This is What Grandpas are For

These pictures aren't the best quality because they're all from my phone, but it's the easiest way to snap a pic when I'm in a hurry.


It's kind of hard to tell but Navi is holding a big wad of paper; her favorite toy, and Grandpa is always so willing to give some to her.


Yes, we start early around here.


She loves when Grandpa Darrell tickles her. She freezes on the spot.


And last but not least...the one that made this first time, still very protective mom CRINGE...a delicious sucker. (and Grandpa may or may not be wearing his garmet top...any one who knows my dad knows this is not a rare occurrence)


I also wanted to throw in this video for fun. Allie and Bekka can always get her laughing.

Sixes

6 month session (I'm just a month slow in posting)

We love Eileen. And her talent. Enjoy.


Half of 1:

• As mentioned in a previous post, Navi got her first tooth on her 6 month birthday. Her second followed soon after.
  
• She now recognizes people and can tell when Mom is not in the room. She gets very excited when she sees Mom, Dad, both Grandpas, Grandma, and LOVES Aunt Allie. (don't worry Bekka, she likes you too)
  
• She is an excellent eater. One of her recent favorites is mac and cheese baby food. Mmm!
  
• She also loves the Gerber Puffs.
• When she is set down on the floor she instantly rolls to her stomach and begins to army crawl or takes a few motions to crawl. Now at 7 months, she is going to be full on crawling any day now.
• She loves to play with Daddy and already knows how to get what she wants from him.
  
• She is sleeping better and better and usually wakes up only once for a bottle. (she's a growing girl, what can I say?) And now when she wakes up in the morning she lays and babbles for a good 15-20 minutes. (it's a good "waking up" time for Mom)
• She is only a cuddle-r when she is tired, and sometimes not even then. (sad for mom) There is just too much to see and put in her mouth!
• She waves bye-bye. But only to Grandma and Grandpa Buttars. No one else believes me.

Happy Orange and Black

Here is a photo story line of our Halloween activities:




We were the Peanuts! Lucy, Charlie Brown, and Snoopy. I was very proud of my cheap costumes. My dress was a D.I. find, I made Nate's shirt, and Navi's snoopy costume was an Ebay steal! Applause is greatly appreciated. Oh and the thing on Nate's head is a bald cap and what is supposed to be Charlie Brown's one hair...it was a cool idea in my head.


This is our 3rd annual friend party. Party goers include:

BACK - Rem and Traci Rainey, as a turkey and a hunter; Alisha and Dave Webb, as a roulette table and a dealer; Anna, John, and Cache Swenson, as a skeleton family; Dani and Trevor Allen, as a pregnant nun (gasp!) and a Reverend (is that the correct Catholic term?)

FRONT - Me and Nate (Snoopy was sleeping...maybe even while lying on her back on her doghouse), Mallory and Andy Hutchison, as a Prego spaghetti jar (she's prego! haha) and a plate of spaghetti and meatballs; and a sad/tired little pirate nephew.







Navi's first trick-or-treating door. Aunt Bekka answered.


Trick-or-treating at Grandpa and Grandma Buttars'. (you can't really see Grandpa but he's there!)




Instead of candy, Navi got to try Gerber's Puffs for the first time.


Did she love them? Let's just say she inherited her mother's gag reflex. But she got used to them. :)


Snoopy had to take a bath to clean her nose and I just thought this was a cute picture.


She loves to splash.

And also a random fact...

We have TEETH!! As in more than one! Aunt Ashley discovered her first tooth on her 6 month birthday, October 14, and her second came in a few days later. I wondered how long Nate and I would have gone if Ashley hadn't found the tooth. Navi wasn't fussy at all for the first but her second was a different story. It wasn't too bad, but it was almost like since she knew that we knew she had one, she wasn't going to let us get away with another one breaking in easily.

It's so much fun to watch her grow and change everyday. We love our little Navi Babe!