Cute Kids

I know I'm stating the obvious.

 

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

I just love taking pictures of my kids when they are asleep.

Family Pictures

This last Saturday we went to get some family pictures taken since we really don't have any since Alivia joined the fam. What a crazy day that turned out to be. It was just a really frustrating day from the get go. Colby was on the phone most of the morning (pacing the house of course) and so that meant things were hectic around here. Audrey tried to be helpful and get herself and Evan dressed. Unfortunately she was wearing this and Evan was in pajamas. That is usually what he wears, but he does have to get dressed sometimes. We were doing pretty well and left a few minutes earlier than we needed to. Which was a good thing because on the way there Evan started screaming and we turned around to see blood quickly dripping out of his nose. Of course he had used his shirt to try and stop it and of course Audrey started crying about it. Luckily there was a Kohls right by where we were getting our pictures taken and we had a few minutes to spare. We all went in to clean Evan up and buy him a new shirt. None of our children cooperated well for the pictures. Audrey tried her best to hide her teeth, Evan just wanted to play on the furniture, and Alivia was a bit scared. This is the best shot we got. Overall, the pictures turned out okay, just not as well as I would have liked. We did get some good pictures of the kiddos individually, but I shall post those later.

6 Months Old

I can't believe Alivia is six months old already. I wanted to wait to do this post until I took her to the doctor and got all of her stats. So here it is. At six months she weighs 15 pounds 9 ounces is 26.75 inches long and she has a big head (I can't remember the exact measurement, but it is in the 90th percentile). We have been thinking for a while that she looks like a Bennion and now she has the head size to prove it. For those of you who don't know my dad's family is sort of known for having big heads; we affectionately refer to them as Bennion heads. Audrey and Evan were so similar as babies that I just assumed Alivia would be just like them, but she is not. At this age Audrey and Evan were rolling around the room and army crawling and Alivia just doesn't really move. She can roll, but she doesn't really. She does do crunches though.

She doesn't really like baby food.

She loves to do the grapevine, mash potato, and the twist (obviously with a bit of assistance).
She loves to take baths.
And I must admit, she loves her mom.

Are you wondering what we did this summer?

If not, read no further. If so, continue on reading. I will attempt to sum it all up in one post. I'd say the biggest event of the summer was adding a third child to our family. What a way to start. The downside to this was that I wasn't able to take the other two kiddos anywhere for a while and they started to feel cooped up I'm sure. Alivia arrived June 8th and she has been a great baby right from the start.

We blessed said baby the first Sunday in August. What a day! We ended up having double the fun with a double baby blessing. Even though there were a lot of people crammed in our house, it was great to have Alivia share her blessing day with Clark.

Where was Evan during all of this? By the fruit platter. That boy loves fruit!

The next weekend we went to the Bennion family reunion in Idaho. It was great to spend time with Bennions and those lucky enough to marry one. The accomodations were outstanding. I'm not much for camping, but I love being outdoors. So this place was the perfect combination for me.
Audrey took dance lessons from our neighbor.

Audrey took swimming lessons for one week. Like I said earlier, we really didn't do much for very long. It was very hard (and still is) to keep track of Evan while taking care of/feeding Alivia.

We went fishing. Every summer we go to Mirror Lake with my family, but this year it ended up only being us. Serves my dad right I guess. We caught like 14 fish and at times it was difficult to keep up with the fishing poles since they were biting so fast.
I think that pretty much sums it up. If I think of anything else, I'll tell you later.

Trip to the Zoo

So I bought a zoo pass this year thinking I would go a lot once Alivia had a schedule down, but we didn't end up going all summer. So a few weeks ago it looked like the nice weather was coming to an end and a trip to the zoo was a must before the cold air came. I of course forgot my camera. Other than that, it was a great excursion. Evan was really well behaved and stayed by my side the whole time. Alivia was great and had a grand time in the stroller. Audrey got really scared when they put sanitizer on her hands before we went into the one display house. They said if the fruit bats could smell fruit on you they might attack and so we needed the sanitizer to cover up the smell of the fruit we had eaten that day. It was so funny to watch Evan try to talk to the animals, especially the gorilla. They seriously seemed to be communicating and the gorilla even gives the same "no like it" look as Evan. Here are a few blurry pictures I got on my phone.

 

Love This face

I finally figured out how to create a collage for my blog. I'm slow I know.