Pumpkin Patch

On the 20th of October we had the opportunity to go to a nice little pumpkin patch.... in our realtor's front yard. That's right, our realtor is that awesome.

Anywho, it was a great opportunity to take some cute pictures. Enjoy!

 Yes, Afton is still a finger sucker. I am ok with it for now. 

 I love this face. "What is this thing for?"

 She discovered she could smack the pumpkins.

I love them.

Hair Cut!

So for the last month or so I have been realizing that Afton's hair was getting a little ridiculous. Most of her dark newborn hair fell out, and lighter hair has been growing in. The dark hair that remained had grown quite long, but I never thought of cutting it because Afton is a girl. Girl's have long hair. Besides, I didn't want her to be bald! 

Well one day I discovered this:

That's right. Almost all of her dark hair is only on the crown of her head. So she essentially had a nice comb-over.

I also realized that she had quite a bit of lighter hair growing in, but because of her  comb-over you couldn't see it.

So I got out the scissors and started clipping. 

Here is the before:

And the after: 

Bye Bye Old Man Comb-over!

Brad was a little sad to see all her hair go. She looked a little too boyish for his likings. I assured him that her hair would grow and that in the mean time we would keep bows on her in public. :)

It's only been a couple of weeks since her first haircut and it's already quite a bit longer! I still am not sure what her hair is going to do. Is she going to stay brunette or go blonde? Only time will tell.

8 Months

Woohoo! Eight month post! 

  

 Afton is getting more and more fun. Her personality is really starting to come through. She is quite the happy child, but she definitely has her moments where she gets very demanding. Which is usually when I am not feeding her fast enough.

 She loves to flirt with people at the store. And with a mug this cute she gets plenty of opportunities for flashing her cute grin and racking in the compliments. She loves the attention.

 Afton is fascinated by children. She gets so excited whenever she sees them.

Often when Afton is playing with her toys, I will lay down on the floor and read. And every few minutes Afton will come over and check on me.

I just love her.

Afton can now say "dadadada" "yayayaya" and "babababa" and she has a special noise that she makes for when she sees Nemo. It sounds like she is trying to say kitty. I won't be suprised if that is her first real word.

As far as mobility goes Afton still just scoots. She will go up to crawling position, but flattens out when she wants to move. However, one day I sat Afton down in the living room while I was unloading groceries and came in to find this:

I was completely shocked. I figured she would crawl before she started pulling herself up! I was wrong.

I found this standing table at a garage sale for $5. If Afton is sitting on my leg she can pull herself up to standing at the table.

She doesn't balance super well though, she is more leaning on the table than truly standing.

Afton loves to play with her toys. This month she learned how to whack things together like so:

Already my little musician :)

We also discovered board books at the library. Afton particularly enjoys the books with flaps. So much fun to open and close and open and close over and over again!

That's all folks!

7 Months

Yes. I know. Afton is almost 9 months and I am just now making her 7 month update - for shame! 

But take a look at this face and tell me: 

Would you be blogging if you had these gorgeous blue eyes to look at?

As you can see in the picture above, Afton's first 2 teeth have arrived! I first felt them poking through on August 24th, so this picture is 2 weeks after initial breakthrough. 

Afton also likes to move a lot more. Which made it almost impossible to take pictures. I put together my favorite "fail" shots for your enjoyment.

Who knew shoes could be so tasty?!

Speaking of tasty things: Afton has been eating purees for a couple months now, and she LOVES it. I have yet to give her something she won't eat. She does pull a face if the texture is new, like for bread, but it doesn't stop her for too long.

Ever wonder what happens when you try to feed a tired baby?

Now you know.

Afton sits up quite well now. She can't get into sitting position on her own yet, but she is figuring out how to get out of it. It isn't too graceful though, it's mostly a lean-forward-and-fall-on-your-face-and-squirm-your-legs-out kind of a deal. 

She also does this funny pointy tongue thing. 

I find it hilarious and adorable. Hilariously adorable. 

And here's another video for the adoring grandmas and aunties. 

And just another cute picture for good measure. 

Afton is still our happy baby girl! Even with the teething she didn't really put up much fuss. I honestly couldn't ask for an easier child - which kind of makes me worried about the next child. Can you luck out and get all angel babies?! I hope so!

Western Exodus: Fruit Heights and Idaho Falls

After St. George we drove up to Fruit Heights to spend a day with Grandma Tanner and Aunt Kayalauna. It was short and sweet, and we got some great pictures of Afton with her Great Grandma and Great Aunt.

Then Brad flew back to Texas while Afton and I hitched a ride up to Idaho Falls with Trevor and Kristin so we could visit with Adam and Whit and Grandma and Grandpa Yeagle.

 We stayed with Adam and Whit in their GORGEOUS Pottery Barn-esque home. Our short stay was packed with fun outings with cousins during the day and Olympics in the evening. It was a blast. 

The first day there we went to what I call Idaho Falls Beach. A beach in Idaho. Who knew?!

 See the little guy sitting between the 2 babes? Yup? That's Ashton. I guess the ladies didn't realize that Ashton is quite a good swimmer and that we were keeping a very close eye on him. :)

 Nothing beats taking a snooze on the beach :)

 Hal made a hot tub! Or maybe it's a foot spa....

The next day we headed over to the zoo with Grandma Yeagle.

 Afton chillin with the goats.

Then later that afternoon Afton and I went over to spend some quality time with Grandma and Grandpa Yeagle.

I just love this picture. 

I failed to get a cousin picture with Afton and her Morris cousins. Next time I will not fail. 

Idaho was a little out of the way on our journey, but SO worth it. I hadn't seen these family members for a year or so. And it was the first time any of them had met Afton. So it was a pretty big deal. 

And that concludes our 2 week Western Exodus. Afton and I endured a traveling day of doom that included a shuttle from Idaho to SLC and a flight with a layover home to San Antonio.

The trip was long, we traveled far, Afton met A LOT of family, and we had an AWESOME time.

To all of our family: we love you and we will be back out West soon!

Western Exodus: St. George

 So this post is a long time coming and it is coming in LONG. After camping with my family at Duck Creek, Brad flew in to Las Vegas and we headed out to St. George for the first Annual Morgan Family Reunion!

Mom and Dad Morgan rented a nice house in St. George so we could all spend some quality time together. It was quite the fun-filled week!

Each night someone was in charge of dinner and most had a theme and decorations. Like the country picnic BBQ:

Brad and I did a Tex Mex night and won THE GOLDEN SPOON award. It was that good :)

Much of the week was spent hanging out at the house playing games, swimming, watching olympics, or taking countless pictures with Afton :)

Afton with Aunt Allison

Brad with Kim's "glasses" or should I say frames. 

 While there we celebrated Brad's birthday. I made him a delicious mint chocolate chip ice cream cake with fudge instead of frosting. It might not look too pretty, but it was DELICIOUS

 Afton at the family fun center driving her first car!

One day we had some family pictures taken by the talented Megan Gneiting

Megan was so great to work with and we really loved the end result. 

After the photo shoot we stopped by the temple. 

Brad and I wanted to get a picture there with Afton.

On this trip the boys did a lot of golfing. A LOT of golfing. So one evening the girls went out to see Aladdin at the Tuacahn Theater. It was so well done. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

 Towards the end of the week we headed out to Zions to hike a little bit of the Narrows.

 Afton stayed with Grandma while the rest of us hiked into the river. 

Here are my 3 favorite shots of Brad and I in the narrows, can you guess why?

 

Whew! That's the end! As you can see, we had a busy, fun filled week in St. George with the Morgans and are excited for next years reunion!

But wait! The Western Exodus is not over yet! Stay tuned for the last installment of our adventure :)