Thanksgiving in Kentucky 2017

We drove to Kentucky for Thanksgiving. This was the first time the Dover side got to see Linden. We had a great feast over at the Hunters. The kids had their own table and they each got their own little bottle of Sparkling cider. After Dinner papa took the kids out back and played a game of football with the grand kids. It was so cute to see them running around in the backyard. Then the next night we went to downtown Louisville and watch their annual tree lighting. Santa Claus came through on his sleigh and then he lit the Christmas tree. It was such a surprise because they also had fireworks go off. The kids loved it! We had a real nice visit. I love to come up here and experience the cold fall weather. We also had a real sweet experience going to the temple with Cavan's parents to witness sealing his deceased parents together and then he was sealed to the both of them. I love the temple so much. It was so nice to go to the temple with Cavan's family like that. It is such a peaceful place. 

Linden Is eating Solids

We have introduced beef, spinach, and peas at 7 months old. He takes a few bites and just does not seem interested after that. This picture was after he accidentally flicked the spoon and got a splat of beef on his forehead. He is pretty much sitting up on his own now. Stills falls over sometimes but he is getting there. He is starting to grow out of his late afternoon nap. Sometimes he will take a cat nap but I think he is done with it. He is still super smiley and happy. He is wearing 9-12 month clothes and will be 8 months old in just a few days. 

Halloween 2017

Since pumpkins in Florida rot so fast after carving and my kids hate touching the pumpkin guts anyways, we decided to paint pumpkins this year, I like this option much better. I think that this will be a new tradition for us. 

We did a "trunk or treat" at the church this year, and they asked us to bring our tractor to give hay rides. We got to have a few hay rides around our property before the event. Cavan decorated it very nice!

Then on Halloween, we went with some friends around a neighborhood on a friends trailer.

Daniel was a storm trooper from Star Wars and KaeLynn was a vampiress.

Auntie Michelle made an adorable crochet Yoda costume for Linden.

Biketoberfest 2017

This was our first Biketoberfest that we went to. We had such a nice ride with friends. We even got to watch "the wall of death" at the Iron Horse at Ormond Beach. It was very scary watching them ride around on the wall.

 

Hurricane Help for Puerto Rico

In Orlando, they were doing a service project to box up 4.4 million food boxes to feed the people of Puerto Rico. Their island has been completely devastated by the two hurricanes that went through. The whole island is completely out of power. This was just a very small thing I could do help others were affected much worse than we were. 

Pictures of us

Linden is changing so much! He is now 7 months old. He has 2 lower teeth. He is making all sorts of sounds with his mouth. His little jibber-jabber is so adorable! The last few nights he has been rolling over onto his stomach in the middle of the night and not be able to roll back on his back. So he wakes us crying. I hope he figures out how to roll back over soon because we were really enjoying him sleeping through the night.

 

KaeLynn holding Maeling.

Daniel playing restaurant with his stuffed animals.

KaeLynn and Daniel playing this game they made up where they race with their shorts down to their ankles. Such silly kids!

Daddy and Linden relaxing in the outdoor kitchen.

Crazy Sock day for school.

Our first camping trip in our back yard. Baby slept inside in his crib because the baby monitor reaches out to where we were. The rest of us shared a tent. 

The Keys

During Conference Weekend Cavan was asked to go down to the Florida Keys to help provide hurricane relief down there. They really got hit hard. This is so close to home and could have easily been us. It is going to be a long time before this place is back up and running again. Cavan had to sleep on the beach since there was no hotels to stay in. These people really needed help so I am glad that we were in a position to help. 

Linden is 6 Months Old

Linden sleeps about 12 hours at night, but I am still waking him around 9:30 pm to feed him and then putting him right back to bed. He is still eating every 3 hrs, and sometimes will go 3 1/2 -4 hrs in between meals. He eats about 5 times a day 6 oz each time. He is napping 4 times day and usually sleeps about an hour in a half. We are also working up to him being awake for an 1 hr in a half. Sometimes its longer or shorter. He is so much better at tummy time now. We are working on him sitting up on his own. He is still sticking with sucking his two middle fingers. It is really adorable! He loves when people pay attention to him and is such a smiley kid. When ever he gets his clothes changed he laughs so much because it tickles him.We started doing physical therapy because he had torticollis and could not turn his head to the right very well. He is now doing much better and has a much fuller range of motion.  He is grabbing a lot of things now and everything goes to his mouth. He even has interest in holding his bottle sometimes. He weighs 21 lbs. He is also having his first tooth coming in! He has been a little more crankier then usual and has woken up a couple times at night crying, but overall he seems to doing fine with it. 

We had General Conference for church this last weekend and while we were watching it, another one of our trees fell down. It was so loud and scary!. We were so blessed that no one was outside. We are going to leave this tree alone for a while and let the kids play on it. 

KaeLynn found my phone and took a selfie!