Thanksgiving

We had the most fantastic weekend! We stayed here in Vegas and spent Thanksgiving with Aaron's family. I do wish that I could have spent time with my family, but I will be seeing most of them in a week and a half in LA, so it all works out :) I was a MAJOR picture taking slacker this weekend though and got all of 1 picture (well, 1 set of pictures) from the whole weekend! I only took out my camera when Loralye went on a swing for the first time. It was so cute. She was not happy about it at first, but warmed up to it quickly and gave us big smiles the rest of the time!

Our Thanksgiving was spent eating lots of tasty foods and going shopping at midnight to the outlets! After the Black Friday disaster I had last year, I was so not planning on attempting it again this year, but I figured an outlet mall would be easier to deal with than Kohl's and I was right! We scored some serious deals at Fox and Carter's and just enjoyed some sibling time (Well, minus Krista... her allergies were killing her and she fell asleep before it was time to go!). The rest of the weekend was spent playing games, going out for ice cream, getting the little girls' ears pierced (finally!), taking family pictures (coming soon!), and just enjoying some good company! Aaron was even on call all weekend and he was only called away twice!

I just wanted to share this picture from the beginning of last week too. Look at how big she's getting! She isn't pulling herself up yet, but she can get up on her knees! I'm a proud momma :)

I hope you all had as good of a weekend as we did! Love ya'll!

xoxo

Oh how I wish...

...I had time to join a book club!!

I started reading a new book a couple days ago, and while I'm only a few chapters into it, I already want to recommend it to all of my lady friends! I bought it at the Deseret Books last weekend and I love what I've read so far. It's called "Strangling Your Husband Is NOT An Option: A Practical Guide to Dramatically Improving Your Marriage" by Merrilee Browne Boyack. Now I don't think that I'm a bad wife, nor do I think that I have a bad marriage (and I promise I've never seriously thought about strangling my sweet husband!), but I do know that every marriage and every wife has room to improve and so far this book has given me some great advice to help me do just that! The author discusses some basic guidelines to a happy marriage and uses quotes from the scriptures and general authorities about a woman's role as a wife and it has given me a lot to think about. So if you feel so inclined, pick up a copy for yourself or email/call/text me and I'll send you my copy once I'm done reading it!

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

xoxo

T - 8(ish) Weeks!

Before I get into what I really wanted to post, take a look at what is going on right now...Loralye is in her walker next to my chair and is trying to eat the buttons off of the cardigan that I'm wearing. I was kinda hoping that I could skip the whole "finding inedible objects in her diaper" phase. Darn Target for the tasty looking buttons they put on their clothing!

Well, baby girl hit her 10 month mark on Monday! Where has the time gone? She's growing more and more everyday! I've talked to many women that get SO sad that their children grow up and turn into adults and don't stay babies forever, but I really don't think that I'm going to be sad about my daughter growing up. It's weird to me that the time has gone by so quickly, but I'm okay with her being 8 weeks away from her 1st birthday. There's nothing like having a newborn in your home, but there's nothing like having a 1 year old in your home either. And that can be said for children of all ages! I'll have more newborns when the time is right and they'll eventually all grow up and move on and then I'll get more babies in the form of grandchildren! That's life and I'm excited for every moment of it :D

ANYWHO... I got a text from my mom yesterday who was sadden by my lack of 10 month old pictures on here, so here you go mama! Love you!!

At work on Monday...

Eating breakfast. She's not always happy about being at work. In her walker.

"Look at my cool toy, mom!"

The best part of the day is when daddy visits :)

Back at home just in time for dinner!

She's a little excited about being a mess.

The latest trick... I have been trying to teach her this one for a few months and it finally caught on this last weekend!

TOUCHDOWN!!!!

She reminds me of me here when I get half way to work and have a "Doh!" moment. I'm usually thinking, "Dang! I can't believe I forgot to _______ before I left the house!" Usually "turn on the dishwasher" or "grab my lunch" or something like that fits into the blank. I don't have the best memory.

She's a sweet little angel even when she's covered in tomato sauce.

Hooray for being clean again!!

She loves splashing in the tub! I can't ever stay dry during her bath time anymore.

This girl really knows how to turn on the water works! She's practicing to be a 2 year old.

And 5 seconds later, she's as happy as can be.

I feel like such a bad mom when I find her like this... I need to not blog right before nap time. She falls asleep without making a fuss and I don't notice her until I'm done with my post!

Giveaway!

Attention all of my mommy friends who have baby girls: Banner Boutique is having a giveaway! The prize is fabulous, but to see it you gotta hop on over to

http://bannerboutique.blogspot.com/2009/11/go-big-or-go-home-its-giveaway-time.html

Look at how darling their stuff is!!!

Wish me luck!!
xoxo

The Hospital, Halloween, and Hank.

Aaron, Loralye, and I just flew back home to Vegas on Monday evening after a wonderfully long vacation in Clovis. Loralye and I flew out there on Sunday, October 25th, and Aaron joined us the following Thursday. I had a 9 day vacation!! It was spectacular. My mom was in the hospital until Wednesday so I spent the first few days there cleaning up the house and catching up with some friends and relatives. We also snuck Loralye into the hospital 5 or 6 times to visit with my mom which was fun! On Friday Shane and Nikki and their new baby Hank (not a real baby... a dog baby) drove up and we went to my home wards Trunk-or-Treat which was pretty fun, but would have been better if is wasn't Loralye's bedtime and she didn't have a runny nose. On Saturday Aaron and I went on our first real baby-less date since she was born! It was heavenly! We didn't stay out too long, but we did enjoy Japanese Kitchen without having to worry about the baby getting into our food or annoying anyone around us. Anyways, the trip was perfect and I can't wait to go back for Christmas! Here are a massive amount of pictures for you all. Lovies!!

This is how we have bath time at Gram & Papa's house.

Yay for the duckie tub!! I love my baby girl. Laundry basket baby!Getting ready to go to Trunk-or-Treat!Pretty little ballerina!With momma.

With daddy.

At the Trunk-or-Treat with Aunt Cynthia. And not feeling so well anymore.

Hippie Aunt Sam.She was so done!

Napping with Papa.

Pictures on Halloween.

Just hanging out and picking at the grass.

Daddy's Little Pumpkin

Trying to open her mouth wide enough to eat the whole pumpkin I think.

Outside Yodigity with mom, dad, Aunt Cynthia, and Uncle Jason.

Uncle Jason taught her how to high 5!

Uncle Shane (Ron Burgundy) and Aunt Nikki (Miss Piggy) getting ready to go out and party!

Ballerina pictures.

Papa taught her how to play roll the ball.

The newest member to the Call family... Hank. Loralye LOVES him. Especially when he gets all wound up with Te'a. Not so much when he licks her in the face though.

After ballerina pictures all she wanted to do was go play outside with Papa.

Hope you all had a happy Halloween!!

xoxo