General Conference Weekend

We had a wonderful conference weekend, and although we didn't catch every minute of conference (lots of getting babies up and down for naps, getting meals, changing clothes, etc.), we were grateful for the spirit we felt all weekend.  It is always sad when the last session of the weekend comes to a close!

Everyone's all set and ready to listen!

A good demonstration of Leah's "camera smile"

This is Leah at April General Conference...it's interesting to see how much younger she looks (I guess 6 months is almost half her lifetime!)

October General Conference (we're hoping if we keep pointing the Prophet out to her, she'll learn to identify him herself one of these times)

 Every time Leah hears the choir sing...or any hymn being sung, she immediately begins waving her arms around like the chorister. 

Not sure what she was doing here.  She kept raising that one leg over and over and over again - another strange dance move?

We pulled out the bubbles when Leah started getting a little restless

First "bundle-up" of the season! - after the many hours of sitting in the basement to watch conference, we could tell these little ones needed some fresh air!

First time with the whole family at the dinner table

Leah surprised me by complying when I asked her to get closer to Dallin for the picture...I didn't know she would understand what I meant!

Leah's new moves...

Watch this once in awhile for a good laugh...at least, that's what we do!
(it gets good around 17 seconds)

P.S. Gotta love her shirt..we have no idea why she felt the need to pull one arm out.  She's got a mind of her own!

If you want to see more dance moves, click here (she gets pretty into High School Musical...that's my girl!!!)

What a kook!

It's such a joy to watch Leah grow.  She's constantly busy exploring, experimenting, and just playing.  Sometimes her "play" gets pretty creative...we often find ourselves asking, "what is she doing?!?!"

Much more interested in dripping water on her belly than eating her "treat" (Lucky Charms)

She loves "sweeping" so much that we recently got her a little Leah-size broom.

It's pretty typical to see some sort of necklace/string/purse around Leah's neck.

She worked on this floor for about 20 minutes straight!  Good work, little girl! 

Dress-up is another favorite activity...here she is in one of my aprons!

Love her!

Sadly, the above is a fairly typical daily outfit of mine...I'm thinking that one of these days Dallin will get on a better schedule and I'll find more opportunities to get ready every day :)

Park Days

Now that Leah can wander around by herself and is a little more independent, I've been taking her to the park so she can just run free while I hold Dallin.  There is a park practically in our backyard that has the perfect sponge-y turf for a little toddler.  She loves the freedom of running around, and we've been going almost every day for the last couple weeks just to get our fill of the park before the cold winter sets in.

Her favorite activity: pushing the stroller around

She often carries my phone with her while toddling around, jabbering away into it.

And sometimes she'll come back and check in on little brother.

Dallin's favorite thing to do at the playground

Sometimes he wakes up and joins in on the fun!

Love my little baby girl :)

Prince George's County Fair

These pictures kind of speak for themselves:

Leah had to wait awhile for the ride to start and she got impatient...we could tell she didn't think it was going to be much fun (for all she knew, they were just going to sit there in that elephant for awhile).

Then things started getting going...

I think she ended up liking it!

A few friends of ours joined in the fun

We had a very tired girl by the time the evening was over!