Dada

Arya loves her Daddy. But she hadn't added him to her vocabulary. She says "Hi," "Mama," and "Baba." (Baba seems to be ANY of her toys and our dogs.) Well, on Sunday while my family was here, she said "Dada!"
Daddy missed hearing it the first two times. He was getting ready for church and Aunt Shannon was playing with her. But, when he came in the room she said it again.

Visit with Family

As, I said in the Thanksgiving post, my parents and sister visited us. They went down to spend Thanksgiving with my other sister and her family. They stayed with us on Wednesday on their way down, and on Saturday while heading home. Here is Arya playing with Grampa Brian and Aunt Shannon on Wednesday.

Grampa found just how ticklish Arya really is!
Saturday we all had lots of fun together. Grandma and Shannon had to make sure and get their cuddles in with Arya.

Also, on Saturday we decorated our Christmas tree. Bradley and I have not had a Christmas tree every year-but last year (While pregnant) I told Bradley we had to have a tree every year for our child. For some reason we weren't taking pictures while decorating the tree. My parents had brought me all my ornaments from when I was a child. Here is Bradley's one contribution to the tree- a Mt Dew can!

On Sunday morning Grampa fed Arya her breakfast. I think it was his first time feeding her- and I think these were great pictures:

It looks like Arya's talking to Grandma who is taking the picture.

Arya's First Thanksgiving

Arya got to have TWO first Thanksgiving meals! On Thursday we went out to a restaurant with Grandpa Mike and Grandma Debbie. Then we went to their house to play games and hang out. When we ate, Arya got to try some new foods. She had cheerios for the first time, had some (non-baby food) sweet potatoes, and some pumpkin pie (no crust). Here she is having cheerios:

Here is a full shot of her Thanksgiving outfit. The personalized shirt is from Cafe Press.

 Her second Thanksgiving meal was with Grampa Brian, Grandma Suzanne, and Aunt Shannon. The three of them spent Thanksgiving down in Oklahoma with my sister Andrea and her family. They stopped with us while traveling through.

Halloween Party

As I said in the Halloween post, I have no pictures of just Arya and Daddy in their Star Wars costumes. Well, Bradley's cousin Heather told me she does have some! So thanks to her, here are those pictures along with some others from the party.

 This next one is Arya crawling on the floor in front of our friend Kara, who was throwing the party.

And, eventually, Arya was out of her costume because she was getting too hot in it. (I took off my wig, for the same reason.)

Arya's First Halloween

Arya enjoyed her first Halloween. She and Mommy just hung out that day and that evening attended a party (along with Daddy). Arya went as R2D2 (which was a big hit), Daddy was Anakin Skywalker. Mommy was going to go as Padme, but since we went costume shopping late, she was unable to find the costume. (Bradley actually MADE his own costume! He is so talented!) So, instead she wore a "This is my costume" shirt and a wig. Arya seemed to love the wig.

I meant to get a pictures of just Daddy and Arya in their Star Wars costumes, but we got home late and Arya was already asleep.

We also took pictures of Arya in her Halloween onesie and bib with her little pumpkin. They aren't the best because Arya didn't really want her picture taken.

She was very interested in her little pumpkin.

Backyard

Here are some better pictures from playing in the backyard during our trip to Grandma and Grampas.

The last two are of her playing with a giant nerf gun that her cousin was playing with. Daddy thought it was funny when she crawled over and started inspecting it, so he took these pictures.

Trip to Grandma and Grampas!!

From October 20-23 went up to Iowa to visit Grandma Suzanne and Grampa Brian.

While we were there we got professional family pictures taken. Here is Arya taking a nap in Aunt Shannon's arms in between takes.

Also while there Arya took a bath in a big tub for the first time! She LOVED it! She had so much fun splashing and actually getting to spend time in the tub! (In her little tub it was get in, wash, get out quick!)

Here are pics of swinging in the back yard. I know you can't really tell in these pics but she really enjoyed it and kept giggling. 

Here is celebrating Daddy's birthday.

The last night we were there Arya modeled her halloween costume for everyone since they wouldn't be here to see her dressed as R2D2. In this picture she is with Aunt Andrea, the Star Wars fanatic of the family. There will be more pics of the costume in my Halloween post. (Coming later this week.)


It was a really great trip and we even took the dogs up there with us. It was good to be all together as a family up at my parents since we hadn't all been up there in almost two years.