Continuing the Holiday traditions. . .

Continuing in the holiday tradition we prepared for next week's All-Hallow's Eve by carving a pumpkin. The original desire was to get a tiny one for Alisa, and two for Jason and I, we would each carve one (or bite one . . . whatever), and display them for all the world to see.
Unfortunately the grocery store only had 21 lb pumpkins when I went and we could only afford 1. Jason started the carving process today and is having a blast. Alisabeth is helping occassionally too. Then Jason took it outside to smoke out the inside and left Alisabeth alone in the kitchen with all of the guts. . .

It's so much fun exploring the holidays now that she is old enough to get messy with Jason.

This week was fast. I took three tests and am quite hopeful about the outcome. I also hit the 1/2 way mark in my New Testament class, it has been a great experience because not only does it talk about Christ and His teachings, but it also goes in depth in the history surrounding His ministry so that the letters and teachings can be better understood.

Jason has been having a blast with his work. He's got his plans almost set for next semester so that I can work tax season while he's in school. We also mapped his last three semesters so that he's on the right path to make sure he can graduate on time.

Alisabeth has begun really copying sounds. She can howl with us like a wolf, and she can say uh-oh and ma,da,nana. She's been doing all of these sounds for a while now, but it's only recently that we can get her to do them on command. It's so cool to watch her grow. She also transitioned from the bottle completely this last week. (After three nights of waking up at 3am screaming). We're much better at making sure she gets a full dinner before bed :) Another new first for her was the dentist. She got a completely clean bill of health and the destist praised us to the stars for bringing her in so young (I figured she already has 8 teeth, we had better figure out what to do about them). He did a mini cleaning and sealed them and gave us a new toothbrush and toothpaste for her. It's neat. She loves her teeth being brushed and I am trying to remember to do it right after breakfast. Hopefully she'll have a mouthful of teeth for a good long time.

She also received a package this week from her grandparents containing some more birthday presents. For them I'll include this video, it represents the essences of Alisa: