Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

And more video of Zoe and Ella playing. Guest appearance by Toby the cat.

Videos of Zoe and Ella

Here is Zoe learning to crawl. She's a real pro now - gets the prize in the end!




Ella teach Zoe how to row a boat.




Ella singing a song about monkeys and crocodiles.

Just getting around to posting some older videos. This is from our visit to Indianapolis in July.

Halloween

The weekend before Halloween, Nanna and Grandpa Bill came to visits. We carved our pumpkins and went to our neighborhood Halloween parade with neighbors. Ella was very excited to be a butterfly, and a baffled Zoe was a baby pumpkin. Ella had her first trick-or-treating experience this year and absolutely loved it. She stomped right up the houses and knocked on the doors with neighbors Marley and Joel. The unfortunate side effect is that the world of candy has been opened up to her. It had to happen some time!




Making jack-o-lanterns: wait a minute, there's gooey stuff inside!

sharing a ride to the Halloween parade with friends Marley and Joel

Zoe pumpkin and Grandpa Bill

Very excited to trick or treat.

With friends at the parade.

Ella and Zoe with Marley.

"First" Pictures

Continuing with our catch-up from the past month, here are some milestone pictures. Plus a few others thrown in for good measure.

Ella's first day of preschool (Sep 10)

Zoe's first solid meal (Sep 14)

Outer Banks NC

These are about a month late, but here are some highlight photos from our trip to Corolla, NC with the Quinn family last month. You can see the rest on Flickr!

Aunt Tanya and Ella playing in the waves

Zoe had fun with Grandpa Bill

Everyone at the top of the lighthouse

Resting for a moment before climbing back down

Attempt at a family photo

Happy kids

Zoe loves new toys!

Ella trying to be cool

Zoe and Nana enjoying the waves

Ella reading Kitten's First Full Moon

One of Ella's favorite books:

Welcome to our blog

The Quinn Gardner family of Arlington VA is finally catching up with our nieces, nephews and cousins and starting a blog! We'll be posting lots of fun stories, video and our best pictures. Please come back and check on us later.

Dave, Christina, Ella & Zoe