The busy month of October

Hello friends and family! I feel like its been a while since I blogged and I have missed it dearly! Lots going on in the Banes household this month...

Our brave little girl

Bella needed surgery this month to have tubes inserted in her ears (many, many ear infections) and also to have her adenoids removed (mouth breather, LOUD snorer). Louie and I were very nervous parents taking our daughter in for her first surgery at such a young age, even though we knew she very much needed it. Isabella was awesomely brave - she went back to the O.R. without mommy and daddy and was put to sleep without barley a whimper. She woke up from the anesthesia frightful and erratic, as to be expected, but after it wore off and she got some much needed rest she bounced back surprisingly fast. Now she doesn't snore and can breath with ease - success! Wont' know for a while how the tubes are serving her, but we are hopeful :)

Bella received lots of "get well" goodies and sweet gestures from family and friends including frozen yogurt, delivered flowers with a plush teddy bear, and tickets to see Disney Princesses on ICE!

Baking cookies with Nonna

Making cutout sugar cookies is a past time of my family and we introduced the fun to Bella by making some halloween sugar cookies on Saturday evening. Not only did she make a mess–as expected– but she had a great time sprinkling the "sauce" (she kept calling the flour sauce LOL), rolling the dough, cutting the shapes, and adding sprinkles.

Weekend visit with Aunt Tina

My Godmother Tina came for a visit this past weekend to spend some quality time with Nonnie (her mother) while she is still recuperating from her back surgery. We spent as much time with the two of them as we could. Nonnie is making great progress with her back; she even made it out to mom's house for an afternoon tea!

Annual Banes Pumpkin & Apple Farm Day Trip

This year marks the 10th year that I've been going with Louie and his family up to Ellijay to the various apple orchards and Burt's pumpkin farm. We bought lots of delicious apples and of course picked out our big pumpkin to carve. Its fun to see how amazed Bella was at the size and quantity of pumpkins... her eyes get so big when she saw them all. 

We are ready for halloween! Hope you have a spook-tacular evening! More posts to follow soon :)