Fall Family Fun!

Our sweet butterfly...

Emily has been up to a lot of things lately, as usual. We just can't believe how much she changes every day. Yesterday she blessed us with her first belly laugh! I put her on Viktor's shoulders and she thought it was hilarious. She laughed so hard for about 5 minutes. It was precious. Today she has been rolling over like crazy! She rolled over a few weeks ago when we were in Bloomington, but she has since mastered her new trick. Right now she is rolling from front to back, but she is half way able to roll from back to front. She tried so hard tonight, but got stuck on her arm. It has been such a joy to watch her discover the world around her!

This past weekend we celebrated Halloween (not that there is anything to really celebrate...so maybe it is better to say, we participated in some community activities, haha) with some friends. I wasn't going to dress Emily up in a costume, but I ran across this butterfly costume at Old Navy and couldn't pass it up...it was only $2! So, we had ourselves a little butterfly for Halloween. We first stopped at our friend's house, Mama and Papa Long, for a quick visit. Then we went to downtown Wilmore (woohooo!) to Treats on Main. They close it off for Halloween so the kiddos can trick-or-treat at the businesses. It was a lot of fun to see many of our other Seminary friends with their kids all dressed up in cute costumes (lots of babies--a giraffe, a bumble bee, and a pumpkin, to name a few)...and of course, some of our friends were dressed up, too! Afterwards, we had planned to have an evening full of fun fall foods with the Bevils. We had chili, witches fingers, and ghost potatoes (see Missy's creations below)...oh, and a pumpkin roll and chocolate mice (sorry, no picture, but another one of Missy's creations). Needless to say, we had a fun night to welcome the fall season!

Enjoy the pics below.

Daddy tried on the costume first...Emily was not too sure about it!

Our little butterfly! Good thing it was a cold night...she was pretty bundled up in there!

Our little family.

Missy's ghost potatoes.

...And the witches fingers (bread sticks). Missy is so creative!

This is just a random pic to show you how mommy does chores these days...Emily let's me vacuum, make the bed, do laundry, etc, while she happily tags along in her sling.

Another random photo, but too cute to pass up. One of my student workers went to Disney World a couple weeks ago and brought back this Pooh Bear. Emily thinks it is the greatest thing. She will cuddle it, try to eat it, and even hold hands with it. By the way, this picture was not posed...she was really holding his hand!

Our happy girl!

On her way to rolling over...and probably crawling, too!