The Candy Man

We took a tour of the Sweet's candy factory last week. Austin did amazingly well. I was a little nervous about him having to keep the "candy maker hat" on, but once they started giving him samples of candy...all was good! At the end of the tour, they gave each person a bag of taffy. He thought that was great (even though I would only let him hold it).

He looked so darn cute in the little hat..how could I resist such a cute picture of my little guy?

Gardner Village

We also made a trip over to Gardner Village to let the kids see the witches they have out right now. I was very surprised that Austin was not scared of them, he would just go right up to them. The only hard part was getting him to sit still long enough to take his picture.

He liked sitting next to this witch.

He has also started saying "cheese" when I go to take his picture! Here he is very excitedly saying "cheese!"

Making friends the witch!

The Lewis'

We also made it over to visit our old Bishop and his wife from our U of U ward years ago. I actually hadn't seen him since Katie's wedding. It was really neat to get to visit with them, and introduce all the kids to them. Truly, the most amazing couple...and a great Bishop!

Fabuloso Friday

Before Katie and Trever moved away, I convinced them to let me watch their three kids so that they could go on a date. We had a lot of fun (even though I was WORN OUT by the end of the night! Definitely not ready for 4 kids of my own!) I was making homemade pizza for us, so I let the girls make their own little pizzas too. I did manage to get a picture of the finished product. I tasted very good too!Then the kids all played hard, and finished the night off with popsicles on the back porch!

Have you ever seen anything cuter?

Fun on the Farm

We had a week packed full of fun with Katie and the girls before they moved away. We went to Wheeler Farm again to feed the ducks, and look at all the animals.

Ashlyn, Austin, me, Adalyn, and Katie feeding the ducks

I thought this duck was funny looking...do you see the puff of feathers on the top of his head?

Petting a goat

Austin pointing to a calf that was "crying"

We have a lot of fun at the farm. Austin loves seeing all the animals, and making all the noises back at them.

Spoiled Rotten

A couple weeks ago, I sent Justin to Denver to go to a Denver Broncos game. He and his brother Jason got to go together. Their seats were on the 25 yard line, 11 rows up from the field. (I was making up for missed holiday and birthday gifts!!) Here are a few pics from Justin's adventure!

Austin's 15 month stats

Austin had his 15-month check-up last week. Here are the official stats:

Height: 31 inches (75th%)

Weight:22 lbs 8 oz (25th%)

The doctor said that he is doing perfectly, to be patient with his "toddler-like" eating habits (which can be SOOO frustrating some days!), was impressed with how mobile he is, and everything he can do, and was AMAZED at how much he talks. So, although I know this may totally bore some of you, I am going to go ahead and document some things for my own record!

Words he says:

1. Mom
2. Ma ma
3. Da da
4. Hi
5. Hello
6. Bye bye
7. Bubble
8. Juice
9. Cracker
10. Cookie
11. Cheese
12. Apple
13. Yellow
14. Purple
15. Turtle
16. Ball
17. Book
18. Ba Ba
19. Kitty
20. Cow
21. Fish
22. Moo
23. Baa
24. Meow
25. Arf
26. No
27. Don't
28. Whoa
29. Two
30. Three
31. Bite
32. This
33. Go
34. Football
35. Caterpillar (doesn't quite sound right, but pretty good)
36. Poo
37. Car
38. Mine
39. Num num
40. Shoes

Phrases:

1. Do it
2. I this
3. I want this
4. I poop
5. He's poo poo (from one of his books...there is picture of a little boy with a dirty diaper)
6. Kitty says meow
7. Go dog go ( for the book)

Favorite things:

1. Reading books
2. Playing with blocks
3. Playing with his "Little People" toys
4. Watching his "Little People" DVD
5. Bubbles
6. Being outside
7. Playing on the couch
8. Singing "Old McDonald had a farm". He says the "e-i-e-i," "cow," and "moo" at all the appropriate times!

He is such a fun, happy, loving little boy! We are so blessed to have him in our home, and can't imagine life without him! Oh, Austin, I love you!