Pigtails

It's a little bit of a stretch when I say this...but Eleanor's hair fits into pigtails now! Oh my gosh, it's the cutest thing. She looks so grown up and it kills me/makes me smile all at once. She is in the most fun stage right now and picking up on things so quickly. I don't even realize that she notices when I blow on her food but when I give it to her and it's still too hot, she blows on it again. She likes to comb her own hair, takes my makeup brushes to her cheeks and stares at her fingernail polish whispering, "Ooooh" like she knows how pretty she looks. Who is this girl?! 

Eating more tomatoes from the garden and staining her clothes one by one...

The walnuts have started to fall in our backyard and she always helps me pick them up.

Helping daddy pick weeds in the garden.

Beanie Season

As soon as I saw these beanies on Instagram I had to order Eleanor one. Picking a color was the hard part. When it arrived, every time I put it on her she would pull it right off. I didn't have much hope in her actually wearing it but as soon as we go outside it's like a lightbulb flips on in her head and she thinks..."Oh this hat actually serves a purpose!" She has another hat that I put on her when we went down to the Riverwoods during Chalk the Block and she left it on the whole time! So proud of her. Anyway below are a bunch of pictures per usual because I can never take my camera out and snap just one.

It's slightly big on her still but she'll grow into it. :)

She loves picking and eating tomatoes with her daddy.

Beanie found here.

The State Fair

Last weekend we decided to check out the Utah State Fair. This is the kind of thing that is WAY more fun when you have a little toddler pointing and smiling at all of the animals. She was also able to pet a lot of them which was so cute. I think she liked the baby pigs most. I was also able to get my dippin dots and as I was about to order Brandon quickly mentioned I'd be getting a large. Haha, I wasn't planning on it but he knows me well because I easily ate the whole thing. Ice cream and this pregnancy seem to go hand in hand.

She was so entranced by the rides.

Umm hi cutie.

They had a stand where they basically fried everything... I was tempted to try the fried Twix but opted out because I can only eat so much when I'm this pregnant if I want to avoid heartburn in the middle of the night.

End of Summer

Just a few of my favorite photos from the last month.

  

I took Eleanor to the aquarium and she LOVED it. It was the cutest thing. I would take her all the time if it wasn't so expensive.

She kept bending down to look into the displays, even when some were clearly taller than her....haha.

When we first got there we went to look at the penguins and she was so timid at first, holding onto my leg. It was so sweet but she quickly warmed up to it and ran from one tank to the next.

A picture from our five year anniversary. Brandon took me to ride the lifts up at Sundance and we went to dinner.

We went to feed the ducks one Sunday and Eleanor wasn't interested at all like I thought she would be. She just kept feeding herself.

There were so many!

Holding Asher.

Sitting in the dirty clothes doing her makeup. :)

She could never have too many books.

She likes to walk around with my purse...

So Steph and I found her one more her size at a yard sale. I grabbed my purse to leave one day and she grabbed hers...she kills me.

22 Weeks.

Dinner with Steph and Spencer and Stewart and Mariah.

I can't even handle this...

23 Weeks.

Eleanor decided her water went where Thor's goes.

She loves Brandon's headphones.

Sun River Gardens with Stephi.

She loves Asher.

The morning after we got back from New York I found her like this...

25 weeks.

New shoes, new kitchen floor.

Signs of a yummy breakfast. She picks out all the marshmallows.

Started shopping for fall clothes for Eleanor while in New York.

The power went out in our kitchen one morning and so we finished making pancakes in the entryway. They are so cute together.

My mom and dad got two puppies. They are sisters.

Meet Shay.

Meet Elise.

Strolling the mall with Eleanor. She loves her daddy extra.

Playing at the park.

Eleanor has chosen this brown throw blanket as her baby blanket...not sure why but she loves it. I needed to put it in the washer the other morning and as I was spraying spots, she was trying to get one last minute with it. She chews on it all night. Haha. I couldn't stop laughing.

I babysat my mom's puppies last night. Snuggle session with Thor cozied up against my back as well.

Suckers in the tub...her favorite thing.

I got a Snapchat while in New York because Steph and my dad kept begging me...not hating these filters one bit.

Eleanor's reaction when I take her away from the dog filter. "Mom, go back." She loves sticking her tongue out.

26 weeks.