I have a 7 month old?

I can't believe by sweet babe is 7 months old today. Where the heck did time go?  And of course she's wonderful, and will always give me the cutest poses when I want to take pictures. (You can tell I always have a camera pointing at her.) 

Here's a couple facts about my angel baby:

My teensy miss weighs 13 lbs.

She wears 3 month clothes still.

She loves eating. And throws a big fit when she finishes her baby food.

She loves her daddy, and goes crazy when he walks through the door.

She wants whatever mom and dad have. Food, phones, remotes, the iPad, you name it.

She would rather play with water bottles or the remote control, than her own toys.

She sits.

She loves spitting.

She cuddles her bumper to fall asleep. (Dad does the same thing with his pillow.)

She loves watching football and basketball. (Also from dad.)

If she's upset, standing on the porch calms her down. every. single. time.

She loves her toes and fingers being "eaten."

She's VERY ticklish, and this supplies us with lots of entertainment.

She laugh-cries... It's where she has a fake cry, and then if we do something funny she'll laugh, and then remember that she's mad, and go back to "crying."

She has 2 teeth.

Everything she holds goes straight to her mouth.

Mom doesn't let her leave the house without a bow on her head.

She gives smiles to anyone who will look at her.

She loves mangoes, sweet potatoes, pears, carrots, peaches, and squash.

She is very, very loved by her mom and dad.

Now just stop growing baby girl. :)

All Hallows Eve

All I have to say, is Halloween is WAY more fun when you have a kid. 

Mostly because they're a good excuse to not go to haunted houses when friends invite you.

WIN.

I must say, my husband is pretty spectacular.  He doesn't get into the holiday spirit as much as I do, but he's always willing to wear whatever I want him to. 

ANOTHER WIN.

Last year's costumes:

Our family of 3. Callie was only the size of a lemon at the time though.  I didn't do a fun pregnancy costume idea because I hadn't announced it yet, but from the looks of this picture, it was definitely time.

We had our annual ward chili cook off, and it was SO fun!

My homemade lobster bib.

"Oh mom, you're so silly."

Chef, lobster, and a hungry customer!

Conference Weekend

 I love conference weekend. Good food, relaxation, and of course hearing wonderful words from beloved leaders of our church.

We went down to my parents house and it was a party.  Jaren and Kassie came and stayed, and then my cousin Summer, her husband and 3 kiddos came down from Rexburg so that Mark could help my dad build a deck. I think Mark's the only one that knew what he was doing, but the deck looks great and these goof balls had fun building it! 

3 peas in a pod.

Oscar though he needed to help too.

We love Kassie

This picture cracks me up! Bridger and Tegan woke up, and came into the living room where Jaren and Kass were sleeping... Kassie noticed her bra on the floor, so Jaren, ahem, Mr. Tease, thought he was being funny.  Ok, so maybe he's a little funny. (Sorry for this post Kassie!)

While the boys continued building away, the ladies made these yummy treats:

Yes, these are real, and yes, we should probably start a business.

My little helper.

Huh? I didn't eat those apples....

And naturally, when you have a cute babe, being extra adorable, you whip out the camera.

(Thanks Kassie for the great pictures!)

 

High five!

Even more delish than those caramel apples.

Enough, enough!

Okay, one more. 

I love my family.

SUMMA TIME

The summer was spent in Bakersfield, CA. I wasn't looking forward to being away from my friends and family for the summer, especially now that Callie had arrived, and since Cameron was going to be working long days selling pest control. Surprisingly, the summer flew by (I prayed it would), and the last few days there I was actually feeling sad it was over! 

Here's some things we did A LOT of this summer:

(Disclaimer: 4 months of no blogging=LOTS of pictures.)

Sweating.

This was taken on our way to DINNER. I was not a fan of this, especially because I was still fighting with my nasty preggo hormones that upped my body temp. a million degrees. Always.

So, naturally I ate 20 of these a day.

And one can't forget our morning pool parties. This may have been my favorite thing this summer.

Those crazy pest boys.

I love Nicole!

The cutest beach babe I've ever seen.

And thank heavens for friends that liked shopping as much as I did.  There were plenty of mall trips to make the long days with out our Mr.'s go a little faster.  Sorry for spending all your hard earned money, boys!

There were TONS of good chats with these pretty ladies. I honestly don't know what I would have done without them this summer. Forever friendships made right hurrrr. Love them!

And lots of eating out. 

Such an amazing group of people. Can't wait to cruise with them in January!

Tanner and Alli are the cutest. We sure miss them! Darn Provo. 

This is probably one of my FAVE pics of Callie. Miss grumpy gills was sick of being dragged from dinner, to the mall, to ice cream. Oh I could squeeze her all day long.

And maybe a little too much Netflix.

Parenthood, Lost, Revenge, New Girl...just to name a few.

And definitely A TON of knocking doors.  Poor guys. I complained about the heat when I went to get the mail for two seconds, and these boys were walking around in it all day! Yuck!

I looked forward to his snap chats and texts.  I sure spent a lot of time missing this hunk all day.

And one can't forget the most important thing we did all summer, snuggle our sweet bebe.  She hardly ever got put down.....annnnddd the best snuggler award goes to......CALLIE. She sure made it hard to get stuff done. (Hence the amount of Netflix I watched.. :/) Sorry, I'm not sorry.

See? I told you. And this is probably 1/100 of the photos of her being so sweet.

Ok. Here are a few more.

Mmmm. She's so yummy.

We're so grateful for such amazing boys that loved our babe too! She was always being stolen from me.  (Not for too long though.)

Weekends. I lived for them.

Luckily, the Mr. only had to work until 3 on Saturdays, (sounds horrible, but it was pretty awesome when he worked until 9 or 10 every other night.)

We were able to sneak away on a few weekend trips, and hot dang, we needed these.

Callie's first time to the beach. She was thrilled.

A beach in Santa Barbara.

Such a good traveler. Dos cheeks!

Pebble Beach in Monterey.

Loving some daddy time in our hotel.

The gorgeous guest house at the Nash home. 

Over the 4th, we went down to SoCal to visit Cam's Aunt Anita and Uncle Robin. We sure love them! (And Anita's famous cookies. I might have gained 5 lbs.)

We went to the mall and got Callie's ears pierced! Cameron is so manly, so he held her, while I left the store. Too much for me. But she sure looks cute!

Relaxin' in their gorgeous backyard.

We went down again in August to say hi again! They can't keep us away that easily.

Cam was a groomsman in our friend Kyle's wedding. It was great to see him and his new bride, and to be apart of such a gorgeous wedding.

 I mean....c'mon.

My loves.

It's as gorgeous in person. 

In July I was able to fly to Salt Lake to visit my family. The plan was to surprise my mom, and oh boy. It was amazing.

My dad, Jaren, and Kassie were in on it and we got her good. My dad picked me up at the airport and on the way to their house I called my mom. We normally talk multiple times throughout the day, and I wasn't about to let her think something was up. I told her I was at the grocery store...muahahaha...

Jaren and Kassie met us right as we pulled into my parent's house, we put Callie on the porch with my phone in her car seat to record my mom's reaction, rang the door bell, and hid.

 Epic.

Lots of happy tears, and loves.

A good friend from Grants Pass was in town too, so we met up and went to dinner. SOOO great to see Karli and her sweet Brody boy.

Callie and Oscar having a stare down. He wasn't sure what to think of this "other animal"... I think he was just jealous that she got most of the attention.

Smiles for grandpa.

This grandma was in heaven.

We love these two goof balls. I guess we just have to be neighbors when we're grown up!

And then the summer was over.  It ended with a bang when I got to fly out to Arizona for my cousin's farewell. I wouldn't have missed it for the world, and the people in the Legaspi, Philippines are so lucky to have someone so amazing serve them!

Snugglin' with Uncle Jare-bear.

We love you Lexie! 

I was also able to see one of my good friends Summer and her sweet girl Lexie when we were in AZ.  I've missed Summer since she moved from Rexburg, so it was great to catch up!

And back to Salt Lake to meet the hubs, and then homeward bound to Rexburg!!

Did I mention that she did AMAZING on all FOUR plane rides this summer? Because she did.