November

Welcome November! We started off the month in Eastern Idaho visiting my sister and her new baby. We stayed one night in Victor, ID and then jumped over the "hill" to Jackson, WY to visit with my Uncle, Aunt, and their two little girls.

(The Tetons)

(Thatcher with my little cousins in Jackson- generational lines start to get a little blurry when your kiddo is closer in age to your cousins than you are... just sayin...)

(Mommy and sleepy Thatcher at the antler arch in Jackson)

(Daddy and sleepy Thatcher at the antler arch... it wasn't worth it to wake the sleeper for a picture)

The second night of our trip we sprung for a hotel in Rexburg so we would be a little closer to town and hopefully make it to Church on time... we were still 10 min late (mostly because our googled directions to the church were rather misleading). 

Traveling with a kiddo is a whole new experience for us... I have learned to wash things in the hotel bathroom, pack a little laundry soap, and I am getting better at letting things go and happen as they will. It is really hard to stick to a rigid schedule when there are so many new things. For the most part Thatcher is a super traveler. He usually zonks out in his carseat for a few hours and is often happy to play with some toys or look at books. However, he did get pretty tired of his carseat on the way home and we ended up calling it quits in Twin Falls and just staying the night in a hotel there and making our way home the next morning. Thatcher was DONE and so was mommy. Thank goodness we planned a little wiggle room in our days off from work.

Thatcher is getting to be quite the foodie. He enjoys just about anything he can feed himself. He still likes homemade purees too, which is a little less messy than a nine month old feeding himself. We have recently ventured out and tried things like waffles, and pancakes which are both a huge hit. (No syrup/butter). These were some particularly fluffy pancakes Uncle Justin had made, Thatcher peeled them apart and gobbled them up. Typically we cut things into bite size bits for him but he was so excited about the pancake we just let him have it. Cocoa (Grammy's dog) is never too far away when Thatcher is eating- he usually slips her a few things from his tray, and if he gets caught will just smile and shake his head "no".

Thatcher needed a little trim before we did some family pictures, he wasn't so sure about having his hair cut. The first side looked way better than the second. Not sure how the full first haircut is going to go... hopefully I can just keep trimming around the edges for a bit longer.



Thatcher is getting to be pretty mobile. He is perfecting movement in reverse. He is pretty quick scooting backwards, especially on Grammy's hardwood floors. He has been "stuck" in a few strange places and it wont be long before he is full on crawling!

Thatcher and his cousin Carter! They are just about nine months apart- which right now looks like a huge difference but in a year or two they will be best friends. We will be so excited to have them closer to us while Uncle Mike is student teaching next semester.

Thanksgiving this year we hosted the Campbell family to Grandpa and Gandma Beals house since they have 2 ovens and lots of space for tables. There were about 30 of us all together and we had fun visiting with cousins and aunts and uncles.

We were invited to Malta, ID by Aaron's nephew to celebrate him being ordained and Elder. Its crazy to believe that he is already old enough to think about heading out on a mission and going to college! Thatcher had fun visiting with Grandpa and Grandma Fuller and meeting his Fuller cousins for the first time. He wasn't so sure about them but warmed up eventually.