Camping trip

Since I was going to have such a crazy week this week on Saturday we decided to go to the mountains with Derek's parents and nephews, Clay and Colton. It was so much fun and the boys loved it. They might have loved it too much because they learned how to pee in the bushes. When I had to go to the Dentist on Tuesday my neighbor Ger took care of them and took them to the park and Isaac decided to drop his pants and go right there at the park. Lizzie was so cute and she is such a ham for the camera now. She knows exactly how to smile just right.

Lizzie is 8 months old!!!

Lizzie is getting so big! She is about the same size as Julia who is 4 months older! She is trying to walk and crawl at the same time. She is now crawling by doing the army crawl. She can turn in circles on her tummy and scoot backwards. But most of the time she want to hold on to our fingers and walk around the family room. She has a walker/ ride on that she walks around the room with. She loves walking to mommy and daddy and dee dee our dog. She loves eating regular food like bread, cereal and apple sauce; and she pretty much hates baby food. She is still such a happy little girl.

Soccer

The boys are officially playing soccer! Derek is coaching them and I found out that it is never good to have dad coach your child's introduction to sports. They had so much fun and did so well during the practice at the beginning. The problem came when they had to play the actual game. They are very good at sharing and believe that everyone will share with them. Isaac had the ball at kick off and someone kicked it away from him so he fell on the ground and started to cry, because "it was my turn to score a goal." At the same time someone knocked Ethan over and he started to cry. Derek said to them I think you should sit out so that your teammates can play and they refused to leave the field, and they just lay there, because it was daddy. So I had to walk on the field drag Isaac off while holding Lizzie and Derek was dragging Ethan off. I tried to explain the game to them better, where our team always needs the ball so we can score, and we try to take it away from the other team. We are going to watch their older cousins play next week so hopefully they will understand better.

New Camera

I just updated my camera! The old one was starting to have horizontal lines in the pictures. The new one looks exactly the same as the old but it is 7 mp instead of 2 mp. We went to the zoo on Friday with my sister and mom and so of course I had to take pictures. So here are some pictures with the new camera.

Lizzie's check up

Tuesday Lizzie had her 6 month check up; even though she is almost 7 months now. She was a little sick and had fluid in her ear so Dr. Gunther is going to have me bring her in next week to give her shots. She is 17lbs (which is 55%), 37" tall (90%), and her head is 17 3/4" circumference (which is 95%). So she is long and skinny with a big head. "Thanks daddy!" Dr. Gunther thinks she is very smart because she focuses so well and gives so much attention to daddy, which most kids think daddy is chopped liver at this age. She is already daddy's little girl. She gets this amazingly cute grin on her face and her hand move all over the place almost like she is clapping when she sees mommy or daddy smiling at her. The one word to describe it is cheesed.

Lizzie has teeth

All of a sudden a couple of weeks ago Lizzie got her first tooth. Then 1 week later she got 2 more that broke through, and there is one more about to emerge. So now she has a toothy smile.

Denver Zoo

Derek had to go to Witchita, Kansas for work last week and while he was gone if the boys were good we would be able to go to the zoo on Saturday. There were pretty good so we made good with our promise and went to the zoo. We had a lot of fun and Sunday we found out that Grandpa was at the zoo too with some of his students. He was on the other side so we never saw him. We got a membership so expect a lot of pictures from the zoo.

Lizzie and Julia

Lizzie and Julia are cousins. They are 4 months apart and they are so cute together. I just thought I would share how cute they are.

Lizzie is 6 months old!

I can't believe how time is flying. Lizzie is already 6 months. About 3 weeks ago she had croop and we had to take her to the doctor. They gave her a steroid and the cough got better but she is still coughing. She is such a little trooper. She also is having problems again with her tummy. She is eating rice cereal and applesauce but that is it other than the formula; so I am not sure what she might be allergic to. She was crying throughout Sunday school and Relief Society at church on Sunday. I was telling everyone that I think she is going to be a singer because she can cry so loud. Yet, she is still so cute and still sleeps well. Her eyes have really gotten more blue and her hair lighter blond. This picture, although blurry, shows her blue eyes. She actually looks alot like her cousin Elsie on Derek's side of the family.

Lizzie is almost 5 months old!

On Monday Lizzie will be exactly 5 months old already! It is so funny how it seems like she is growing so quickly and this whole cancer thing has been going so slowly. It feels like she was just born and I have been dealing with this cancer forever. At least that part is almost over and things are looking well. Lizzie is such a great daughter. She sleeps through the whole night every night. She loves to stand on her little feet instead of bend her knees. She also loves to sit in her Lion Heart seat and her bouncer thing. She can even almost sit up on her own for 5 seconds before falling over. She focuses on everyone's face and she really smiles and moves her whole body when she is happy. At her 4 month appointment she was 15 lbs which is 75% for girls and around 28" in hieght which is 90% and her head is 80%; so she is a wonderfully big baby. But hey at least it helps her sleep through the night so well. I will have to post pictures later since I have no recent ones on this laptop.