We decided to reinstate our annual Pumpkin Carving Party, but this year put a new spin on it and invite the munchkins so that they sould show off their costumes. It was a lot of fun, and the pumpkins actually got carved this year! The kids kept their costumes on long enough for the respective parents to get pictures, and then most were out of them. This was the first "party" that Dave and I have thrown that we had an empty house by 7:30 pm, which was very different but kind of nice! 
So our friend Jackie came to visit awhile back and brought her son, Jackson's jumper with her. Since then we have gotten Arden one of her own and it has become the best thing we've bought her so far. She loves it and it is hours of entertainment for us. Not to mention gives her something to do while Mom can get stuff done too! Just recently she's really learned how to navigate it and while I was playing music the other day I realized she looked she was dancing. So I put on a popular hip hop song (Timbaland's "The Way I Are") that Dave makes fun of me for listening to and she bounced away right on beat!
let me just tell you about my last hour....
folding laundry, arden is in her jumper seat in the door frame. she's a bit too big for her jumper so we wrap towels around her so she doesn't bobble around in there. i look over, and notice her feet are kind of sliding around. upon further investigation realize she's sliding around in poo. this can't be good. so i go and unwrap the towels to realize that she's pooed through her diaper, down the leg of her shorts, onto the jumper, the towels, and onto the floor. nice. so i strip her down and put her directly into the bathtub and climb in with her to clean her off.
i get out of the tub with her and wrap her in a towel and put her on the couch will on run into the bedroom to get my bathrobe for me. i come back and she's peed on the couch.
need less to say, i went ahead and put her down for her afternoon nap a bit early. while i resolved the carpet, couch, and did yet another load of laundry. no there is no picture for this post, i'll spare you the visual.
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