Halloween....a week early

Saturday night we had a little Halloween get- together at our house with a few family and friends....we had lots of fun dressing up, and mostly seeing the little ones dressed up! They were all SO CUTE! Seriously, BABIES + COSTUMES = FUN!!

Here are Beckam (the monkey), Addie (the bunny) and newborn Deacon (a puppy). Aren't they cute little cousins! It's hard to tell from this pic, but Beckam only weighs about a pound less than Addie and they're 6 months apart! Such a cute little chunker!! Deacon is too sweet at just a month old :)

These Punks showed up, but brought darling kids, so we let them in ;) I loved Jaylee as Sleeping Beauty...almost made me jealous!

Possibly an overdone costume this year, but yes I was indeed Sarah Palin. That's my husband, "Joe the plumber" and our cute little bunny :) Her ears didn't stay up too well and I would have worked mine out better with bangs, but I'm not THAT devoted.

Blake and Kacey came in awesome Star Wars costumes (shocking I know). Doc was so cute as a little Yoda!

Here is my little bunny playing with her ladybug friend....cute little friends :) And yes, my child does look much bigger than she really is in her costume...it's pretty puffy.

And NO this does not mean that I've found my camera!! Luckily we have another one, but it wasn't working too well before. Good thing it did for these pics! BTW, if you put a camera and a Full Throttle drink in a snowmobile compartment together...the results aren't very good!! Just ask Jed- that's why this camera only works sometimes!

Random....

So I seriously can't find my camera anywhere and it is driving me CRAZY!! Anyone have any ideas what I could have done with it?? Haha. Last time I used it was when I blogged last Tuesday night. Hmmmm......I usually take AT LEAST one photo of Addie everyday and it is making me crazy not being able to grab it when she's being funny. Ugh...

In happier news- I am having a Halloween party on Saturday night here :) Nothing huge, just basically some food and cute kids in costumes! If anybody is looking for something to do or an excuse to show off your kid's cute costume or your own come on over! I'll email you details if you're interested.

26....gettin' up there!

Sunday was my Birthday and I turned 26. Jed's precise words to me were "Welcome to the other side"....sad. Meaning- I'm now closer to 30 than 20. Seriously.... didn't I just get out of high school? Where does the time go? Anyway.... here's a recap-

If it hadn't given me a reason to put Addie in her darling winter coat I may have been really upset about the snow on Saturday. Okay, I was still annoyed, but it helped. The last time it snowed on my birthday I was 12! Randomly though, Sunday it barely snowed and didn't stick up here, but other places got 6-12 inches! Go figure...I'm sure the skiers were mad.

So appropriate since it snowed! I got some really nice North Face snow boots for my bday, as you can see Addie liked them too. Haha, she actually thought it was cool when I put them on her because they went past her knees so she could stand all by herself in them. Silly girl.

So they say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach...I think it is the other way around! Jed made me delicious food all day long and they were definitely the highlights of my day! He made french toast out of french bread for breakfast- so yummy! Then made me some awesome homemade soup for dinner and ended the night with off the hook Creme Brule! Seriously, I could not ask for a better husband!

Thanks friend for making my birthday a great one! Having Addie being part of it made it the best birthday ever! Her cuddles and giggles made my day :)

Oh, so here are Addie's stats from her doctor appointment today...they made her get her thumb pricked in addition to 2 shots today. NOT FUN. She was sobbing with tears streaming down her face- so sad! The shots are over in 2 seconds. This guy squeezed every drop of blood out of her thumb for 5 minutes- poor girl :(

Height- 27 inches 45% Weight- 18.5 lbs 50%

9 Months Old!

Here's our crawling, getting-into-everything, growing, playful, sweet baby girl at 9 months-
She found a little friend to play with at Grammy Lynette's house. So cute :)

Okay, so I KNOW I was pregnant waaay longer than this! I remember my mom telling me that 9 months goes by so much slower when you're waiting for a baby to get here than the first 9 months that they're here. SO TRUE! We've truly loved having Addison in our lives and can't imagine our world without her now. I'll take her to the doctor this week for her well visit and shots, so I'll post her "stats" once we do.

3 Reasons I LOVE October!

Okay, other than my birthday and Halloween, which are definetely favorites- these 3 things I look forward to all year long!

Beautiful leaves all around me! I literally took this through my windshield driving up the divide the other day. I love the gorgeous colors and cool weather that comes with them.

Fall Session of General Conference- seriously doesn't get much better than this- sitting in my sweats, watching Addie play with her toys, smelling blueberry muffins, looking out my windows to beautiful views and hearing the choir singing "I Know that My Redeemer Lives" in nothing less than 5.1 digital surround sound. Jed says that the Lord intended us to hear conference this way.

Conference, especially fall conference usually lends itself to baking some sort of delicious treat as well. Last night after conference, I made Navajo Tacos and scones with honey butter.....Mmmmmm. Van and Lori came over with their kids for dinner and while the guys went to Priesthood, we made these bad boys......

That's right my friends, it's that time of year again. For those of you who gladly pay $5 an apple at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory for the "Apple Pie" Caramel Apples, go right ahead- they're worth it. Lori and I made our own though! I showed Lori the "right" way to make caramel apples. She's going to move and have to make them without me next year, so good thing she's got it down now.

Addie is CRAWLING!

Here is Addie in her first attempts at crawling....she's getting it down pretty well. This was Friday night, literally within 2 hours of Hilary and I discussing how our babies weren't crawling yet. Go figure- and GO ADDIE GO! (I filled every outlet in our house w/plastic covers yesterday- who knew we had SO MANY outlets?!)

The 3's

I got tagged from Hilary and Melissa to do this and I decided that my answers were too predictable....so I'm answering them for Addie instead. Granted she can't talk yet to answer me, but actions speak louder than words right? :)

3 Joys- Mommy, when Daddy comes home, Parties

3 Fears- Mommy leaving, Not getting a bottle immediately when hungry, Taking away the binky

3 Obsessions- Wires/cords, CUPS or cup-like objects....not sure why, but they're hilarious, rolling and rolling to find current desire

3 Goals- Crawling/Walking, Opening higher up drawers, Mastering not napping (mommy isn't on board with that one!)

3 Surprising/Random facts about my mommy- She has played and WON Star Wars Trivial Pursuit (daddy was on her team, but still.....not sure we should even admit that one), She isn't a "list-maker"....sorry friends, She hates cleaning but loves a clean house.