My New Niece

My sister Tina had her baby last Thursday. She was really hoping she wouldn't have her on Halloween, so the day before is a little better I think. They named her Ashley. She is very cute! We went to the hospital to see them after Sean got off work. I was really wanting to see how Kate would react to her, since her life is about to be forever changed by this baby brother of hers that is soon to arrive. She loved the little baby and wanted to hold her and get up and sit with Tina. While Kate was holding the baby she started crying and Kate immediately whispered "stop crying", and then started saying, "shh, shh, shh" so softly and then, "it's okay, it's okay". It was quite adorable to watch. I'm a little surprised she didn't try to give her back when she started crying. She knew just what to do. A little mommy in the making. I was very proud, as you can imagine! :-) Let's hope she adores our baby as much!

Hogle Zoo

Kate and I went up to the Hogle Zoo last Wednesday with Tina and Jonathon. We had a good time. Kate and Jonathon loved looking at all of the animals. Kate even stayed in her stroller for the first little while which meant I didn't have to chase her the whole time. Then she wanted to push her baby in the stroller and after running into a few people, I had to convince her that was not the best idea. Eventually she got back in for a while. She loved riding the train. I had her sitting on my lap at first but she wanted to sit in the seat by herself. I was very surprised when she wanted to ride the merry-go-round. Jonathon wanted to ride it and at first I thought she would just want to watch him, then she decided she wanted to ride it. I was still skeptical because she is so afraid of these types of things, but I put her on there and held onto her. She did really well, didn't even cry! She didn't even freak out when her animal started moving up and down. I was very impressed. If you notice she is riding the ostrich, that is because it is pink. Her favorite color is pink. Lately everything has to be pink, it's so funny.

Hee Haw

We went to Hee Haw the Saturday before Halloween. It's a little pumpkin patch and farm right down the road from our house. We had a lot of fun. Kate thought it was pretty cool. They have lots of activities for kids, a huge slide, animals to look at and pet, a tractor ride, a wagon ride, hay jump, maze, and a pumpkin patch. Kate loved the slide, she went down a few times with Sean. She also liked the animals. She is always so afraid to get too close to animals, she never wants to ride the pony (there was one, but of course she wouldn't ride it), so I was surprised when she wanted to go into the petting area and pet the piggy. She didn't end up petting a pig, it ran away before she could get close enough, but she did pet a goat with Sean by her side. After the one touch she was done and wanted to get out, but at least she tried, that's an improvement. She thought the wagon ride was really cool because there were people dressed up in costumes that threw candy as we went by. It was the beginning of her Halloween treats and she thought it was the greatest, she loves treats! We went to the pumpkin patch and picked out two pumpkins. She picked out this tiny little white pumpkin thing that may have actually been some kind of gourd, I don't really know though. We had fun though. The weather was great, it was a great way to spend the day!

Pretty Painted Nails

Kate loves getting her nails painted so I gave her a little manicure and pedicure the other day. She had a great time. She kept wanting to show Sean her pretty painted nails. She would have painted mine if I would have let her. She kept saying, "should we paint your nails too mommy, should I paint them?". Unfortunately I'm not ready for that kind of mess! You may notice that she is not wearing a diaper. Yay! She has been using the potty now for a month or so. She has been doing a pretty good job, only a few accidents. She was pretty easy to train actually, I don't feel like I had to do much training.

Visit with Friends

As I mentioned in my previous post, a friend of mine from Las Vegas was up for the weekend. She and her two kids, Aaron and Livi stayed with us for the weekend. Kate had a good time playing with them. She kept following Livi around saying, "come play with me Livi". Here they are before Sean took them out for a walk while Rachel and I got ready for the day. Thanks Sean!

Girls Night Out

This weekend I got a chance to spend time with some friends I met while living in Sacramento. Two of my friends who now live in Las Vegas and Oklahoma were going to be in town so we went out for dessert on Friday night, along with another friend of ours who also lives in Utah now. We had a good time catching up with one another. We stayed quite a while, we were the last ones to leave the restaurant. I was begining to think they were going to kick us out. It was fun, hopefully we'll get to do it again sometime! Thanks for the fun night!

Daddy's New Toy

Sean got a new iPhone a few weeks ago and made the mistake of telling Kate that it was Daddy's new toy, so of course she always wants to play with it. She thinks it is the coolest thing because she can watch movies and play games on it. She was completely obsessed with it the first week he had it. The first thing she would ask in the morning was,"where's Daddy's new toy" and say, "I want to play with Daddy's new toy". Can you see the joy in her face?

Fall Festival

On Saturday we went up to Logan to visit Joseph, Ellen, and Halle. We went to the Fall Festival at the American Heritage Center. We had a good time, but I do have one complaint. It was NOT fall weather. It was so hot! I am really hoping it will cool off soon so we can actually have a fall to enjoy before winter. Fall is my favorite! But, we still had a good time. Kate and Halle had fun playing the different games. They scored a bunch of jewlery at the fish pond which they both loved! They also got a bunch of candy at all the different booths, which of course they also loved. Sean and Joseph participated (and if you ask me, won) the saw contest. Here's some pictures from the day...

Kate and Halle waiting for the tractor ride

Kate and Halle in the kiddie corn maze

Our little lamb

Sean and Joseph competing in the two man saw competition

We came back in the evening to check out the lights