Last Hoo-rah before School starts

I just realized that I somehow deleted 3 or so pictures of our day at Bridal Veil Falls--too lazy to re-download-sorry.

Abby looks stylin' in Cam's pimp-daddy hat

Didn't get a ton of use out of her swimsuit, but she wore it well


The Friday before school started we met Kristi at
Bridal Veil Falls. The kids played, complained about how long they had to walk and threw rocks.

She has found her thumb---so darn cute.

Who dat?

She's ok

Chad was able to escape from work for an hour or so to join us.

Cam wanted me to take a picture of all the puke on Abby--this is even after wiping some away before Cam yelled that he was serious about wanting a picture taken.

90+ degrees and Spencer was in long sleeves and Cam was in sweats. NUTS!

Monica's Closet

To any of you fans of the TV show Friends--I'm sure you will remember the episode with Monica's closet. (loved that episode). I used to identify with Monica on many levels--motherhood has chilled me out a bit. Monica was a super-uptight-clean-freak, but she had a secret closet that was stuffed full of crap--oh the hilarity that ensued. Well, this is MY Monica closet. Kind of embarassed to be posting a picture of it, but I believe that to be emotionally healthy we have to laugh at ourselves. I am one healthy gal. Chad will be building shelves on the left and I will organize the heck out of this closet. I was counting on the nesting instinct and energy to tackle this project before Abby was born, but it never happened. Now that the little stink doesn't nap longer than 45 minutes during the day I will have to stay up late one night to fix it.

Abby-The beginning of the end

I just accidentally erased the picture below, and am not in the mood to put it back in the correct order--anyway,,,I was taking the 5 month doll picture and while I was getting the camera ready Abby grabs the doll, puts it's head in her mouth, pukes on it, then rolls over on it, all the while happily squealing. Man, even last months she just sat there for her doll picture.

The Kater-bug is 5 months old today. She did something this morning. AHH, She rolled from her back to front for the first time. I knew it was coming despite my best efforts to thwart her progress (nudging her with my foot to get her back to where she should be--quietly laying on her back). Just kidding--well mostly.

It really was cute, she grunted the entire time and was finally able to move her arm out from under her--then she looked around like, "what now" and cried. It's all downhill from here baby.

The last few weeks Abby has:

found her feet-she doesn't chew on them, but she pulls on them and plays with them

grabs anything and it goes immediately to her mouth--I know this is normal, but she is my first baby to do this

loves her winnie the pooh triangle teether

rolled back to front

doesn't get a bottle too often, but does a great job holding it when she does

still a crappy napper and is up much earlier in the morning but we will see how she does once school starts and we can get on a more consistant routine

loves to be outside

great in the car

not loving the binky as much lately

still pukey and drooley

loves to be in the bumbo--especially when mommy is cooking

Just had to throw in a couple of bath pictures---Chad must love taking bath-time pictures, because they are always showing up on the camera. He did the same with the boys,,,cracks me up.

More Laundry and No Feet!

It's not like I don't have enough laundry to do every day. Abby decided to add another load today, before 9:00 am. I had just bathed her and opened a drawer to pick out an outfit and she puked ALL over her clothes. The only thing I could say was, "nice shot little girl!" I found only one shirt that wasn't "soiled".

The other day I was telling mom that Abby was growing out of her jammies and she told me to just cut the feet out. Cam was obviously listening because a few minutes later he asked very concerned, "Mom are you really going to cut Abby's feet off?" AAhhh! Kids are precious. I was laughing too hard to play along---'cause that would have been fun to mess with Cam for a while.

Lovin' These!!

I got home today from 2 marvelous days away with my best friend Jayne. It was our annual Park City Sanity Weekend. LOTS of shopping, eating, talking, relaxing. We just love to get away and nothing bothers us---including missing the available time to use our $20 zip-line/coaster tickets (that we already paid for--oops). Pumping at Ann Taylor was memorable as well---I'm pretty sure I freaked the young sales girl when I asked her if it was ok that I use my breast pump in their dressing room.

I love getting away every once in a while-especially with Jayne, but there is nothing better than coming home to these 4 people.

Such a good daddy---and hubby!

Abby did great for Daddy, but she was SO happy to see her mommy. She was in the best mood tonight--we had so much fun together. It's also amazing to see how much she bonded with her daddy over the last 2 days. Abby has been a little too attached to me, so it's nice that she had some time to learn that daddy is a cool guy.

Just had to include a picture of our "angry elf".

The little water-dogs. We love summer!!!

Cameron is a fantastic swimmer and now that he is over 48" he can go on the jagged edge and shotgun falls at 7-peaks.

Spencer is so brave at 7 peaks as well. He will go on everything he can for his height. Such a big boy.

LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY!!!!

Bear Lake 2010

I really love our annual Bear Lake trip. Shell found the ultimate cabin this year!! It had a ginormous kitchen/eating area, huge open room in the basement, theater room, access to everything at Ideal Beach (2 minutes away). We told her to book it again for next year.

We stopped in Evanston on the way to Bear Lake and found Grandma Kate Homer's grave. Abby Kate was named after her. It was really cool to see. I actually got a bit emotional.
The first day we went to Ideal Beach. The water was high, so the beach wasn't so ideal--haha. I was glad Chad went on the boat this day because Abby struggled quite a bit, and if momma can't make her happy, nobody can.

What a dolly-babe. Nat bought her swimsuit, it was the hit of the day.

No, we are NOT nursing. Just trying to keep Abby and Caleb covered so they will stay asleep.

So handsome.

The kids loved chasing the seagulls. So funny. Cam was SURE he was going to catch one.

Like we didn't get enough water---off to the pool.

Perfectly timed shot.

Abby was our "bipolar baby" She was either really happy, or really mad. I called her my "angry elf". And believe me, she got angry. I got a picture of happy Abby, but never got an angry elf picture.

Ice cream after swimming.

They all wanted turns holding Abby.

Grammy's great craft idea---the kids painted picture frames, then collected sea shells and sand. The next day they glued the shells and sand to the frames. Richele got a great picture of the kiddos that will go in the frames.

The second day we drove 20 minutes to North Beach. That's the beach we really love. I was able to go on the boat--actually pretty much all of us went. Grammy, Grampy, Samantha, Chad and Abby were the only ones who stayed at the beach. I didn't have my camera for the boat, but Kris got some great open-mouth shots.

Chilling out!!

A Very Average and Proportionate Child

Kater-bug had her 4 month check-up today. She is 24 1/2 inches and weighs 14 lbs 4 oz and head is 41 cm. All 3 measurements put her right on the 50% line--average and proportionate.

Abby at 4 months:

Just discovered her thumb--as shown in picture above

Loves to stand--Dr. was amazed...she wanted to stand during her entire check-up

MOMMA'S GIRL--big time (sorry Grandpa)

Still sleeping well at night

Not great at napping during the day--three 30 min naps most days. She wakes up happy, so I don't stress too much over it (and if you know me it's amazing that I'm not stressing)

Almost rolling over

"talks" constantly and is starting to squeal