Thanksgiving Trip

Hands in her pockets. ALWAYS.

Brushing the snow off of Daddy's shoes.

Binky anyone?

Happy traveler in the backseat.

We road tripped to Washington to spend Thanksgiving with my family. Whitney actually did pretty well in the car, considering it was a 14 hour drive. We split the drive up over two days, which was fairly manageable. On the second day on the drive over, we were stopped in the mountains in Montana for a little over two hours. Mike and Whitney got out and played in the snow a little bit. Other than that day, we pretty much had clear roads--what a blessing! We met my family in eastern Washington the weekend before Thanksgiving to watch my brother race his motorcycle. Whitney loved the motorcycles and kept saying "cycle." Amazingly, she fell asleep in the arena before the races were over. Whitney had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa. She wouldn't say grandma or grandpa for me before we left, but she said them really well once we were there. She would also call Kletey, and if he wouldn't answer, she would say, "uncle." It was really cute. She also learned to say the names of the dogs. We spent most of our time hanging out. We made a trip down to IKEA and got some sconces for our bedroom. We spent Thanksgiving at my aunt's house. She hadn't even seen Whitney yet, so it was really fun for everyone to meet finally. We're excited for Grandma, Grandpa and Kletey to come for Christmas!

Just like mom?

Mike got this picture of Whitney a couple of weeks ago. Apparently this was all her idea. Mike said he can already picture her trying to "nurse" her babies.

Dancing Queen

Whitney has been into dancing a lot lately. Mike was taking pictures of us today when she broke out into this little dance. We're really not sure where she comes up with her moves, but it cracks us up everytime!

Belly Pictures

Not so cute, but you can kind of see the belly...
Here are some pictures Mike took today of Whitney and me.

Picture Tag

I was tagged by Katie. 4th picture file, 4th picture. I Tag: Anyone who wants a fun tag! It's fun to look back. This picture was taken just before Christmas last year! What a difference a year makes!

Leaves

Mike and Whitney had fun playing in the leaves the other day while I was at a YW meeting. Too cute!

Halloween

Skeletons through the fog

Getting ready to go trick-or-treating

Happy Boo to You!

Halloween is a big deal around our house. Mike's been planning out his haunted room for quite a while. This year he went with a skeleton theme. He had one of the skeletons on a piece of fabric that he could hold up and move toward people. I wish I had set up a video camera to catch some people's reactions. The skeletons were hanging on black fabric with a black light, a strobe light and the fog machine going. He also played scary music. It looked pretty good! I took Whitney trick-or-treating to a couple of our friends' houses. She thought it was pretty neat to get the candy. She was so tired when we got home that I had to bribe her with the candy to even get a picture of her in her costume. She laid on the couch for most of the evening fighting sleep. She wasn't quite sure about all of the knocking on the door. Mike said he thought of a few ideas already for next year!