80s Baby, Yea!

At the beginning of October we celebrated in retro-style by attending an 80s Themed Birthday Prom for our good friend, Erin. It was so awesome and the whole fam dressed the part. Chris wore a white polo with popped collar, white shoes and an awesome visor that you definitely haven't seen for decades. I wore a knit dress, decorative neon tank, leggings, hot pink legwarmers and silver shoes. Of course I was rocking blue eyeshadow, big earrings and a side ponytail with scrunchie! (and yes, I actually bought a scrunchie!) Imogen was wearing a large printed dress and also wearing legwarmers. I wanted to put her hair into a side ponytail too, but the girl will not keep anything in her hair.

We had a great time eating lots of good food, dancing to some 80s tunes and watching our friends sing karoke. A couple gals painted a backdrop where all the couples could get their "prom" photo taken -- just like old times! (see top photo) There were tons of balloons and Imogen kept signing "ball" and stood there staring up at all of them for a lot of the evening.

Imogen and I with the birthday girl, Erin!

80s Footwear

Imogen and her balloons

We had a great time! Happy Birthday Erin!!

The Hug Heard Around the World

From the evening of September 30th...the tender moment of reuniting with daddy. Imogen had such a grip on his shoulders she would not let go. I had often wondered if she missed him like I did -- I think at the very moment of seeing him, her world was right again.

Yum Yum!

Imogen is now at the point where she will experiment with new foods -- and recently has tried chocolate! She was hesitant at first, but warmed up to it in no time and really enjoyed eating a chocolate popsicle with me :-)

Below are pictures of her eating some pasta, which is definitely one of her favorites. When we cook spaghetti, we'll chop up a bit and put a pile in front of her to feed herself and she just goes to town. Since she really won't keep a bib on, we almost always end up changing her shirt after a particularly messy meal like this.

We taught Imogen how to do sign language and have LOVED her being able to tell us what she wants when she wants it. The bottom picture is her telling me "more" because she is almost done chewing and needs another bite on deck...and she needs it now!