Making a change

Happy Halloween!!!!

Matt, Emma, and I had a great Halloween. We bought tons of candy (and ate tons ) and went to our ward trunk or treat. As pictured above, Matt went as death, I with no creative sense went as a pirate, and Emma was Tigger. Matt had a ton of fun scaring the kids and hopes to be like Chuck Bean some day and totally deck out the front yard and scare kids while I give them candy. Emma needless to say was terrified of Matt's mask, but as long as Matt held her and kept her face away from the mask, she was as calm as could be.
Well, putting Halloween aside, this blog post is all about the Bean family's recent attitude change toward the media. Matt and I found ourselves engulfed in tv shows. We both talked about the need to eliminate them from our lives mainly because out of all of the tv shows I watch I could only think of one that didn't have any sexual innuendos not to mention crude language or behavior....that meant that out of the 12+ shows I follow, I should only be watching one of them. Trust me this is no easy feat. I have like zero friends here so far and so when Im not watching Emma, Im bored out of my mind! Plus with Matt always gone or always studying, tv was just an easy mind numbing activity. But that is exactly why it's so destructive! It's mind numbing and I could be doing so many other better things plus, with those bad tv shows out of the way I can better feel the spirit, which I need so desperately in my life.

Well so far so good, although it's pretty much only been half a day, but I feel invigorated already, and look Im remembering to write in the blog!

Well as usual, I included lots and lots of cute Emma pics:



Matt reading to Emma

Oh, did I mention that Matt and I are trying to do the South Beach diet...that means that we pretty much get to eat veggies and meat for the first two weeks and then slowly add fruits and some starches back in. It will be tough, but it's very heart healthy!

The Matthew of Death

Me and Emma

Our cat Lilah. We are hoping to get another younger cat for Matt soon. Lilah is five. She is the sweetest cat in the world!

Emma is getting better and better at standing against things, actually today she even climbed over me.

She is getting ready to move. She can't quite crawl but she can still get around, she moves her feet forward then lays back onto her stomach and puts her hands forward and then gets back up and moves her feet forward. It's pretty funny to watch.


She can also sit up by herself now, and sometimes she even sits herself up.



Yes I know it's not Christmas yet, but her Christmas pjs just happen to fit her now. haha

Anyone that knows Pokemon knows that pikachu always wins his battles...at least until the day he went up against Emma Bean....


Emma, Matt, and I were sick one weekend and as our house was freezing cold, I put her in her Tigger sweats and jacket to keep her warm, seriously though how can you resist dressing up a baby?


It's called a boppy-mommy flower


I cut Matt's hair a little while ago, but before he let me cut it all of, he fashioned himself a mullet....

It's hard to feed Emma because once I get one spoonful in her mouth, she puts her hand in there and wipes the food all over her face, and then keeps her hand in front of her mouth to block the spoon from getting any more food in....

Clean up time!