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.

The New Kid

Whistle while you work

"Eep! Don't hurt me!"


Sleeping with Daddy


"Please, sir, may I have some more?"


I swear I do not do this to her hair. I try to make it lie flat, but no matter how wet I get it or how hard I try it slowly raises up like a bird's crest.


"No pictures please"


Sleeping at the beach


Chilling with Nana

Full Recovery

For those of you who were wondering, my face has made a full recovery. I no longer suffer from Bell's Palsy. I mostly recovered before Adelaide was born (except for a little weakness in my smile and eyebrow) but have just been too busy to make a note of it here. I'm truly blessed not to have it last longer than it did.

Ooohh!

As Tanya and I were wrapping up family home evening tonight, I leaned over and gave Tanya a kiss. "Oooohhh!" Meghan exclaimed, "Daddy's biting Mommy!". Tanya and I both laughed and explained that daddy was not biting mommy. Meghan says a lot of things that make us laugh, and I thought I'd share this one.

Haircut Day

Being very pregnant is not conducive to getting much done and one of the things I'd been neglecting before Adelaide's birth was Kyle's hair. It had gotten rather poofy and required a trim. So today, invigorated with the energy I'd lacked in pregnancy, I cut Kyle's hair. He looks very handsome. Here is him posing and showing off his good looks.

The First Week

Well, our first week with Adelaide has been very interesting. At first Meghan couldn't decide what to make of her. She alternated between wanting to hold the baby and wanting the baby to go. Adelaide requires frequent rescuing from her sister's over-eager affections. When Meghan's not squishing her with hugs she's attempting to launch Adelaide from the car seat by jumping on the end of it. I've had to tell her "Get off the Baby!" and "No, Adelaide doesn't want Cheerios!" and "Don't poke your sister with a fork!" Once, I put Adelaide in the crib to keep her safe from Meghan while I was occupied in the restroom. Meghan was very upset about this since the crib is her time-out spot and so attempted to rescue her sister by pulling the blanket Adelaide was lying on until poor Adelaide was pulled right up against the crib bars. Meghan has also decided that she has to try everything that we do with Adelaide. This includes being wrapped up in a blanket and trying out a Binky.

As for Adelaide, she is very relaxed about the whole thing. She's a very particular baby and doesn't like being too cold or too naked or too wet or too hungry or lying too flat. But when everything is just right, she's very pleasant. She also sleeps a lot. And she loves loves loves her Binky. Meghan never wanted a Binky when she was little, but Adelaide enjoys it thoroughly. Her first doctor appointment went well - she already weighs 8 lbs. I haven't got a picture of her with her eyes open yet, but she looks almost Chinese. She's a very cute baby.