"A" she's adorable, "B" she's so beautiful

Abby is 8 weeks old today. Is that possible? Wow! She's adorable and is just the best baby. This past week she's been sleeping about 7-9 hours straight at night, so I'm one happy mommy. I must thank my cousin Melissa (and Cynthia too) for the tip about the book "Baby Wise" on training your baby to sleep. I did it and it worked. Kason didn't sleep like this until more like 12 or 14 weeks. Anyway, to my blog readers who are pregnant (and there are several of you), I highly recommend the book "Baby Wise" by Gary Ezzo. You won't be sorry. (I got it on e-bay for $3).

Our little sweetie:
Smiles all the time
Coos at us
Adores her big brother
Loves being in the bath, but HATES getting dressed and undressed
Can be quite a spitter after eating. Yuck!
Melts our hearts

I smile everytime I watch this video and listen to myself talk to Abby because on Halloween I was holding and talking to Abby on the couch with my niece, Paige, and she said "why are you talking in that voice?" Now that I can hear it myself, it is a pretty funny (annoying) "baby talk" voice.

New Flip Video

Yes! I got a Flip Video for my b-day! So excited.

Isn't it cool looking? We customized the front of it with a picture of the boys hiking at Zion in the narrows.

Here's a test to see if I can actually record and get it up on my blog.

Family Pictures

Abby was blessed at church on November 2, but most of the pictures I took of her that day were blurry (dang camera! We may spurge for another one this Christmas. Any thoughts on brands?) So the other day we went and had a picture taken of her in her beautiful dress, and had some of the rest of us too. This post ruins the Christmas card you're getting this year, but that's ok.

Kason turns 5!

Kason turned 5 yesterday! I can't believe he's 5. My parents came down on Saturday to watch his soccer game and go to lunch at Kason's favorite restaurant (Red Lobster so he can see the lobsters in the tank and eat shrimp scampi!) Then we came home and ate birthday cake. Kason, of course, wanted a shark cake and I did my best to oblidge. Am I good or what?

My parents gave Kason a set of Kid K'Nex, which he can make underwater creatures with. He absolutely loves them! Here are a few of the animals we've made.

We threw Kason a birthday party at Jumpin Jacks! 2 friends from primary came as well as his 2 cousins. They had a blast running around and jumping on all the huge inflatables, and when we paused for cupcakes and a drink, they were all sweaty and flushed. Kason quickly ripped his presents open, they all took a drink and licked the frosting off the cupcakes, and were off to jump again.

We sure love our sweet boy, and we're glad he finally has a sibling since he's so big now. But he informed me today that even though he' s growing up, he'll always be my snuggle-bug, even when he's 15. I think I'd better get that in writing.

Happy Halloween

We had a fun Halloween. We started the day before by carving pumpkins. My husband brought home 4 pumpkins (did he really think Abby was going to carve one?) So we started carving, and Kason didn't like getting his hands dirty, so he didn't last long at it. So Tige and I had to carve 4 ourselves. Of course, we can't do simple ones with faces, we have to carve intricate, awesome pumpkins which necessitated Tige using his drill on his. Too funny. Anyway, we have 4 pumpkins that turned out so great we didn't want to leave them outside to get busted up.

Since we're blessing Abby at church this Sunday, all my family came to town this weekend. So Kason got to go trick-or-treating with his 4 cousins, and they had lots of fun and got tons of candy. Now if I can only get my family to throw the candy wrappers away after they sneak a piece . . .

Some of my nieces and newphews with Kason for trick-or-treating

My parents on their way to a Halloween/birthday party. They looked fabulous!

Abby's smiley face, Tige's dancing ghosts, Kason's spider web/spider, & my skull/crossbones

At first he wouldn't put his hand in "eeewww," but notice the smile when he pulled the guts out successfully!