Wednesday, September 26, 2007

11 Months Old

I can hardly believe it! It's all happening way too fast. We had a wonderful day. It was cool and sunny and we were out of the house almost the whole day. I finally understand what it means as a mom to get out of the house. No dirty floors, bills, dishes, and laundry staring you in the face. Nothing but pure fun out and about today and for good reason, our pumpkin is 11 months old!
We spent most of the afternoon at the park with my friend Christine and her son, Charlie.
Magnolia and I went down that huge slide!
It was so fast it shot us out and I landed right on my rear end! We met daddy out for lunch at a dive he loves with New Orleans style food. Magnolia had red beans and rice and loved it.

We celebrated Harvest Moon tonight and ate our mooncakes.
Magnolia gobbled them up like she's been eating them her whole life. Makes me wonder if her birthmother ate them last Harvest Moon, right before Magnolia was born.

She was pretty wild in these pictures, charming us to no end with all of her silly antics. We took her out for an evening drive to view the moon and calm her down!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy 11th month birthday miss magnolia! We love you very much and can't wait to finally meet you, again. I love all the pictures of your beautiful, smiling face. You, my dear, are so special and full of love!

Much love,
Aunt Emily XOXOX

Anonymous said...

Had to point out this in today's NYT Re: Moon Cakes.

http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/moon-cakes-in-shanghai/?hp

Looks like you'll have to cut and paste in your browser address bar.

T.

Anonymous said...

Dear Magnolia...

You are on the verge of celebrating your first year on earth, and we are all on the verge of celebrating the wonderous fact that you have become part of our family, full of many people you haven't come to know yet but who all know you...thanks to these little stories and photos on your blog (do you know that word
yet?)

Love,
Papa and Nana Strickler

Anonymous said...

Happy 11 months baby doll! you look so happy and I love the smiles and giggles! Love Nana