Ana's turning 1

This little beauty will be one in a few days. This year has FLOWN by! My little critters keep me busy, that's for sure. Ana has been crawling for sometime now, and she is really fast. For a long time she avoided the stairs, but recently took an interest. It was a sad sad day when I had to put up a gate. The only problem with the gate is, unless shut properly it is useless. The kids aren't great about securing the door shut, so Ana will sneak upstairs when she can. She is really good at climbing up, but gets into trouble when she turns around. She likes going upstairs because she knows where all the fun is… the toy room. Ana loves dolls and stuffed animals, and anything Cy is playing with. She stands up all the time now, and will let go, so she'll stand there by herself! I don't think it will be long before she's walking. Ana loves to eat, I think her favorite food would be strawberries, sometimes I can't get them cut fast enough! Ana loves the bath, playing outside, playing with the big kids, likes music, likes to dance and she loves the kitty. She has a few more words in her vocabulary, she now says: Mom, Dad, JJ, kitty, doggy, hi, num num, tickle tickle, and nana (herself). We call her Ana Boo Boo or Baby Girl. She self soothes by sucking her middle and ring finger. Ana is not the easiest baby, very demanding, she is fussy, but it doesn't take much to make her happy. She's always good for a smile, she loves to be tickled  and play peek a boo. Ana has brought a lot of happiness to our family! We love you, Ana!

October

October has come and gone. We have been very busy, but we were able to squeeze in some fun time. One of our favorite family activities is going on a bike ride. We got a chance to ride the Provo River trail, and we stopped at Bridal Veil Falls. The leaves were gorgeous, the weather was beautiful and the kids had a great time. Eva was so excited that she got to touch the fish at the falls, she later told me, "Mom, I think the fish know I'm their friend because I want to be a mermaid." I love that innocent sweetie pie!

Pumpkin Carving Time!

Halloween was really fun this year. Class parties and a parade at school. One little mermaid, a dememtor, Yoda, little red riding hood, and Hairy Harry Potter. Cy was so much fun to watch trick or treating, he filled up his basket after one street, he sort of just helped himself. JJ ended up trick or treating for two hours. The kids had so much candy that Spencer and I had to eat it all! :)

Another bike ride!!!

JJ received the star student award for, "excellent knowledge in many subjects"! Way to go JJ!

One more bike ride!

I'm so proud of Eva for participating in Reflections!