Come have Thanksgiving with the Gallups!

We had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving in Heber, Arizona with Jordan's Aunt & Uncles and their fabulous chillins! Cheri taught me how to do mashed potatoes [since I WAS in charge of  all 20 lbs] :) And Josh, her son, let us know that Sea Salt tastes better. Would've been good to know before I started ;)

Had to taste first of course!

Our kids were watched & entertained by the cousins and it was so nice to have breaks. 

Thanks so much guys!

Our feast is ready! 

Along with our many bowls of plenty. :)

I will STILL stick to; 

I think he looks more like me than Jordan or Camryn :)

Cute face

Let the feasting begin! Load em up! 

The day after Thanksgiving, we didn't spend it at Walmart, or the Mall, or anywhere like that.

Tempted to.. But no :)

We stayed in the mountains enjoying the snow, fresh air, relaxation, family lovin, games, movies and hot chocolate with a good book.

Oh, and we hunted for pine cones :) 

Where are you pine cones??

The best faces come out of this little girl :)

had a great surveillance

Helped each other through the slippery snow

Once we found the pine cones, had to clean them off to bring them inside

Gets done with the camera sometimes :)

Forcing one with Kelsey

Jordan takes most of the pictures, so I had to get him in one

Madeline needed to be in one as well

and Brooklyn. They're such great models :)

Camryn bonked her nose on the ping pong table.. Ouch

  And we'll take a 2nd picture, cause he looks so good! :)

Had a great Thanksgiving and hope you did too! :)

Vs.

Can you tell who we are? Camryn had a hard time, 

but once I did the first 4 with her, she knew the rest! :)

       

What do you think our similarities are? :)

B Boy

Turned 7 months yesterday. Man how time flies!

His stats are:

18.8 lbs - 50%

28.5 inches - above 97% 

:) Big boy!

First tooth today! 

Bottom left

He loves playing with his hands: 

folding them, grabbing things, feeling your face, pinching your cheeks.. :)

Loves:

Playing with his toys on the ground 

eating baby puff foods 

rolling over.. and over and over

army crawling

watching Camryn run around. Thinks she's hilarious

talking/making noise

when you make a smooching sound

His blanket

cartoons with Camryn

when you laugh with him

being tickled

silly faces

silly noises

peek-a-boo

Cars, especially chasing them around on the floor

eating big people food-will cry or whine till you feed him some of whatever you're eating :)

wrestling around

Swings at the park

stopping whatever he's doing and focuses on something tiny, tryings to pick it up

and just recently he likes to bury his head, 

face down, 

and wiggle around while you ask, "where's Brighton??" 

Then he pops up and smiles :)

Oh and chewing on fingers, yours, his, anyone's :)

Love this cute little guy!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from the Heat!

[sorry it's late] :)

I carved Jack & 

Jordan did a witch tribute to Camryn :)

Took me 1/2 an hr, took him 15 minutes. 

Stinking artists.. so good at what they do! haha 

B-Skeleton, Me-Indiana Jones Character, 

Cam-Witch, Jordan-Indiana

For play group:

for the Ward Trunk or Treat

Didn't get any of Jordan :( Silly us. 

Hope yall had a Happy Halloween!

Mister Brighton

Loves play time and whenever he sees the camera, luckily, he's all smiles :)

Such a happy little guy.

He wanted that ball bad

Sorry this one is blurry but it is SO funny!

He was resting after many failed attempts to get that ball to his mouth.

Some days, crash time is the ONLY quiet time in our house during the day.

The pillows are because my children tend to roll. A LOT. Can't be too safe!

Last but not least:

He's crawling! Our little man has figured out how to get around by army crawling!!!

Camryn would do arm over arm with the help of her legs pushing her as well and he does both arms at once. Hasn't tried doing push ups yet or getting on all fours. We don't want him moving about TOO fast. Well, I don't :)

I will try to get a better or a longer video of him going after his toys. It's very cute, and crazy that he is doing it! He'll be 7 months in a week and a half... My baby is mobile & trying to push through his first tooth. I can't believe how fast they grow.