Fun Comparison!

Here's Madilynn in January 2008- 15 months old wearing the jacket, hat & gloves...

Gosh! Was she really that little?

14 Months!

Elizabeth is 14 months old today!

With that age comes...more teeth! She's cutting her top 1yr molars, and eye teeth. She's been a little extra fussy yesterday, last night, and today. I gave her tylenol and held/comforted her in the rocker this afternoon, it was about time for nap, and I sat her in the floor with Madilynn for a few minutes so I could get some pumpkin bars out of the oven and clean up lunch a little....next thing I know here's Elizabeth...poor baby was so tired and didn't feel good. She's napping in her room now!

Elizabeth has started doing lots of different things this month and is getting SO BIG!

This is her new-found toy...an empty wipes container...lately she's had fun going to some shelves in her room and seeing what she can find, like this container, shoes, and she even found the trash (where we put the diapers) - she's heard "no, no" lots lately and can definately say it too!
She loves this little pony!
She needs help getting on it, then she has to have the music on, and she starts rocking (just learned how to rock herself last weekend!) when the music stops she grunts and tries to squeeze the ears to start it again.

She loves to play peek-a-boo with us, but now it's a little different. She's the one doing it and she says "Boo" it's so cute!
Here she is saying "boo" as she opens the door to the tent

"boo"

She's mastered the stairs...

Not quite sure exactly how she learned, but we had the gate open one day and were heading downstairs and she got on her belly and started sliding down feet first! Of course crawling up is so much fun too!

The past week here has been colder. With some spitting snow here and there. Madilynn has taken her gloves to school this week (for outside time). Anyways, so I got out this sweater jacket that was Madilynn's at this age and I just love it! I think it looks so cute on her.

I'm going to have to find a picture of Madilynn wearing it and do a little comparison post - too cute!!

Something else Elizabeth just did today (and I don't have a picture of it) is she figured how to open the drawers in the kitchen. She was "helping" me find more kitchen towels - ha!

She's growing so fast!!!

Pumpkins, Baking, & Go Hogs!!

Wednesday evening the girls got a package in the mail from Granny & Pepaw. It was filled with some Razorback necessities (hog noses and sweatshirts), some pajamas & socks!

They put the hog noses on immediately!

When they touched noses Elizabeth just giggled it was so cute!!

showing off one of her new pajamas

Daddy got a new Bass Pro cap - Elizabeth had fun trying it on!

Thursday morning I baked another pumpkin...

and made some more spinach artichoke dip - yum yum!! (Madilynn loves it too!)

Then we (all us girls) made pumpkin cream cupcakes, they were so good!

Here's how I displayed them for Thursday night small group (bible study) at our house...

Saturday morning I added some of that fresh baked pumpkin and a little cinnamon to my normal pancake recipe and we had yummy pumpkin pancakes with maple syrup - so so good! (so good we're probably having it for supper tonight!)

Then began our Razorback Saturday...

the girls showing off their new sweatshirts!

And after two lightning delays Arkansas came out with a win!! Go Hogs!
Sunday morning ready for church

take 2 (i couldn't decide which was better!)

holding hands

I finally got in on a picture!

We had a great weekend and spent lots of time at home together. We've taken advantage of our basement family room more this weekend as there is a fireplace (wood stove) down there. We've had a couple of fires already and they've really warmed up the whole house and kept it warmer through the night! The girls have really enjoyed playing down there and we've moved a couple of chairs down there, so it's more comfortable for us!

Loving the fall weather we've been having, but it's cooling down even more here this week. We woke up this morning to the mountains covered in snow, but it's just spitting snow here today. So beautiful on the mountains I'll have to get a picture of it soon!

Elizabeth's words

For the last week Elizabeth has been saying, "Hello" and "bye-bye" really well. We like to think she is very vocal. She's always making some sort of sounds, and trying to say stuff.


It's so cute wherever we are if we pass by other people she says, "hello" but sounds more like hedow and waves! And of course they say "hello" back and she loves it.


Then whenever we leave a place she says, "bye-bye"


I'll have to try to get it on video soon!

Sunday

Elizabeth sported a little ponytail to church...

After church (while baking cornbread to go with our soup) we played outside, it was beautiful fall weather!

Look who's walking around the yard
Madilynn looked so cute, but she didn't want her picture taken yesterday.

Daddy & Elizabeth playing

so sweet

Mommy & Elizabeth

My attempt to get a picture with Madilynn

During nap time Michael helped me bake a apple pie. He peeled and sliced the apples for me! So, here's our first apple pie of the season.

Did I mention that while my mom was here we got a 10lb. bag of Jonagold apples at a local orchard? They are sooo good! This is all we have left...

Here's some pumpkins and butternut squash from our garden this week!

It's Monday already...I've been doing lots of laundry today- 5 loads to be exact! But it's been a good day!

Thursday/Fall Break!

Thursday morning we said goodbye to Nana and dropped her off at the airport. Since we made the trip to SLC we decided to spend the day seeing some new places! Friday was considered Fall Break for USU, so Michael took Thursday with us and spent some time working on Friday(while no one was around!)

After leaving the airport we went just south of SLC to the Cabela's store...

The girls enjoyed the aquarium inside...lots of big trout!
After Cabelas and a snack the girls napped in the car as we headed to downtown SLC to the Children's Museum!
They had everything little for the kids to play, a construction site, a house, a neighborhood market(provided by Wal-Mart), a farm, and a water works area. Very cool!
I couldn't get Madilynn out of the kitchen in the little house...she loved it!

getting milk out of the fridge

Elizabeth played with the baby in the house

sitting in the little chair

ironing...

Elizabeth spent a lot of time doing this with Daddy following her all over the place!

Madilynn finally made a trip to the market to get more things for her kitchen

She even put her stuff up at the register to pretend to check-out

We finally got her over to the farm to sit on the horse

Riding the horse

Elizabeth & Daddy driving the car!

Then Madilynn made it over to the construction site

she even had to put on all the gear, the vest, hat, and she found a hammer and got to work!

This cracked me up, this other girl came over to play with her and Madilynn said, "Hey girl! Let's work!" and she started hammering. I couldn't stop laughing that she had just said that!! She's so funny and so social!

Then we went upstairs to check out more stuff

building a house with Daddy

letting her paper fly

Elizabeth had to check everything out too!

We had a big time and then we went to the Macaroni Grill for dinner and it was soooo good!! We got home at bedtime...a big day!