The Last Few Months

Sorry that I am such a slacker. I have been trying to find a way to be a mom, a wife, a teacher, a housekeeper and a blogger. But as you can see I am still working on the last one! Life is great! We are busy but we're doing good. I took Ruby for her 4 month old appointment back in October. She weighed 15 lbs. 3 oz. and she is growing strong and healthy. She was in the 80% for her weight and the 50 % for both her height and head size. She now eats 6 oz. every 3 hours and we have started her on cereal. She loves to eat from a spoon and she is doing great! I take her back for her 6 month appointment on the 23rd. I also brought her to my school to get her picture taken. Every year I get a free picture package, since I'm a teacher, so I had my mom bring Ruby to get her picture taken. She smiled as soon as we sat her down and her picture turned out so cute!

For Halloween, Ruby was a bee. She was so dang cute! My parents have started doing a Halloween party for all of the grandchildren on the Friday before Halloween. They get to come and have pizza, have a parade for the parents and then sleep over at grandpa and grandma's house. This year Ruby got to stay for the parade but not for the sleepover. She is still sleeping through the night, but they have to be 2 to sleep over. On Halloween day, we went up to Will's parents to show them Ruby's costume. Then that night, we went over to Liz and Allen's house. We went trick or treating and then just hung out for a while.

The Bawden Grandkids
The Wood Grandkids
Quincey and Ruby, they're 3 months apart
I love her fuzzy hair!

My favorite picture of her!

I can't believe that Christmas is only 12 days away! I love this time of year. We went to our 1st Christmas party yesterday. It was the Forbush party! I was excited to see how Ruby would respond to Santa. Well, she didn't really care. She just looked at him. When he brought out her present, she reached right for it and then she just played with the paper. Then he gave her a candy cane and she loved just sucking on it. She kept gagging herself with it but she was loving it. We also were able to go on a hayride around the park to see the lights. So we got Ruby all bundled up. She loved the lights, but she was asleep before we even made it back!

Ruby and Santa
She loves candy canes!
All bundled up
Done for the night

Me and Will were able to get away for our anniversary this weekend and we went up to Midway. We have been married for 5 years on the Thursday. This was the first time that we have left Ruby overnight. She didn't even care! She went to my parents and she was great. She slept through the night and she was really happy when we got there to pick her up. I can't believe that we have been married for 5 years. They have flown by. I love you Will!!!