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The Joys of Being a Mother

Well, after a discussion last week Todd and I decided it is time to wean Allie off the milk wagon (aka ME) I weighed myself fully clothed and with wet hair right after breakfast and the scale said 89 lbs. I am afraid Allie is taking all my nutrition. The hard part is she is still waking up every 2 hours to eat at night and I really don't want to have to make bottles in the night. Any suggestions? I would try just letting her cry herself back to sleep, but then it keeps Todd up and he isn't a very happy camper. My goal was to feed her till her year birthday so at least I got close!

Allie Walking

I forgot again that I can't turn the camera. Sorry. But anyway this is Allie walking at 10 months and 2 weeks old. She got so excited when she saw that camera that she wasn't cooperating very well. She got a lot better as the night went on. She doesn't care that she keeps falling, she just gets right back up again. Her problem is she always wants to carry something with her.

Apples

What do you think? Go pro? I dipped it in Carmel and then white chocolate and then sprinkled with Heath bits and then drizzled with milk chocolate.

Callings?...What are those?

Well after 4.5 years of no callings Todd and I finally have our chance to serve. Many of you know that Todd's calling is the Secretary of the Young Men and Assistant Scout Leader. He went on a campout this weekend and today at church all the boy's moms kept coming up to me and saying what a great time the boys had and how much they all love Todd. I was quite proud. I guess he was quite in his element. He needed this weekend to have a little break.
Anyway, I just received my calling today. I told Todd I would accept anything but teaching the adult Sunday School class. Just my luck...I have to teach the 16 & 17 year olds. Even better is that right now it is a class of all boys! I was hoping for Sunbeams...they just color pictures.

On a side note: our community had a block party today. It was quite fun. They had a caterer provide the main dish and hired a DJ. We met lots of nice neighbors. Everyone seemed excited to meet "the new people from Idaho."

On Saturday was the relieg society super saturday and I learned how to make gourmet candy apples. I'll post a picture. I'm thinking of going professional and selling them. You'll have to tell me what you think. I will run and get pictures....please hold...

The Night of my Final

As you know I had a final last Wednesday. As I discovered it was very hard to study with the two kids (aka The Little Monters). So when Wednesday came I was trying to study all day. Allie decided she wouldn't sleep and Sadie felt that if Allie wasn't taking a nap neither was she! By 5:00 they were both so cranky and whiney that Todd and I were about to lock them in their bedroom. So Todd did what he does best and put a movie on to entertain them while I made dinner and Todd studied...(that's right, I'm the one with the final that night and Todd was the one who got to study!) Anyway we looked over about 5 minutes into the movie and this was what we saw.





Allie just about face planted to the floor while dozing, but luckily I caught her mid fall.

Family Pictures

We had Dave come and take some family pictures for us. Here is a preview...