Hurricane Halloween...

I guess it's becoming an annual tradition...hurricanes in New York City! Last year it was Irene (who ended up being pretty boring), this year it's Sandy. Five letter women just do not like NYC in the Fall. I think there's a joke in there about the storms earning another five letter name, but I digress...

So far the storm has been pretty tame for us. We are Zone C or D, which means we're not in any sort of danger of flooding. However, with the subways shut down it is a ghost town out there. Just in case we lose power we have plenty of water and crackers...and some wine. We're just hunkering down til everything blows over...

Speaking of "hunkering down"...Sloan's first Georgia-Florida game was this weekend! She almost ate through kickoff, but Mom reminded her that when Uncle Verne comes on it's time to get serious. 

Sloan's gameday finest

As you can see, Sloan wore her best gameday attire (shirt/burp cloth courtesy of Mrs. Casey, and shoes of Uncle Bernie). She even had on a pair of Silver Britches! I'm pretty sure this is why we won the game. So, from now until the end of time, she will be required to wear this exact same outfit for every UGA/UF game.

For anyone that did not watch, it was quite a game. The first half alone gave us six turnovers (forget the O Line, Aaron Murray should take the Defense out for ice cream this week) and approximately 8,472 personal foul penalties. Things got pretty heated out there and Evil Richt came out. I'm a pretty big fan of Evil Richt, and now Sloan is too...

Gators Wear Jean Shorts!!!!! 

All's well that ends well though, and the Dawgs prevailed 17-9 despite every effort to lose the game. Sloan stayed up for most of it and was nice enough to behave herself so Mom could really watch it.

Afterwards, cousin Emily came over to babysit so Mom and Dad could go to a Halloween party. A huge Thank You to Emily - she was an excellent babysitter and Sloan slept for a full 4 hours for her!

Bacon and Egg

The next day we went to a neighborhood Halloween party thrown by a group called Bowery Babes. We only knew one other family there, but met a few others. It was definitely an eye opening experience - and glimpse into our future - to be around all the kids singing 'Wheels on the Bus go round and round'. Our crayons were a hit though, and a big Thank You to Sloan's Grandma, Vanessa, who made the purple outfit!

Red + Blue = Purple 

Finally, a quick update in Sloan's progress: she is weighing in around 7lbs now and has outgrown her preemie clothes (!!!). It's all Newborn sizes for this little girl!