I was just going through pictures for Christmas stuff & happened upon these from this past summer. They made me smile & brought a little sunshine & warmth to this chilly day so I thought I'd share with you all.


I love his face in these two

Interesting discovery

In 2006 I found out (the hard way) that I had become allergic to nuts. This was a sad day for me since I LOVED peanut butter by the spoonful. This allergy has on occasion stopped me from eating at places because they use peanut oil. Recently a Chick-fil-A opened in our town, after Dad H took us to try a chicken sandwich with him we decided we were excited for this....it really is a dang good sandwich! Back to my interesting discovery, when the restaurant opened in town we had a drug rep bring lunch to our office but it was stated I couldn't eat anything because they use peanut oil for cooking. This was most interesting to me because I had eaten there before & not had a problem. I finally remembered to do some research online to see if they truly use peanut oil, it is stated on their website they use only peanut oil in their cooking :(. This made my what-the meter go off since I have eaten there without airway restriction from the peanuts & an ER visit. Further into their website it explains that the way the oil is processed & cooked removes the protein, which is the cause for an allergic reaction, so most people with allergies (even severe) can eat there with no problem. Isn't that interesting! Since I have eaten there & lived to tell with out the aid of epinephrine I am going to have to agree with them. I am not saying this is true for everyone, if you have a peanut allergy don't take my word talk to your doctor, but I am pretty excited I can eat at Chick-fil-A. Now if the line would stop being so long so I could!

Noah is 4 months old! He had his check up today his growth stats are as follows
Weight: 15lbs 10oz 64%, Height: 26.5inches 93%. He handled the shots okay,
but not as good as last time. He is growing everyday, it's amazing to watch him
change.

Experienced his first pumpkin blow, wasn't even scared (he is chewing his fingers not crying just an fyi)

So close to rolling over

Loves playing on the bobby

Eating breakfast with Daddy & Mommy

Going for walks & being all warm & toasty

A smile after getting shots

Two teeth, the first broke through over the weekend & the second one yesterday. Hopefully this time they stay up, it's there 3rd attempt.

Hi blog friends!

I hope no one thinks this is tacky but I have 2 basically brand new pairs of shoes size 9.5 that I want to sell. Gianni Bini brown boots with 2.5 inch heels (bought for $120) & Bass brown platform heels with 3 inch heels (bought $40). I love both these pairs of shoes, however the pregnancy of my handsome little boy made my bad knees even worse & I can no longer wear heels. I have wore them both 3-4 times, I bought them just before getting pregnant & my knees just couldn't handle a baby & heels. If anyone is interested in them let me know I'll sell both for $55 or the boots for $50 and the Bass for $10 separately. Oh and both pairs have really good padding at the ball of your foot. They will be going up on KSL in the next day or so if no one wants them

the boots have an expandable top

as you can see the bottoms aren't even worn

Check it out a New blog by me!

For Halloween this year we headed to my parents house to help treat the trick-or-treaters. My parents had a marvelous idea of decorating the garage & having the trick-or-treaters come there. It was fun to see the kids dressed up, maybe next year we'll take Noah around

A special thanks to Uncle Miles for getting Noah to smile in the above pictures, Grandma N for donating the pumpkins and leaves and to Aunt Jessie for holding Noah's head up so he was sinking in leaves.

A few weeks ago Mark's parents flew out for Gracie's blessing. We were able to spend the weekend with them, they even shared their hotel room with us. We had lots of fun being around so much family, we even got to babysit Gracie while Emily went to the Opera to watch James. I can't believe how much these two (Noah & Gracie) have changed!



Some of our friends from my hometown gave us a bumbo chair for Noah, it is wonderful. He loves sitting in, especially in the kitchen because he can see what we are doing. These pictures don't really show it but he can sit up in all by himself, he would just rather bend over and get his feet.