I love our little girl. She is growing up so fast! Instead of taking a walk with her in the stroller, we all walked. That amazes me. A year ago, I had to carry her everywhere, because she was totally immobile. Now she walks with us and enjoyed the sunshine while picking up red leaves and pine cones.
I know that the monkey sweater kind of clashes with the red leaves, but I didn't think about that until after we were already on our walk. Oh well. She is still a cutie!
I love these trees! They remind me of lollipops, because they are so vibrant and multicolored.
These trees amaze me, because they turn yellow AND red. That is a pretty special tree in my book. I love the way leaves are translucent.
We took a short detour on our walk to capture this beautiful tree. The sound of the wind blowing through these kinds of trees is so gentle and comforting. There is a mini orchard of them back at the college I went to. On those stressful term paper writing days, I'd slowly walk through the trees remembering that God is bigger than textbook reading and term papers.
Eliana's fascination with pine cones cracks me up. Of all of the hobbies to have, I'm glad this one is free:) Eliana finds it funny to sport her dad's beanie he got on a mission trip to Jamaica. Kyle was looking for a souvenir. The funny thing about the hat is that it was made in China. Go figure.
Remember back on the Fall Fun post how I said fall was coming? This is the same tree, but now it is all dressed in yellow instead of just the small cluster I captured back in October.
*Eliana has learned how to hug. Awe, I love it! They are normally quite brief hugs, but I'll take them! Sometimes she runs to give me them, because she realizes that I've used "that tone" when calling her name because she is in trouble.
*She nods her head yes and no. So even if she doesn't have many words, she will nod no when she doesn't want certain things.
*Despite a beautiful display of Thanksgiving food, Eliana wasn't interested. She ended up eating mainly banana, a few bites of ham, and some bread for dinner. I got to thinking about it today, and I remembered that I couldn't handle ANYTHING related to Thanksgiving foods when I was pregnant with her. I was barely pregnant when Thanksgiving came. We had three Thanksgivings to celebrate over three days, and I could barely handle eating any of the food. Even after she came, it took many, many, many months to enjoy mashed potatoes or stuffing.
*Eliana has become clingy at times this month. She'll grab a hold of my jeans and try and climb up when we go places, even if she has been there many times before. Normally it takes a few minutes for her to relax and then she is off exploring the world.
*Although taking Eliana grocery shopping had of late been rather difficult, this past Monday's trip was nice. Lately I've been waiting until Kyle is home for us to go so that if she makes a big fuss, they can go get an item while I shop. But, on Monday she and I went right after a morning snack and with some of her favorite books. I think the combination of those two things, some nice people at Winco, and God's graciously answering my plea of help made the trip so much more delightful.
*I am so very grateful that God gave us her.
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