Happy Thanksgiving!

As I think about Thanksgiving, there are so many things I am thankful for. I'm so thankful for so many blessings in my life. I'm grateful for my family and the love and support they always are. I'm thankful for the fact that Ryan and I both have jobs right now to provide for our needs. With the economy these days, I realize that is something to be very grateful for. I'm also thankful for friends. I'm thankful for the opportunity to watch Nyah grow up each day and to see her smile and laugh which in turn makes me smile and laugh. I'm grateful that we are healthy. I'm also thankful for the gospel and our Savior who made it possible for families to be together forever.

I hope everybody has a great Thanksgiving and thanks for the important part all of you play in our lives! We are so thankful for each one of you! Happy Thanksgiving!

Good Little Helper

So no pictures today but I thought I would share some of the new things Nyah is doing. She helps unload the dishwasher. She takes all of the plates and the bowls from the bottom rack and stacks them on the end of the dishwasher. It is so cute. I'm going to have to get it on video one of these days. I can't believe how big she is getting. :) My mom asked if she's careful and I would say she is very careful (as careful as a 1 1/2 year old can be). There have been a couple of times where I've been glad it's Corelle.

She is doing the actions to lots of songs these days (Eensy Weensy Spider, Wheels on the Bus, Slippery Fish, etc.) so that's been fun to see. She is also a crack up as she sings E-I-E-I-O in Old McDonald. It's more like E-I-O but very cute.

Nyah will say "uno" and "dos" which is different than in English because every time I say "one" she just says "two". I can't get her to say "one". Funny girl. I also tell her all the time that she is "bella" (beautiful) and she'll repeat that after me. So we are working on our Spanish skills. At her little school they are starting a program with Mandarin Chinese and I just think that's funny. Spanish seems much more practical to me so hopefully they'll do both. You know me, I'm all about what's practical.

Well that was just a little bit of an update on Nyah. She continues to learn new words and loves to play with her toys. As we go upstairs at night she waves and says "bye bye toys". The word "toys" isn't super clear but distinctive none the less.

Adios!

I Love the Fall

We are having some great fall weather here in Colorado. I'm probably jinxing it but we haven't even had snow yet. There have been some brisk days but nothing too drastic considering we are nearly in the middle of November. Plus, snow makes for long commutes so that's another reason to just be grateful for this great weather! This post is going to be a random compilation of pictures I've taken over the last few weeks. I'm going to try this format instead of a slide show and see how it goes.

First is a funny picture of Nyah eating some chocolate pudding. She absolutely loved it! We need to try that again soon because it was too cute.

This is just a cute picture of her in her new hat I found. The new style must be hats because there was a hat for each outfit at Babies R Us! What a cutie.


The next couple are of Nyah and I enjoying the weather outside a few weeks ago while we were waiting for Ryan to come home from helping with an Eagle Scout Service Project.

Now on to Halloween. We decided to buy a pumpkin this year and thought it would be interesting to see if Nyah would want to participate in the carving of the pumpkin. Turns out she thought it was too slimy but enjoyed being part of the fun as long as she could use a spoon. :) Ryan was taking pictures but the pumpkin carving was actually his idea. Nyah has her eyes closed in this picture - maybe she takes after her Grandma. :)

I don't think Nyah really understood the whole concept of trying to get candy but she still had fun. We mostly just hung out and handed out candy and waited for the neighbors to come to us. Nyah didn't really want to pose in her Dorothy costume so we had to get the pictures of her "on the run". She did like having a basket with Toto in it though because it gave her something to use to carry around her juice and snacks. :) We did teach her to say "Toto" so she said that instead of "Trick or Treat". We even went to Ryan's office. You will see that she has socks underneath her tights. That's because I could only find red, glittery shoes that were a 1/2 size too big. Poor girl. She shuffled around at the ward Halloween party so I smartened up and put on the socks with her tights for Halloween night. :)

Unloading her juice and snacks....

This is Nyah with her silly smile.

We hope all is going well for all of you and that you are enjoying the fall as much as we are!