HAPPY HALLOWEEN

On Thursday we carved pumpkins and of course Curtis' turned out as great as it always does. I carved a pumpkin on my pumpkin... Shaylie's was a lady bug (I did it and it turned out pretty bad) and Curtis... well you'll see which caracter from Sienfeld he did. For Halloween Curtis was Balloon-hand man... inside joke with his family, I was some sort of Gothic person and Shaylie was a little lady bug. Here are the pictures from the past week and our Halloween fun that we had!




Shaylie with her cousin Brooklyn



Shaylie with her cousin Cody (Such a cute costume!!!)




On Wednesday, Curtis' grandpa Babbel passed away and we are going to miss him very much. He was a very sweet man. He had dementia and it is nice to know that he doesn't have to suffer with it anymore - thank goodness for the knowledge that we have of the after-life. I met him after he was already so far gone... but he was so sweet and I had a tender spot in my heart for him. We went down to Manti to visit them a few months ago before they moved to NM. He was so sweet with Shaylie and I'm so glad that we were able to go to have that time with him. Curtis and his family went down to NM this weekend to bury him. Shaylie and I stayed back because I get VERY car sick and she gets VERY cranky when she's cooped up in the car for long amounts of time. We missed Curtis on Halloween day but were glad that we were able to play on Friday night and pretend it was our Halloween. We'll miss you, Grandpa!


So since Curtis was down in NM this weekend Shaylie and I went down to Moroni to spend time with my mom and dad. I just hate being home by myself so we took a few days and spent time with grandma and grandpa. Well... tonight my mom and I were sitting in the kitchen just chatting when all of a sudden we heard this loud thud on the front door. We thought that some punk kids were throwing something at the door or her YW in the ward were pulling some sort of prank on her. I went to the door to see what it was and this is what I found...


A DEAD BIRD! Silly bird, you hit the door and now you're no longer alive... it's kind of sad but really funny too. Just WAY random! Poor, poor little birdie.

Curtis' Buck

This post is for my brother Brian who just recently threatened my life over the telephone if I didn't post these pictures... Curtis, my dad and some of my brothers went hunting on Saturday. After a morning of no luck, some of them headed home and a few of them went to another spot to stake out for the evening. While they were hiking, they stopped for a minute to rest and they saw a buck. Curtis got a good shot and snagged him! I'm looking forward to some DELICIOUS jerky! Curtis didn't have the camera with him because he was certain that no one was going to even see a buck let alone shoot one. So... sorry, the pictures that we have are of the head after it's been cut off from the body. Just thought i'd give you a heads up if you weren't too interested in looking at a head of a deer.

Shaylie's 1st Birthday Party!

One Year Ago...

I looked like this until 9:18pm.

8 days late, 9 hours of waiting, 3 hours of pushing and a C-Section to top it off, Shaylie joined our family and made it so much better. I'll never forget the first time I laid eyes on her; she was so beautiful and so worth the wait.

At 8 pounds and 19 1/2 inches long she was a chub from the get go and continued to expand in the cheek, gut and thigh area.

Curtis has been the BEST dad from the very beginning. He loves her more than anything and blows me away each time I see him with her.

Although we had a little bump in the road and by little, I mean little. Shaylie had to be on oxygen for a few days; at the time I thought it was awful... I've learned that I'm a drama queen and that it was indeed, a little bump. We are so grateful to have her here with us and we couldn't imagine our lives with out her.

I can't believe that she is a year old today! How time flies when you're having a BLAST!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAYLIE!

I know, I know...I'm pathetic!

Well... here I am after 3 months of absence. At least I have taken a few pictures since then. Summer has been great for us. We've done a lot of swimming and playing in the sun. Shaylie LOVES the pool and I love that she is dead tired when we leave. We have also done a lot of traveling as a family. We haven't gone too far, but have still been able to get away quite a bit. My sister and her family came out from Alabama for the whole month of July and it was so great to have them here! We miss them all SO much but Shaylie especially misses the kids (AUBREY). We spent a lot of time down in Moroni at my mom's with them. We also went down to St. George to hang out at Curtis' grandparent's ranch. Shaylie loved the chickens and wanted to watch them all the time. She had a good time getting strapped into the backpack and going on hikes. Shaylie now has 5 teeth (almost 6), is crawling like a maniac, pulling herself up, standing alone until she realizes it and sometimes will take a few steps before realizing she isn't holding on to something. Her hair is FINALLY long enough to do pony and piggy tails and I am taking full advantage of it! Sunday was her 11 month mark and I can't believe that in less than a month, I'll have a 1 year old. WHERE DID MY BABY GO?! Things are going great and I'm sure everyone is glad to know that we are all still alive and doing well! I will try to do better at the blogging thing... I guess I'm just lazy. Here are pictures of our summer so far...enjoy!