Happy Thanksgiving

Just another little update, since we have been awful at posting anything for the last month! Poppy just celebrated her first Thanksgiving - we had a huge extended-family get-together for Grandpa VanDenBerghe's 80th birthday, so it was great to see all the cousins, aunts and uncles. Poppy seemed to enjoy the mashed potatoes and stuffing, and I know Paul did, so all in all it was a successful day of eating and giving thanks!
As you can see, Poppy is quite the smiler (well, for the cameras, at least!), but believe me, she can really turn on you fast if you are either a) getting her out of the bath, b) changing her clothes, or c) putting her in the car seat. Those are definitely her least favorite things.
Poppy had her 9-month appointment on the 13th of this month, and not much has changed: 35th percentile for weight, 50th percentile for height, and 95th percentile for head circumference (wow!), and she is a very healthy little girl. Still just has the two teeth, but she seems to be getting better at chewing, so she has been eating lots more big person food as of late. She has also learned how to wave, points at things, can say "mama" and "dada" (but we don't know if she actually knows what she's saying...), and has not quite figured out crawling yet, but she is so close that we've already purchased a baby gate and some other baby-proofing items.
The Christmas decorations are all up, and we are excited to partake in Poppy's first ever Christmas, although to be honest, she doesn't seem that concerned with the Christmas tree. I suppose that will change when she learns how to crawl-- maybe if we're lucky that will start after Christmas and the decorations are all put away!
The only semi-horrific story to share happened last week. Poppy was sitting in the bathroom while I finished bathing Georgie, and I proceeded to clean out the tub after Georgie was done after she'd gotten out. I'd finished cleaning the tub out and turned around only to realize Georgie had pooed all over our bath mat. Which she never does, so I don't know what her problem was, and how I failed to realize this is a mystery since it was literally right behind me. Well, Poppy noticed the poo before I did, and as you can imagine, she had already picked some of it up and smeared it around by the time I noticed it. Therefore Poppy also went into the bath straightaway. We're not sure how much of it got into her mouth, but I don't really want to think about that. Ick!
In more exciting news, Tracy and Eduardo found out they are going to be having a little girl in April. Congrats, guys!