A Week of Spoiling Begins!

We were all delighted to have Nana and Boom visit us last week -- a visit that encompassed Campbell's baptism and Fiona's 2nd birthday. Nobody was more delighted than Fiona. No sooner had Nana and Boom deplaned, but she received a Red Sox cap and fuzzy bunny slippers. Both of which she insisted upon wearing to her nap. Whether or not she turns out to be a Red Sox fan, she is definitely a Nana and Boom fan!

And there was much more to follow. More presents, and daily fun activities. But of course, we forgot to bring the camera to most of those activities, so instead I'll just post some of the amusing faces that Fiona makes at the dinner table.
Coming soon: the 2-part series that was Fiona's birthday.

Campbell Gets Baptized

A week ago, Campbell was baptized at Christ Church of Berkeley in the presence of 14 family members and countless friends. She wore the christening dress that I (Faith) wore back when I was baptized -- as did Fiona. I can't think of much witty commentary on dedicating Campbell's life to God, so I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves; it was a really special day! (Admittedly, it was a little nervewracking to have both girls up on stage for the ceremony - a looong 5 minutes! -- but everyone was amazingly well behaved).

Halloween Hilarity

I think I've oversold our Halloween a little with that title, but Campbell's 1st and Fiona's 2nd Halloween was very nice. Fiona dressed as one of her favorite foods: a cupcake. Complete with a disproportionately large cherry on top. We carved the 3 pumpkins that we picked earlier this month. The "Mommy & Dadoo" pumpkin got the traditional treatment:
But Fiona & Campbell's pumpkins were decreed "Pony" pumpkins and carved accordingly. (Erick, the knife-wielder, was begging me for no more curved lines after those two).
After Campbell awoke from her nap, she was dressed as a ladybug (a costume commissioned by her older sister. As you can see below, it nicely accentuates her enormous cheeks).

Then, we headed off to the "Fall Fest" party thrown by our church. It was so much fun that Fiona was completely exhausted after the first hour. But she had enough energy to compete in the costume contest, in which she made the Top 5. (I suspect sympathy points for that enormous, homemade cherry. Or maybe it's all in the attitude -- I cannot explain the face she's making below).
In other news, Campbell is now lifting her head 90 degrees. This means that mobility is not far behind.

What will we do with two who can move?!? Halloween nothin', that's REALLY scary!