Smashing Pumpkins

With Halloween being Amelia's first holiday we've been given a number of festive outfits to dress her up in. Amelia spent this entire weekend dressed as a pumpkin in one outfit or another. Naturally, we felt the need to take a few pictures. Being the intelligent people that we are, Beth and I figured it would be cute to take Amelia's picture among the pumpkins on the front stoop (yes, the concrete stoop). We propped her up the best we could and began the photo shoot. If you look at the pictures, you'll notice Amelia gradually slipping down, bit by bit. We figured this was natural for a 2 and a half week old who can't even hold up her head. What we didn't realize was that the keystone of our support arrangement was the little pumpkin that could barely hold itself up, never mind Amelia. As you can probably guess by now, the pumpkin rolled and Amelia fell back onto the concrete. So there you have it, our first serious parenting mishap, smashing our little pumpkin's head on the concrete! Fortunately, our pride and confidence were hurt more than Amelia's head.