Baby Food!

Gabriella was so excited to try baby food! Whenever I eat while holding her, she opens her mouth and leans towards the food as it goes in my mouth. Thus I decided it was time. Natalie was so excited to feed her. Sam was excited too until he smelled and looked at the baby food. I had him feed her for me while I was getting his sandwich ready, and he quickly asked if I could feed her again because it was "pretty disgusting."

Kids

4 1/2 month old Gabriella - November 5th

Random Recent Pictures

My cousin Celia took us to ride on her horse a couple weeks ago. The kids LOVED it, and Nate kept talking about when we'll get horses someday.

I had to put this one just 'cause it makes me laugh. Gabriella really looks like Sam and Natalie to me in the bathtub, probably because I don't notice her darker hair as much then.

Sammy and Natty have been such good playmates lately. They've been playing "ghostbusters" a lot lately. They make ghost zappers out of tinkertoys, and go around the house zapping ghosts. They're blasting off in their spaceship in this photo.

• Natalie's memory has always been really impressive to me. She'll help me remember where things are or when something happened. About a week ago, I went to the temple. However, when I got there I couldn't find my recomend. I had been looking all over for a week. I told Natalie the other day, "I need you to help me find my temple recomend today" and she said "It's behind the mirror." Sure enough when I unscrewed the mirror that's hanging on the wall, there it was! It's a good thing she remembers good or I would have never found it! The day before that she had about 20 books out on our bed and we found her drawing in one with a pencil. Out of the pile of 20 or so, she easily picked out the 5 she had drawn in.

• Sammy has started to sound out words a tiny bit. We've been playing "Guess Who" since Grandma gave it to him for his birthday. When he gets to the person, he sounds out the name. It's so fun to see his progress! He's such a good big brother - He really loves his little sisters! Sammy is our singer. When our primary was practicing for the program, the chorister told the kids to sing as good as Sam!

Gabriella learned to roll over about a week ago. She loves being able to move a little. She's been really interested in Sam and Natalie and gets really happy when she sees them in the morning. We all LOVE having this sweet little baby at our house. I gave her her first haircut yesterday!

Fall Leaf Fun! We have plenty of leaves with our big trees, and the kids love jumping in and hiding in the huge piles I make!

Logan & Jenn, I hope you're reading this because this one is for you. I put curlers in Natalie's hair for the first time on Halloween. When she looked in the mirror, she said "I look like Collin." She then explained that Collin had hair with curls like that without the curlers in it.

Happy Halloween!