Bear Lake Bike Ride

These are more pictures of Bear Lake in October. We went for a bike ride to the park. Findlay loved the swing. She had so much fun! I think we are going to have to invest in a swing set come spring.

Bear Lake Climber

So Fin crawled before she was 6 months old. These pictures are of her in October when we were at Bear Lake. She loves to climb and do anything else that is active. She really thinks about how to get places and will move boxes or baskets around so she can climb higher. I pretty much am in for it!!

Eating

Findlay loves to eat!! Her favorite is Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, and anything Grandpa Cook gives her (which translates into sugar). She says "mmmm" everytime she really loves something. It's pretty dang cute!

Midway

We spent a weekend in September with the Cheney Fam at their cabin in Midway. It was so much fun! They have all boys, a 3 year old, and 18 month old twins. Those boys loved Fin, and she's a pretty big flirt. She totally coaxed Alex the 3 year old, pretty much the whole weekend. We went bug hunting, swimming and played on a pool table. Alex told his mom and dad when he got home that he wanted to go back to the fun house and play with Nate and Finnigan.

Pineview on Labor Day

The Payne family got together for a beach day at Pineview. It was really fun. Fin thought the water was a little too cold. She got really tired too, and so did her dad. It's pretty funny how they can just sleep anywhere.

Ryan and Meagan's Wedding

My brother Ryan married Meagan Wood on the beautiful shores of Bear Lake in the end of June. It was a really fun wedding complete with Princess Bride Music, Shish Kabobs, and water skiing. Welcome to the family Meagan!

Bear Lake in June

We went to Bear Lake in June. While we were there, Findlay's favorite thing was to eat her foot. Especially her big toe...it's extra big thanks to Great Grandma Cook's genes :)

Yard Work

Today we went outside to weed. Let's just say my flower beds were actually morning glory beds. They needed help! Anyway, Findlay just played in her bebe pod while I weeded. It was fun!

Watermelon Smile

My dad finally got his wish, a grandbaby that smiles all the time. Findlay is so much fun! She smiles and laughs all the time with out requiring entertainment. She is the happiest baby with the biggest watermelon smile! She even has really, really cute dimples! I know I am totally biast, but I think she is just the cutest baby!

Mommy's Cast

Yes, its true. My two week old baby hurt my arm so bad, that I had to get a cast. She was so big right off the bat, so my hands weren't used to picking up that much weight all the time. Anyway, I hurt some tendon in my wrist which apparently needed a cast. Dr. Huish (an orthopedic doc) casted it for me then gave me a paper that proved to everyone I had a real problem. My thumb kept popping out of the socket everytime I would pick her up. Dr. Huish said that if the problem doesn't get fixed then people have been known to have surgert to correct the problem. Funny huh! Well, 2 weeks after my cast was put on, Findlay so graciously spit up (that was an under statement). It was more like emptied her tummy after a big meal all down the inside of my cast, and all over the bed, in the middle of the night. So I woke Nate up, he took Fin, and I cleaned up the bed and soaked my cast off. I think she did me a favor!

Findlay's Firsts and Favs

I thought I had to include her first bath and some funny naptime pics. I accidently trained her to sleep in her carrier during naptime. These little naps really helped me during the move, but now I am retraining her to take naps in her bed. The shot of her sleeping in her bed was her first time sleeping through the night! YAY! She slept from 10pm until 7:30am. It was awesome!

Cheesecake Factory

Yes, I finally took Findlay to her favorite (or soon to be favorite) restraunt. She loved it! It was the best nap she'd ever had ... and I loved the timing of that nap. I thoroughly enjoyed my stuffed chicken tortillas and my very own piece of chocolate chip cookie dough cheesecake!

Gone in 60 seconds

These are some of my most favorite pics of Findlay. This is how fast she goes to sleep. It's pretty funny!

One Month Pics

You don't see any pictures...ya, me neither. I am still waiting for my one month old pictures from Target for my now 3 month old baby. My advice, go to Kiddie Kandids.

Daddy's Favorite Thing

Nate's favorite thing to do is come home from work and take a nap with his new girl. Yes, I have been replaced, but as long as its Findlay, I am okay with that :) ...She loves her daddy!

Findlay's Blessing

Findlay Helen Payne was blessed on April 27, 2008 by her daddy. Just before the blessing Nate was like "Maybe I will bless her that her name will be F-i-n-d-l-e-y" I told him ha ha funny and that it was a family name...Men! :) He did a great job and she was quiet the whole time! When Nate was done he came back just sweating. The poor guy! I didn't realize he was so nervous, then again, I didn't blame him - Our ward is Huge!

Nate Graduated

Nate Graduated from BYU. YAY! He graduated with a degree in corporate finance. You'd think he was finished with school, but he's not. He just started again taking a few extra night classes. Who knows where that will take us! Right now he is working for a company in Salt Lake and loves his commute!

Moving

Just a couple days after Fin was born we found a house in Woods Cross, so we moved the first part of April. My advice is don't move with a newborn. Findlay was an Angel though and slept tons! It really helped. In our house we have this finished crawl space that Nate has turned into his study/guy room. It's pretty funny. Anyway, it has surround sound built in and a huge TV thanks to Nate and Dallin. After they got the tv into Nate's room, they decided that it would be the TV's final resting space. They almost broke their backs getting it into that room!

Findlay's Here

Okay... Here are some Newborn pics of Findlay. She was born March 6, 2008. Fin weighed in at 10 lbs 9 oz (which explains my 3am feedings before she came out) and was 21 inches long. She was actually pretty preportional and doesn't look huge. Fin also came out holding her head, and doing crunches. It's pretty funny! Needless to say, she is a daddy's girl and pretty much owns him. Nate will do anything for that little girl!

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