Wow it has been a long time since we have updated our Family Blog, there has been a lot going on in our busy lives.
Starting in September, Grandma Vegas came for a visit the first weekend to help mommy out with Lindsey. It was very nice to have her here. Lindesy had her 9 month visit with her doctor on Sept 18th, everything went great. She was just learning how to walk pushing other toys around the house. The doctor said she would be walking on her own by 11 months….oh my goodness I told him I was not ready for that yet. We also went away with our friends Cassidy, Tito and their little baby girl Vienna to Christopher Creek the last weekend of September. The weather was beautiful a high of 80's during the day and a low of 50's to 60's. It was a long weekend for all of us; Lindsey had a cold and was teething so we all did not get much sleep at all. We did some site seeing during the day, went for a hike.....I thought we were lost and started freaking out...but Rich said he knew exactly were we where going....ya right. At night we sat by the fire playing games and drinking wine...I know what a great combination. Overall we had a good weekend.
In the month of October Rich did some traveling to Washington, DC for business. It was a very long week for Lindsey and I but we made it through and it was so nice to have him home. We took a weekend trip to the beautiful town of Prescott, where we stayed in a small two bedroom cabin with Grandma Vegas and Grandpa Willie. It was absolutely beautiful; we were about 6 miles north of downtown Prescott in the woods. It was so nice and peaceful and got pretty chilly out at night but it was a nice change from the Chandler heat. We woke up to deer in the morning walking by our cabin as we sat out on the back porch, they were gorgeous. Lindsey was teething a little bit but we were able to have two good night sleeps unlike last month in Christopher Creek. Now we can't forget about Halloween...we dressed Lindsey up as a Pink Leopard and took her trick or treating with her cousins Elyssa, Kaylie, Madison and Aidan. We all went over to Aunt Michelle and Uncle David's house for dinner and then went Trick or Treating. It was a beautiful night, Lindsey did not collect any candy as she is too young to eat it and mommy and daddy did not want it. She made it through the whole night; once we got home she crash she was so tired.
November was an exciting month for us as we celebrated Rich's 30th birthday.....I know the BIG 30. I had been planning his birthday for over 6 months to ensure it was going to be memorable one. My plan was to surprise him on his actual birthday November 15th by blind folding him and taking him Sky Diving and then throwing him a big party with all of our family and friends. Everything was a secret to him; all he knew was that he had to be dressed up in a shirt with a tie, nice slacks and shoes with his ipod and a blind fold. I made all the arrangements with Sky Dive Arizona for him to jump at 11:00am on his birthday and for his party to start at 5:00pm that evening. So Friday night, we made Rich go to bed early while Sam, mom and I decorated for the party. We finally finished around 1:00am the next morning, and then off to bed we went. I woke up early Saturday morning to get ready for the big day, as we were just about to leave and put Rich in the car as he ware his blind fold, I got a call on my cell phone from the Sky Diving place letting me know that they had to cancel all jumps for the remainder of the day due to high winds....I went crazy I could not believe that we were ready to walk out the door and it got cancelled. I cried for like 2 hours I was so upset, I had no other plans until the party later on that day since the sky diving was going to take up most of the day. So we decided to go out for breakfast instead and just hang out with birthday boy. The party still went on and turned out great, it was nice to have all of our family and close friends come and celebrate Rich's big day. After all was said and done it the day turned out good. Rich said he had a really good time and that is what mattered. I did reschedule his jump from the first weekend of December. Now we can't forget about Thanksgiving, it was great. We went to Grandma Sara and Pop-Pop's house for the day. We had the traditional thanksgiving dinner turkey, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, turnips, vegetables and of course we can't forget the stuffing too. Everything was delicious; we just hung out with the family and watched football all day.
Which now brings us into December; this too was a very exciting month for us. Rich finally got to go on his Sky Diving adventure on Sunday December 7th. It was so awesome, I never wanted to go Sky Diving but let me tell you after being their and watching him, Jonathan and our friend Jessica do it, it looked amazing. They all really had a good time and said they would do it again. Now we couldn't have Rich jump out of plane without video and photo's and I'm so glad we did because they are both really funny. Then on Sunday December 14th we had Lindsey's first birthday party at our house. We had lots of family and friends come and join in celebration of her first birthday. We had a nice barbeque with homemade burgers that Rich made...they were so yummy. Grandma Vegas and Grandpa Willie brought Lindsey's two tier birthday cake all the way from Vegas...we would like to thank Terri (mom's friend) for making Lindsey's cake...she did a fabulous job. I made Lindsey a special birthday cake; it was a little baby loaf cake with white frosting. She loved it....she dug right in and enjoyed the taste. Lindsey got a bunch of beautiful clothes, toys and books. We are very thankful for all the gifts that she received. Rich and I sang happy birthday with another small cake and candle on Lindsey’s actual birthday that was Tuesday December 16th. We can't believe out little baby girl is already 1 years old...this year has really gone by too fast. She is starting to walk on her own now, takes about 5 to 6 steps and then falls over. Last night was the first time she stood up on her own without holding onto something and then she took off, so we ran and got the video camera to tape her and she wouldn't do it again...grrrr. Why does that always happen, gotta love kids. We did take Lindsey the other day to go and visit with Santa for pictures at Chandler Mall. She was so funny, she kept staring at him and then she would turn and cry. We couldn’t help but laugh, I was able to take a few of my own pictures with Santa and we also took some video. We think she will be better next year as she gets older. We are staying here in town this year for Christmas. We are going to be spending Christmas Eve with our Friends Jessica and Brian and then going over to Michelle and David's house Christmas day to spend with the family. We are not sure what plans we have yet for New Years, we are thinking about taking a trip to Las Vegas but haven't made any final plans.
Well that is all for now, sorry it has been so long since we have updated you all on our family events. We miss and love you all very much and hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season. I have also updated our photo website, which is located at the following link http://picasaweb.google.com/twytch111 We have recently created another website for home videos we have taken, we will updated the blog with that link for everyone to view as well as the link for Rich's sky diving video. We will be in touch after the holidays.
Lots of Love,
Chantelle, Richard, Lindsey and Cody
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