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The future face of America. Cue background patriotic music. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun (insert your preferred melody)

Getting a picture with Momma. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun

Waving my sticker like a proud American. Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun

Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. Happy voting day!

Some uncle lovin'

Ya know, just lounging on an ankle weight.

School is in session.

I sure do love me some books. Look at how well I'm sitting!

Ya know, just lounging in my borrowed dog suit. Happy Halloween!

Cutest dog I ever did see.

What is going on at Grandma and Grandpa's house?

Hanging out with a witch and Spiderman. Please get me out of this.

Hanging out in Santaquin!

Wearing my hat to keep the sun out of my eyes on our walk.

Best vacation ever!

I love this ride!

Momma using me to work her delts.

First time in a playground swing. I loved it!

Momma likes taking pictures of Daddy and me.

Swingin' with my cousin.

Checking out what Blake is doing.

Swing Par-tay! Brock was at school.

Hooray for cousins! Notice Blake's mask:)

So much fun!

The camera was malfunctioning so this was the best picture Momma got; she was not happy with the camera. That little dot of color in the grass is where the boys decided to hide while Daddy was counting on the playground. Right out in the open, why didn't I think of that?

Getting ready to walk to the library.

Reading about wild animals

Picture with Momma

Trying to show how well I'm sitting

Momma let me rest on her for a little bit before putting me down since I was having a rough day.

We went on a mini-vacation to Santaquin for a few days. Josh took a day off of work and we loved being with Daddy and playing with the boys. Natalia grew even more attached to her daddy while we were away since she got to spend so much time with him. When we came home, he was all she wanted, even when it was time to eat. We sure do love any and every moment we get with Daddy. Our mini-vacation was very enjoyable. It was nice being away from everything, literally. Santaquin was quiet and relaxing, and the walks were lovely. We really had a great time. I can't wait to do it again. It was nice being home though so Natalia could sleep in her normal bed.

This is Natalia.

She likes bulldozers, well, more so the knobs on bulldozers.

She also likes to knock bulldozers over.

Natalia goes to football games with her momma. Go Number 64!

Natalia also goes to football games with her G-ma.

Natalia finds one of her favorite cousins at the football game. She was so happy to see him. We had to get a picture of this cute cousin duo. Jack Frost had bitten his hands (meaning it was freezing cold!). Go BAND!

Natalia eats oatmeal at football games. She has also stolen her momma's heart.

Natalia's momma cannot get enough of Natalia. The End.

At the end of the year, every year to be exact, I hope to make a family yearbook with all the pictures from the previous year. I imagine our kids looking through them from time to time looking back at fun times we had or getting a sense of things we did if they were too young to remember. I'm very much a visual person and place meaning more in pictures and images than I do in words. Looking back on these pictures I hope to remember the happy emotions tied to them as well as funny moments that happened along the way.

Natalia is awake so no more writing. I loathe diaper rashes (on Natalia).

Pictures from the week:

Made Natalia some pureed peas and froze them for later.

Daddy was more excited for her dinner than she was. I like this picture a lot because it's one of the days Josh gets to spend some time with Natalia compared to the 3 days last week when he was at school or stayed late at work. Natalia LOVES her daddy.

Josh and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary by getting Rumbi's for lunch, getting family pictures taken(posted on Facebook), and going to Olive Garden for dinner. There wasn't much else we could do around Natalia's nap schedule, but it all worked out. It's a little difficult planning dates with a baby, but still fun. It was also hard to get a clear picture of us here at Olive Garden, but here are the attempts.

Natalia did pretty well for her first time at a restaurant. Her bedtime is between 6 and 7 most nights and we had gotten to the restaurant a little after 6. We debated about going, but we were hungry and had anniversary money left over. We tried giving her some sweet potatoes we bought from a Smith's down there, but she wasn't interested so we tried the rest of the cereal we had brought for her. She really just wanted to go to bed. She did like water from my straw. Natalia was a good sport. She even got a compliment from a nice dressed up man as he and his wife left.

Trying to take a pictures ourselves.

I love Natalia's face in this picture, even if I chopped off part of our heads. She is just the cutest thing!

This is my invention call the body bib. It's made from the most expensive material and is so eco-friendly. Kidding! Hooray for old shirts.

I saw posts about mason jar salads on Pinterest and decided to make our own for Josh's lunches. These are buffalo chicken salads. I made the chicken by sort of following a buffalo chicken crock-pot recipe I found on Pinterest. Josh liked them. Tomorrow I'll make me some Cobb salad jars.

 Happy 7 Month Birthday my baby girl. You are growing up so fast! Today as I was going through your newborn clothes to make room for winter clothes, I couldn't believe you once fit into those tiny clothes. You are as adorable as ever, not just to me, but still to strangers in places we may be. People come up and oodle over how cute you are. You have become a momma's girl, makes sense since Daddy is gone most of the day. If you could have it your way, however, you would have me hold you and Daddy nearby.When you are crying, sometime Daddy will try to comfort you, but you keep crying and looking for me until I come. You're happy when I come hold you, but call out when dad walks out the room because you want him there too. You are too funny. This past month has brought you 2 new teeth! It seems to also have brought you a set of vocal chords. We have to start bringing a pacifier to church to keep you quiet when you want everyone to hear what you have to say. You'll even talk to people when they are talking to Mommy, like when we were getting our flu shots and you seemed to want to answer the questions the receptionist was asking me. A couple things you say are "Hi dad" and "dada," even though you don't know what they mean. Along with teeth and talking more, you started army crawling. Mommy has to be quick now if she gets something out on the floor because you'll hurry over to see what you can get your hands and mouth on. As for foods, we've started giving you peas and you sure do enjoy those. We make your baby food and it looks so good even Mommy wants to eat it. All I have to say is that sweet potatoes are so much better pureed than in chunks or even mashed. Happy 7th birthday Natalia! Right now you are yelling about something. You are such a healthy, happy baby girl and Mommy and Daddy are so thankful.

Notice her right sock is wet from her sucking on it. Her left sock is coming off, her foot isn't shaped that way. Also, she loves Little People characters. Thank you Katie! You gave us a few with those other toys.

Wearing 12 month clothing. They look pretty good and those jeggings fit her chunky thighs well.

At the park to see the ducks. I take pride in her chunkiness.

Bundled up for our morning walk.

Not too happy. She doesn't like being confined in so many layers until we get outside. It is so cold in the morning!

Afternoon walk, wearing daddy's hat. She's started saying 'dada,' but she doesn't know what she's saying.

Back in September, asleep at the cemetery

This baby could model.

I braided her hair in the back ha ha

First time in a cart. One time I saw a lady strap her baby in like this so I figured it was okay. I got some funny looks, but it was effective.

So cute

Acting cool at the park.

Looking at ducks. We went up to some geese. When the started honking at us she started laughing. This baby is not afraid of animals.

I cannot get over how cute she is!

I could just eat her up.

Adorable in neon and such a goof ball. I love her to pieces.

More duck watching

Hello there.

There's a duck or goose on the left that has a poof on his head.

Here are pictures from the last month, in no specific order. Natalia only gets cuter and cuter.