Climber Part 2

Another favorite climbing spot...the bookshelf. Where she gets stuck at least twice a day. Silly Lily.

Climber

Ally was never much of a climber. In fact, she never ventured out of her crib. We only ever got her a big girl bed because we needed the crib for Lily, not because she ever made the leap out on her own. But that's Ally's personality. She's content to be where she is.

Lily is my climber. She climbs on EVERYTHING! For the longest time, we had a barricade from the living room to the kitchen to keep her out of the cat food and away from the stairs, but we had to take it down when she started throwing herself over it. The other day I left a storage bin next to her high chair and when I turned around, she had climbed up INTO the high chair. I have this fear in the back of my mind that she'll end up in a body cast like my little brother (also a climber, who fell out of a tree when he was 4 and broke his femur).


Here she is, 15 months, climbing inside our boxes of winter gloves.

Fall

Ally was assigned to give the opening prayer in primary today. A first for us. I wasn't sure if she would get a case of stage fright at the podium or if anyone would be able to understand her. Turns out I think she thought she was assigned to sing a solo as she sweetly SANG her little prayer into the microphone without any help from me.

Pumpkin Patch

I never knew the joy of pumpkin patches as a child (did they not exist in Katy, TX??) Anyway, they pop-up like weeds in Wisconsin autumn-time. It's great fun for everyone, especially the ones that go all out with hay mazes, petting zoos, play houses...and it's mostly free! You only pay for the pumpkins.

Unwanted Guest

We found this guy on our back porch. Don't worry. He has since been eradicated.

To Nauvoo We Go

To my 3000+ employee friends, a trip to small town Nauvoo, Illinois just doesn't really strike an interest. Well add 7 saucy redheads, 3 hot brunnettes, and 2 cuter-n-pie little cow-girls and get ready for some good times. No one was injured, although many people were shot, we learned a lot about church history, cried a lot, captured frogs, practiced life-saving skills, and cried some more.

An update on ME

Truth be told, this blog is about my girls. It's written for my family and friends who care to know the feats of potty training and what-not. But every now and then I go through a break through and you get to enjoy that update as well.

I've been kind of struggling to know my place in life. I feel like I've been in "survival mode" for so long, I don't know how to just relax, turn off the anxiety, stop worrying that the kids will drown or get hit by cars, or kidnapped, or turn into teenagers and drive away and never come home. Ahhh. such are my bedtime stories.

So Matt and I have really been making a conscience effort to be true to our values. I've started to attend a Bible Study group on Wednesday nights and he goes with me when he has a night off from Young Men's. We've been making a real improvement in our daily scripture study and finding our identity as a couple. It feels nice to share that. I mean, he's always been my best friend, but it's nice to be able to share the emotional and religious growth moments with him as well. Can't wait to see him again on Saturday!!