Halloween

Lily goofing off in the tub.

Throwing a fit in the front yard. It's really hard to get mad at this cute face!
Even when she is practicing to be 2 years old!

Her very favorite thing to do right now is take a walk up and down the street with her little car. She doesn't want to ride in the car, she wants to push or pull it. By herself. No help please!

Daddy, Lily and Mom went to Witches Night Out (Matt was at his dad's) at Gardner Village. It's this really cute, quaint shopping area near our home. That night we saw TONS of ladies dressed as witches, enjoying the Halloween spirit! Here is daddy and Lily pointing at some witches. (Daddy has been a pretty good sport. I keep dragging him to girly things, but he comes and "enjoys" the family time)

At Witches Night Out they had these horses for kids to ride. It was her first time on a real horse and she LOVED it! I had her pet the horse first, and then she was totally into it and couldn't get enough. So cute!

Okay, so one day we are wearing levis and t-shirts and the next morning we wake up to about 5 inches of snow!! I couldn't believe it! I was actually off of work a few extra days this week because Matt had pink eye and Lily had croup and double ear infections. So, after I drugged them up with their perscriptions and tylenol, I couldn't let the opportunity pass to try on all the new snow gear for Lily and let her play. Matt said "Pass", so I let him stay inside, but Lily and I went out and shoveled the driveway and walked through the snow. She liked to eat it and kept saying "Yummy."

Here's Matt being a goof ball. We just got him this new University of Utah sweatshirt and he LOVES it (he is a huge fan), so he wanted his picture in it. I snapped it when he thought I wouldn't, so this was the outcome.

We had a chili cook-off ward dinner (we took 3rd place) along with a trunk-or-treating party last night in our neighborhood. Lily is a cheerleader and Matt decided to ditch the camouflage outfit in lieu of his new fedora hat and U of U sweatshirt. I love pictures like these. They sure love each other!

Here's Lily in her costume in front of a painted jack-o-lantern. She isn't into the whole trick or treating thing, but she is realizing how yummy the stuff people are putting in her basket is. She just wants to take the candy right then and eat it as she gets it. Too bad mommy doesn't play that game! She had fun anyway though.

Lily's new bed

So, we've had some fun at our house this past month. We decided to clean out the house as much as possible, so we moved a bunch of stuff to a storage unit and than had a HUGE 2 day yard sale. We did pretty well. Matt raked in the money from all of his stuff he sold! We now have room to move around the house and it feels so much better and less crowded! The stuff in storage is stuff we won't be using until next summer at least, so it's nice.

We also had a long fall break weekend this past week. So, we decided to break Lily of her bottles. I know, I know. Bad mom that I am, she's almost 2 and still had a bottle. Well, not anymore!! I packed them all up Thursday morning and went cold turkey without any at all. She didn't even bat an eye! She's never asked for one or anything. Sippy cups are what she uses now, except in her high chair. I bought her some small cups without lids that we put just a little bit of liquid in and let her try that out.

Then, because that wasn't enough, Lily found out how to climb out of her crib yesterday. Luckily, Jason was home with her because he wasn't feeling too well. She climbed half way out and fell the rest of the way. And then she wouldn't stay in her crib at all and kept falling. So, I looked around on the internet and found this adorable toddler bed for really cheap. It's purple and white and has the Disney princesses on it. It just uses her crib mattress. So, we bought it, brought it home, set it up, took down her crib and than made her room toddler proof. We had to take the bookshelf out because she wanted to climb up it like a ladder. She also has a little trampoline in her room, so she was jumping from that to her new bed. She loves it. And, most importantly, she stayed in it the whole night! I put a baby gate up at her door way so she didn't wake up at night and wander around the house. There are stairs right outside of her room and I didn't want her to fall down them. I can't believe my baby is out of a crib and off of bottles! Next is potty training.....we may wait a few weeks for that!

Matt is doing really well all around. He has made some great friends at school and he is getting straight A's. I'm so proud of him! His classes are accelerated too, so not too shabby! He is having a Halloween party too this year. His first party other than birthdays, so he's pretty excited.

We, as a family, are also getting ready for our long Thanksgiving vacation. We have decided to spend it with Jason's family in Sacramento, California this year! We can't wait!

That's it for now. It's plenty though! Lots of stuff going on, hopefully things will settle down a bit for a little while. I'm just glad we are healthy and happy (most of the time!). Here are some pictures of Lily's new bed and of the kids. See ya!

Lily playing with an army hat and jacket at the military store
(we were looking for a Halloween costume for Matt).

Matt and Lily on a hay ride at a local farm that did an Octoberfest type thing. It was fun for Lily, but not really Matt's thing. He was a really good sport about it all though.

This is Lily on the first morning she has her bed. She stayed in bed and on the bed all night! I took these pictures before I woke her up to go to the babysitters house. She has her favorite pajamas on....Sponge Bob Square Pants!!

Yes, that is Lily washing the walls with her wet wipes. She will clean anything with those things! I just barely wiped the wall down because we had moved her crib and she watched me, so, of course, she had to help! Such a cutie.

Pics in September

Matt sure has Lily trained! Here she is rubbing his back!

These two sure love each other. They are cuddling and playing.

Here they are just cuddling.

A teacher at my school made this hat for Lily when she was an infant. She LOVES this hat! She will wear it all day if we let her. So, here she is putting on shoes (another favorite past time) and pulling on her hat.

Cute stuff in her hat.

We were cleaning out our house and dejunking with a storage unit and a yard sale. Lily was playing on the hand cart during all of this and fell off and hurt her face. It's clearing up here, but it was really bad. Thankfully, now it doesn't look like there will be a scar.

Here is Princess Lily with her tiara. She put it on herself, which is why it's upside down and around her head the wrong way. She is also blowing on a whistle. She fits the roll of princess well.