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Shelbies shower

Over the weekend my Mom, Harrison, Sage and myself made a trip up north to Shelbie's house for her baby shower.

I only took a few pictures of the dessert table and the lady of the hour herself. 

But I wanted to remember how refreshing it was to be with my sisters and mom for a weekend. 

I love that Shelbie lives only 3.5 hours from my house. I'm excited she is having a girl. I miss living down the hill. I am starting to realize that those moments (they were really just moments) that we lived so close to each other may never come again or we may be really old. 

I love that Shelbie is a planner and is a perfectionist. I love that Shelbie knows what she wants and goes for it.

I love that Shelbie is my younger sister but people that we meet together think she is the older one!

I love that all of our kids are the same age. I love that we call each other every day and sometimes multiple times a day and still have things to say and talk about.

I love that Shelbie is one of my best girlfriends in the whole entire world. 

Thank You wonderful Claybaugh women for hosting such a lovely party and making such delicious and beautiful looking desserts. 

A side note about the shower. Mom in her decor cleverness brought up your baby dress that Aunt Siri gave to you and we used it as center piece. She also brought up all of Grandma Laura's pink depression glass collection that she gave to you, and we used it for the dessert table. 

Mom also made the cutest paper banners to use and hang in baby girls room.

What a great weekend and I am excited for more all girl weekends in the future.

I love you Sis.

 Mom- Your spread looked so inviting that the below picture is the only picture I was able to take with out someone taking a bit here or there.

Harrison ~ 4 months

Mr. Harrison is 4 months!

You are just growing and growing and growing. 

Despite having a neck that goes out of place in which we have to take you to get it adjusted, and Bronchiolitis, which we take you to get suctioned out every night  you are a very happy little boy.

You always have a smile on your face and are quite the people watcher. 

You always want to be front and center where the action is. 

You want people around you to make you laugh and often encourage people to make you laugh. 

You love laughing especially when Grandma Chamberlain smiles at you. You light up. 

Just before you turned 4 months you started rolling over from your tummy to your back and now you roll over from your back to your tummy.  And when I put you on the floor you roll roll roll but in a clock like manner.

You do not like tummy time. 

You want me to hold you all day long. 

You prefer me to hold you while you sleep but you will settle for any other welcoming warming arms.

When we took you to the Dr. for Bronchiloitis you measured 91% in head and 83% in weight, we can assume that you are about that in the height category as well. 

You are wearing 12 month clothing which makes me a little sad as it is more toddler looking than baby. So I dress you in the most baby-ish onsies I can find (its still over 80 here so I'm not worried about you being too cold).

You are like a heater and are always warm.

Harrison we love you so much and you are such a blessing to our family.

I could hold you all day and be perfectly content.

 

 The above photo is my most favorite picture of you to date.

I feel that this depicts your personality prefect.

 

carving pumpkins on Nov. 1st

One of my many faults is having too many things on my plate.

Especially during the holiday seasons.

Or I guess you could say that I don't like the word No and I can't bring myself to say it. 

I like to think there is time for everything and we can do it all, and at our pace, which is not true.

Thus why we missed carving a pumpkin for Halloween this year and sad to say last year as well.

Chamberlain begged and begged to carve a pumpkin this year and every night we planned it we had something else that we needed/wanted to do.  

It also doesn't help that I like to carve pumpkins closer to Oct. 31st. 

So when the Trick or Treating was over and November 1st rolled around Chamberlain at breakfast asked when are we going to carve pumpkins? I thought we'll today I guess. 

I figured there is no law to when you can carve a pumpkin so why not Nov. 1st.

It helped that Josh was home sick.

So being the super dad that Joshua is, instead of taking a nap he thought; I could nap or carve pumpkins.  Chamberlain will never remember me napping but he will remember the time we carved pumpkins.  So they did just that.

Chamberlain requested a simple jack o lantern face.

We even put it on our porch and lit it for the night. 

 

 

Halloween

Halloween was very fun.

Grandma and Grandpa Chamberlain along with Sage and her friend Chris came over for Tacos, baked sweet potatoes and grilled asparagus(not exactly a halloween feast but it worked)...before the Trick or Treating began.

Siri wanted Grandma to do her makeup and sparkles before we left.

Chamberlain decided to forgo the face paint and just wear his mask. 

Harrison you went as a lion...a sleeping lion. 

We went to the ward Trunk or Treat which was actually 3 wards combined. 

Grandma and Grandpa stayed at the blueberry to pass out candy while Dad and I took you two treating.

Once it was over Chamberlain, you went to more houses with the Jeppsens while Siri just wanted to go home.

Thanks Grandparents for coming over and spending the evening with us.

We had such a good time.

 

 The best part of the night...enjoying the loot.

 

Kindergarten Parade

Chamberlain,

You were so excited to wear your costume to school today.

You asked me if I would paint the Batman Symbol on your face since you were not allowed to wear your actual mask in school just only during the parade.

I like your thinking.

You got up extra early so we would have enough time to paint your mask.

You would not eat your breakfast because you did NOT want to be late.

Dad took you to school so I could stay home and get the other two children ready for your parade.

Dad told me that when you two pulled up to the school your nerves started to kick in because you did not see any other children wearing their costumes. However, that quickly changed when you pulled up to the Kindergarten section and everyone was wearing a costume. 

For the parade you walked around the track and then walked around the school. 

You got to see your friends Cameron and Regan Jeppsen which made you so happy. 

I asked you while marching to march in place so I could take a picture and of course you said no.

You always follow the rules and Mrs. Brunstad said no stopping that you were to keep marching.

So of course you never stopped marching. 

Chamberlain, 

Thank you for making my first Kindergarten parade as a parent a pleasant one.

I enjoyed watching you strut your stuff around the track.

My favortie part was a tie between your constant huge smile, and when you kept lifting up your mask to show me that you still had on your face paint.

I love watching you grow and love seeing you in your school environment. 

I love you and am proud of you.

Love,

Mom

 Miss Siri waiting for the parade to start in her cool shades.

 Here you are showing me your face paint underneath your mask.

 Dad Siri and Harrison waiting for you on the other side.

 Here you are showing me your face paint for the 2nd time.

 This is when I asked you to march in place so I could snap a picture. And this is your body expression saying Mom I follow the rules!

And this is Siri wondering what just happened.

trick or treat

Our friends the Dawes' invited us to go Trick or Treating at Dixie State at the football field with all the athletes and we had a lovely time. 

I guess its a sign that I may be getting older when all of the athletes looked like they should be in high school...not college. 

We had a great evening gathering lots of candy and enjoyed the perfect weather.

Josh and I went in sandals!

I dont remember the last time I was in sandals for Halloween.

It was awesome and just another reason why we love living in southern Utah. 

 All the smudges on the my mirror are from Siri seeing herself in her costume for the first time.

 Mr. Harrison you were with us just sleeping per usual.

 Sandals people we are in sandals.

 The Dixie mens basketball team had you shoot for candy.

Chamberlain would have stayed there the entire time if he could.