Stuff Stuff

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, but before we get there, a few things since I posted last:

Lacey found this shirt of mine in the laundry, and she insisted that she put it in. Of course, she's at that stage when she puts something on and then wants to take it off 4 seconds later, and then put it back on 4 seconds after that. It gets old. But she's so cute.

Daddy came home one day to find Lacey surfing Facebook. Shame. I don't usually let her play with my computer. I don't remember why I was allowing it this day. It was kinda funny, though, and she looks so delighted to be doing it.

Lacey has a fascination with shoes at the moment, as I think most kids do at this age. She finds it much easier to put on Mommy's and Daddy's shoes than her own, so that's what she does. She does pretty well walking in them until she wants to turn, then she gets stuck and screams.

We were delighted to have a couple of Lacey's cousins over to play while their mommy went to her uncle's funeral. They had fun playing together for a few hours

I was making dinner one day, when I turned around and Lacey had stolen a bag of broccoli from the counter and was chomping it down. Luckily, it had already been washed and cut. I learned two things from this experience: Lacey likes broccoli, and Lacey is big enough to grab things from off the counter.

Halloween

This year, we celebrated Halloween on the 29th, since that when our church Halloween party was. Lacey dressed up as a fairy, thanks to Grandma Welker who made her this adorable fairy costume.


These pictures are actually a week or two before Halloween, but I'm glad I took them then, since it was cold on the 29th and she had to wear a turtleneck under her costume. Anyway, we went to our church Halloween party and ate chili and corn bread. Lacey was a bit wary of the costumes at first, especially after a kid in a mask jumped out and scared her. She warmed up after a while, and really enjoyed the trunk or treating. She didn't get a lot of candy, which is good, since Daddy and I are the ones eating it.

Lacey and Grandma

On Grandma's last day here, we realized that we didn't have nearly enough pictures of her and Lacey together. So we went outside for a photo shoot. Here are some of our favorites.

Visiting in Manti

After the surprise birthday party, Lacey, Grandma and I went down to Manti for a few days. Daddy had to stay home to go to work and school and stuff. Mostly we just sat around and chilled together. It was really fun for Lacey to get to know her great-grandma and great-grandpa. We took a lot of pictures, of course. It took a little while for her to warm up, but when she did, they became good friends.

Here, Lacey is sitting in Great-Grandma Simmons's rocking chair, that she got when she was a little girl. So cute.

She loves to talk on the phone, and even though she's never seen a phone like this before, she knew just what it was for.


Reaching up to play with Grandpa's really old typewriter, since I wouldn't let her play with Grandpa's computer.
Lacey with Great-grandpa Simmons.
And with Great-grandma Simmons

Lacey eating some fruit. I just thought this was a funny picture.
Lacey stealing some treats. There's always treat at Grandma's house. I ate way too many of them. Those little pumpkins were also a hit for Lacey. She spend half her time playing with them, I think.

And she LOVED the stairs. That's how she spent the other half of her time. She figured out how to slide down on her tummy, and would say, "Weeee!" all the way down. And if you're wondering if that room is really that orange . . . yes, it is.

Lacey learned real fast that if you hold a magnifying glass up to your face, it makes things look funny. I don't know if she realized that SHE looked funny, too.
We had to get some pictures in Grandpa's garden. This is one of my favorites.
Lacey kept hearing a dog barking and making this funny face at it, so I copied her.
And then she tried to stuff this flower in my mouth.

I thought this was a good picture of Lacey.
Before we left, we got a nice four-generational picture.

PARTAY!

The most exciting thing that happened this month was my mom coming to visit. She and Lacey had so much fun getting to know each other better, and I had fun staying in bed longer in the mornings. :)

The Sunday after Grandma got here, we had a small gathering of friends and family who wanted to visit--us, Grandma Welker, Grandpa and Grandmother Bobo, Uncle Brad, and the Hos. My cousin also stopped by later for some good times. It was fun to another little rugrat for Lacey to run around with.

Most of the pictures that we took came out kind of fuzzy, but a few are decent.

The whole time, Lacey wanted to climb up into my chair. It's hard to eat dinner with a little kid trying to grab at everything. So I think that Grandma invited her over to her chair eventually. And Lacey stole my water bottle. Oh well.

Uncle Brad being Uncle Brad.

And Lacey playing with Grandpa Bobo. I just love her little pony tail on top of her head. She doesn't usually let me touch her hair. And actually it was a fight to get that one in, too. But it's so darn cute!

On subsequent days, we did lots of fun stuff. Lacey was a bit wary of Grandma at first, though I think that may just be because she wasn't feeling well. I thought she was teething, but I think she had a sore throat, since a few days later I woke up in the middle of the night with a killer sore throat, and then my mom woke up with a sore throat. And then, we talked to my aunt in Arizona, and SHE had woken up with a sore throat, too! We decided we must have texted it to her.

Anyway, one day, we went to the park. Grandma and Lacey had a little bonding experience over the wood chips.


Another day, we went out to lunch with Grandma and Grandpa Simmons and Uncle Brad. Lacey was extremely well-behaved at the restaurant, for which I am extremely grateful. She played with a straw and a cup of ice water the whole time, and told stories to everyone at the table. I tell you, she's a hit wherever she goes. We didn't get any pictures at lunch, but we did get some cute pictures of Lacey playing with Uncle Brad.


We went to the farmers market at the football stadium at BYU. It was actually lots of fun. I'm excited for next year when it will be bigger. Anyway, we got some cute little things for Lacey--some finger puppets and a cute little red tote bag. Evidently, when Lacey's mommy was little, she would put little books in her purse and carry them around like a big girl. Lacey loves carrying around her purse, too, and even has her own keys and cell phone to put inside. You can see the bag there, and Lacey reading with Grandma.

And then, on Saturday we went to a birthday party for Phil's mom. It was a surprise birthday party, too. There was much sneakiness that went into making it happen. Grandmother Bobo was very surprised to open the door to 8 of her 13 grandchildren. I'm pretty sure that Lacey's favorite part was the balloons. And this purple witch's hat.

And here's Lacey with her Aunt Emily. Emily gave Lacey that cute little purple dress that she's wearing. The ukulele was a big hit with all the kids, and here Lacey is having a turn with it, too. Lots of purple going on here.

Random Stuff First

Firstly, some random pictures that I think are fun.

At the beginning of September, we had the opportunity to attend the baptism of a good family friend. Unfortunately, we got no pictures except this one, where Lacey is trying to sit in the little baby bouncer. She has a little toddler rocking chair that she fits on just fine, but she doesn't realize that these are not the same.

I love when I go back to her room and find her in the chair reading a story. She really loves her books. It brings joy to my heart.
And the silly random things that babies do just make me laugh. Like up lining diapers on the tv stand. Sheesh.

I am very proud of this dress that I made for Lacey. I made a skirt for myself and had so much material left over that i decided to make a dress for Lacey out of it. And then I added the red lace, and it turned out really cute, and really easy, too. Making little girl dresses is so much fun!

Updating

I've fallen behind! There's been some excitement here lately, so I'm gonna be updating soon, probably with lots of posts and pictures, so stay tuned!