happy halloween

chloe's first (well, technically second) halloween today. i took her to walgreens and then around the neighborhood a little bit in her skeleton costume. unfortunately, by the time it was really time to trick-or-treat, she was crashing...bedtime is at 7 these days. anyway, good times. she now has 4 teeth and is smart as a whip. she understands quite a lot although she is struggling sometimes with comminication with us and has little fits when we don't know what she wants. mostly, she wants food 24-7. she is an eating machine! she hoards food in her left hand while she shovels it in with her right...and ends up with mush in her left hand by the time she's finished with her meal. we call it her "bob dole." she loves going outside and still gets crazy when she sees other kids and dogs. when we go to the park, we have to peek over the fence at the dog park everytime so she can point and shout "durdurdurdurdurdurdurdurdur" it's only slightly annoying when people are walking in front of our house to go to the dog park...she follows them down the street....forever.