Happy Halloween!!!

Wayne the Squash

Lots has happened in the last few weeks. Ethan started crawling. He threw Jen's comb in the toilet. We've done a lot of yard work, and had flooding in our basement again. All is well though. We have been having great weather and are still tending our garden. It hasn't frozen yet and we are still enjoying tomatoes. We planted squash in the spring, and had dreams of piles and piles of squash at harvest. Well, they flowered all summer, but never produced any squash until about the end of August. We're not sure why, but we think it might be due to our soil lacking something. Now the largest is a bit larger than a softball and we are determined to have one make it to maturity. I think Kyle has more faith than I do. We decided to name our squash Wayne.

Our little family went to the Thanksgiving Point corn maze and pumpkin festival yesterday. Jen won some free tickets to it. Unfortunately, we forgot our camera. It was a little chilly, but we had a good time. It would have been more fun for Ethan if he was a few years older because they had lots of fun games and activities for little kids. He did get to go down a big slide though while strapped to his daddy's chest.

For those of you still interested in seeing yet another picture of Ethan in his highchair, here you go. This is one of Ethan after he finished eating some bananas. I couldn't resist snapping a few pics of this one! (Yeah, we need to take some more creative shots! Good thing Halloween is coming.)

Ethan and his cousin Jackson had fun a few weekends ago at Grandma Taylor's playing with some giant foam letters.

Our Little Pumpkin

Last Thursday Ethan got his first teeth poking through. There were two that first day, then three the next. We have made many attempts at trying to take pictures of them, but being that Ethan is so wiggly, it was impossible. We'll post a better picture once they come in more, and once he stops wiggling for us (if ever).

This picture was the only one that wasn't fuzzy. You can see a tooth on the bottom. Below that is a representation of what Ethan looks like with his new teeth. He has two on the top (one is a front tooth, the other is the one left of it, then one bottom front tooth. Please forgive the crudeness of the drawing (it was done using a laptop).

Ba Ba Blacksheep

Ethan is 7 month's old today! It has been an amazing week. It seems like Ethan learned so much. He really started babbling a lot more this week and now says "bababa." He also has gotten really good at scooting around. He can definitely get where he wants now. We are terrified! Also, Ethan likes to pull himself up to his feet. I snapped this picture of him today. I had my back turned for a few minutes. When I turned around he had pulled himself up to his feet and was smacking his hands on this TV we had on the floor. We know it is probably wishful thinking, but we hope we still have many, many more months until he is walking. We fear that it may be just around the corner though!

Crazy 8's

My friend Amy tagged me so here is goes . . .

8 Things I'm passionate about: (yeah, I notice 3 are foods)
1-My hubby
2-My baby
3-My family
4-Ice cream
5-Really good chocolate
6-My faith
7-The Chinese/Taiwanese culture
8-Making homemade crepes with fresh peaches (or strawberries) and sweetened cream cheese with my hubby--we do it as much as we can when these fruits are in season

8 Things I want to do before I die:
1-Travel to a warm exotic place with my hubby
2-Take Kyle (and possibly some kids) to Disneyland
3-Pay off our mortgage
4-Tour Asia
5-Be a cute grandma
6-Go on another mission, but with Kyle
7-Get my dream kitchen
8-Grow cherry and peach trees

8 Things I say Often
1-Oh, Gross!
2-Dadda's home!
3-Do you see the baby/kids?
4-Ouch! Don't pull mama's hair!
5-How was work?
6-Yeah, we got that at a garage sale too.
7-Guess what Ethan did today?
8-I don't know...what do you want to do?

8 Books I've Recently Read:
1-Baby Talk
2-Secrets of the Baby Whisperer
3-Baby Wise
4-The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
5-Prince Caspian
6-The Horse and His boy
7-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
8-The Magician's Nephew

8 Songs I could listen to over and over: (okay, so I'm cheating on this one)
1-Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
2-I Cross my Heart by George Straight (We aren't country fans, but Kyle sang this song to me as he proposed, so it will always have a special place in my heart)
3-When You Say Nothing at All by Alison Krauss, but sung and played by my hubby on his guitar
4-Anything my baby sings while we are singing in church
5-8-really anything that my husband plays on his guitar

8 Things that attract me to my friends:
1-Great Listeners
2-Can always turn to for advice
3-They are good examples
4-Loving
5-Sincere
6-Forgive my faults
7-Supportive
8-The memories and laughter we share

8 Things I've learned this past year:
1-I can survive child birth
2-Epiderals are a great blessing
3-There is nothing more cute than hearing your baby's voice (except when he's screaming of course)
4-Oatmeal mush and peas don't make a good combination to give a baby
5-Grass injested by a baby comes out looking still like grass
6-Babies always seem more interested and entertained by things they shouldn't be given to play with (at least my baby is that way)
7-An emergency fund is essential and used often when you buy a home
8-There is nothing better than being a mom!

8 People I think should do Crazy 8's
1-Heather
2-Michelle
3-Lacey
4-Christin
5-Kyle
6-Mom
7-Suzie
8-Heidi