Tag

My incredible friend, Cami, tagged me and reading hers brought back tons of memories together! We are all unique in so many ways - these silly tags make me appreciate all of my friends and what makes them special in my life! Enjoy!

8 Favorite TV Shows:

1. The Biggest Loser

2. 24 (Miss our 24 buddies...)

3. The Hills

4. House Hunters

5. Food Network Challenge

6. Property Virgins

7. Bringing Home Baby

8. American Idol

8 Things I did Yesterday:

1. Played with Alina (this includes A LOT!)

2. Went for a walk

3. Cooked Dinner

4. Folded laundry

5. Cleaned up

6. Took a shower

7. AND blew my hair dry (a huge accomplishment some days!)

8. found out Prop 8 passed!

8 Things I look forward to:

1. Christian being done with school

2. Buying our first house

3. Alina learning how to talk

4. Running a half marathon

5. Thanksgiving in FL!

6. Christmas Shopping

7. Meeting Jess and Christopher's baby boy

8. Getting enough sleep - someday!

8 Favorite Restaurants:

1. Bern's Steakhouse

2. Brio Tuscan Grill

3. Amura

4. Tijuana Flats

5. PF Changs

6. Five Guys

7. Chipotle

8. Papa Joe's

8 Things on My Wish List:

1. A Trip to Hawaii

2. A Highlander Hybrid (graphite color)

3. A House

4. No more dirty dishes

5. A self-folding laundry room

6. warm winter in Utah - right!

7. Alina not falling and hurting herself anymore

8. Christian knowing how much he REALLY means to me...

4th Picture in my 4th File:

It's a picture in a series where Alina was learning to pick up Cheerios and transfer them successfully from highchair to mouth! It was a monumentous occasion (She did it too!)

8 People I tag:

Whoever wants to be tagged! I know, kind of a cop-out, but I recommend it... It was hard for me to come up with some of these... I had to really think (and Christian helped too!)

Our Incredible October!

Christian and I cannot believe that October is already over! With Alina's first year quickly coming to an end, we enjoyed celebrating several occasions this month including her 10 month birthday. Our little 10 month old is currently walking! She has taken MANY steps this month. She also has started saying more things (aka making more sounds that sound like words). Along with Ma-ma, and Da-da, she has been known to say "hi", "bye", "baby", "uh-oh", and making the mwah kissing sound. So fun!
My brother Christopher's wife, Jessica, came out for about a week. Alina and I were able to attend a surprise baby shower with Lauren in Jessica's honor. It was so fun to be with her family - they are some of the most loving people EVER! Melissa, her little sister, brought the cake from St. George... isn't it absolutely adorable! Cynthia was so busy that day - her daughter, Makelle, had her birthday party and then she deftly change all of the decorations for the shower by pulling them out of hiding (Jessica hadn't noticed them despite that she was staying at Cynthia's house!) I'm so glad that I was included in this fun celebration.

For Halloween we started the celebration a week early with Christian's family. We had a Halloween Party at his parents' house. It was a fun night filled with yummy food, laughs, and crazy costumes! We also got to attend a baptism for Hailey and Mackay's blessing.

Last Wednesday my mother and grandma came into town to help us gear up for Halloween. Grandma worked tediously on Alina's Thumbelina costume which turned out to be the most beautiful little costume I have ever seen! Mom, Grandma, and I made some delectible food including egg rolls, wontons, rolls, cinnamon rolls, punch, and I'm sure many other things I can't remember. We took Alina Trick-or-Treating around the house. We were so happy to celebrate with friends and family. Ashley and Brandon came over for a bit and Cynthia came over with her husband, Dave, and daughters, Makelle and Audrey. Dave was hysterical as Nacho Libre and even showed off his authentic poses.

Our Little Princess - Thumbelina

Dave, Cynthia, Audrey, and Makelle

Audrey and Makelle

Nacho Libre - Dave has a relative that is a famous Matador in Mexico... he's the real thing!

Halloween came and went incredibly fast - on the first day of November we drove up to Bountiful and had a little surprise dinner in Mom's honor (Happy Birthday next week, Mom!) We're so glad Mom and Grandma came out - it was the BEST Halloween... perfect for Alina's first!