Eden Reading Bedtime at the Nut House before bed!

Eden loves this book!  She loves the pictures, and she has started doing the hand movements!

The first verse is the most entertaining, but feel free to watch the rest too.  There are some fun moments.

Here's the animated promo video for the book (that Eric wrote & I produced the music for):

Eden Cleaning Up Toys

Daycare must be teaching her well!  (And we try to do clean up before bedtime too).  I was impressed that Eden was successfully putting each "cookie" into her toy cookie tube/box.

Eden's first dance!

We were watching Saturday Night Live and Bruno Mars came on as the musical guest.  Eden apparently loved it and was groovin' and clapping to the beat!  We had never seen her dance before :-)

Eden's first Stride Rite shoes

Eden turns 1 year! New Panda photos

A 1st birthday, a wedding and new panda photos!

Walking!

Eden started walking a week ago Friday!  Aunt Becky saw her first 2 steps while sitting for her.  And by this past Thursday we counted 7 steps in a row, and today I counted 12!  Her teachers say she is determined to walk, and we believe it.  Every spare moment she is trying to stand up and walk - usually while holding a toy or something fun.

Last weekend at Zach & Alexis' wedding we caught her practicing standing up, and ALMOST walking:

Throughout the week she's made tons of progress.  Here she is with Bonnie & Aunt Becky:


And it turns out her cousin Matthew is just starting to walk at the same time!  So cool!

Eden wins Halloween

Eden was well enough after her surgery to have a pretty active Halloween!

Eden was a field mouse for Halloween. 

Eden wasn't just an awfully cute field mouse.  She was part of a family costume, where her daddy was "Little Bunny Foo Foo" and her mama was "the good fairy."  If you are somehow not familiar with this children's song, check it out on TLG: http://www.thelearninggroove.com/#!little-bunny-foo-foo/c1r6m

Eden participated in her school's parade

There was actually another little gray mouse in her class of 12, not pictured here

And then went to Aunt Becky and Uncle Matt's house for trick or treating!

and boppin em on the head

....and boppin em on the head

But here's where the story gets really funny.

Before Eden's surgery had even been scheduled, Aunt Becky had heard about our costume idea and suggested we enter into East Atlanta Village's family/group costume category.  In my typical fashion these days, I said "forward it to Michael."  And then we never thought about it again.

When walking from their house to East Atlanta to check it out, we noticed the costume contest taking place nearby.  "Did you guys ever register for that?" Becca asked me.  "I don't know, Michael, did you?" I asked.  "Actually, I did," he said - even though he never told either of us he'd filled the form out!

So we walked over to the costume contest, and the announcer immediately said "the next category is Family/Group Costume."  And seconds later, the announcer called out: "Eden Levine, Little Bunny Foo Foo, the Good Fairy, and field mouse."

...and once again, boppin em on the head

AND WE WON THE CATEGORY!!!  Prize was... $50 cash!  Um, that was unexpected.

So Eden had a really big day - tube surgery in the morning, and winning a Halloween costume contest in the evening.

Next up... making a family music video!  We'll probably do this again for Purim too (her costume should still fit her then).