SpOOky Stuff

I took this picture out of our car window as we left for Roosevelt to spend Halloween. The fog hung thick and low on the mountians, it swirled around the car windows, fogging them up. River asked,"Mom, who came and put that white stuff on my window?" We prepared for Halloween all week by carving pumpkins, hanging decorations, and making cookies. Once in Roosevelt we headed over to the farm to visit with the Hickens. We played football on the lodge lawn and ate lunch with Shawn, Aunt Nerry and Grandma and Grandpa Hicken. Halloween night we got the girls dressed up and took them to the ward trunk-or-treat, then went knocking on doors.

River loved trick-or-treating, but I think she was more intersted in all the spooky costumes. At one door, the homeowner asked for a trick, so River roared her loudest ROaR at him. It was so funny. After River's candy bag became too heavy for her to carry, we went over to Grandma Giles house to eat and help her hand out candy. Grandma made us ham and beans, and warm rolls with butter and jam for. It was divine.

My Grandma and Grandpa's house gets tons of trick-or-treaters. Whenever the doorbell rang, River would shout, "Kids!" and she ran with Grandma to the door to help hand out the candy. Some of the older kids had scary costumes, so when she saw them she backed away a couple of steps, then said, "I'm not scared of anything" and ran up to put the candy in their bag. After she braved the monsters she ran back into the house and told everyone, "I'm not scared of anything scary." "I'm not scared of Alligators!" "I'm the scariest!" It was sooo entertaining! She had much more fun handing out candy with Grandma than she did going trick or treating. Sariah couldn't eat the candy, but that didn't stop her from playing with it. Crinkly sound? Check! Fits in one hand? Check! Brightly colored? Check!

Hope your Halloween was as great as ours!

Six Months Ago

Six months ago, Sariah lived in this belly.

(yeah, I know I'm huge. This picture was taken a week after Sariah was due. ) We waited and waited for her arrival, but the day came and went, and no Sariah. A week later, we couldn't wait any longer and told the doctor "we want a baby already!" So we went to the hospital and waited, and waited. Then, finally, in the late afternoon, BAM. Sariah was born. Welcome sweetie! I love this picture of her sucking on her fingers right after she was born. Even a month before she was born we went in for an ultrasound and she had her whole hand inside her mouth and was sucking away. At one month old she was sweet smelling, cuddly and pretty in pink. She gained weight her first week, and was a content little darling. Cameron and I would take turns bouncing her on an exercise ball and she'd quiet down and fall asleep. At 2 months old Sariah got a bad case of baby acne, yet was still adorable. How do babies do that? At 3 months old she became way too cute for clothes. At this point life was great. Sariah was sleeping through the night and we were all used to having a baby in the house.At 4 months old Sariah comes to love hanging out with her River. Her eyes would follow River all around the room and she'd smile when River came close.

5 months old....too cute for clothes, again. She loves her tummy, in fact she won't even sleep on her back anymore, she just keeps rolling over.And a half-year old! Woo hoo! I think her shirt says it all. Cutielicious. And those cheeks!Wow. Just wow. It's hard to tell who she looks like with those cheeks in the way.

6 MONTH STATS

24.5 inches.....25%

15.4 pounds....25%

We were surprised that Sariah is only in the twenty-fifth percentile for weight...she seems so darn chubby. Not saying that we don't love the chubbiness. We do! It's a nice change from River's chicken legs. (which we adore too.)

Some great things Sariah is doing.....

*saying da da da da, ah da da da!

*rolling over one way

*sitting up by herself

*scooching on her tummy

*passing object from one hand to another, and grabbing anything she can get her hands on.

*eating! squash, cereal, sweet potatoes, green beans!

*stealing our hearts
*smiling, smiling, smiling. And laughing once in while...

*she does this thing were she waves her right arm up and down, up and down when she is excited. so cute.

**favorite toys are toothbrushes, paper, and any plastic that makes a crinkling sound

*splashes in the tub, but then it might be the hand waving thing...

Point is, we love you Sariah!

I Guess I'm the Zookeeper

We went to the White's annual Halloween Party this weekend. River dressed up as a very fierce tiger and Sariah went as a giraffe. The adults never dress up for the party, but I wish that they did. Cam and I could have been the zookeepers for our two little animals.

The best thing about the girls costumes are the tails. Sariah's costume has a tiny, spotted, detachable tail. It's velcroed on, for some reason. I guess so you can use the costume as pj's? It's all good though, because we used it to play 'pin the tail on the giraffe'. River thought it was a hoot.

All the cousins were there, and it was a blast. We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows outside in Kim's fire pit and then decorated pumpkin cookies and played games in the basement.

We also went and picked our pumpkins at a neighbors pumpkin patch this week. River walked right up to the tiniest green pumpkin sprout and had to have it. We told her it wasn't done growing yet, so she picked out a slightly bigger and partially orange one.

My friend Eirene knitted Sariah's leg warmers. Adorable, right? What can I say? I have talented friends.

In this vid River prances around in her costume. By the way, don't even think about calling her 'River' when she is dressed up. She answers only to 'tiger'.




And here she is again singing "Book of Mormon Stories." The end is the best. She always sings "given this land, if they live, just rightly." Instead of righteously. But if you think about it, righteously means living rightly...so it kinda makes sense!

We Didn't Win and SUU Lost................................but it Sure Was Fun

My Mom and I ran a 5k together in Salt Lake. It was a fun race with prizes for the craziest costume and (my main motivation) juice boxes at the end. Thanks for running with me Mom! And thanks Dad and Cameron for watching the girls.

We did it!

This weekend we went to Logan to watch my little bro play football in Logan. He plays for SUU, and Cameron, Ty, Melanie and I cheered for the T-Birds, even though we are Aggies ourselves. We couldn't resist doing "The Scottsman" with the USU crowd though, because who doesn't love the spot where the sagebrush grows? Heck yeah! You Aggies out there know what I'm talking about. Every time I see Blake he is bigger and buffer. And he looks so handsome with curly hair, don't you think?My mom made us sweet shirts with Blake's name and number on them. Whenever Blake came out on the field I held up River as high as a I could and she yelled, "Go Uncle Blake!" and waved a glow toy. It was pretty cute. Sariah was a champ, she didn't cry the whole game. In fact I would say she was down right sprightly... Alison even got her to join in the yelling and cheering and it gave us a good laugh. Are these two cute or what?

The girlies.

'Twas a wonderful weekend.

NewsFlash

Sariah eats her first bowl of cereal!

Just look at that rice covered face! Sariah eats like a champ and is sleeping better to boot. Only drawback? Smelly diapers. Pee U.

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And it other un-diaper related news, the White girls enjoy the last days of Summer.

Hanging out by the pool.

Painting toenails.And hanging out at parades with our ridiculously good-looking cousins.

And River has been dancing up a storm.

Seriously, this girl got groove, and she didn't get it from me!

Okay, so this video is much better straight off of the camera....but there are few flashes of dance genius at the beginning and end. Hopefully that will be enough to satisfy my dear mother. Love you Mom!

"Mom, who's that stranger pinching my cheeks?!"

Family is great! We have had a great time catching up with everyone.

River has this look on her face whenever we go meet family. She thinks it's weird that everyone (aunts, uncles ,cousins etc.) knows her name and she has no clue who they are.

I love these two pictures. We forgot to get a pic of the girls with G&G Giles though. Next time!
(notice the dog licking Sariah. goo.)

We even got to see our best buds, the Elison's. Haven and River are only a week apart in age, and I'd like to say that they got along swimmingly...but let's just say there are no pics of Heather and me because we were too busy, shall we say, mediating, the girls. Look at River's face. Silly girl. Two year olds aren't great a sharing.



On the farm. Everyone should have a farm.


Sariah Riah Puddin Pie

Thanks for watching!

Little "Chubby Cheeks"