End of October

This past week we had more family come to visit us. Davis's sister, Caroline, her husband, Dustin, and their youngest, Levi, made the trek from North Carolina to Utah. Caroline earned a retreat from her work and Dustin came along to check out Utah's fly fishing scene. Apparently we have some good fly fishing around these parts.

I like the progression in these. Photos are more challenging with kids.

We did what we do best. Eat and enjoy the company of others. We made some meals at home and also ate out. They saw some of the local sites and we caught up on each other's lives. It was really fantastic having them come stay. We wish we could see them more often.

Breakfast at Eva's before they left

We weren't too great at getting photos of the adventures but that only means we were having too much fun to stop and take pictures.




Eden is getting more mobile. I put her down on the floor and she usually starts rolling or scooting backwards/sideways. She isn't close to crawling yet but it's hard to keep her in one spot. This is especially tricky when we try to change her diaper. She immediately flips over on the changing table.

becoming increasingly interactive
with her environment :)

She rolled into the couch and seemed to be
having a good time playing there

I tried to get her to sleep today without being swaddled. Poor thing keeps flapping her arms like wings and rolling all over the crib. She played with her pacifer and threw onto the floor several times. It took an hour to nap this morning. I gave up after 45 minutes this afternoon and swaddled her.

gumming on an apple

Also, we haven't been feeding her real food yet. However, she has gotten tastes of things. She enjoys gumming on apple slices. Honeycrisp is the best. This coming weekend will be her first Halloween. Our first Halloween with kids. Typically we do absolutely nothing for holiday. It seems weird to celebrate spooky, creepy, gross, and evil things. Growing up we trick-or-treated and had Reformation parties at church. However, this year I splurged on a $5 pumpkin onesie for the occasion. After I get off work tomorrow I will take her to Davis's work so she can do a little trick-or-treating. Actually, she'll just be visiting people dressed like a pumpkin since none of us need candy.