Welcome Miss Emery Carleen Morris

Tyler's sister, Tess, and her husband, Holt, just welcomed their first addition to their little family. After a long labor Emery was born! She was born on October 26, 2011 at 4:30 am. Weighed in at 6 lbs 13 oz and was 19 inches long! She is adorable! I'm so glad that both mommy and baby are healthy! They are bringing her home from the hospital tonight! We can't wait to meet her! Congratulations Tess and Holt! We love you THREE! She is the third grandchild (all girls!) on the Bendixsen side!

Pumpkin Carving

This is the first time ever that Tyler and I have carved pumpkins together! I was shocked when we came to that realization. After 4 Halloweens together, it's about time! We had fun carving pumpkins with the Jacksons! Addelyn and Alexa loved painting their pumpkins and sticking stickers on them. :)
























Ours is on the Left, the Jackson's is on the Right.

Depoe Bay

Why is it that whenever we go to the coast, we somehow end up at Depoe Bay? It is one of my favorite places, minus the fact that there is no beach access. Tyler's dad had a law conference this past weekend at the coast, so we went up Friday night to join them. We had dinner, very yummy dinner, played games and went to sleep. Tyler and his dad went golfing bright and early the next morning, while Addy, Nana B, and I went to the outlets. Then more eating, whale watching... yes, we saw whales!, and walking around. It was beautiful weather! No wind, sunny, and perfect temperature!

More Dance Pictures

Addy is loving dance class! She loves getting dressed in her leotard, tights, shoes, and skirt. I asked her if I could take some pictures of her for Nana R, and she started striking different poses. So cute! I feel like she looks about 4 years old in these pictures! :(

Perfect Plumper Weather

Saturday we went to the Plumper Pumpkin Patch. It was gorgeous out! The sun made it just warm enough! Addy had tons of fun and was squealed with delight at the plethora of pumpkins! Addy and I rode the "cow train", Tyler sling shot some mini pumpkins, and we found our perfect pumpkins.

Addelyn Nicole

Addy continues to do new things, repeat new things, and learn new things every day!
~When I fix her hair she will tell me which Disney character she wants her hair to look like... sometimes it's a boy or a lion. haha
~She has been doing a lot of pretend play lately. She loves pretending to talk on the phone, put diapers on her my little pony, and push her baby in her stroller.
~She talks to her stuffed animals and makes sure they are comfortable.
~Addy learned how to open the fridge... not excited about that one!
~Still attached as ever to her darn binky. Some day, we will start weening.
~Loves watching Disney movies, she would do it ALL day if I let her.
~Uses her little "bike" to stand on and see what I'm doing when I'm making dinner.
~Says the cutest prayers ever! They are so sweet!
~Has a major sweet tooth and is always wanting candy.
~Walks down our 3 flights of stairs all by herself, opens the car door, climbs into her seat, and closes the door. When I get in the car and forget to buckle her... she reminds me! It's only happened once. :S










"I Saw a Little Bunny Hopping By"


singing "I am a Child of God" with Daddy.

Halloween Crafty Craft

I saw this idea on someones blog forever ago, and I can't remember whose, sorry! This was my project while I listened to Sunday morning General Conference. I love how it turned out! The idea is to make one for Christmas "JOY", Valentine's "I(heart)U", 4th of July "USA". And if I can get creative, as many other holidays that have 3 letter words associated with them. I'm pretty sure it is the one and only Halloween decoration I have, but I have to start somewhere! :)

Newness

Last week, I quit my job at the Jewish Community Center (the J). It was a great feeling to leave it behind. I will admit that since I HAVE to have a job at this point in life, that it was a good job. I was able to take Addy with me and basically play with her for 3 hours while watching a few other kids. I am now taking care of Addy at home, plus one! I have a little 12 week old baby girl. Her name is Brinn, and she is super cute. I love it! Brinn is such a good baby! She is so sweet and easy to take care of. Best part of all, I get to be home all day and be able to go out in the morning on my own time. It's basically like having 2 kids, so I really enjoy it. I feel like this opportunity came at just the right time. I was starting to get extremely sick of working at the J. Winter is the worst because parents bring their kids when they are sick and then Addy gets sick over, and over again. Addelyn is doing really well with Brinn, besides a few jealousy issues, but I don't blame her. Addy loves "Baby Brinn" and is always trying to help her out. We got all of Addy's old baby toys out of the garage for Brinn to use, and Addy is ever so interested in them again.