Swimming Lessons

Lexi and Carter took swimming lessons.  It was Lexi's second time and Carter's first.  The first week went really well.  They were both happy and enjoyed it.  Lexi is fearless in the water and goes under without any thought.  The second week Carter refused to go and cried.  He fell under on accident and it traumatized him.  I had to tell him he could sit on the side and watch.  Eventually he got in and did fine.  The last day of swimming they turned on the slide and splash toys.  Lexi was in heaven.  Carter just sat down and stayed still.  Eventually his teacher came over and helped him go to the slide.  He went down it once and sat down again.  His teacher sat by him.  Eventually she scooted him closer and

in the end he sat on her lap.  Then they got up and she carried him to the slide  I think he had her wrapped around his finger.  She loved having a snuggle bug.  He would rest his head on her shoulder and they were inseperable.  It was cute.  Me and Trevor just hung out in the shade during the lessons.  It was fun for all of us.

Kids

Trevor had his 6 month check up.  He is still 1% for height and about 12 for weight and 75 for head.  He did much better with his shots this time.   We have tried solids and he is my worst at eating them.  He won't open his mouth for any of them and I have to wait until he cries to get anything in.  He's at the stage where he's bored easily because he wants to be able to move but he can't.  He is usually crying if he isn't held, thus I have a very sore back most of the time because I end up holding him a lot.  He will finally stay in his car seat in the store so I don't have to pack him.  He naps in his crib a little better.  We are trying to get him to take a bottle so I can wean him soon but it's not going very well.  He still loves Lexi and Carter and gets happier to see them than me and Cole.  He shows off at church and squeals really high and loud when we are there.  He had diarrhea this month and I am so glad it's getting better.  He still has the cutest smile and laugh.

Lexi is still always making plans.  She likes to say, "Would it be a good idea if..." or "Would it be silly if...".  She's decided she wants her ears pierced so we're looking into that.  She has gotten  to spend a lot of time with Kayla and they have become really good friends.  She got to go to her birthday party and loved that.  She seems so much more grown up to me in the last few months.  I can't believe she's going to school in few weeks.

Carter has gotten a little better.  He wants to do what's right but has a hard time always controlling his impulses.  He loves Lexi and goes nuts when she's not around.  He will tell me, "Mom I still love you" sometimes and often tells me he loves me.  He makes me either scream or laugh.  He goes to preschool soon and it will be fun to see how he reacts.

9th Anniversary

A few days before our anniversary I was looking for a hotel on KSL deals when I saw an ad for flyboarding.  I knew then that I had to do it.  Cole had just told me a few days earlier that he'd always wanted to do it.  So I called him up and booked it.  Neal did it with him.  They both loved it.  They picked up on it quickly and I think if Cole could he'd do it as much as possible.  After the flyboarding Neal watched the baby while we went to Cheesecake factory.  My parents had the older kids and kept them overnight for us so we had a nice break.  In the morning we got french toast and watched Duck Dynasty.  It was a nice break.  I am a lucky girl to have such a great husband.

Camping and 4th of July

We went camping the week of the 4th of July.  We went to Granite Flats and my parents took their trailer.  It went surprisingly well.  Trevor was a good age to take because he isn't too mobile.  Lexi and Carter loved playing in the dirt.  We had excellent food and spent a little time at Tibble Fork.  I love sleeping as a family in a tent.  Even though we were super squished and no one could straighten their legs we had fun.  The second night me and Trevor slept in the trailer.  The day we came home we had a family BBQ at my parents.  The kids had a blast playing with their cousins.  I talked everyone into playing 500.  Cole thought he would help Carter catch the football and picked him up to get it but instead the ball smacked him full force in the face.  Poor kid but it was pretty funny.  Trevor did well with the fireworks.  I tried to nurse him during them but that was a joke.  He was too mesmorized  by all the noise.  Later that night we put the kids to bed and then a while later went to go into the kitchen.  We almost tripped on Carter who was laying next to our door in the hall.  He was scared because of the noise from the fireworks going off in the neighborhood.  We showed him what the noise was from and then he went back to bed.  I am more than ready for firework noise to be over for the season between the 4th and 24th celebrations.

Trevor

Trevor is almost 6 months old.  He is such a fun little boy. He is more social than Lexi was but not quite as social as Carter was.  He is so much fun to take to church.  I am afraid I am not very reverent because I usually make him laugh and the people behind us always laugh too and flirt with him.  He can roll both directions but doesn't really like to do it a lot.  Cole was holding him and he was looking at me crying and said Mama for the first time this last weekend.  I loved it.  He has since repeated it so I know it wasn't a coincidence.  He still loves to be held and is held more than any of my other kids were held.  I spoil him but don't mind because he might be my last little baby so I enjoy every minute I can.  He often gets held while he naps or naps next to me in bed.  He is to that stage where he is distracted easily when he nurses so I have to tell the kids to not talk to me while he eats (which doesn't work). He likes to stand and is always pulling my hair. He will finally ride in a stroller without crying the entire time.  He loves Lexi and laughs a lot when she plays with him.  He also likes Carter but sometimes Carter is too loud and rough.  Carter likes to scare him on purpose to make him cry.  Trevor is rarely called Trevor.  We call him Little T, Big T, Baby T, T, Trev, T Rex, and T Bone.  He has chunk everywhere and cellulite everywhere and I love it.  He kicks his legs and flaps his arms when I go to pick him up and I love it.  He laughs all the time for no reason.  All in All I love him and he makes me so happy!

Gymnastics

I decided to enroll both kids in a gymnastics class for the month of June.  It was Carter's first formal class and I wanted something they could do together to ease him into this new setting.  The kids seemed to like it.  Their favorite part was doing the trampoline at the end and getting stamps on their hands and feet at the end of the class.  The first week Carter got mad about something that happened during the class.  I was curious to see how he'd react away from home.  He just scowled and sat down and crossed his legs and folded his arms.  A teacher approached him and he rejoined the class.  I was glad he didn't hit or yell.  The following weeks he didn't have anymore problems.  I did see him get mad once but he got over it really fast.  It's amazing how much a difference a little positive attention affects him.  The last week Jolene and Grandma came to watch.  The kids liked having a fan club.

Grandpas Half Marathon

We are so proud of Grandpa Ray.  He set a goal several years ago to run a half marathon and he did it this summer.  We got up early to cheer him on and made him posters.  It was so fun and I was so proud to call him  my Dad.  He ran it in 1 hour 58 minutes.  He's pretty amazing.

Park City

At the beginning of June we got to go to Park City with my parents and aunts and cousins.   It was so fun to have a getaway and Cole even got to take the time off work so it was a great vacation for our whole family.  The kids loved staying in a hotel (condo) and their favorite thing was swimming.  We took Trevor swimming for the first time and he liked it.  He didn't show a lot of emotion just studied what was happening.  Even though it was a little cold he never cried.  We went to the Tracy aviary one day as a family and the kids enjoyed seeing all the birds.  We made a stop at Trader Joe's for fun on the way back up to the condo and enjoyed getting a few novelty items.  We saw Maleficent and loved it.  I did a little shopping and the highlight was getting matching shoes with Lexi from Gymboree.  How many Moms can say they have the same shoes as their 5 year old?  One night there was a magic show and Lexi got chosen to help out.  She did really well and was completely confident up there in front of everyone.  The kids did a few crafts and then Nathan's family came up and my kids were in heaven swimming with them and hanging out with them.