It's On Now

Today was chilly. Sweatshirt chilly. We've ordered our wood, laundered the winter clothing, and tomorrow I will be putting the electric blankets on. I don't know if I'm ready for this.

All About Midge

Midge. What can I even say. Of all the girls she has absolutely by far changed the most in the last few months. The other day we were at Wal- Mart (shocking I know) and the cashier asked me how old my baby was. I told her she was 19 months old. It took me a second to realize that she meant Boo not Midge. But it just goes to show, to me Midge is still such a baby. The truth is she is really transforming into such a toddler.

The list of things she can do is endless. I don't think she ever really sits down from the time she is up until she goes down kicking at screaming at night. She's picky about everything. Who holds her, who looks at her, what she'll eat, wear, etc. Her sense of humor is great, but definitely on her own terms. She's sensitive and has her feelings hurt easily. Sometimes I feel sorry for her being caught in the middle all the time. She's not the littlest baby in our family, but she gets left out of the older girls activities a lot too.

Her vocabulary has really expanded in the last month or so. She says Mommy, Daddy, Sissy, TT, Baby, Kitty, Ball, Hi, Bye Bye and many many more. Anything we say, she can repeat. She has a cute little lisp and thanks to having older sisters her grammar is a little off too. She'll say yeah vs. yes, huh, and several others. Instead of saying uh-oh she says uh-mmmmmm uh-mmmm over and over until whatever she sees is fixed or at least recognized. One of her new favorite things to do is look at books about animals or play with animal toys. She knows most of her animal sounds and is fairly amused with herself. That's okay though cause we're pretty amused too.

We have to really watch her as she has no fear what so ever. She's the most accident prone of the 3 older girls. In fact last night we learned that you really can, if you hold your mouth just right and fall at exactly the right angle, bite through your cheek. Luckily she was left with some swelling and a tiny hole and no major malformations. Sadly this is nothing new for her. Within a few minutes she was back up running around and laughing. I'm excited to share the Holidays with her this year when she's really aware of what's going on. She makes me happy and I'm glad she's mine.

Fall Break

Chiggie is on fall break from school from today until Wednesday. I don't mind, in fact I enjoy having her home all day, but it seems like they have a lot more "vacation" days then we did when I was a kid. Next week they go Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and then they're off again on Monday. I feel sorry for people who work and have trouble finding or affording reliable care for their kids on such a regular basis.

We plan to spend this break just relaxing. Soccer tomorrow, Church Sunday, and then maybe the park one day and swimming another. We're still doing our best to stay as active as possible. I still haven't committed to a diet or "lifestyle change" yet. I'm having a little bit of trouble finding the motivation. Plus this time of year is hard with all the Holiday baking and big get togethers that revolve around food. Now or never though, I know.

Here are some things I really want to post about soon:

• Midge's speech, she has really started to talk
• The girls and how they interact with one another
• My plans for the Holidays

Ghosts of Halloween Past

Chiggie's 1st year. We went all out and bought her this lady bug costume. We actually went trick or treating and everything. She was 4 months old.

Chiggie's 2nd year she was an elephant(adorable) but I cannot find the picture right now. This is her 3rd year and she was a care bear. We were living in Florida and it was really hot and humid. Very unseasonal.
This was Chiggie's 4th year and Tea's 1st year. Chiggie was a cowgirl and Tea was a bunny. It was our first year back in Colorado and it snowed. Brrrr!
Chiggie's 5th year and Tea's 2nd year. Tinkerbell and Snow White. This year was an absolute blast. I was pregnant with Midge and loved indulging in the goodies. We participated in several community events and the girls really got into it.
Chiggie's 6th year, Tea's 3rd year, and Midge's 1st. Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, a Care Bear, and a Kitty. Another really fun year. This was the first year that they really got into the trick or treating. They came home with buckets full of candy.

Who Me?

Boo Who?

10 Weeks 1 Day



Boo. It's so hard to describe her with words alone. She's a chunk that's for sure. She has also perfected the art of sleeping. It is her true love and she spends as much time doing it as she possibly can. She has the ability to sleep through just about anything, not that our house is noisy, of course not. I would say eating comes in a close second. If she has to wait a little longer than she finds acceptable then she will eat super fast and throw it all back up as if to say 'see what you've done to me.'



I recently realized that while referring to her as Boo I have neglected to explain where the nick name came from. Well...... when I was pregnant we decided that she was officially the last Dauk baby. No more for us. She makes us feel complete, whole, perfect if you will. So really she is our Ca"boo"se. The end of the Dauk train. Boo for short.

Happy Hauntober!

I am so excited that it's October. I love this month! We have several festive activities planned, pumpkin patch, apple picking, trick or treating. It's fun to have all of that to look forward to. I should be back tonight with a 10 week update on the Boo and some pictures. I just wanted to share my excitement.