Happy Halloween!!!

Tatum decided to be a little devil for Halloween this year and loves her costume. She enjoys biting her tail and loves screaming, her scare tactic of course. We thought we'd skip the trick-or-treating this year since her two teeth probably couldn't handle the candy but we plan on carving our pumpkin when Daddy gets home and getting our candy bowl ready for visitors tonight. We wanted to get some use out of the devil costume so Tatum wore it to her 9 month check up and everyone enjoyed it. Hope you're all having a Happy Halloween!!!

Passing the time...

We've been advised to stay indoors due to the smoke from the fires around us, so Tatum and I have been passing the time playing dress up. Due to the upcoming holiday, Tatum opted to dress up as a pumpkin. OK, she might not have had a choice, as you can see she attempted to do away with the pumpkin hat. But we're trying to keep a happy mood around here and costumes always help in that department. :)

Hallelujah!!

Tatum had her Baptism on Sunday and it was a wonderful experience for all of us. Tatum wore a beautiful white dress with a bonnet and booties to complete her baptismal outfit, all given to her by her Aunt Diane. She was one of four babies being baptised that day and was very well behaved during the blessing. The highlights for Tatum were when her Godmother, Shauna Beaston, held her while the priest poured water over her head and when her Daddy almost let her grab the flame of the candle. For her parents, we're just excited to have Tatum join the Catholic faith. Shortly after the baptism, a few friends and family joined us for a small BBQ to celebrate, thanks to all of you for coming!

Hello Pumpkins!

On Saturday, Tatum enjoyed her first pumpkin patch experience. We walked through a corn maze and cheered when we made it to the middle (Tatum was excited about the flag that congratulated us at the end of the maze but I was hoping for something a little more exciting, like candy) Then we walked up and down the fields of pumpkins till Tatum could find the perfect pumpkin for her. She enjoyed meeting a few scare crows and loved when the pumpkin cannon would fire off a flying pumpkin! She thouroughly enjoyed her first pumpkin patch pickin'.

Tatum's first photo shoot

Karey Michelle, an amazing photographer and a sweet girl, came to my mom's backyard to take pictures of Tatum. My smiley, funny girl saw Karey's big camera and decided that we were all going to have to really work to get a smile out of her. It took two hours but amazingly Karey was able to pull it all together and get some wonderful shots of all of us. To see more of Karey's work, visti her web site at http://www.kareymichelle.com/. She takes wonderful pictures and really has an eye for photography. She's an amazing artist.