Thankful

I can't believe it is November already. That means we have been in our new home, with new job and a new baby for 6 months now! I can't believe how many blessings we have seen recently.

I love November and the extra effort to be thankful.  

So on this day I am thankful for...

...homemade baby food

thank you Kjersta for inspiring me

(peas)

And a delicious baby that seems to enjoy my creation

 at least most of the time

I am also thankful for this 2 year old big sister.

She is funny, smart, kind (most of the time), and super helpful

I am thankful for those who believe in me.

Thank you to Natalie for bringing these once hideous finds and helping me turn them into...

Six Months!

Holy smokes, I can't believe this little lady is 6 months old! She is pure joy. At the ripe old age of six months here is what she is up to...

               height: 26 in.                         weight: 18 lbs. 10 oz.                           head: ginormous

• NOT sleeping through the night- she sleeps for 12 hours but wakes up once to eat and I am too tired/lazy to break this habit. Plus I secretly like the nighttime alone time.
• finally sleeping in the crib (thank you Savannah for deciding the big girl bed isn't too bad) 
• still nursing like a champ
• finally getting the hang of rice cereal
• smacking her lips when she sees food- were we surprised she would like food... no
• sitting up unassisted
• rolling all over the place
• grabbing and eating her toes
• putting everything she gets her hands on into her mouth
• babbling- sometimes so loudly that we have to leave church
• loves her exersaucer, johnny jumper and the stroller
• such a happy spirited and content baby
• adores her big sister- most of the time
• is a mama's girl 

This little love is just the perfect addition to our family!  

Happy 6 months baby girl!

Halloween!

I knew I was going to miss Omaha - going to the annual dental school Halloween parade and the Botanical Gardens trick or treating- so I decided to start my own festivities this year.

When I woke Savannah up I told her it was Halloween and she immediately asked if she could put her cow costume on. Sure.  

My little cow and I (along with the sleeping zebra-or snow leopard) listened to scary music (thank you pandora for having a children's halloween station) and made pumpkin chocolate chip cookies to take to dad's office.  

We showed up to the dental office and paraded our costumes and delivered some treats. We then headed to the grocery store- still in costume.

When dad came home we had white chicken chili (delish!) and then carved our last minute pumpkin just in time for the first trick or treater to show up at our door.

We took Savannah to about 10 houses on our circle and she loved it! She knew just what to say "Happy Halloween" and "trick or treat." Sophie was a trooper and snuggled in the stroller looking cute.

Pumpkin Carving FHE 10/24

I am a little dissapointed by the quality of our costume pictures- so I might re-do them :)  

Gardner Village

We were in UT for less than 48 hours last weekend. Jayson couldn't miss the annual brother fishing trip and I didn't want him to drive by himself (both local brothers were already in UT or en route) so I loaded up the girls and we hit the road Friday afternoon and enjoyed a day and a half with family.

Jayson thoroughly enjoyed himself fishing with his brothers. He said he caught a few fish all day and that his dad showed up for 2 hours towards the end of the day and caught 6!

I elected not to go fishing and instead got my mom and sil to go to Gardner Village with me. It was a little chilly but really fun to see all of the great decorations and lots of witches walking around everywhere. It was fun to walk through all the shops and I am kicking myself for not getting a witch hat while we were there. Maybe next year...

 As usual this babe was a delight to shop with

 Savannah was so excited to see cousin Eloise

 Mimi and 3 of the 5 grand-girls

The cookie Savannah is holding was quite delicious

This poor thing stayed up until 10 pm the previous night watching a "scary movie" with grammy and the cousins and then missed her nap due to our outing. 

She just improvised and fell asleep in the stroller- so sweet. She is still my big baby even though she is so grown up.

Thank you to my mom and Courtney for making the day lots of fun! 

It really got us ready for Halloween.