Photo Shoot

My unbelievably talented friend, Braxton, is starting a photography business and wanted to try out some new editing techniques and I happily volunteered Kaylee as a model.  You can check out his website here. He also does portraits, digital painting, and just about any other type of artwork.  In fact, take a look at what he did for pumpkin carving this year- amazing!!  The first ones are just raw photos he took, and the last three are ones he edited.  Kaylee was a little grumpy so we didn't get too many of her smiling but she is definitely a beautiful little girl no matter what she is doing!! 

The Bright Side of Things

I think everybody can be a little more positive.  Life is so much better when you can see the bright side of things.  Sometimes it's hard to find something positive about tough situations, like with our apartment!  Richard is always gently reminding me that we are lucky to have this apartment, even with all of the problems we've had.  One of the very BIG problems is not having a dryer. I've gotten used to hanging my clothes up to dry even though I do miss feeling warm fuzzy towels right out of the dryer.  But since I should be more positive, I have found something good about even this situation.  Because my pants never have a chance to shrink back to their normal size in the dryer, they are continually stretching out as I put them on and off.  This makes them much bigger than my waist so every time I put them on I feel skinny, even if I haven't lost any weight.  What could be so bad about that?  If this keeps up, soon my pants will be XXXL and I'll feel like the smallest girl in the world.  How nice to have a self-esteem boost every day :)

Crawling!

As promised, here is a video of Kaylee crawling.  She is still a little hesitant about it but she is getting a lot faster and she is going all over the place!  Already her favorite thing to get is shoes.  Look out world because here comes Kaylee!!

Photo Contest

Honestly, I am slightly embarrassed that I entered Kaylee in a photo contest.  In fact, I was ALMOST embarrassed enough that I wasn't going to tell anyone to vote for her.  But then I realized that there was no point in me entering her if she isn't going to get votes from anyone other than me.  Don't worry, I'm not delusional enough to believe that she would actually win the grand prize. But there is a little hope that she could win the monthly prize of a free video camera, which I would not complain about. And after all, her cuteness needs to be shared, don't you think?  So if you are looking for something to do and want to head on over to gerber's website and vote for Kaylee, that would be great.  And even better, you can vote once a day so anytime you think of my adorable little baby, you can go vote again :)  Just search for her by using Kaylee and Provo to narrow the search and she is the only one who comes up.  Wish us luck!

On a side note, Kaylee is getting to be so big.  She crawled for the first time on Sunday! But she got sick and just wants to be held so I'll get a video of it later when she is cruising around. And today I laid her down for a nap and she pulled herself up to a sitting position. Naps are probably going to be a little more tricky now but I love watching her learn all these new things!  And because no blog would be complete without a picture (especially of Kaylee), here she is in the sweater I just bought her and LOVE.  She is the cutest!!!

The Victorious Wind

I have always hated the wind.  If it qualifies as it's own category of weather, it is by far my least favorite weather.  As far as I can tell, there is nothing good about the wind.  A light summer breeze is different, but I'm talking about wind-the kind that messes up your hair, blows rain in your face, and makes winter feel 10 times colder than it really is.  Well today I hate the wind even more than I normally do.  I JUST swept my stairs and after one blustery day, this is what they look like:

 You win this one, wind.  But you and me have a lot more battles to fight!

A Bunny Story

 Mom, do I really have to wear this?

 What's everybody looking at me for?

 I think I'm missing something....

 AH- there it is! Hmmm...how do I get this goodness in me?

 You won't fool me long carrot!

 GOT IT.  Hey, this isn't bad.

 Wait a second... why do I get a carrot while mommy eats chocolate?

That is SO not fair. 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!