Garden of the Gods

After a week of crazy snow and no school we were lucky to have beautiful weather yesterday and today. After Stake Conference we packed a picnic and went to Garden of the Gods. It is a beautiful place and kind of strange because it is such a different landscape from the rest of the area. Every time I go I want to ride my bike or run. The kids climb everything and I try not to think about broken bones.


I love this picture of Eden. And yes, mom, that is the new Naarjie dress you just bought for her.

Halloween

For Halloween this year we took the kids bowling, went trick-or-treating at a high school and played carnival games, carved pumpkins, and ate dinner with friends and of course, more trick or treating. Andrew was a skeleton, Elizabeth a leopard, Anna a mean witch, and Eden a pumpkin. The kids had a great time. Andrew is at the perfect age for collecting as much candy as possible. We have a ridiculous amount of candy and have been eating too much sugar. Eden throws a tantrum when she sees candy and can't have it.

Trying to find my Creative Side

It wasn't hard to change the background of my blog, but to change the header and add pictures to it is beyond me. Maybe I will figure it out and maybe my blog will go back to the way it was.

Eden is One as of September 14th!

Eden turned the big one on September 14th. At her well-check she weighed in at a whopping 18 pounds, about 10th percentile and she was 50th percentile for height. People still comment on how tall she is, which I think is from her skinny body. Her most noticeable feature is her red hair. I am still in denial about her hair, but strangers stop me to tell me about others they know with beautiful red hair. She will stand out and I am sure she will learn to appreciate it. Eden has lots of words. Her current favorite is no. Nah-nah-no. And she says Charlie and then barks. She crawls to Jeff's office and says, "hi, daddy." She also says night-night, bottle, mama, and a couple of others. She is brilliant. Eden is currently on antibiotics for ear infection number 6, 3 of which have happened in the last 7 weeks. Eden is shy around new people still but will happily go to the daycare at the Y, thank goodness. She loves her brother and sisters and giggles when we pick them up from school. Very cute. She is also very fiesty. She likes to hit me and when I grab her hand and say no, she winds up for a harder hit and a scream. My others would have burst into tears. We love our Eden Grace.

Eden Grace

Eden is officially 10 and a half months and she is into everything. She is a fast crawler. A typical day for her begins with a breakfast of bananas and oatmeal, followed by a bath and a bottle. After she is dressed, she has a typical pattern. She takes off as fast as she can for Charlie's food and water, which she can get to about a quarter of the time before me. She grabs fists full of dog food and throws it behind her and then splashes the water until is spills on her and the floor. She sometimes eats the food too. After that she heads for the oven and pulls off the towels, and then for any cupboard or the pantry that is open. She then crawls to the family room to pull off the magazines she can reach and rips the pages. She will also crawl to my bathroom and turn on the bathtub. She can only reach the hot water, which she splashes until it gets too hot. She has also been known to crawl to the toilet and see what damage can be done there. Today she climbed up the stairs twice. She keeps really busy following her brother and sisters and chasing Charlie. She likes to pull his tail.

Eden is a happy girl and we love her to death. We are overcome by how cute she is.