I'M A THUMBSUCKER!!!

Well, you read it. She LOVES her thumb. At first I was so against it, thinking about how if she continued when she got teeth she would possibly need orthodontic work and what if she grew to love the taste of chili powder on her thumb and she turns four years old and is still sucking away. BUT.... now I have a different outlook on the whole thing. When she wakes up in the night she sucks it to soothe herself and will fall back to sleep. No need for Mom anymore at 3am, she's got thumpkin.

Jubilee of Trees

About a week ago my Mother-in-law, my sister-in-law, and myself went and saw the Jubilee of Trees. For those of you that aren't around here, it's a festival that you can go and see tons of magnificent trees that people have decorated and donated to help the Jubilee House. Most all of the trees have some sort of theme. These two were a couple of my favorites and I also loved one that was a Candyland theme. It was fun going and got us in the Christmas mood!

1st Halloween

Annie was a sweet little pumpkin for her 1st Halloween. She was an asleep pumpkin for the majority of the night and when she awoke she decided that being a pumpkin was way too hot so we didn't get a lot of pictures.




We went trick or treating with my four year old niece and we were walking from the first persons house when I told her to tell them "thank you". As she turned around to do so, the little rag doll tripped over her treat bag and landed right in a prickly cactus. I sat there for about 10 minutes just pulling out the needles in her knee and hand. She couldn't have been wearing a better costume to absorb cactus needles. Needless to say, I felt so bad.

Murder at the Juice Joint!

The day before Halloween, Ben's sister Kate and friends, had a big Murder Mystery party. It was set back in the 20's as you can see. I won the Dressed to "Kill" award. Ben's brother's friend thought I was dressed up to be Mrs. Doubtfire, but whatever, it got me an award right? It was a good time. It's just fun to get all dressed up since it doesn't seem like there's as many opportunities the older you get. So... thanks to all those who put it together!!!

Proof!

See... I told you she can smile! She smiles when you talk to her now. It's great to get some feedback. I never knew a little baby could make you feel so stupid. For so
long I would talk baby talk and make the funny faces to her and she would just stare at me with a scowl as if to say, "what is this wierdy lady talking about". But now whether it be sympathy smiles or not she thinks I'm pretty funny.

The cousins

My little nieces were sooo excited to finally get to meet their new little cousins and since it was UEA weekend they came down from Lehi and spent a few days.

The latest pictures...

Here are some of the more recent pictures. Annie smiles now and it's not ALWAYS just gas; although I don't have any pictures to prove it yet.

Aunt Mary and Annie sound asleep!

Hanging out with Daddy after work.


Apparently Annie doesn't want to be a model when she grows up!!!

Did someone give her some bitter beer while I wasn't looking?