She's growing up!

Time sure is flying by. Paisley will be 1 in a month... WOW!! Paisley amazes me every day. The new things she learns, like... stand up in her high chair that we foolishly bought because the old owner cut out the safety straps... walking around the furniture... climbing the stairs... opening all the lower cupboards and pulling out Mama's glass bake ware... continuously pulling on the phone cord... eating all sorts of food with her hands such as, green beans, apples dices, bread, cheese and gold fish... when you ask her how her cough is, she'll fake cough... ask her to sing and she'll sing... she does indian... she'll give high 5 too. She has become such a better sleeper. She's been going to bed like a good girl. We take a bath, put on our jammies, eat oatmeal, get a drink of water, read a book, say our prayers, lay down like a big girl and never make a peep again. She wakes up around 4:30 or 5:00 and I feed her a small bottle (she's on whole milk now) and then she goes back to sleep until 8:00 or so. I know I've gotten myself into something terrible by feeding her when she wakes up at 5, but it's so hard to lay in bed and listen to her cry. I don't doubt that she's hungry because even I have to eat something in the middle of the night. That's if I'm up anyway. Some things from being pregnant don't go away.
We're all finished with nursing. No more engorged, clogged ducts. Too much info, sorry!
Something that she's started doing that's funny is she'll laugh when she hears someone else laugh. I was on the phone today and started to laugh, and so did she. I had a church activity tonight and some people were laughing and she would laugh too... even if she doesn't understand what's being said, she can tell it's funny. I was talking to a friend from my ward on the phone today and when I hung up, Paisley said "Da-da?", I said "No sweetie that wasn't Daddy". This was the same conversation she was listening to when she was laughing along with me. It was cute.
These are a few pictures I took in our backyard a couple of weeks ago, the same day as her first haircut actually.

Adam's Canyon

No, we didn't just recently hike Adam's Canyon. We did back in... um... July. Better late than never though right? Right. We wanted to hike to Timpanogus Cave but when we called they told us there was a 2 hour wait once you got up to the cave, so we decided it would be better to hike closer to home. Neither of us had ever hiked Adam's Canyon so we thought we'd give it a try. It was the perfect day for a hike because it was overcast. For those of you who don't know where Adam's Canyon is, it begins on the East bench of Layton. The worst part about the hike would be the switch backs in the sand at the beginning. One cool thing about this hike is that a lot of it is in the shade. There's a lot of really big pine trees too. Here are some pictures from our fun day...

Chase and Paisley after making it up the switchbacks.

Moi.

Here we were just hikin' along and all of the sudden I saw this...

At first I thought it was a stick, but then it moved!

I know Paisley isn't looking but I thought it was a cute pic of Chase.

This isn't something you see everyday... a lady being carried out on a stretcher.

Isn't it pretty!

And, we made it!

The guy who took our picture didn't really know that you're supposed to center the people and try to get a good shot of the falls in the background. But I can't complain, at least he was kind enough to take our picture and not steal our camera, right.

Paisley's first time eating licorice.

All tuckered out!! I promise I didn't just let her head hang to the side. I kept putting her jacket under her head but it kept sliding out.

I thought this was a pretty view of the valley and Great Salt Lake.

Wish these were this easy when we started. It doesn't look very steep here, but trust me, they were steep.

What a fun day! We were so tired and so happy to get back to our car. The only thing we would've done different would be to pack more food to eat at the top... like some lunchables. What a good idea. Maybe next time.

1st Hair Cut

Paisley got her hair cut for the first time on September 10th. She was very good and just sat there while Jenni cut it.

My Life!

Tonight I'm feeling pretty happy with my life so I wanted to make a post. First, I have a wonderful and amazing husband whom I love so much. He means everything to me and I know I would be lost without him. He's a living example of unconditional love. He shows me everyday. We have the most perfect daughter. She, too, is a living example of unconditional love. I love her so much. I have parents whom I love and who've raised me and helped me get to where I am today. I have wonderful in-laws (Parents, brothers and sisters), whom I love as well. They've helped my husband become who he is today and I love them for that. I am so blessed to have a place to call home. I'm so blessed to be able to stay home with Paisley. We don't have to worry about who is teaching her and what she is learning, because Chase and I take care of her. I'm blessed to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints! I love the gospel with all my heart. I know it's true! I love so many things about the gospel, but one thing is that it makes you want to be a better person. I also love that it allows for Families to be Together Forever!
A few other things that are on my mind... How blessed I am to live in America, "Land of the free, because of the brave". I love that quote. I'm so blessed to have family so close. I'm blessed with perfect health... good eyesight, with the help of contacts, perfect hearing and I can walk. These are things I know that I take for granted every day!
I love my life and I wouldn't change anything about it!!