Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Happy Halloween!

Well, we have survived Halloween 2006 in style. Thanks to some fine sewing by Gerri, we were costumed as the Flinstones this year -- Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles. We even have pictures to prove it!



Olivia did very well. She enjoyed going to the houses and getting candy. She would go up and take the candy, put it in her bucket, and then go for another one. Then, she would say thank you, walk away, and say "trick or treat."



She did get scared at one house. We went to the house, which had cobwebs and black lights and decorations outside the door. We knocked on the door and waited. Then, from the inside, the owners pounded on the door -- BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. That freaked Olivia out, who started screaming and crying and grabbing for her momma. The good news is the people felt so bad they gave us extra candy. Later, when we went into the entry of another house, Olivia started crying. When we would say "knock, knock," she would say "cry." We have been trying to recondition that association with "knock, knock -- trick or treat." She was able to experience a few postive trick or treat houses later, so I don't think she will be traumatized for life.


(Olivia at Story Time)

We had lots of visitors to our house too, which was party central for our friends. We hosted a Halloween Bash complete with chili, hot dogs, chips, sweets, etc. Everyone came over around 6:00 p.m., and we took turns hitting up the neighborhood to fill up the candy sacks. It was quite the fun, and Courtney was motivated to stash the last of our things in a place. We still have some pictures to hang and boxes to move, but for the most part, things are settling in their place.

Happy Halloween 2006!

Saturday, October 28, 2006

What a big weekend! We went to a Habitat for Humanity Quiz night on Friday night. We dressed up in our Halloween costumes (the Flinstones), and we won first prize for the costume contest!!! I'm pretty sure Olivia dressed up like Pebbles sealed the deal. We'll try to post some pictures of us dressed up when we get them.

Also, Olivia used the potty for the first time today to go #2. We did not take a picture of that, but we are proud nonetheless!!!

Olivia has done well to adjust to her new home -- Guam!


















As well as her mother!

And her daddy!

Let the Fun Begin

Ok, I thought this would be a good place to throw some quick updates and pictures. Although we'll try to send out emails still, this might be a good place to catch up! Hope it works well. Thanks for visiting!!!

The Taylor Family