November 2014

November 1: Colton turned 6 months old. He had his doctor appointment on November 3^rd. He was 20lbs 10oz (92%) and 29 inches (99%). I'm pretty sure the length was actually measured wrong since he was only 29.5 inches 3 months later. We started feeding him solids at this time also. He immediately took to it and devoured his squash! We did figure out though, that he had a hard time with more solid foods and would gag on them when they got to the back of his mouth and would puke almost every time he gagged. So much fun! 

Juliet also really loves to dance to music. We put on some fun kids songs for her to dance to.

November 2: Went up to South Jordan for Chase's cousin Michelle's baby's blessing. Had a great luncheon afterward and then had to hurry back to our ward so I could make it to primary.

November 3: Took Juliet to the library for a craft. They had these awesome little paint stampers. It made it possible for little kid to paint pictures without being messy at all. I loved them!

Colton's 6 month checkup at the Pediatrician

November 4: Colton begins babbling and talking.

November 7: More library music time.

I took the kids shopping at the outlet malls by our house. Juliet had fun walking around and then stopping in by the fireplace to warm up.

November 8: I decided I wanted to try making my own baby food. It was pretty easy, but I finally decided it wasn't worth my time!

November 13: Colton is trying to figure out these new mittens I just bought him. Juliet got her own gloves and was pretty obsessed about them.

November 14: Library music time. These three are trouble! Juliet, Emmy Farr, and Kennedy Robinson

We took Juliet into Cookie Cutters for her very first haircut. She did awesome! She got to sit in an airplane and they did her hair up so cute after.

November 15: Dad makes the BEST bubble baths!

November 17: I hired a cleaning lady!

November 19: “Sharing” the slide with Emmy at neighborhood play group.

November 20: We finally decided to buy a new TV for our room and we couldn't be happier! We love the upgrade! We had been using the giant big screen that Chase bought when he was 18.

November 23: We had an early Thanksgiving dinner with the Straw family. Chase and I hosted at our clubhouse. We had a yummy dinner and did our traditional new Christmas jammies for all the grandkids from Grandma.

November 26-Dec 4: We spent the entire week in AZ for Thanksgiving and early Christmas. We had such a fun time! On Thanksgiving, we went to Beth and James' house for a Thanksgiving lunch. Their ward missionaries came over for the meal also. They were fun to have. We took the kids to the park near Beth's house to enjoy the warm weather and wear them out! They had fun. Back at home, all the kids had fun playing together while the adults relaxed and looked through the Black Friday ads. We decided to do most of our shopping online that night but then Beth's friend gave her a voucher to go buy a TV for a good price at Walmart that night so I went with her to go pay for it and pick it up. We also shopped around the store for other gifts.

Friday, we did a tiny bit of shopping in the morning and then went to a Mexican restaurant for lunch. Mom and Dad did a little more shopping after that. That night, mom, Beth, James, us, and the kids all drove over to Glendale for the Glendale Glitters block party. They have lots of Christmas lights and activities. We walked around for a while, but it sure was crowded. We drove by our old house in Glendale on the way home. It sure brought back lots of memories but it was also very different than how I remember it as a kid.

Saturday, we all went down to the shooting range and shot our weapons. It was fun to kill all those zombies!

Mom, Beth, and I went and did a session at the new Phoenix temple that night. It was beautiful and great to get out for a little bit. As we were leaving, we ran into Mom and Dad's good friends the Urbancics while they were working there. It was great to see them again!

Sunday, we went to Corey's house for early Christmas. We had pizza for dinner and got to open gifts. Man, those kids got spoiled by their grandparents! There were gifts and wrapping paper everywhere! It was a very fun evening. Poor Colton got some wrapping paper in his mouth and gagged on it and puked everywhere! It made Juliet cry to see him upset and we were all laughing while I was trying to catch it in my hands so it wouldn't get all over the carpet. It was mass hysteria and it was hilarious!!

Monday, Dec 1: Colton turned 7 months old. We also did early Christmas with Scott's family at Mom and Dad's house. Their friends, the Lomeli's, came over to say hi and join in the festivities. They are such great people and good friends to my parents. :)

Tuesday, Dec 2: We went to the Wildlife World Zoo in Peoria with Mom, Dad, Corey, and Nick. It was so nice because the weather was great and there were barely any people there at all. The kids loved seeing all the animals.

Wednesday, Dec 3: We drove up to Flagstaff and stayed the night at Chase's best friend Blaine and Erica's house. We wanted to be able to see them and it was also really nice to be able to shorten our drive home by 2 hours. We had dinner with them and Blaine's parents and brother came over to visit. We left the next morning to drive home.  Corey and Nick surprised us by driving up to have breakfast with us before we left. We had such a great time!

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