Sorry the pictures are sort of all over the place but our camera got all screwed up and put our pictures in all sorts of random order. Most of the pictures are from when we went apple picking last week. Makenna loves going to this farm. They have all kinds of animals and a huge playground and all sorts of stuff for the kids. On weekends they have a corn maze they open up with a fort in the middle of it and hay rides and candy apples and such. Last year Makenna was too little to enjoy this, but we definitly plan on going back during one weekend this year to pick our pumpkin. You don't see too many pictures of Emma while we were apple picking, but she was there, she spent the whole time sound asleep in the front carrier. There are a couple of pictures of Brett climbing an old oak tree and I am so glad on got pictures of that. I really wish I had my video camera to capture this though, it was seriously one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life. The whole incident was even made funnier by Makenna saying over and over to him in her most worried voice"Daddy get DOWN!". Too funny. Before we went apple picking we took Makenna to the party store to pick out her halloween costume, and of course she picked out a Dora costume. Niether me or Brett were too excited to dress her up as Dora (I wanted her to pick the pumpkin fairy costume they had since Emma is going to be a pumpkin) but Makenna is getting old enough to make some of her own choices now (how sad) so we try and let her choose when she can. She likes making her own decisions and it really makes her feel proud. Anyway, I'm sure I'll post lots of pictures of both girls in their costumes. Emma had a well baby doctor appointment this Wednesday. Her head, weight, and height are all in the 95th percentile. She now weighs 14 lbs. 6 oz. and is 23 and 1/2 inches. Obviously Emma is a big baby for her age, since she was born weighing 9 lbs. 13 oz. and the doctor said she probably won't slow down in her growth until she is in her second year. Then she should be about the same weight and height as kids who were born weighing a "normal" birth weight. Poor girl already has the doctors on her about her weight. She is such a sweet little baby that she didn't even cry for her first shot! Also, she laughed for the first time the other day. Not a little baby giggle, but a real belly laugh where she had to gasp for air and everything. She just melts my heart. I call her my zen baby, because whenever I hold her I instantly feel relaxed and peaceful. Makenna's new obsession is playdoh. The girl can play with the stuff for hours on end. She has such patience and concentration. I love her for that. What special little girls.