Halloween 2008

Hope you had a great Halloween! We did!

We enjoyed our Halloween weekend. Friday night we went to our ward buildings Trunk or treat Kristin and Enoch shared our trunk. Katie enjoyed seeing all the kids come by but wasn't sure why the costumes, I was glad that the costumes didn't scare her. She didn't do any trunk or treating, like an 11 month old needs candy. On Saturday we headed down to Provo for Skip and Rachel's Halloween party. We had fun seeing friends and eating good food. Asher was very interested in Katie but with Katie walking and new place to explore she was more interested in walking around.

Tag of Eights

I was tagged by my friend Emily. I've done the tag of threes before but thought I'd do the eights.

3 Joys:
3 Fears
3 Obsessions
3 Surprising Facts


8 Things I am passionate about
My daughter
My Husband
The Gospel
Books
Food
Trying to keep things clean
Making sure we have lots of pictures of Katie so we can see how she grows
Doing what I think is best

8 Words or Phrase I often say
Katie don't bite mommy
John please don't tickle me (usually yelled or said while laughing not said)
How big is Katie? ... Sooo Big!
I love you! (to either John or Katie or Both)
Boo! (playing peek-a-boo with Katie)
I need to do laundry
When asked how I am... my answer, "Tired"
What do you want for lunch?

8 Things I want to do before I die
Finish my scrapbooking
Learn to quilt by hand
Travel to many places
Raise my family
Have a house with a big garden
Write my history for postarity
See all my children graduate from school and be married in the temple
Be a good friend everyone

8 Things I pray for
My family
Health
Safety
Guidance in my daily life
Happiness
Gratitude for all things
Church leaders
Friends

8 Things I have learned
Being a mom is the best job ever
American Sign Language
If something doesn't get cleaned today, it's ok, it will be waiting for me tomorrow
That I still am learning how to be patient with John
That being sealed to John was the best decision I've made
That John will always be reading Lord of the Rings even if he finished it two minutes ago
John will love me even when I'm in a bad mood
The relationship between barrel length and bullet velocity

My 8 tags:
Kristin, Lawon, Rachel, and any one else who hasn't done this tag. Your free to do both the 3's and 8's or just one or the other if you've done one.

Pumpkin Carving!

We are getting ready for Halloween and during the week we carved pumpkins with John's Tia Chata from Mexico. I found out John is amazing at cleaning out a pumpkin! What other hidden talents does he have I wonder?











Here are the finished Jack-O-Lanterns. Bobby's is first with the Welsh dragon that he did last weekend. Next is John's scary pumpkin, then mine with 3 bats but you can only see one. Last is Chata's funny face pumpkin.

When Katie grows up...

Will she be a concert pianist? I don't know but she does love pounding on the piano at grandma and grandpa Hughes especially when daddy is playing.

Back In The Day & Today

Last Fall I was looking forward to the birth of our little girl.I felt very large but had larger to get. I was very lucky to have a good pregnancy.

Now Katie is 11 months old and so much fun.
Here Katie is in her Halloween shirt enjoying the fall weather and a fun swing. She still has little hair although in the back it's starting to thicken, it will likely be a while before we have tangles to deal with.

Walking!!!

Last Monday Sept. 27 Katie took her first 3 unassisted steps and since then she has been working on getting more stable. She can walk a good 10 steps and is cruising with little help all over the place. Before we know it she'll be running. She also has gotten three more teeth so now she has five, three on top and two on bottom. One of those teeth broke through when our new little walking baby toppled and hit her swollen gums, there was some bleeding and pain but it was the fastest tooth thats come through. Katie wants to be done with baby food she would rather eat finger food or what John and I are having. We are going to finish what baby food we have and be done with it. She is really growing up fast.

Wednesday of last week Johns mom came home from the hospital. She is glad to be home and we and our gas budget are glad we don't have so far to drive to see her. She seems to be doing ok although her sleep isn't very consistent. This Wednesday she gets staples and drains removed. We again are grateful for everyone who has kept her in their prayers.