Pre-election and other random photos

You can tell who we voted for in our house. We had a election celebration at our house with some friends and Laurel was showing her pride. Unfortunately, winter is already on its way; we have already had two dustings of snow. The snow did not stop us we went on a lovely hike with our friends Stacy, Eric and their 6 week old baby Orion.
Laurel continues to be very active and INDEPENDENT..she is feeding herself or should I say trying to feed herself. Most of the food goes straight to the floor and here is a picture of her cruising with her new wooden walker cart. She is getting to be so efficient.

Laurel's first Halloween.

Happy Halloween! Our little sweet pea is growing up. My mom bought her this adorable outfit when she was born and I never thought she would fit in it, but the reality is it was too small.
I thought Laurel would love carving pumpkins-mostly just playing in the goopy strings and seeds, but that was not the case. She got this repulsive look on her face and started shaking her head no no no. So that was the end of that. However, she did try to sneak some candy.
Please note in the pictures, THAT IS NOT OUR trashy LARGE BLOW UP GHOST thing. It was our neighbors, but Laurel was obsessed with it.