Missing Fall

Right now I am missing the start of Fall, and it. is. killing me!!!!!!  I'm just itching to get out on some good hikes to catch the beauty of the changing colors, but like the space-case I can be sometimes, I forgot Charlotte's baby pack in Colorado over Labor Day weekend.  And with Luke so busy with work and school, I haven't been able to get out on my own.  There are some seriously beautiful hikes around where we live and I just want to do them all!!!  You smell what I'm stepping in??

Once I get a chance, the hikes on my list include:

Squaw Peak
Mt. Timpanogos
Rock Canyon
Sundance
Y Mountain

So in the meantime, Lotte and I have been going on lots of walks and runs.  Now that she is big enough and strong enough to sit in the stroller like a big girl, she LOVES it!  Being able to see everything instead of just getting to look at me the whole time is a major factor.  She is the best walking/running buddy.

Also, because we spend a lot of mommy/daughter time together, I take a lot of pictures of her with my crappy phone camera.

{In her outfit from her great aunt Vikki - matching blanket and all}

One thing she absolutely gets a kick out of is her play saucer from Luke's cousin Emi.  And I think she looks pretty darn cute in it.

In these next few photos I am reminiscing on the first time I saw her.  I was about 8 1/2 weeks pregnant and went in for my first prenatal appointment.  They weren't planning on doing an ultrasound, but I insisted.  I had to be sure there really was something growing in there.  So glad that I did!

{She is such an independent little thing}

I honestly have no idea what she is trying to do here, but whatever it is, she gets herself stuck in this position until she cries for some assistance to help her back up.  I'm starting to figure out that the Bumbo isn't her favorite thing in the world.  Actually anything that she feels confined in she isn't a big fan of.

{Okay last one, because she honestly just has my heart}