bully anyone else. They enjoyed the ramp and slide, and they also had fun peeking out the playhouse windows as I moved from window to window sneaking up on them. They just giggled and giggled!

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we went to a pumpkin patch with Kori (Sean and Lily), Eileen (Giovanni and Kathleen) and Laura (Sam). Cabalo's is an organic farm and orchard in Kuna. We went on a hay ride to the patch and picked our own pumpkins. After the ride, some of us picked apples and the others watched the turkeys. I also picked up some gourds and decorative corn to create a festive scene for our pumpkin carving party this weekend. It was cold and windy, but the kids had a great time.

Greta Adair Hall

Nora had her baby Sunday night, October 19 at 11:43 PM. She is 9lbs 2oz and 21 3/4in long. This is our visit at the hospital. We captured a shot of Vita peering in on Greta.

And no, that is not me. I didn't get to hold the baby! :(

My Girl Likes to Potty All the Time

Sunday we put a potty on the toilet for Vita. She loved it as you can tell from her big grin. Once we tried it she kept on wanting to get on it over and over again. She has actually peed twice on the potty. We thought it was time to let her have some of her own potty time because she has been wanting to flush the toilet, put things in the toilet, and once she even wanted to wipe Mommy's butt.

Taco Night

Saturday night we went to Dave and Nora's for tacos. Nora must have had enough hot sauce because she started laboring the following morning! Dick and Linda (her parents) came to help them out and Vita loved playing with the toys that they brought here from Michigan

I See Modeling in Her Future

This is an outfit I bought at a community consignment event. I haven't bought many clothes, but I could not pass up this one!

Isn't it Supposed to Go in the Hair?

We're Training Early for the Olympics

Party Time (Like She Never Gets to Party!!)

Last night we went to a Fall Harvest Party. I made vegetarian Jamaican Chili. There was a lot of great food and A LOT of kids. A few times Vita ventured into the play room, but mostly she stayed close to her Daddy. This is one of the few times he smiled (and she wasn't screaming or crying). You'll notice that she has her pajamas on and we are about to leave. Parties aren't always so much fun with a screamin' babe.

New Blocks

The family attempted to "yard sale" today, and the only thing we could find for Vita were some new blocks. It was a pretty lame search for new toys today. I guess everybody thought it was too cold to have a sale. These new blocks should be fun, though. We also moved all of Vita's toys into her bedroom. We'll see how long that lasts!

Happy Anniversary

These are the flowers that Randy bought me for our anniversary. Beautiful!!!

It's Getting Cold

I can't believe how cold it is right now. To think three years ago we had an outdoor wedding and reception, and it was absolutely beautiful. On one of our recent evening walks, we geared up Vita with a warm hoody and Baby Uggs (Uggs, seriously). The Uggs were a hand-me-down and won't fit past this month, so it's kinda cool that there was some weather in which Vita could wear them.

And yes, that is snow on the ground. Not enought to make snow angels, so we just acted like angels (we're so sweet!) Vita is not in this picture because we were hot tubbin' it in the wee hours (okay, at 9 PM!). We have such an active night life!