Hello, Goodbye

Well, I am pretty sure this is our last post from Utah for a while. We are saying 'hello' to Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan and Massachusetts for a few months, and Goodbye family and friends in Provo. So a few little stories and pictures from our lives as we go...

I don't know if you can see, but Archie has splashed out several inches of his water onto the counter, the floor and into his parent's clothes. He appears to be having a good time with it too. Of course Ben was standing there egging him on, I think we're going to have a wet house, perpetually.
So this is Archie getting older. He is usually standing up when he is ready to get out of bed, unless his diaper is so heavy he can't pull himself up-- this kid seems to pee gallons during the night, where does it all come from?!
Grandma helping Archie be happy on the morning of our camping trip. He didn't relly sleep very well, but we all survived.
Getting ready for bed, our first night in the tent-- and probably our last for a while...
So this is a sad little picture. This was a couple of weeks ago; I decided to give Arch some cottage cheese for lunch, his first tasting. He seemed to like it, he even fed himself, it was great. So we went to the store did some shopping and I bought some more cottage cheese. He also had some squash that day for lunch.

Well, on the way back from the store about two hours after eating, the squash started to come back up, and for the next 2 and 1/2 hours the poor little guy threw up everything in his stomach, little cottage cheese bits appeared once again. It was horrible, I had to lay the towel down on the floor so he could throw up on it, I took off all his clothes, and worst of all, all he wanted to do was sleep, it was right during nap time! So he would vomit, and put his face right in it and fall sleep for few minutes and do it all again. Eventually it subsided, and he was fine, sleepy, but fine. So, we are almost positive that he has an allergy to dairy, this wasn't the first incident. At least we know now!

Kara and Kate Kickin' Kabooses

Kara and I ran 3.1 miles -- no walking. We did it! It was July 11th, a while ago; it was a fun morning, our husbands got up with us, and drove south to Mona. We ran through the Lavender fields, bright, vibrant purple in the midst of browns, yellows and tans of the hay fields. It was fun. Unfortunately, Kara found that she doesn't really enjoy the smell of lavender... but we still had a good time.

Festivities

We've been taking pictures, I just haven't been keeping up with the blog. Oh, oops, I also keep putting the pictures in reverse order... oh well.

Just Arch.

This is us with our mathcing outfits... awww..... okay, it was cute for a little bit, and I know I won't be able to do this for long. This was the very beginning of the 4th of July parade when the fire trucks go by and sound their horns and make all the little babies cry... sad!

OUTFITS! I love my boots.

On the 2nd of July we got up early and went to the balloon festival. It was pretty fun.

Archie and Mom totally ready to go. Comfy-Cozy.

Archie and I decided it was time to get into a pool. So I emptied a tub from the garage that had camping supplies and filled it with cold water ( Archie didn't seem to mind) and he splashed for about 15 minutes straight. I think he would have kept on splashing, but I was getting hot just sitting in the sun!

Father's Day- Grandpa and Dad teaching Arch the gee-tar.

My two boys.

The cinnamon rolls I made for Ben for Father's Day. I love him and he loves cinnamon rolls.

Cutie little boy with and envelope on his head and a smirk on his face.

The quality isn't great, but this was Archie's attempt to be mobile before he really got the hang of it, that is, before he realized it was much easier on the tummy than on the back. Enjoy!

Growing Up

Big Archie, 8 months ish....

little Archie, 8 days-ish...

It seems like in these past few weeks our little baby has turned into a baby-boy. He seemed to go from struggling to roll over to crawling EVERYWHERE in a matter of weeks. For the longest time I just figured he wouldn't roll over, and would skip that step, then one day, he was on his back, and I turned around and he was on his stomach, then he was up on his knees! Sitting and moving, inching towards toys, and as Ben called it pirouetting across the floor. From his little bum to his knees with a twist back to his bum until he reached his destination. For a while he would just scootch on his back head first, of course with no way to see where he was going. He is an adventurous little guy. Then, on Monday I was vacuuming and everywhere I went, a slow little crawler followed. Each day since then he has gotten more coordinated and faster! The days of setting him on the floor to play while I did laundry or went to the bathroom are gone! But it is so much fun to watch him learning, to see the process working. He is growing up so fast, I know he is only 8 months old, but life has changed so much for him in that little time.