Pumpkin Patch

We went to a Pumpkin Patch in Sandy a couple of weeks ago and had a grand ol' time. We went for family home evening after Michael had gone to school and work so we got there kinda later so it was dark. But we still had a great time, especially Avery who was obsessed with the pumpkins. This is the only picture I have of Avery looking at me because she was so enthralled with the pumpkins she couldn't do anything but touch them and ooh and aah at them.

This was on the hayride around the little pumpkin patch. She is our little pumpkin! Isn't that hat adorable! Aunt Heidi gave it to her along with that cute shirt. She matched the pumpkin patch perfectly!

Lindi, me, Avery, and Kiara on the hayride! Michael, Jeris, and Suzanna on the hayride.

We actually had a lot of fun at the pumpkin patch even though it was small and didn't have much to do than take a ride and find a pre-picked pumpkin. We were glad that Chia and the buds came to make it great. Oh and they also had delicious apple cider that was free! Yum!

Stay tuned for some cute Halloween pictures of my teenie halloweenie, Avery!

Drinking

Who needs a sippy cup whe nyou can have people squirt water in your mouth all day? Apparently Avery doesn't. We still haven't had much success with any other form of drinking except breastfeeding and this...

Groovin'

This is how Avery grooves to the music!

10 MONTHS...

HOly heck my baby is 10 months old... only 2 months away from a year. How did this happen? She was a little itty (sorta) baby not long ago who cuddled with me and would fall asleep on me and needed me for absolutely everything. Now she is a little missy that wants down on the ground, but then wants me to hold her, but wait she wants back on the ground again because she has to crawl around the room then scale across the couch to end back up back at me and once again she wants back up. She eats anything and everything you could possibly give her. She LOVES people and is very engaging to all that are in her sight. She still mostly likes mom or dad to hold her but she will try to captivate anyone in her sight with her big blue eyes and even bigger smile. She thinks baby/toddlers are the funniest things ever and will laugh at anything they do. Avery will wave hello and goodbye most of the time and if you are extra lucky she will blow you a kiss. She has even started to give fives... very softly.

This is on her 10 month birthday at Ashley's bridal shower

This is at Grandma Great's right after Conference on Sunday
Avery was showing Auntie Chia how big she is!

I am so grateful for my Avery and the sweet spirit she has. She makes everyday so fun and worth doing all I do for her. I am so grateful for my little family and for the future we have together, I am so excited for each day we have together. I am grateful for the gospel that provides me with the knowledge that I can live with my family eternally. I could not imagine a day without them. I am grateful for the leaders of the Church who give such amazing advice that somehow seems to be directed to me. I am going to try and make the most of each day and remember how blessed I am and how much my Father in Heaven loves me.

Avery's Crib!!!!

When Avery was born I conjured up this idea for her bedding. I would tell Mike about how I wanted it and he thought I was crazy, especially when I told him I wanted the crib black. I didn't really know how to go about making/designing the bedding I wanted but remembered I had some talented people in my family who could all help (it took me 6 months to remember that). So when I visited Oklahoma I put my family to work! My mom helped me choose the fabric and all the necessary tools needed, Kiara, Abby, and Lexi helped me cut lots of little circles for the flowers and Alisha helped me place all the different flowers and told me I needed stems (I am grateful that she is so dang crafty and can vision these things because I lack that totally). So by the time I left Oklahoma I had the easy stuff done (or the stuff that I could do with minimal help). Then it came time to sew those bad boy bumpers together and I knew that I would screw it up so my m-i-l Marilyn came to the rescue! She was so great and fixed everything and and sewed those puppies in like a day. Amazing! The bumpers then made their way to Utah and were in Salt Lake for a couple weeks and I couldn't stand it (Our dear friend Jeris forgot them a couple of times... poor guy)! So while I waited I painted the crib (Grandma helped even though she told me I was dumb for painting it black... gotta love that woman!), and made the crib skirt and the padding inserts on the end. I finally got it all put together and LOVE it. More than LOVE it. Now we have to clean up all the extras in her room (like Michael's bike, golf clubs etc.) and hang all the pictures, signs, and other decorations we have. I post the finished product but here is the best part! Avery really liked the flowers and just sat and played with them forever.
She LOVES her crib too!
Like really really LOVES it. Doesn't that smile say it all!

I'm Still HERE!

I have been a TERRIBLE blogger since we have been back to Utah. I don't even think I have blogged here yet. But I do have a GOOD reason, promise:

AVERY

Oh dear she is mobile and all over the place. It takes me longer to do everything with her, like put her down for a nap, change diapers, clean up after her, hold her while doing things, etc. She is so hilarious and so sweet so it is worth every second. We have just got our internet (so I am no longer using my neighbor's weak signal) so I was going to post some pictures, but then dear little angelic Avery came over and tried to use my laptop cord to pull herself up with and instead the computer dropped and it broke the cord so I can't charge my laptop. So who knows when I'll get a new one and when I will start posting regularly again. Until then I will just have to use Mike's whenever it is working and he's not on it (sorry for the underlining, don't know how to change it though I am sure it is easy).

I have been reading everyone's blogs and I am sorry I haven't commented on them, but here goes my comments:
Woohoo! Lacey is going to have her baby a week from Thursday if he doesn't come before that! I am excited to meet little Davis and I am sure he will add so much to his little family, let's just hope Lacey can handle it! We'll be praying for you and the baby to have a safe delivery and for you to make it for the next 18 years!
I am proud of Kena and Addie for joining the ranks of being mobile! Yay for them! There is so much world and so little time! Good luck keeping up Lish and Beth!
I am also very proud of Carden and Emma for earning half of the cost of a guinea pig with just a lemonade stand! Way to go!
I am jealous that Grandma and Grandpa Haynie was at Mom and Dad's! I haven't seen them since I got married and I miss them terribly! I will be excited to hear more about their time their!
I will be excited to hear about Cayman's soon-to-be crawling adventures! Good Luch Deidre, it gets even crazier!

Okay so hopefully I will organize myself and catch up on my posting....

End of California...

We are now in Provo after spending the summer in Huntington Beach. We miss the beach and the friends we made there, but we are glad to be back in Provo close(r) to family and finishing school! Here are a few pictures of the last days...
We went to the San Diego temple one night. I always wanted to get married in that temple and going made me sad that I didn't. It was soo beautiful, beyond words! I love that temple (don't worry I love Timp temple too)!
We went out to dinner one night to celebrate our friend's birthday. This is a picture of Ave and I before.
This was after dinner at a park. Avery was in LOVE with her little boy. She would just watch him and laugh at anything he would do, even if it was trying to get away from her (which he was a lot of the time).
This is Avery during the packing process. She is wondering why I am not playing with her and why out house was all out of sorts.
A couple of days before we left we went to this beach that had a huge rock to jump off of. This is Avery and Michael on our way back, aren't they just the cutest! Love them!