Saturday, September 25, 2010



Fall is in the air! We took a drive up into Provo canyon to look at the leaves. some of the trees are turning. I love the beauty of fall! The entire time we were up in the canyon, Audrey kept talking about her Uncle Erik. Somehow she recognized the scenery and remembered that we had gone into the canyon when Erik was visiting a long time ago. I am constantly amazed at the things this little girl can remember from months and months ago!



We recently decided to get out the Johnny Jumper. Lincoln really liked it and had a fun time until his "special helper" decided she needed to spin him around and around and around. Needless to say, Lincoln hasn't gotten back into the Johnny Jumper since his last terrifying experience. We hope to get him back in soon when the "special helper" is distracted.



Yummy hands! I am always amazed at how quickly babies find their hands and everything starts getting inserted into their mouths. We are there!








Focusing really hard.










Thumb sucking.







Tim and I were on our way to bed the other night and we happened to discover this little hand. We laughed really hard! She must not have been tired when we put her to bed and decided to entertain herself by looking under the door. Then she fell asleep there.



I wanted to share this little story before I forgot it. I was making dinner the other night. Audrey always likes to "help" me cook dinner so she had pulled a chair over to the counter where I was cutting the onions. She usually likes to sample all of the chopped ingredients before I add them to dinner. Well, this particular day she was very interested in the onions and grabbed a handful and put them in her mouth before I could warn her of their flavor. There was an immediate look of distress on her face and she muffled out the word "hot." Then she just kept chewing the onions, got down from her chair, went and got her water, took a drink, and came back to sample more onions. She ate several more handfuls of them before she had had her fill and kept saying "yummy" or "delicious" after each bite when her facial expression said otherwise. It was just so funny. I didn't want to discourage her from eating the onions because they are healthy, but I know that raw onions are not very good to eat. The look on her face was priceless and I wish I could gotten a picture of it!

In Lincoln news... he laughs all the time and is a calm little baby. We love having him around! He entertains all of us with his sweet baby noises. It is nice to having another calming influence, like Tim, in our house to keep us estrogenated girls in check.

For those of you that don't know, we are moving to Orlando, in December. Tim has been accepted to Nurse Anesthesia school. We are getting very excited to start that time of life. It will be a big adventure!

5 comments:

Becca said...

So cute Tara! Little Audrey sounds a lot like you.... :)

Tracie White said...

Love the pictures...poor Lincoln! He seems to be managing Audrey well though. And I loved the onion story. I can't get Jacob to eat onions or peppers unless I chop them up teeny tiny so he can't recognize them.

(me)linda said...

The other day I turned around just in time to see Eve set my bottle of straight lemon juice back on the counter. Her eyes locked on mine, and her face froze in a state of perplexity. Then she boldly declared, "YUM!" Sure enough, her breath was all tart and lemon-y. =) That's hilarious that Audrey kept coming back for more!

grandmajane said...

Tara, LOVE these pictures and stories of your family! So glad you are recording them and sharing!

Natalie Strong said...

I still haven't held Lincoln yet. I have one request, that I get to do it before you move. Those pics are adorable.