Loon Lake Campout

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The Chalet

Reading on a camp out???? Something I never would have expected.
The mattresses & stairs made a great combination!




Dinner & Games

Mega-Pawn


Climbing/Rappelling

6 Month Stats

Miranda had her 6 month appointment on Monday! Her stats are as follows:

Weight: 14 lbs 8 oz. (25%)

Height: 25 1/4 in long 50%

Head: 17 1/4 in (80%....yep, you read that right, another bobble head baby!!!)

Brianna was little bit chubbier at this point, but otherwise almost the same size. This is around the same time when Brianna started to lose weight and then took 7 months to gain a pound. She was 50% then dropped off the charts for several months. Miranda's weight gain has drastically slowed down, so I guess we'll see if she follows in her sisters foot steps! Hopefully not, but she looks healthy and chubby right now!

Busy Bee! Craft Fair and Photoshoot Info!!!

I have been super busy lately with photoshoots, editing, sewing, etc. I have been getting ready for a craft fair that is this weekend in Rancho Cordova! There will be several vendors at "Sandy Diamond's 10th Annual Holiday Boutique" where you can buy some of your Christmas gifts or just browse at the hand made items! It will run Friday November 13th from 9am-7pm and Sat. Nov. 14th from 9 am-7pm. It will be inside her home at 10506 Italia Way, Rancho Cordova.

They will only be accepting cash and checks. Come rain or shine and have a chance to win a door prize...each vendor donates something so you'll have lots of opportunities to win!

Some of the items I'll be selling: nursing covers, burp cloths, pillowcase dresses, bibs, taggie blankets, taggie balls, flower hair clips, key fobs, coin purses, infant/toddler car seat belt covers, and baby blankets. Of course if you don't see what you are looking for I always take custom orders!

My new coin purses would make great stocking stuffers or teach gifts. As well as the key fobs pictured at top!

Infant/toddler seat belt strap covers! So soft and cozy, no more seat belt burn!

***As far as photoshoots, my weekends are filling up fast!!! I only have a couple more spaces for photoshoots in the Sacramento area before Christmas. If you're interested, book fast, otherwise you'll need to wait until after the New Year. I do have more openings during the week because most people can only do Saturdays due to it getting dark so fast!

Don't live in Sacramento but want your pictures taken? I'll be available in Utah for Thanksgiving and Memphis for Christmas! If you are in those areas I will be available in Utah between Saturday Nov. 21st until Saturday Nov. 28th. I will take up to 2 photoshoots at that time.

I will be available in Memphis from Tuesday Dec. 20th until Saturday December 26th. I will take up to 3 photoshoots there. ***

6 Months and Happy!

Miranda is 6 months old today! With all of her tummy issues days somehow seemed to last forever, but then when I think of her as 6 months old I feel like time has flown by!!! We love having this little girl in our home, she is such a blessing to us! I attempted a photoshoot this morning, but it was right before naptime so this is the only shot I got. I'll try again sometime this week!

(Her 6 month appointment isn't until next week so I don't have her stats yet.)

The biggest change in the last few weeks is that she's sitting up all by herself which has made for a much happier baby! It helps her digestive system to be able to sit up and move around a little! She is starting to play for long periods of time by herself or with her sister. She LOVES Brianna and just lights up any time Bri walks into the room.
She is rarely called "Miranda," most of us just call her Panda and it fits! I'm not sure how my girls will feel about their less than delicate nicknames someday, but somehow they fit for now!
Miranda loves to play, and play and play! She is fascinated by toys and trys to get any that are out of reach. She will pivot and turn and inch forward some, but still doesn't roll both ways. So she's not too mobile yet (which is good since Bri leaves tiny little toys out all of the time!).
She has upgraded to the sink for bath time which we both love! She just loves to splash and play!Panda has discovered her tongue and is constantly smiling with it out and smacking it against her lips! She thinks it's hilarious!
We started her on solids several weeks ago and now that she's eating solids more frequently she seems to be feeling better. It's nice to be able to feed her things that she's not allergic too! So far she has had, organic brown rice cereal, avocado, banana, apples, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, and prunes. Here is a picture of her eating her first solid, avocados!!! It's one of the foods she has the easiest time digesting!!! Yeah for an non allergic food!!! Sleep is still often an issue, but in the last week she has been doing better. She is actually taking some naps and sleeping for several hours some nights. She never wakes to eat at night until after 5, but she wakes up often to get gas or burps out before she can go back to sleep.
We've seen the IMT therapist now twice and it really seems to help her! We are so grateful to our miracle worker, Sue! Getting Miranda to fall asleep isn't always a 1-2 hour screaming and fighting battle now! She still won't go to sleep on her own, but she "sings" herself to sleep by moaning and groaning loudly while being rocked/bounced!
We love our Panda! I can't believe she's half way to 1!!!

Silly Bri Bri

Brianna is getting used to having allergies to foods and other stuff again. She is constantly asking if we are allergic to certain things. The other day she had a hiccup while on the potty and exclaimed,

"Oh NO!!! Now I'm allergic to the potty!"

I sure hope that isn't true! :)

Happy Halloween

Miranda was a flower! She didn't mind being in a costume at all!!! Bri was one of several Cinderellas this year! She was so happy that she got to dress up 3 different times! Unfortunately for her she can't have most of the candy because it isn't gluten or casein free. Chad is enjoying her loot for all of us! I did buy some candy she can have and just refilled her bag with it after we got home!

I appologize for those that wanted copies of the pictures from our Music Makers group because they didn't turn out so well! I don't know what was wrong with the camera! Obviously we wouldn't get the best posed picture with so many kiddos, this was the best one!

The 3 Cinderellas! We kicked off the week with making our pumpkins/jack-o-lanterns. As always, Bri LOVED painting hers. She wanted to keep painting it all week. When it dried she added Halloween stickers to it and admired it daily on the porch!

Chad took the Edward Scissor hands approach for his master piece!Nick posing with his "barfing" pumpkin. Having the guts in his mouth almost literally made him puke too!Miranda was really cranky and fussy, so my master piece is just getting a pumpkin hat on her!

The finished pumpkins in order from Chad, Nick, Bri's in the back and Marianne's. Mine is still sitting unfinished on the kitchen table! Maybe we'll just cook it and eat it. It is one of the few foods I can have!

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

For our preschool fieldtrip this month we went to the pumpkin patch! It was fun! Brianna just kept running from pumpkin to pumpkin, she was so excited!

Miranda has been having a lot of really bad days and nights lately, but she seems to be her happiest when we're out and about and she's distracted from the fact that she's exhausted and in pain! Preschool buddies! Brianna decided to be Cinderella for Halloween this year because that is what this friend, "H," is going to be. I felt bad copying her, but Bri wouldn't have it any other way! She just loves her!

Isn't this little guy handsome, he was just sitting there wanting me to take his picture. Bri loves him! We just did his family's photoshoot last week, so he was all about posing for me!