Great-Grandma Hamilton turns 90!!

Caroline and I along with my sister, Laurie, surprised my grandma in St. Louis by showing up for her 90th birthday -- we almost gave her a heart attack. She cried as she was so excited that we made it in for her birthday. My cousin William also drove in from Ole Miss for the big day as well -- it was fantastic! We took Grandma to the pumpkin patch with Caroline one day and these are some of the photos. Hard to believe that she is almost 9 months. She is now scooting everywhere and is pulling up to stand to get to what she wants as evidenced by the video below.

She's a little bitty duck...

Swimming in the water....Caroline has a new "bathtub".... her very own, very large, rubber duckie. She loves it as evidenced by the pictures. She is a water baby and loves splashing and, of course, chewing on the duck. Makes bathtime all that much more fun!

Pumpkin Patch

Caroline had her first taste of fall and the pumpkin patch (though it was 85 degrees when we went!) and the pictures turned out adorable. The yellow poncho she is wearing in some of them was mine from when I was a baby. Though it was 85 degrees, we made her wear it for the pictures sake. She loved sitting on the pumpkins and, in true baby form, wanted to put all the pumpkins in her mouth. Enjoy!! (Sorry, I still haven't figured out how to rotate the pictures!!)

Looks like chocolate....

But, unfortunately, for Caroline, it is just prunes -- we'll have to introduce chocolate when she can get past the sweet potatoes and peas. Baby food, what a concept, take every fruit and vegetable and put it in a blender and then wala -- dinner is served. I learned last week when I wasn't feeling so well that the smell of those foods is not the most appetizing either. It's amazing we all ever decide we like to eat!

I guess the eating gives Caroline more energy and mobility though as you can see from this picture, she has figured out her way to crawl under the coffee table and the fireplace. The true baby invasion has occurred as Trent and I will have to "babyproof" the house.