Chilly Idaho Fun

Our visit to Idaho was fun but chilly. Here she is in Grandpa's socks (they are clean). Her's weren't working very well apparently. I'm sure she is much warmer here.

Here she is having her first experience with snow. She tasted it and wasn't really sure what to think. She kept lifting her hands in the air like she didn't want to get to close. She wasn't so sure about the sled ride either. She almost fell off. Good thing it was a short ride.

Idaho Cousins

Nick is a couple months younger than Katie, but he is still bigger than her.

Katie, however, wanted only to play with the girls (Abbie and Halle). They were the excitement. She would be constantly crawling after them or grabbing my fingers to walk. Desperately trying to catch up. They were good to teach her everything they knew when they got a moment.

Dress Up

Dressing up has always been good fun in my family. Here I am playing dress up so I can get Katie dressed. Sometimes getting Katie changed and dressed is referred to as the "Katie Rodeo" hence the cowboy hat.

Natal Street

Breanne this post is for you. There is a street near our apartment called Natal Street. In Portuguese it means Christmas (at least that's what someone told me). They all decorate their houses for an amazing light display all December long. Here are some of the houses.

Christmas

We got to go see the Mesa Temple lights. Katie loved seeing all the people and the pretty lights. They were very bright this year.

She had a great time helping me wrap the presents. This is when she first learned to crawl. Christmas day was so much fun. She really hadn't had new toys since she was born so she was very excited about all these toys. So excited, in fact, that she would not take a nap that morning.

Funny Pictures

Here she is playing dress up with dad.


She started crawling in December and since then she carries things around in her mouth like a little kitten.

Books, Newspaper and Toys

Katie has recently been very interested in books. I think she mostly likes taking them out of the basket, but the other day I found her with the book open looking at it. She also likes it when we get the ads in the mail. Here she is checking out all the Black Friday deals.

I got tired of pulling all the toys out until I found the right one. Now I just tip the box over so she can pull all the toys out of the box until she has found the one she really wants.