baby (and mommy) in a box

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look who LOVES her food now.
its hard to feed her fast enough.
she squeals in between each bite.
silly girl.

favorites are: bananas, sweet potatoes, and pears

mmmm...thats good. so satisfied.

and look who got her first tooth!!!

trip to utah

we took a trip out to utah right after the new year
to visit a ton of brady's family. it was a great trip.
we were able to see so many family members and
take cailin on her first plane ride. she did GREAT
and made friends on every flight.

shes a great cup holder.

our first stop was bicknell. i know most of you have
never heard of it. its a tiny town in the middle of no where.
there's not much around but its beautiful and we
enjoyed being out in the sticks and spending
some quality time with family.

woah, it was cold there.

brady's dad is THE dentist in town. this is his practice.

cailin hanging out amongst the cow poops.

cassie and gage. she is tina's oldest daughter. and to
clear up any confusion, tina is scott's wife.

here's the whole gang in bicknell.
top row: me, bryn, scott, tina, gage, celtin, gavin, catrina
bottom row: clarissa, brady, cailin, kearney, dustin, and cassie.

after bicknell we made our way up to brigham city
to visit a lot of extended family.

apparently this place is supposed to be SOOO good
and people come to brigham for its food. we didn't
understand the hoopla. it wasn't that good.
maybe we should have just gotten an RBF
RBF= root beer float. its a staple in our home.

foot long hot dog. i only ate about 3 bites. they put
gross relish on it and i couldn't handle it anymore.

brady wouldn't even give it a chance. he hated it from the first.

here's cailin in a cute little chair
in great grandma andersen's basement.

and another cute little chair in great
grandma larsen's basement.

cailin and her cousins

we got to spend a few days with
the boys. it was fun to watch the little
ones interact and "play" with each other.

this is dustin bryn's (brady's sister) little boy. he is
one year older than cailin. he was so cute and sweet to her.

here are the twins. gage and gavin. they are one month
younger than cailin. they are cassie's little ones.

the whole crew. cailin and the boys. it was fun to have all
the grandkids together for the weekend whether it
was playing inside or out in the snow.

cailin meets the fam

while in utah cailin got to meet a lot of
her "great" relatives. it was so fun to
be able to go around and visit all the fam.
she was a hit and everyone loved her.

here she is with her grandpa scott (brady's dad) who
came out to see her when she was 2 months old.
it was nice for them to be able to be together again.

cailin and grandma tina (scott's wife).

here's great grandma larsen.

great grandpa andersen

great grandma andersen

great aunt susan and 2nd cousin mccall.

here she is with great aunts nalani, elise, and annette.
great grandma larsen is holding her.

snowshoeing

while visiting brade's dad in bicknell
we took an afternoon and went snowshoeing.
it was so much fun. i had never done it before
and i loved it. the company was great and
the view was to die for. utah really is a gorgeous state.

scott getting us all geared up and ready to go.

half way there. check out those mountains behind us. awes!!!

me and bryn being silly.

taking a break at the top of the mount.

so cute. brade with his dad scott and sister bryn.

enjoying a hot cup of joe.

making our way back down.