What a whirlwind these past few weeks have been!! Here are a few pictures to show you what we've been up to!
Packing was in full swing and this little munchkin loved, loved, loved playing among the boxes and running through rooms with no furniture:
With all the boxes as large empty canvases, we also had the discovery of crayons. We have an aspiring artist on our hands!
As excited as we were to be making the move, I got a bit nostalgic when it actually came time to leave. Our old house holds lots of great memories, and I was especially sad to leave Madeline's nursery. For posterity's sake here are some photos. I know she won't remember this room, so at least she can look back on the photos one day!
She seemed to adjust well to the move and her new room. She woke up as quite the happy camper on her first day in her new house!
And, the first day in the new house was also Halloween! She was supposed to be a panda for Halloween:
(cute little panda bum!)
(Side note on this costume: We bought this on clearance while I was pregnant thinking it would be a fun costume for her 1st Halloween as it was for 0-6mo. Her whole body fit into the tummy last Halloween, but it fit amazingly well this year)
So, as I was saying, she was
supposed to be a panda, but Halloween in Houston brought temperatures in the high 80's. Since we were heading out to Zoo Boo, I thought she might be a bit hot, so we improvised and she was a ballerina thanks to cousin Sarah's hand-me-down dance outfits!
There was a pumpkin patch at Zoo Boo and each kiddo got to choose one mini pumpkin to take home with them. Madeline really wanted two!
When she finally made her decision on which pumpkin she wanted, she was so proud and carried that pumpkin all over the zoo!
There were trick-or-treating stations set up at the zoo, so Madeline got to experience trick-or-treating for the first time. She was a bit apprehensive at first and didn't want anyone touching her bag!
She was pretty interested in seeing what ended up in the bag, however.
It didn't take her too long to get the hang of things:
and pretty soon she was accepting candy from strangers :)
All-in-all it was a pretty fun Halloween!
On Monday, she started at her new daycare:
All ready to go!
"Check out my new bag. I hope mom remembered to pack all my stuff!"
She has done pretty well with the transition and I think she will do great there.
Finally, (and probably the best part in her opinion), she got to go for her inaugural swim! The pool is too cold, but we heated up the hot tub for her tonight and she loved splashing around.
She is certainly a little fish. I think we are really going to love having the pool and now we can't wait for summer...wait, did I really just say that?
We're actually really enjoying fall right now and are taking full advantage of the nice weather to be outside A LOT, which Madeline loves! We can wait awhile until we have summer again. The pool will still be there in a few months :)
And, that pretty much sums up our last few weeks!
