Fall is Here!

Fall is my favorite time of year! I love the yummy smells (pumpkin and cinnamon), the cooler weather, watching football, and the BEAUTIFUL colors all around! I love wearing sweaters and snuggling up in blankets! 

Here's a quick recap of what's been going on with us since Madilyn's Birthday, which is the last time I posted. 

We had Lucas's sister, along with her kids, his mom, and niece all come out to visit over Labor Day weekend. We had fun with them and went up to Salt Lake again to take them to Temple Square It is always so nice to have family come and see us!

The day after they left, we had our ultrasound. The baby is very healthy and is a BOY! Lucas is so happy to have one of each now!

Madilyn discovered lemons and this video makes me laugh so much! She insisted on trying it and even wanted more afterward! 

We decided it is time to start re-decorating this house to really make it our own. We started with the front room and we are really happy with how it turned out!

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AFTER:

Spanish Fork doesn't seem to have as many parks as Thornton did, but we found a park that had a pretty flower garden! We decided to stop and take some pictures!

We made a family trip to the pumpkin patch! We were very happy with the selection and the prices! We got two big pumpkins and a smaller one for Madilyn. She loved all the pumpkins! When I set her down to take pictures with the pumpkins she just kept laughing and clapping her hands!

This pig was huge! They say he weighs 700 lbs!

Madilyn was a little freaked out in the straw maze.

She loved walking through the kid size straw maze, though!

Here is my 25 week belly!

And this video is from a couple months ago, but it needed to be shared!!!

One Year Old and Summer Time!

I can't believe how fast time has gone by! August 15th was Madilyn's first Birthday! She has grown so much and is now 20lbs and 29 inches tall. Madilyn now has 4 teeth that have cut through on the top, in addition to the 2 she already has on the bottom. She loves to try new foods and is not a picky eater at all. She is eager to walk, but not brave enough to try without holding on to something or someone. Madilyn cracks us up all the time by having random conversations and randomly laughing! She loves anything that has to do with music. When Mommy sings to her to help calm her down she will try to sing along. She also loves clapping her hands any chance she gets, and waving to people. The bathroom has become her new favorite room. I know that's strange, but she is always crawling in there to bang on the tub and grab her bath toys. Madilyn has also become a pro at going up (and sometimes down) the stairs.

We have all three been sick a couple of times lately, so pictures this month were a challenge, but I gave it a shot anyway....

This summer has also gone so fast! Lucas completed his first semester of school and got all A's! YAY! In July we had our wonderful friends, the Wastarts, from Colorado come to visit us. We have missed them so much and had so much fun with them! We toured Temple Square, went swimming, ate yummy shave ice, and went to a carnival! We also had fun just hanging out like old times. Madilyn and baby Ally played so well together and loved to hold hands!

At the beginning of August we were lucky enough to go to Lake Powell with the Fannin side of the family! We stayed on a houseboat and had fun playing on wave runners! It was SO hot and humid, but we had a great time! We even had a Birthday party for Madilyn on the boat so the Fannin side could celebrate with us!

I used my photoshop to merge the photos of Lucas going off the slide on the boat!

Madilyn was very dainty with her cake!

As soon as we got home from Lake Powell, my parents were in town and we had another party on Madilyn's actual birthday with the Pitcher side of the family.

She LOVES to tear paper!

Saying goodbye to Grandma

And, in case you haven't heard on the world of Facebook..... We are expecting again!!!! We are having a BOY the end of January!

This was at 18 weeks, I am now 20!

11 Months and a Few Happenings

  I can't believe Madilyn is already 11 months! She is growing so fast. Our little girl now crawls full speed and even got brave and attempted to climb the stairs, which is now her favorite thing to do. She thinks it is hilarious to play peek-a-boo and will dive onto the floor giggling every time. She has started pulling herself to her feet, but is still working on the whole balance thing. Poor girl keeps falling down and getting little bruises on her head. Madilyn has learned to fold her arms when we tell her we are going to say prayer. She just keeps surprising us with how much she learns and figures out each day!

A few weeks ago we went to "Farm Country" up at Thanksgiving point. It was a lot of fun (other than the farm smell!) Madilyn really liked looking at all the animals, but was not about to touch any!

She loved the horse pulled wagon ride!

This baby goat was so cute, but, as you can see, she was freaked out!

I laughed a little too much at this sign!

We Celebrated Madilyn's first Fourth of July. She thought the fireworks were really cool and could not look away, but at the same time she was so scared and clinging to my shirt. We did not even have to leave our house to see the fireworks. Our neighbors (pretty much the whole neighborhood) put on quite the show! Every direction we looked were colors exploding into the air. Very different from Colorado.

July 7th was Lucas's Birthday! We celebrated by going to Cafe Rio for lunch, then to the Bean Life Science Museum. We had a lot of fun looking at all the exhibits. We went to dinner at Tucanos Brazilian Grill and came home for cake. 

10 Months

This little girl is growing way too fast! On Fathers' Day she turned 10 months old. She is learning and growing so much every day. Madilyn loves to clap her hands and sing songs. She crawls, and has even started pulling herself up onto her knees and feet (yes, we finally had to lower her crib mattress). Madilyn has overcome her fear of the grass and her fear of the vacuum. She has become somewhat of a daredevil and tries to climb over the edge of her changing table. Madilyn love to do video calls with family. She always tries to hug the tablet or computer to give loves to whoever we are talking to.

We took her swimming for the first time and she loved it! She splashes a lot and kicks her legs. She even jumped out of Daddy's arms and went face first into the water (there's the daredevil again, but don't worry, it was only for a few seconds).

 She loves going to Costco because, let's face it, who doesn't? She loves trying the samples and gets angry if it is something we decide not to share with her. This makes Costco a whole new experience for us and it will never be the same! We went to Cabella's one afternoon and looked at all the animal displays and the aquarium. Madilyn really loved seeing everything.