Love the pictures… They capture the season as well as a curious 3 year old… Love those big, brown eyes… Remind me of another curious, little girl with big, brown eyes!

Yes, large spiders…. Creepy! I feel the chill of Autumn, smell apple cider, and hear the crunch of leaves, while enjoying nature's exuberant burst of color!

Happy Halloween!

Love,
G.G.ReplyCancel

that little one is looking so beautiful! Tell B.-diddy to lock the doors! Cool spiders, too!:)
We just bought our pumpkins, and it has barely started to cool down here. Miss you, your skunk, and your boy-scout uniform!ReplyCancel

Wow, that is one big spider. Lovely photos, though. 🙂ReplyCancel

My 4 year old loves, "Make me a Princess". I just have the free one. Balloonimals is a favorite too and it was very worth it to buy it, not just get the free one.

My boys love "Fruit Ninja" and I have wasted many hours with Angry Birds. Crayon Physics is also a fun one for me and my 9 and 11 year olds too.ReplyCancel

I think I will hang out in your comment section today and learn what apps are. I have an IPOD, and I know what an IPAD is, but apps…I will learn about today!ReplyCancel

I love the free Auidiobooks app. It has over 1500 free books that you can listen to. I also love the allrecipes app.ReplyCancel

Violet LOVES the Dr. Seuss book apps. We have The Cat in the Hat and The Lorax. They have an auto play feature which is great for follow along or reading out loud. Also you can touch any object, person, etc… And it will say out loud the name of said thing as well as spell it.ReplyCancel

Oh boy, I've been thinking about this post and meaning to comment for a while. I have an iPhone, not iPad, too. Here goes!

MobileRSS: Access my Google Reader,
Facebook, Pandora, Vevo: For music videos, MenuPlanner: Costs $1 and plans my weekly menus, Mormon Channel: Did you know you can listen to the Ensign in Audio? So cool! Goodreads, LDS Directory: A cheaper alternative to iStake, DragonDictation: Turns voice into text, Mint.com, Groupon, Dropbox: SO cool. I can sync documents with my desktop, UrbanSpoon: find restaurants, P Tracker Lite: Track your "cycle" – indispensable, Life360: If B has an iPhone, you can track his location like GPS,
Go Postal: You can turn photos into postcards for $1.29.

For fun: MissSpell, BrainTrainer, CashCab, Cut the Rope, Movie Quizzle, Angry Birds.ReplyCancel

Dearest Lamp,

How absolutely precious you look! All of my grand- daughters are beautiful, and that certainly applies to you my love. And yes a girl can never have too many great accessories. Truly, it is a delicious, frothy shade of pink, and you "wear it well"! You are welcome!

All my love,
G.G.ReplyCancel

Are you freaking kidding me? Lazahn, indeed! She is so precious!ReplyCancel

Oh my, she is yummy! 🙂ReplyCancel

Just wanted to let you know I lurk here sometimes. I think you're fabulous.ReplyCancel

Oh my. That photo nearly takes me breath away.ReplyCancel

So, so so Cute!ReplyCancel

What a darling picture! Glad to hear that you are liking the newborn stage better this time around. When are you going to post a pic of Lamp wearing the outfit I gave her? 😉ReplyCancel

What a bright little girl you have. (notice I did not say Beanie.)ReplyCancel

I loved every ounce of this post.ReplyCancel

Dear Miggy,

At last, a new blog name for that precious child! (I must admit, I never liked "Beanie"…) She is beautiful, smart, charming, creative, engaging and a little sassy (the apple doesn't fall far from the tree)!

No suggestions, but my smart & talented daughter will know exactly the right Nick-name… I do like Lazan!

You all are looking good!!!!!

All my love,
G.G.ReplyCancel

Love the three year old imagination! =) If you don't like 'Beanie', perhaps you should consult Miss Fancy Nancy namer-girl herself…Didn't she come up with Lamp? That name was perfect, and I must say that the other names mentioned in this post are pretty perfect too.ReplyCancel

I love the Fancy Nancy books! They are SO cute! Love the 3-year-old creativity and imagination 😀ReplyCancel

I hope you report back to us with a blog about your first day of school with bestie. That picture should win a prize!ReplyCancel

Thanks you guys…yeah I love that pic….oh that one. She cracks me up.ReplyCancel

Dear Miggy,

Actually, I think your party does have an almost "Martha" look…. but better, because it has your signature. Well done! (Actually, I want to see close- ups of all your tables, and that great banner….what does it say?) Looks like lots of late summer fun! Good food, good friends and a surprised husband!
"B" looks so surprised and happy! Beanie is having a good time too! And Lamp, was she there too?
Great job Miggy!

Love,
G.G.ReplyCancel

I just posted a comment on another post of yours, but I just realized we know the same people!!!! I married a Brown (Tyler Brown) who is brother's with Dustin Brown – as in Dustin and Rebecca Brown who used to live in Cincy but recently moved to Middletown! Small world! I saw them in your pictures and thought I'd comment! 🙂ReplyCancel

HI! Its been so long. Hope its okay if I just jump on here. I've been a little MIA lately. I am loving all of your posts. It is so good for me to hear real thoughts and feelings from real people. You are one to aspire to be like. I love lamp in that awesome bed. Good work, Beanie. You'll have to make a "sisters wall" of all these darling pictures of the two of them.ReplyCancel

That picture is TOO cute. I love real life.

Since you said it's okay, I would like to know, if looking back over your life, you feel you were being prepared in some way for the challenges of your sweet little Lamp?ReplyCancel

Here's my question, but it has nothing to do with children. And you may not want to answer it on your blog, but I'll ask anyway. Are you getting so frekkin excited to be done with school/training? I feel like I can kind of see the light at the end of the tunnel and we are a full year behind you. Are you counting down the days, or does it not really matter to you? Have you guys talked about where you are going to go? What do you have planned for the future and have locations changed at all since Lamp has been born, considering future medical needs? It would be fun to talk to you. Too bad you guys live so far away instead of one building away now. I will always feel like we were your NYC shadow. 🙂 Anyway, lots of questions.
Ciao!ReplyCancel

Wee! I've been kind of fascinated with blogging lately (I know I am soooo last one on the boat). Why do you blog, and how do you choose what goes on the blog and what doesn't)?ReplyCancel

and I love that photo too…. I LOVE that little bed. I passed one up for $10 once at a cute shop downtown, but I didn't have any girls and now I wish I would have got it. darn.ReplyCancel

How do you keep from being angry at God for not giving Lamp a normal little body? Or maybe I should ask, do you ever feel angry at God? I know I do. And that video of Gabe… tore me up! I don't understand why God does this to people and it flat out makes me mad.
p.s. I am LDS so I understand the whole "we came to earth to be tested" response, but seriously… sometimes I just don't get it.ReplyCancel