Dear Baby Teeth,

I would really appreciate if you would just come out already! You turn my sweet little Eva into a crusty little stinker! Ever since you decided to show up she screams, hits, randomly bursts into tears and doesn't sleep much (which means I don't sleep). I am tired of having to drug her with Tylenol every night! We like having you come because that means Eva can have "big people" food but we don't like how long you're taking. Please hurry!

Love, Macie

What we've been up to

We went to the Thanksgiving Point corn maze for Lydie's birthday!

We went to the corn maze with Matt, Lecia & Kennedy.

We played with Cousin Eden

We took a trip last weekend to Oakland/San Francisco (more on that later)

KJ was asked to be a presenter in the Economic Self-Reliance Conference at BYU. He spoke about the work he has done with MicroBusiness Mentors. He did a great job and I'm so proud of him!

We went to our ward Halloween party. Eva is our little pumpkin seed!

Lake Powell

This one time, we went to Lake Powell and took some pictures....

The girlies on the boat. This is right before we got lost (on the boat) in the dark and had to navigate 20 miles to Bullfrog using the stars. True story.

K.J. heard Sea World was hiring...but they didn't hire everyone. Rejected, he attempted to put on Lake Powell's first marine wildlife show. Unfortunately, it turns out carp are not as intelligent as dolphins. Maybe he will go to law school after all. The end.

How Eva got her start as a rock starlet.

The whole clan...on a rock.

Into the wilderness!

First Oreo.

Yes, that life jacket with arms is our baby.

Too cool to move.

Eva & Grandma Laurie

Videos

Here it is Bethany & Meagan! One morning Eva figured out how to play the Kazoo. . .what talent for a 10 month old! :)



She can't quite figure out how to jump in the Jumperoo. But she's good at swinging in it! And yes, we were watching Cinderella. Gotta introduce Eva to all things Disney!



This is how Eva gets around. She CAN crawl but she is still perfecting that skill. I love the sounds she makes. Inch worm scooting takes so much effort!

Need a Good Laugh?

Or something to help procrastinate more? Please visit these websites/blogs. I have been cracking up about them all day.

www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com
www.talkaholicsanonymous.blogspot.com

The Zoo

The group (minus Sis. Andersen, she's taking the picture)

She was little leary of the giraffes at first
(she would panic if I took her out of the stroller)
but then she loved them.

While KJ spent the day at the BYU-Zoo, Eva & I took a field trip to the Hogle Zoo with the Andersen girls. I think Eva is still a bit young to appreciate the zoo animals. She was more interested in the watching the waterfalls/pools in the cages and eating Gerber puffs. The only animals she paid attention to were the zebras, the giraffes and the behind of an elephant! I hadn't been to the zoo since Elementary School so it was fun for me too. Did you know that giraffe's can kill a lion with one kick? Or that when elephant's poop they distribute seeds into the ground? I didn't either. Thanks for the invite Brittany!

I miss. . .

Richard Simmons and his aerobics class in L.A.

It's true. His class is my kind of workout. Music blaring. You're dancing/high-kicking/grapevining your heart out. You leave sweaty but with a ginormous grin on your face. I have never had that much fun exercising. Plus, the instructor is hilarious and yells things out like "you ate it, now you have to lift it!" Walking on the treadmill this morning just didn't seem to compare and I strangely missed the L.A. craziness. I think I should invest in some of his workout tapes!