Misses Moose turned 1!

“It seems like yesterday….” It seems like yesterday I was getting my stomach cut open and we met our little monkey and named her Kendall.

She had a hairy back and only weighed 6 lbs! Today she is a whopping 17.5 lbs!  She loves life and has the best facial expressions ever. She can make you laugh by just looking at you from across the room and the right side of her head is bald from her cute thumb sucking at night (looks like Donald Trump)

  

 

She was sooo lucky to have all of her Soptich cousins here to show her the ropes of opening up presents. Believe me, she had PLENTY of help! Without them she would have just tried to eat all the paper :)

 

I made pinkalicious cupcakes for everyone and a little flower for Kendall. As soon as the plate got close she threw out her chubby little hand and went straight for the whole thing!

 

 

Aside from what was smashed all over the counter, I think she managed to eat almost a whole cupcake.Which then bought her a little bathy-poo in the kitchen sink.

 

I don’t even know how to put into words how much we love her. She is completely adored by Rylin, Dustin and I. Even Zeke laughs at her crazy antics :)

We love you Kendall, We hope that you keep up the naughty-ness you have in your blood (you know, second daughter, brown hair, brown eyes, and Matching birthmarks with Aunt Sar and Cousin Emilee). Your naughty-ness makes us adore you even more!

Could she BE any cuter?

Are ya with me on this one? I cannot believe she will be one on Friday

Warning: Watch out for tight tapered pants, spandex, big hair and mullets

Dustin turned 27 on the 30th of October. Which means….time to Cel-e-brate! We hosted a rockin 80s party and I have to say it was the most fun we have had in a Lonnnnnnngg time!

Kyle was our awesome DJ for the Night. Amanda’s Top Gun type outfit required some glamour shots.

 

Grandma Barrett looked smashing in an old bridesmaid dress ( I can’t remember from what wedding). Kyle was a molester in a mullet, and Ashley found the best acid wash skirt I have ever seen!

Grandpa Soptich had a totally 80s warm up jacket and Grandma Soptich rocked the leggings

The Torgesens drove up from Seattle to spend the night, thanks guys..it definately WOULD NOT have been the same with out all of Russ’ crazy dance moves/faces!

Let the dancing begin!!! Uncle J started off the night with the belly shake!

 

The belly shake eventually led the the three brother belly Can Can

 

Who is bigger? an 8 month pregnant Crystal or Jeremy?

 

Don’t you love the DARE coat that Grandpa Soptich brought for Cryst?

 

 

Thank you sooo much to all of our friends and family that came. I am sure it fulfilled all of Dustin’s hopes and dreams for his birthday!

Holy Cow, I am behind!

Our computer issues are fixed, cross your fingers, for now. I am finally getting caught up thank goodness! After falling wayyyyy behind in the photo editing department and a minor nervous breakdown(you know, after losing some Christmas card pictures I took of some friends visiting from California…sorry again Karissa :( ) I am regaining ground just in time to throw in some more sessions this week. Needless to say, the whole “holiday picture” time of year is chaos.

   

We did have a blast on Halloween weekend. On Friday night we had a smashing birthday party for Dustin (blog to come next), followed by trick or treating.

       

As you can tell, Rylin was a witch and Kendall was the traditional yet charming skunk :) You can compare Kendall to Rylin 2 years ago when she was the skunk:

  

I love it!

  

We went trick or treating down on Pioneer for about an hour. Rylin was very scared at the beginning but was better as soon as all her cousins arrived to walk with her :)

  

We had a great time having Dustin with us this year. I kept forgetting it was the first year he has actually been here to see Rylin and Kendall dressed in their Halloween garb.

Anne and Rylin

Meet Anne. Anne is one of our most favorite little girls. She is Rylin’s cousin and lives in Utah. One of the most fun parts of going to visit is to have some major cousin time. Last summer when the Anne and Rylin were only 2, they instantly became BFF’s. After a whole year of not seeing each other, they picked up right where they left off. Rylin loves her, and if you can’t tell by the pictures, Anne loves Rylin.

They will have so much fun in the years to come, especially when Rylin can go visit and be crazy with Anne when they are teenagers. It will be a sight to see!

The last night we were with Anne, they kept hugging when it was time to say goodbye, we were in the car and Rylin was all buckled in her carseat. Anne wanted just one more hug so Rylin reached her short little arms as far as they would go out the car window and they hugged on more time. Needless to say, we LOVE Anne, we love her crazy personality, we love her curly locks, and we miss her dearly! They have already chatted on the phone a few times, it is pretty stinkin cute!