What Autumn has been up to...

Playing in the Bouncer (She loves it!)

Playing with Parker's toys, which he lets her do sometimes.

Sleeping (with a pillow when she was sick).

Laughing with her cousins

Diaper time with Parker...we have got to get Parker potty trained!
(Look at how they both have the same exact pose.)

Sitting on the floor with toys

Bouncer again, see how she loves it?!

Rolling all over. She doesn't crawl yet, but she can get any where she wants to go by rolling and spinning. And she is pretty fast!

She can often be found with those fingers in her mouth.

Snuggling up next to Granny.

Snuggling with Uncle Steven.

And she has had her share of stroller time also...

Autumn is such a happy girl. She rarely cries. She seems to be content with whatever is going on. It is so fun to see her rolling around on the floor. Parker never did that, so it is new for us. She is starting to try to get up on all fours, so I am sure she is going to figure out the crawling thing soon. We love our little Autumn Girl!

What Parker has been up to...

Playing Restaurant with Dad

Playing with James

Playing with Autumn's toys

Watching all kinds of TV when he was sick

Hanging out with Aunt's and Uncles and cousins, when Kristin and Mike were in town.

Making cupcakes with Jill

BYU Volleyball Game

Playing with his Food (Parker only does really cheesy smile or no smile for the camera lately)

Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard. (Parker kept asking where "Easter" was...I guess he thought it was a person).

Eating his Easter candy

Since the sun has decided to start shining again, we have been trying to get outside as much as we can. Parker has not been taking naps lately. I still put him in his room for nap time, but he just plays in there for an hour or so. But as you can see, hi is tired. He slept in his stroller like this for over an hour after our walk one day.

Parker is so fun. I think we were both starting to go crazy, after a long winter of being stuck inside all day, but now that we can get outside again, we are both happy! He continues to amaze us with how much he knows and is learning. He just about counted to 30 the other day. You can almost give him any word and he can tell the letter it starts with. It is so cute to listen to him sounding it out. He is finally starting to climb stairs with out crawling up them. He is such a fun boy and I love hearing him laugh. We told him that we are going to Seattle and now every time we get in the car he asks if that is where we are going. In less than a week now!

Half of a Year!

Autumn is 6 months old! Time sure does fly!
She weighed in at 18.67 lbs (91%-tile)
and she is 27.5 inches long (96%-tile).

A little bit about Autumn:

• She has become aware of people she knows. She gets sad with new people. She is sad when she can't find Mommy. And gets so happy to see her Dad come home in the evening.
• She is sitting up. She occasionally still tumbles, but is pretty steady for the most part.
• Today she had her first baby cereal. She didn't love it, but she didn't hate it either. She just seemed a little confused, but swallowed most of it. Of course, Parker wanted to help feed her (and practically choked her).
• She loves taking baths (always has).
• Somethings that she does for fun are jump in her jumper, roll all around on the floor, sit on the floor and grab all of the toys that she can reach, play peek-a-boo with her blanket, be tickled on the sides of her tummy, play and giggle with Parker, watch Parker run around.
• She is still as sweet as can be.

We love our little Autumn girl!

Rex Lee Run

I ran my first 5k (well, the first one is not worth mentioning...it was years ago and I came in dead last...enough said). Paul was nice enough to push Parker and Autumn in the stroller and stay with me the whole time.

I am not a runner by any means, so this was a big accomplishment for me. We were about .2 miles into the race, running up University Parkway and I was so tired already. Parker turned to me from the stroller and said, "Is the race almost done, Mommy?" I knew it was time to turn on my music.

I had mostly trained on the treadmill and the track, so having hills in the race made me really tired, but I ran the whole time and I finished! (32 minutes and 31 seconds...not the best time, but more importantly, not the worst time...as in my first 5k experience) It felt great!

Cousins!

We made a quick trip out to Grand Junction to see the Hae Haes and Hawses (Paul's sisters and their families). I am so glad that we were able to go. It was so good to see them and Parker and Autumn had a lot of fun with their cousins. (Sorry, I didn't get too many pictures.)


We had to make an unexpected stop in Price because the roads were bad in the canyon.

Adventures with Parker

Parker, Autumn and I went on a little field trip to Krispy Kreme. Parker loved watching the dough going up and down in the machine while it was rising, moving into the hot oil, being flipped over and finally drenched in the sugar tunnel. It was a fun morning for us and free! (Except we had to buy some doughnuts to eat, of course.)

We went with 'Law Partners' (spouses of Law students group) to the Fire station. Parker loved seeing the fire engines. He was just a little scared of being on or in them, as you can see in the pictures below.

Parker does not play football quite as much as he used to, but don't think he has forgotten about it. He still puts on his 'football helmet' and 'football pads' and sings the fight song every now and then. And he asks pretty regularly if he can go to a football game.

Parker loves to play with Autumn. I didn't realize they would be able to have so much fun together already. They play peek-a-boo, 'throw' toys , and crack up at each other. It is so fun to watch.
Eating on 'the wood floor,' so he can watch a show at the same time.
Parker is really into cars these days. He loves to watch 'Roary the Racing Car' and has named all of his cars according to the names of the cars on the show. So, I made him a race track out of the diaper box.

Parker continues to keep us entertained. He loves to learn new things and I am always amazed at how much he remembers.

Little Autumn

Little Autumn is five months old. She is such a happy girl. She is well on her way to sitting up and has found her feet and loves to grab them. Mostly, I have more pictures of her that I wanted to post. So, enjoy!

I am loving our stroller even more, now that they can both sit up.