October was a very exciting month. Elsa turned 15 months old and is now over 23 pounds and 32 inches.
Pumpkin patches, Halloween, trips, farm visits and my birthday brought a lot of joy. We had a wonderful time at a pumpkin patch in San Jose. Elsa enjoyed the red wheelbarrow ride and the corn maze.
We visited Ardenwood Farms in late October with a number of other families. It was fun to watch all the kids toddling about. A year ago, they were barely crawling.
For Halloween, my new company Cadence had a huge Halloween party for the whole family. Elsa enjoyed her balloon crown and bread in her witch queen costume.
Halloween night we went trick-or-treating with other children from our complex.
Elsa was a lovely little ladybug.
She really enjoyed taking the candy from the bowls and putting it into her bag.
Elsa is now a good eater and at a birthday dinner for me she really enjoyed the ice cream - yum yum.
We have been taking Elsa to Stanford volleyball games. We bike over and because the games run past her bedtime, she often falls asleep on the way home.
This is also the month we had our first night away, for a friend's wedding. It was great fun to get dressed up and have a night out. Elsa is lucky to have grandparents who enjoy watching her.
On the way home from the wedding we visited the Richmond Municipal Natatorium. It was really cool to experience what we had only read about.
Elsa is very confident in her exploring, running off to every new excitement, like running into the ocean! Arne took her to the beach in late October when I was away at a conference. I think she looks a lot like her cousin Sonja in this shot.
Sadly, this was also the month our beloved beagle Bogey died. We will miss him.
