Trunk -or- Treat

Happy Halloween!!

Saturday night our ward had a Trunk-or-Treat. It was a lot of fun. Malaya apparently wanted to be a witch for Halloween... she kept sealing the hat from the table next to us and running off with it on her head. The kids did a little parade around the gym and up onto the stage. When it was Malaya's turn, she got to the middle of the stage and tripped... then got up and waved to everyone and everyone laughed... ooops! :) After some Chili we headed out side for the candy. Malaya didn't really understand what was going on, but loved running all over the parking lot with the kids. Their was a family that brought their 20ft haunted trailer that was decked out with strobe lights and people in masks. It was a lot of fun and a great turn out.

Carving Pumpkins

Last Sunday we invited my family over to carve pumpkins and my mom and I made caramel popcorn. Yum!

Even Malaya got to join in on the fun and had her own little pumpkin. Then we gave Grandma a sneak peek of Malaya's costume...
Afterwards it was time for a bath...
and this is what I found when I went to check on Daddy and Malaya :)

Malaya- 16 months

I can't hardly believe my little monkey is 16 months old!
Malaya is so full of life and has so much energy. She is always running all around the house and getting into (and on top of) everything she can find. A few words she has recently added to her vocabulary are: dog, cow, cheese, movie, more, knock knock, car, and horse. She can also point to animals in her books and make all the animal sounds. She can count to three and loves to watch Barney and the Dinosaur Train. She loves playing hide-n-seek and making forts with daddy. Malaya loves hearing the train go by and always makes a train sound while moving her arms up and down. So Cute! We love our sweet Malaya!

Night night time!

Malaya has recently made a transition from this: TO THIS!!! Let's just say...it was not my choice to have her make this transition at only 16 months old.... but she had figured out how to climb out and make it into our room for three nights in a row.... so we had no choice. Usually Malaya is a really good sleeper and will sleep the whole night no problem.... but not any more!! UGH! I even bought her a pillow cover with Buzz Lightyear (her favorite character from Toy Story) but she wants nothing to do with her new bed. We have been trying to read her some books and get her used to a routine but it has been really hard to get her to stay in bed. We have had two successful nights so far (out of 2 WEEKS!) but I am not giving up... she will learn to like her bed and that's that! :)