The Great Escape

Lilly is 9 months old. I can't believe it. She weighs 18lbs and is 29in long. She is jabbering up a storm and cruising along the furniture. She officially said "Bye Bye" this weekend to her Granny and is saying Momma and Dada. Her favorite food to eat is grapes! She has a fit if you only give her a few and will not eat any other food after you have presented the grapes to her. I guess she has a sweet tooth like her Mom! So, we try to limit the grapes. She loves to have you walk her around the room or house. She also is very much a Momma's girl. She doesn't let me out of her sight very often when it is just the two of us in the house. This month has also been our first month of sickness. She has had several colds and the doctors at Mercy know us by name. I didn't realize I would be at the doctor so much, but I kept worrying about ear infections. She was on the verge of one and she did have to go on her first medicine.

These pictures are of her trying to escape her crib. When she wakes up in the morning she is siting up in bed and is either crying for someone to save her from her prison or she is laughing and playing with her blanket. One morning she got stuck sitting in the corner and when I went in I could tell she just needed help laying back down. I layed her down and she went right back to sleep. This is a fun stage and she is learning so much.

Well, we wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving. We are so thankful for our Lord Jesus Christ and His love for his children by dieing for us so that we could live with him for eternity! We are also thankful for such wonderful family and friends.

Arapaho

The Roush Christmas Photo

New York New York

Central Park in the evening.

China Town fish market. These fish were still moving!

On top of the Met! We had fun touring the wonderful Museum.

Frozen Hot Chocolate at Serendipity 3.

One of the highlights was seeing Katie Holmes in "All My Sons". We were able to get standing room only tickets which were a lot less expensive. We really enjoyed the show.

Well, Rusty and I went on our first getaway with out sweet little Lillian in October. Our wonderful parents watched Lilly for us and she had a great time playing while we were away. It was such a great time for Rusty and I just to hangout, but we missed her a lot!

We love New York and the city was so beautiful this time of year. We biked central park, took tours of the city, saw Brooklyn, took in some shows, shopped and ate! We did a lot of eating. We even ate at a traditional Korean Restaurant. Very interesting. We actually had to ask the waiter what we were eating. We did take time to watch the OSU vs Texas game! We were the only ones in the restaurant watching that game, but it was still very exciting.

Buzz....I'm a little Bee

Lillian had a lot of fun on Friday for Halloween. She dressed up as a bee and played with her friend Piper...the ballerina. We had lots of trick-or-treaters come to our door. It was perfect weather to get dressed up and go out looking for candy!

OSU Homecoming 2008

Homecoming and Walkaround was so much fun this year. Lilly absolutely loved being with thousands of people. We were able to visit with many friends we had not seen in a long while. On Homecoming Lilly and I watched the band practice on Library Lawn while she ate her lunch and walked around campus with Shelly and Piper. Shelly has a cute picture of us in front of the Library on her blog. Rusty walked around from 6:30pm to 9:30pm with Lilly straped to him on Friday. Lilly stayed up way past her bed time, but it didn't seem to bother her at all. She actually seemed to get a second wind around 8:00pm. We hope Lilly will be a "Cowgirl" in about 18 years!

The Leaves Are Falling

Here Lilly is seating in front of our house with our pumkins on the front lawn.

One Friday night Lilly and I went golfing with Rusty. It was so much fun and Lilly loved riding in the golf cart.

The leaves are falling and we are enjoying this beautiful weather. We have a really neat park near our house and Lilly has had fun swinging in the baby swing. You can tell by her fun smile. Lilly is 8 months old and has just started to clap when you ask her to and occasionally wave bye bye. She is the most curious thing ever. She does not sit still for a moment unless you put cheerios on her highchair. Then she will sit there intently for 30 min. trying to pick them up with her hands to put them in her mouth. That saves me some good cooking time in the kitchen!

Lilly is at the stage where she wants a lot of attention. She likes to play, but would rather play with you or at least have you in the same room while she plays. I'm taking it all in, because I know children do not want you around forever.

I have been enjoying attending MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) and going to a Women's Bible Study called Can We Talk. It has been great to get to know some other Mom's. Something I have been praying for. Lilly has been doing pretty well in the nursery as long as there are a lot of other babies to play with. The most fun for me is when her eyes light up to see Mommy is there to pick her up.

Trip to Woodward and a Big Congrats

Rusty was away on an Alumni Reunion in Stillwater while we made the trip to Woodward, but I do have to share some big news.....He passed the CPA Exam! Yeah Lilly and I are so proud of you, Rusty. You have worked extremely hard and deserve a big break from studying.




Lilly and I went to visit her Grams and Gramps in Woodward with Shelly and Piper. The girls did great on the trip up, but it was a crazy ride home. Lilly had two dirty diapers, Piper cried for an hour and we ran over a skunk! Praise the Lord Shelly and I have a lot of fun laughing together. We had a great time visiting and we enjoyed playing with my grandparents too. Woodward was having a small festival and we got to stroll around dowtown. It's always fun to go home and see whats going on in your hometown.