December 2011

This is when Dani discovered blanket capes. It had to be this pink John Deere one and she had to be able to still walk around and carry her teddy and blankie. It was so cute!

We stopped at Cabela's to do some Christmas shopping on one of our trips to Salt Lake. Dani got to play in the arcade! :-)

Roni, Sara and their kids, Mandy, Whitney and some of her friends kids and Dani and I all got together to go sledding towards the end of the month. We finally had enough snow to go! Dani was really, really nervous about the going down the hill and leaving mommy at the top but was always laughing on the way up and towards the end she was chasing the kids on the sleds hoping to get a ride! :-) Thanks to Aunt Whitney and Aunt Mandy that were willing to take Dani up and down the hill so many times! 

Belly photo shot - 20 weeks

Christmas photo in front of the tree. Next year we'll have one more. What a crazy thought!!

One of Travis' Christmas presents was a new Cabela's hunting game. Dani sat with him for a while and "helped" him play till she was pretty sure she had the hang of it and then ran off with the gun and just started firing it at the TV (or the floor or the ceiling..) Every time she "pulled the trigger" it would make a banging noise even if it wasn't pointed at the TV so she had a blast!
We went to temple square with Tom, Natalie, and my Dad. I think it would have gone a little better if we hadn't taken TRAX. We didn't want to try and find a place to park so it seemed like a good idea but all the people squished into a teeny tiny space really overwhelmed Dani. It wasn't a good start for the evening. She was really clingy all over the grounds and didn't really have a good time - till we left and rode an empty TRAX train back. Then she all over dancing and singing and playing with Grandpa. Silly girl.

November 2011

I am so grateful for cell phone cameras! I can't believe how few pictures I have for some of these months! I broke my camera at the end of August and I forget to take Travis' when we go places. Mine was just in the diaper bag. It did have a good long life of almost 7 years but I sure miss it. Oh well, at least I had something I could pull out at a moment's notice. ;-)

This picture above is of Dani hanging out in her little self designated "spot." She would climb underneath the foot rest of Trav's chair every time he reclined. It complicated things when Travis needed to get out... but she LOVED it under there. She has gotten too tall for it now so it doesn't happen so much anymore. 

Dani LOVES books! She doesn't really care what they are about as long as someone will read to her. Travis was looking at a lego magazine and Dani decided that she needed to be involved so she plopped down right next to him. She has become more and more attached to her Daddy lately and it is so cute to see them play together.

For our little neighbor and friend Christmas gifts this year I made a bunch of fabric wreaths. Shredding all the material is what took FOREVER. Luckily I had a super duper helper when it came to mixing them all together. She made the BIGGEST mess I think I've ever let her make. She just kept throwing handfuls in the air. We were finding them on the entertainment center and mixed in with her toys for a couple days after this. It was so funny. She got to play and mix them all up for about 15 minutes and then helped me pick them all up and put them in baggies so that I could use them for the wreaths. What a great helper! :-)

We didn't do much in November because I was pretty sick and not much fun to be around but we did enjoy some family time at home.

We didn't get any pictures at Thanksgiving it looks like... Sorry.. We had dinner with Travis' family this year. They did an oven turkey AND a deep fried turkey (Mmmmm). We had some really good food and good company. Dani loves hanging out with her cousins and had a good time running around while Daddy hung out with Grandpa and his brothers and Mommy got to play some games with Grandma and the other girls. We had a pretty good day. :-)

October 2011

Dani was finally getting big enough to be trusted with Daddy's legos! She loved to run her hands through them and pic out some of her favorite ones. Her fingers are still obviously too tiny to put them together but she would play with the ones that her Daddy would put together for her.
Dani was still struggling with adjusting to nursery at this point and the little kid legos were her favorite to play with with him. He would stay for the first hour then sneak out.

This is Dani all dressed up to take Daddy out to Boulder for the elk hunt. There just isn't enough room for us in the camper and between my "all day morning sickness" and knowing that Dani doesn't fall asleep well with us around her, we decided it would be better if Dani and I stayed home this year. So that we would have the truck and a way to get around for the week that Daddy was gone, we all rode up together and then I took the truck and Dani home. Travis stayed with his parents and his brother in his parent's trailer.
We didn't end up with an elk this year but a few weeks later we were able to buy a cow from the dairy across the freeway so we did get some meat in our freezer. YAY!

Jacque and Justin came down again in October. They were here with some friends of theirs when we got the call about the cow so thankfully Travis had a lot of help when it came to killing and cleaning it. It helped a lot on cutting down the cost at the butcher. Thanks for your help guys! This is the mommy's and the kiddos ready to go for a walk to see the horses. Dani and Rachel had to stand in the middle because they had to hold each other's hands! So cute!!! :)

This was Dani's costume for Halloween. I can't believe this is the best picture we have of it! :-( She picked it out all by herself and she looked so cute! Some of the women in town put together a sort of "block party." There was s chili and corn bread cook off, a bunch of games and crafts for the kids and then a trunk-or-treat at the end. It small but a lot of fun!

We had our 10 week Dr appt and ultrasound in October. (Just one baby - HOORAY!) It always amazes me how much of their tiny little bodies develops so quickly!