Laughter - the best cause and cure for hiccups

Last night when I was getting Tatum ready for bed, I laid her down for a diaper change. Just then I let out one of my resounding hiccups and she laughed and laughed. Then again, like they do, another hiccup exploded out of me and Tatum responded in another good belly roll of a laugh. This went on for about four hiccups. Hilarious I tell you. Usually it is quite the task to get rid of the hiccups, but with Tatum's response and my fixation on wanting to hear more laughter, the hiccups left me surprisingly early. This is the first time I've really seen her chuckle so much; and you can imagine her laugh to be an audible smile - bright and wonderful. We'll work on capturing it for all to hear.

Scooby Doo - Where are you?

We rocked the Halloween scene as Scooby Doo, Velma and Shaggy. Scooby and Velma started the day at the LA Corps graduation and then toured around the LA Zoo. We visited our twin friends Sadie and Jack before heading to a costume party at Jane and Jon's later in the night.

Just to answer the questions I know you are asking - Yes, Andrew is wearing a wig. It would have taken too many hair products and hair irons to get Andrew's hair to look like that otherwise. And yes, Tatum's costume was homemade. I died two onesies, a pair of tights, and a hat tan brown. I cut one brown onesie to create the ears and tail and then I cut black onesie to create spots. The collar was sewn on using blue felt and I used one of her toy rings for the chain. If you can't tell, I'm pretty proud of myself. Plan on us being the Scooby clan for the next few Halloweens. It was fun and easy - and we got to get our money's worth out of Andrew's wig.

Descano Gardens

Last weekend we finally checked out Descano Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, north of LA. We were able to try our piggyback carrier - which I can highly recommend to anyone. Now that we hit the botanical garden trails, I think Tatum is ready for some real mountain climbing.

The Cutest Pumpkin in the Patch

Our Beastie Girl

Tatum will never remember the first Beastie Boys concert she attended in utero at two weeks; but thanks to her Uncle John in Asheville, Tatum can rock the Beastie onesie.