Play Group

We have started going to playgroup in our new ward (finally!) and we meet at a park that has a playground and a little stream. The kids had a blast, but we didn't know that there would be a stream so Lucy ran around in her undies. I had extra clothes so it turned out fine, and we had so much fun. I love seeing them interact with other kids. Well, mostly Lucy. Timmy still just wanders around by himself and just looks at other kids :)



Timmy eating a snack





... and another. This kid is CONSTANTLY eating.






Lucy in the stream. She was in heaven.

 




Timmy eyeing the stream. It was FREEZING and he'd cry when you put him in it. But every 20 minutes or so he'd want to try again.

 



Her bum is FILTHY. But I just think this picture is too cute :)



Lucy the Wiggler

Lucy is finally deciding that mommy doing her hair is cool so we have a few days where she actually sits still and her hair is not all in her face. Mind you, her hair is so thin and silky it never makes it past nap time but still, it is super cute and I love when she let's me try new things. I get lots of ideas from the cute girls hairstyles website, too bad I can't do much myself to my own hair. I am just not that coordinated :( anyways here is her latest cute hair style we tried out...

Timothy's Birthday

Most of Timmy's birthday was spent in the airport but we got a cute picture of him :) We had cake for him but that picture is on Jared's phone so I'll post it later when I'm at home. Jared gave Timmy a haircut with the #4 clippers while I was at training. I almost cried when I saw the picture. It looks super cute but I just apparently have an attachment to my baby's hair. Is that normal? Maybe it was just the surprise factor, I had no idea Jared was going to do that. Anyways, here are some pictures.

Visit to Pittsburgh

Here are some pictures from our visit to Pittsburgh at the end of May. I've never used the blogger app so if it doesn't look pretty I apologize . . . quick update, I rearranged my pictures while at work, hopefully it looks a little better :)

It was awesome visiting home, and Sarah being there with her son at the same time as us was really fun. I don't think we've ever visited home with just the two of us there before and I have to say, I loved it.

Her son, Lincoln, is just a few months older than Timmy and they have never met each other. It was fun to see them interact and share food off each others plates. It worked out nicely since we only have one high chair at my mom and dad's house.

Lucy and Lincoln got to go to Kennywood together which was awesome. Lucy is a lover of all things adventure so she had a blast. I love the picture in the car though the best. On our way to Kennywood I caught the two kiddos holding hands. It was just too cute.

We also spent time in the kiddie pool my dad bought. These kids are just too cute :)

Saturday was super fun. We got to go to the zoo which I always love and we had Ellie's birthday party. Robert grilled and they had lots of awesome food, a little pool that Lucy swam in, and a new trampoline! I seriously LOVE trampolines and so does Lucy. Timmy isn't so sure about them yet but he just started to really master walking so unstable surfaces are not really his thing. It was fun to see all of Rachel's family. They are all growing up so fast, it is so crazy, but I love chatting with the girls. Hopefully Sharon will come out to visit this summer and see the colleges out here so we can spend more time with her.

Back to the zoo though. Did you know the Pittsburgh zoo has at least 7 elephants? And probably over half are babies, which are super cute. Lucy thinks they are so cool and secretly so do I. They let you watch them feed them, give them baths with a hose, and yeah. It is just super cool. Anyways, point being, we love that zoo. One of the best I've been to.

Oh and lastly we can't forget about water aerobics. I love going with my mom while I am there. It's a great work out and I love chatting with the ladies in her class. We always have a fun time and laugh a lot.

We loved visiting home and are glad we finally had a chance to fly out and visit. We missed Jared no doubt, but I'm pretty sure a week with no kids for him was a nice vacation to say the least :)

These last two pictures are from Kennywood and I love their faces. Too cute :)

Snow Day!

We had our first snow here last week and even though it wasn't much and it melted fast we had a blast. Lucy insisted on going for a walk and she would only walk in the grass where the snow was for the first 10 minutes.

lucy's new coat from grandma sharon. she LOVES it. she asks to wear it all the time.



timmy in his hat from aunt johanna.

rerady to go!

exploring the snow

 

lucy LOVES to sing and talk while she walks. it is so cute and fun to listen to. she finally has learned enough words that i can figure out what she is singing now!

timmy loves to be on his tummy. lucy hated it but timmy wants to be like this all day every day. he can almost roll over but gets stuck on his side bc of his arm. he'll figure it out soon enough i'm sure :)

timmy had his 4 month check up a few weeks ago. he is 18.1 lbs (96%) and 27 inches long (97%). he is huge! lucy had her 2 yr check up the same day and is 27.6 lbs and 33 inches tall. they are only 6 inches apart. crazy!

Fun videos

Here are some fun videos from the summer as well. I promise I'll type up real post soon :)

These two are Jared showing off his baton skills and Lucy showing off her's as well:

 

Next we have Lucy and Grandpa Dwight swinging in our backyard in Pittsburgh:

 

Then we have Lucy and her cousin EZ dancing to Yo Gabba Gabba (I think) when everyone was in Pittsburgh. It was SO cute:

 

Then we have Lucy at Helen's house in Akron New York enjoying her fan in her living room. Her house didn't have AC and was really hot and when Lucy realized how nice the fan felt she was in heaven. It was so funny to watch:

And last but not least, Lucy performing the dance we learned at Toddler Time at the library in Pittsburgh. I LOVED their Toddler Time and wish every library in America (or at least one in Utah) would do the same thing:

 

More summer pics

These pics are more from the summer that I thought were cute . . .  I'll caption them for you all, of course :)

lucy really wanted to take her ducky swimming while we were at mom and dad's house. She was actually really excited but for some reason she was upset that I wanted to take a picture of it.

this was lucy's way of helping me unpack

she is really cute, huh :)

Jared and I took turns going to the temple the morning before we drove down to Virginia beach, which also happened to be two days before  Timmy was born, little did we know :) Lucy loved walking around the temple and seeing all the flowers and people while Jared was inside. I LOVE the Washington DC temple.

Lucy with Grandpa Bob at the beach house

Lucy's all-too frequent chicken nuggets meal at the beach house

Lucy with Grandpa Steve in the pool at the beach house

My mom planted a garden this year for the first time in a while and lucy was notorious for stealing the unripened veggies. She stole a huge red pepper here that was about to turn red. At least she eats them, right?



We learned this summer that Lucy LOVES corn on the cob. she was walking around the picnic table eating everyone else's leftovers that she could find. Kinda gross but really funny.

Lucy also LOVED playing with her cousin Sharon's majorette batons.

Lucy is also obsessed with refrigerator magnets. Who knew?