Happy Halloween!

Well, Halloween was not that eventful for us, seeing as Aliyah is a little too young to participate in all of the festivities, but I did get to make her a super cute Halloween costume! She looked amazing in my opinion, and we got to show her off at our ward Halloween party.
So, for her costume, I decided she was going to be a peacock. Seemed like a great idea, until I put the costume on her. I failed to remember that Aliyah likes to put absolutely anything she can get her hands on straight into her mouth. Needless to say, being covered in feathers was not the ideal situation for her. Within 5 minutes of putting her costume on, our living room floor was covered in blue feathers. We continued to leave a trail of feathers in our wake the entire night. In order to keep her from eating the feathers, we ended up having to put a bib on her and some mittens. They detracted a little from the look, but seemed like the best thing to do. So although her costume was a bit of a hassle, it was all worth it for the cute pics!
One thing I did want to do this Halloween was take Aliyah to a pumpkin patch. Unfortunately we never made it, but I survived the missed picture opportunity. It was probably for the better, I think Aliyah gets tired of posing for Mommy's photo shoots. :) We'll do it next year for sure!
For actual Halloween, we headed down to my parents' house to celebrate my mom's birthday. We enjoyed a nice dinner and cake, and Aliyah got to see her great-grandma again! All in all, I think it was a pretty good holiday.

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin' . . .

Aliyah officially learned to roll over two weeks ago! I put her on her tummy and she plopped right over. I decided I better try again because she had rolled a couple weeks before completely on accident. So again, I put her on her tummy and bam! And she did it again and again! I was very excited! Now she's done it at least once a day since! I know, my baby's got skills. Next trick, sitting on her own, we've been practicing. :)
1st day rolling!

Two weeks later

Reunion Revisited

I finally got some pictures from the Natter Family Reunion!
Enjoy the pics!


The sweet lodge we stayed at


Hanging out in Leavenworth


Hot tub time


Hiking


The kids seemed to enjoy themselves


Horseback riding and kayaking


Relaxing at the cabin


Cousins!

Go Mariners!

Well, it happened a few months ago, but I figured, better late than never. :) Shortly after coming back to Washington, we went to a Mariners game! We found some really cheap great tickets and decided that it was cheaper to go to a game than it is to go to a movie, so why not? We invited my parents to come along, and we all had a great time. Aliyah did great, was awake and happy through the first couple innings, and then after a short bout of walking, she slept through the rest of the game. And they even gave her a certificate for her first game! (Everyone loved her.) We played the Oakland Athletics and we won! Woo hoo! First sporting event, success.

A is for Adorable

We finally got pictures taken of Aliyah! Unfortunately she was super tired, so we didn't get any smiley pictures out of her, but we still got some good ones. Thank you Trina Mitchell! As a side-note, I made all the clothes/props: dress, tutu, hats, shoes, hammock. It was kind of fun. I'm trying to develop my domestic talents. :) Here are some of my favorites!

Rodeo

About a month ago we went to the Semi-annual Roy Pioneer Rodeo. That's right, the little town I grew up in has a rodeo. And not only does it have a rodeo, but it has one twice a year. So you would think that I would be a rodeo aficionado by now, but no, until a month ago, I had never been. So, Steve, Aliyah, and I met up with my parents and headed out to the rodeo. It was actually very entertaining, complete with bucking broncos, wild-cow milking, steer roping, barrel racing, and bull riding. And let's not forget one of my favorite parts, the rodeo clown. Apparently it's been the same guy for like twenty years. We really did have a lot of fun and may have to make it a more regular outing in Aliyah's childhood.

The Laugh!!

Aliyah just started laughing within the past couple weeks and I love it! She seems to find the hiccups particularly funny. Her laugh is so much better in person, and it's hard to catch the best laughs on video because I'm too busy laughing at her. So this is just a small taste of how cute she is! :) It get's better in the middle of the video, so keep watching!