The Big One, Part I

Since we're going to be in Arizona on Merritt's actual 1st Birthday, we had an early celebration here in Houston last night with Eric's family.

Caterpillar cupcakes
First cupcake!

More squishing than actual eating (thank goodness!)

Opening gifts with help from Dad and Cousins Kayla and Abby

Of course the box alone is as exciting as the toy inside

BFFs II

BFFs

New Tricks

The obligatory "gimme five":

And a backward wave:

11 Months Old Today and a Bucket of Fun

Our Little Punk, I Mean Pumpkin

Merritt got into the Halloween spirit at the family dinner Eric's grandmother hosted on Sunday (thanks Gammer!).

Milestones

At the tender age of 10 1/2 months, Merritt can now drive a car (kind of) and feed herself with a spoon (sort of)! And yes, we do a lot of drooling on our shirts and eating dinner in our diaper around here.

Feeling Fall-ish

Even though we're still having 90-degree days here, we got into the fall spirit this weekend at our local pumpkin patch. Merritt loved watching all the kids run around and even picked out her own baby pumpkin!