Since Ronan was almost 7 months, I decided to go ahead and try some real food. We started out with avocados, and Gabriela helped me out. He wasn't too thrilled, but I think that was due to how he was being fed, not what :)
A week or so later I thought we'd give it another try and we did oatmeal. He only took like 2-3 bites and was done, then stuck his tongue out at us. Eh, less mess for me. If you don't know already, I'm not big on baby food, and neither are my kids. Kind of nice that way.
October was unseasonably warm, so we were still able to go swimming a few times this month. Because it's SO hot in Arizona, and babies aren't supposed to wear sunscreen before 6 months, we kept Ronan indoors for the most part all summer, but when it dipped down into the low 90's, we slapped on some sunscreen and went in as often as we could! He LOVED the water!
Gabriela turned 5 this month, and we celebrated with family over at my mom's house. With lots of extended family it's so much easier to just do cupcakes and thankfully Gabs loves it!
She was very excited to wear her birthday/princess crown all day. I even curled her hair for the day and she was thrilled to be looking so pretty, in fact, she decided that she had to wear a pretty dress to go along with it. Of course she thought of the dress she wore to Tricia's wedding :)
She loved her presents, but mostly having all her family around; she really gets excited for family gatherings!
My birthday is the day after Gabriela's so we had a couple pictures done together, courtesy of Isa. Love that she picked a cooler for me to sit on! :)
To end October, we had a 4 ward trunk-or-treat. It was a little chaotic for the adults, but the kids never knew it and had a blast. Bren & Isa invited their good friends (who are brother & sister) that have been in their same classes at school since we moved back. They even followed us over to the new charter school, BASIS Oro Valley! Sadly they'll be moving to England over the break and my kids are pretty bummed.
Lissa's holding Ronan [Yoda], Bren was an Assassin, Isa was a pirate, Gabriela a witch, & Emalyn a doctor.
So this is me trying to feed my kid, yet again. We gave him 3 or 4 Cheerios and he only choked once. Not too bad, but again I think I'll wait a little longer for those, and maybe try the Puffs (they seems to dissolve quicker).
Ema got into the girls' play makeup and did quite a job! Gabriela actually looks decent...guess she should have helped Ema :)
