Walking

The day before thanksgiving Adilyn took her first steps. It was one of the most exciting days since having her. It was so fun and we spent the night helping her walk back and forth between us. Now she walks all of the place. She prefers to walk now instead of crawl and now that she can walk getting her to sit still is so much harder. In church it is nearly impossible. But it's so much fun to chance her around, regardless. 

She has also leaned to climb up on everything, including into her toy box. 

Christmas

We had such a fun Christmas. This was out tree this year. We got a to get a brand new tree after Christmas last year so it was on sale plus as a bonus the store we got it at was going out of business so we got quit the deal on it. And I love it! It turned out very pretty. 

Adilyn had a really hard time staying away from the gift and the tree although we tried very hard. On Christmas Day when she was finally allowed to rip into the gifts she didn't seem that interested. 

We made quite the haul this year. These are all the gifts under my parents tree. Adilyn got a doll, cloths, a ball, books, baby treats in her stocking, bath toys. And some Disney movies. And Caleb made out with new work boots, a membership to the dollar shave club, and a new frying pan for us morning eggs. I got a shirt and a new decorative bowl, some pampered chef stuff, and we both got some new family games. The best part of Christmas, however, was the gift we got my parents. My siblings and I secretly got together at my parents home while they were in Mexico, and recreated old family photos from our childhood. It was a blast and my parents loved it!

On our trip to my parents for Christmas we journeyed down to Clearfield to visit Amber and Amy and their kids. The next day we want to Cabelas. Adilyn got to see all the huge fish. She had fun running around and pointing at everything. 

Adilyn got this super fun toy from her grandma Lowder. She loves it! And she has figured out new ways to play with it. Including standing on and in it, sitting on and in it, and pushing it all over the house.

Halloween

I understand Halloween was almost 3 months ago but better late than never. As you can see Adilyn was a ducky for Halloween (DI $3 special) and she sure made a cute one. We spent Halloween at my parents house. We trick or treated Christensens, Mauphets, Beutlers, and Thelma. Then we made our last stop at grandma and grandpa Becksteads. She caught on pretty quick that the candy was in the bucket and she reached in there to grab a tootsie roll that she eventually got part of the wrapper off of and was sucking out all the tasty chocolate. Needless to say it was a success and a ton of fun. 

11 Months

My daughter smiles all day long at everything all the time but as soon as I try to pose her and put the camera up she is stone faced. She has become unbelievably hard to photograph.  But she is so much fun!! She started walking the day before thanksgiving and hasn't slowed down for a second. She is non stop and into everything!! We are excited for christmas around here if for no other reason than for Adilyn to get some new toys. She has become disillusioned by her old toys and wants to get into everything else. she is a handful to say the least.  We are having so much fun this this munchkin.