So, it's like the entire month of September in pictures... Bon Appetite!
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| You know, cuz she's cute. |
Laura's birthday is July 1st, and it took me about the full month of August to finish her shoes. Worth the wait? Maybe...
Featuring red rock and the La Sal mountains around Arches National Park.
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| Breakfast |
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| Went to the temple one evening with my friend, Mary. It was lovely. |
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| Went with a co-worker and her daughter to the museum of Natural Curiosity at Thanksgiving Point. Very cool. This is the only picture I took. We were having too much fun to take pictures! |
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| On an anti-nap day. She finally went down, but mama was pooped. |
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Babies sharing a tub! What's better?
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| Post brownie at a Sunday dinner at my parent's house. |
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| The three newest grandbabies. Elliot sits much better now. :) |
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| Ellie had a cold for a few days and we propped her up with a pillow so she couldn't cough so much. She was just so cute. We also stopped swaddling her, and she sleeps much better now that she can find her own binkie and stick it back in. Though it's only been in the last 2 weeks that she's finally back to sleeping 8 hrs a night. Thank heavens! |
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| Sitting in the cart sans car seat! |
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| Our very first "Letter of the Day". Mal pics a letter from the magnets and we learn what sound it makes, practice writing it, and what words start with it. He did really well with O, but struggles to draw most of the letters. But he can do M, O, W, A and H. It's been really really fun actually. Malcolm has really taken to it and often asks me something like, "What starts with car?" (meaning what does car start with) and we discuss letters all the time. He also points out letters he sees around town and tells me what starts with that letter. This kid, he sure loves to learn. |
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| The best game ever, Empty the box. Keeps her occupied for a long time. You can see this was back when she fell over regularly, she's pillow padded. :) |
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| Brenna watched Malcolm while I had my hair cut, and I stayed with Asher and Quinn while she went to help in Bridget's kindergarten class. Malcolm and Quinn fought over these fairy wings. And then he pretended to pain Bridget's nails when she got home. Just keeping him well rounded with all these girl cousins around. |
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| We went up provo canyon one Sunday, and the lovely Mary Oveson took our pictures. It was quite the feat with all these kids! This photo displays how Malcolm felt about the whole thing. He was such a stinker to try to get to cooperate. |
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| Lots of walks to the park again now that it's cooled off from the heat of summer. |
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| Turns out we're a family of side sleepers. Ry and I included. Probably the reason Elle had a hard time swaddled. She wanted to roll over! |
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| I got this mirror to help with my home workouts, and turns out it's great for entertaining kids! Now, one month later, It's broken. Good thing it was a cheapo $5 target buy. |
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| The random day she was putting up so much fight at nap time I figured she must not really be as tired as I thought, and then she fell asleep after a few minutes on my bed. |
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| Obviously a nice warm september day. We went for a picnic in the park. |
Elle's hairstyles:
Ikea
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| So. Many. Tomatoes. |
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| Yup, he's just that cool. |
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| Malcolm regularly makes his own PB and J these days. Cuts the bread and everything! |
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| Tomato pie. Actually a really tasty way to use up all those tomatoes! |
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| Got this chair from the old lady across the street who is moving in with her kids. Free and beeeee-utiful! |
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| Cutting tile for the backsplash. It was so close to finished when we ran into a hiccup. I't's still hanging around 86% done. |
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| Letter of the day? J for Jellybean! |
My cousin Paula got married. It was on a Friday, so I was able to go before having to work that night. I was hoping for someone to be there that wasn't attending the sealing and just waiting in the waiting room that could watch my kids. Unfortunately I had no luck and couldn't go to the sealing, but we went to the luncheon afterward. It was made more difficult by the fact that the Ogden Temple has 3 waiting rooms! Bwah??
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| Elliot snuggled right up to Auntie Lorie and took a snooze outside the temple. Lucky! |
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| The happy couple. For reals, thy were SO happy. I think I got a toothache it was so sweet. I'm so happy for Paula and her new husband Paul! (I know, right? Even more cuteness. Try not to throw up.) |
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| Chillin in the waiting room. |
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| Staying entertained outside. |
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| Got some "binoc-ee-yers" from Chik-Fil-A. Best fast food toy ever. |
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| Little cutie |
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| I cut some shorter layers in my hair myself. Sh... don't tell my hairdresser. |
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| The instagram photo commemorating Elliot's return to sleeping through the night. She's happy, and boy oh boy so are we! |
