Guests from Utah

Kyle's brother Brian and Brian's wife Chris came down for a short visit this last week. They got to enjoy quite a bit of Florida. They went to the beach, rode an airboat and canoed to Boy Scout Island. They enjoyed a lot of Meghan and Addy time. They saw alligators, crabs, pelicans, and collected a bunch of neat shells. Here are some pictures of our week.

Here Brian and Kyle are looking for geckos.



We're waiting for the airboat ride.



Playing at the park


Canoeing to Boy Scout Island and playing at the riverside


And just chilling at home.

Meghan's 3-Dollar Tent

The day that Kyle's brother and sister-in-law arrived, we went garage sale-ing! At one place, we found a gigantic inflatable Eeyore doll, but the people wanted $40! No way. So we moved onward, but Meghan was very distraught that we did not get Eeyore. So we found this little Disney Princesses tent at the next place. And she loves it. Its the best $3 investment I've made in a while.

Also purchased was a 50 cent backgammon game, a $15 toy box. Of course, Meghan does not think it's a toy box at all, but a Meghan Box.

Addy I

In baby news, Adelaide can now hold her head up. She smiles and coos and sleeps really well. She's a pretty funny girl. She is very scheduled and likes to go to bed within an hour of 8:00. Then, in the morning she wakes up bright eyed and bushy tailed, cheerful as can be. She still loves her binky. Unfortunately, she has turned into a bit of a biter when she's done eating. Meghan calls her Ad-O-Laide. Sometimes, I'll sing her name to her: "Addy A, Addy I, Ad-O-Laide" (Addy I because her middle name is Irene).

Halloween

For Halloween, we went to trunk or treat at the church. Meghan dressed as a leopard, I dressed as a chef and Kyle dressed as the youngest member of the senior's center. Kyle's was kind of cheating because he really is the youngest member of the senior center since he goes there to play bridge on Thursdays. Sorry that we don't really have any pictures. We forgot to take pictures because we were too busy handing out candy, collecting candy and socializing.

We only handed out 1 of our 2 bags of candy just as I planned. Unfortunately, Kyle went to Scouting for Food the next day and gave away all my candy to the boys. Grrrr.

Meghan's Cooking Show

Its a little long, but we had fun making it.

Ring Around the Rosies

Meghan Music

The Return of Cow

Meghan loves sticking toys in shoes and when Kyle's parents were here, she used their shoes as well. However, not all of them made it out of the shoes before Nana packed the suitcase. So Cow went to visit Utah. This week, he came back with presents: lots of candy and a book about his travels! For pictures of the book go to the book blog. Meghan loves the book. She makes cow dance on the pictures of himself.

Temper Tantrum Terror

Meghan has become a terror with her temper tantrums. She kicked Addy in the face today while throwing a fit about getting her diaper changed! Sometimes, this is the result of her tantrums.

Wild Hair Women!

Addy's New Swing

The ladies in the ward threw a baby shower for Adelaide a little while back. Everyone contributed to a money tree and with the money we got a swing. At first, Adelaide found the little bears boring - after all, they're just a boring brown. But I fixed that. Now she likes to look at them and laugh at their poorly tailored jackets.

Sisters

The Marshmallow Game

For those of you unfamiliar with the rules, The Marshmallow Game is where you try to fit as many marshmallows into your mouth as possible (other variations may include Peeps, MMs, hamburgers, basically whatever tickles your fancy). Something tells me that Meghan will one day win the title of the Queen of The Marshmallow Game.

Cuddle Up!

Adelaide can sleep anywhere. She especially loves sleeping upright. Maybe it has something to do with how gassy she is. Here she is cuddled up in her Daddy's lap.

Adelaide's Baby Blessing

While Nana and Oompa were here (Kyle's parents) we had Adelaide's baby blessing. After the baby blessing, the party met at our house since we have air conditioning. In fact, several of the Florida guests were cold in our chilly 77 degree house and requested blankets to keep warm. There was lots of good food and fun conversation.

Bubbles!

Here is Meghan playing with bubbles from a bubble blowing machine that her Oompa bought for her. It was lots of fun although it made the patio slippery.

Fun with Clothes

Meghan loves dressing up, especially in big people clothes. She is always trotting around in my white wedding shoes. Here she is wearing her Daddy's shirt, Oompa's shirt and Oompa's socks.

She has also started attempting to dress herself. Here she is wearing her dress that I had taken off of her earlier that day. She got the basic idea of head-through-the-hole but missed a bit in her execution of the principle.

Beach Party with the Hurricanes

This was the beach a few weeks ago when the three hurricanes were churning in the Atlantic. The boys played "Human Chain" where they all held hands to see if the waves were strong enough to knock them apart. And yes, the waves could. Kyle took Meghan down (in a lifejacket) and she repeatedly got bowled over. Once she was done, Kyle swam out quite a distance until his wife yelled at him to come back before a ripcurrent got him. Adelaide slept up in the pavilion where the moms were visiting.

After the beach, the party moved to Sonia's house where the adults visited, the girls watched "Elf", the boys played video games and Kyle played paparazzi.

Do you like my hat?

She got this hat from Grandma since it doesn't fit Hyrum any longer.