We decided to enjoy the beautiful fall weather on Saturday and went for a little hike along the Riverside Nature Trail in Logan Canyon. It is beautiful up there as the leaves are beginning to change and the weather was just peRfECt! We ended up being up there for about 3 hours. I love this time of year!

Master of the Army Crawl

Trevor is now 9 months old and has become mobile. It's funny how with your first child, you can't wait for them to crawl but with each next child, the longer they take, the better :) He has finally mastered the army crawl within the last couple weeks. Every once in a while, he'll get up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth, but eventually he flops to his belly and goes after whatever he has his eyes on.

He had his well child checkup this morning. He weighs 19 lbs. 11 oz. and is 28 inches long (both 30th percentile). His right ear is still infected....looks like tubes are in the near future.

He is starting to graduate from pureed baby food. His favorites lately are Cheerios, baby Goldfish, and diced pears.

In the last month, he has gone from no teeth to four teeth, which probably explains his interrupted sleep pattern. He used to sleep for 12 hours at night with two 2 hour naps in the day. Lately, he screams for about 10 minutes at nap time before falling asleep for maybe an hour and has decided that waking up at 6 am, or 4 am, or 2 am is the thing to do. Luckily, it has only been one of those times each night, but still, I was really enjoying my full night of sleep for the last 5 months. This morning he slept until 7:45 so maybe he's starting to get back on his oh-so-nice sleeping schedule!

He loves to snuggle, is a big time thumb sucker, thinks his sisters are hilarious when they blow raspberries, and loves to flirt with anyone who looks his way with those big, beautiful blue eyes and contagious smile! We love our T Monkey!

The STEP is my friend

I have always been afraid of the step. Somewhere deep in my subconscious is a memory of trying to do step aerobics and failing miserably. Evidently I wasn't coordinated enough to step up and down, move my arms, and remember to breathe at the same time.

About a month ago, I was looking through the schedule of group fitness classes at the gym. There was that word...STEP...and my stomach began to get anxious, my breathing quickened. Should I try it again? Only it wouldn't be in the comfort of my own home. It may be in front of a million fitness buffs who will laugh at my uncoordinated attempts of working out. I decided the Basic Step class would be my best bet. Even better, it was at a time when I could workout and be home before Rob heads to work and the kids are awake...well, except for Ashlee, who is an early riser and gets her own breakfast.

So Thursday morning comes... my alarm goes off at 6:30 AM (don't know the last time I saw that time on the clock!), eat a banana, and I'm off to my first class which starts at 7:00. Butterflies are going crazy in my stomach and all I can repeat in my head is "THE STEP IS MY FRIEND!" Positive affirmation, right??

I get there and there is only one other girl there and her first time was Tuesday (it's a Tuesday/Thursday class). Sweet! The instructor was awesome and did things a little slower at first but it was still a great workout...about 45 of step and 15 minutes of toning. Three weeks later...the moves are getting more advanced, the workouts at a higher intensity, more people are coming to the class, and I am loving my new friend, the STEP.

Landon + Scissors = ME FURIOUS!!

The doorbell just rang. Our neighbors wanted the kids to come out and play. Landon is the only one home so I called down to him and he came slowly crawling up the stairs.

"Mom, I need to change my pants"

Great, I thought. He peed or pooped and didn't make it to the toilet....oh wait, he had a pull up on since I just picked him up from my friend's house while I volunteered in Brynlee's class. Then he stands up and his pant legs are basically shredded. Yep, FOR THE SECOND TIME, he took a pair of scissors to his clothes. A couple of weeks ago he cut a hole in a pair of Old Navy shorts...one of my favorites. Now, it's the pair of jeans THAT I JUST TOOK THE TAGS OFF OF THIS MORNING!!! What was going through his mind as he was snipping away, not once, not twice, not three times....wouldn't I like to know.

Okay, I think I'm a little better now. I can actually laugh a little bit at the thought of taking a picture of them and posting it but I'm still just too mad.

Refrigerator Magic

Lando: "Look, there's a secret button that makes the fridge be dark."

Anyone for Some Zucchini?

I keep forgetting to buy more baby food at the store for Trevor so I've had to been creative. I've blended up pears and added apple/pear juice to his rice or oatmeal cereal but he needed some vegetables. We had some zucchini so I decided to steam some and blend it up. He normally chows down anything we give him, but, well, you'll see how much he liked that...

Evidently he likes it whole...

Rob found two of these out in our garden...oops, I think we let them get a bit too big!

P.S. After I shot the video, I mixed some pears with the zucchini and he ate it right up...no more gagging...poor thing! The things we do to our children for a good laugh!

Backyard Picnic

Yesterday, Brynlee and Landon came to me and asked if they could have a picnic outside for lunch. Sure, sounds like fun. I made PB&J and even let them each drink an apple juice box that are usually reserved for Ashlee's school lunches. After awhile, they got distracted by the outdoors (Brynlee had eaten MOST of her sandwich, Landon I think ate one bite). They found a lady bug on a leaf and wanted me to come and see. After being away from the blanket for maybe 15 seconds, I turned around to see Trevor attacking Landon's leftovers! As I'm running to save the sandwich, my mind is thinking....PB, baby, PB, baby...not good! I'm sure Trevor was thinking...man, this is sooo good. Why don't I get this more often!

After washing the PB& J from his hands and face, I set him down and let him eat leaves instead! :) Notice I don't have pics of the PB&J on his face...didn't have time for pics when I was rescuing him from potential food allergies, but he can eat all the leaves he wants while I get some cute pictures!

One Weekend, Two Nieces

We got to spend the weekend with both sides of our families. On Saturday we went to see my sister, Mary Anne, and Dusty and their new baby, Sadie. Sadie was born on August 27 (our anniversay so hopefully I'll be able to remember that one!) Such a doll! My mom was also there so we enjoyed a visit with grandma as well!

Brynlee climbing the tree in Mary Anne's yard
Ashlee and little Sadie, wrapped up burrito-style!

Saturday night we went to Cheryl's house to stay the night and we spent Sunday with Rob's family for our niece's blessing. Sarah was born in June and she is so cute!
They found a snake on their driveway last week and kept it for all the cousins to see. I was shocked that Ashlee held it! Brynlee on the other hand wanted nothing to do with it! On Sunday Ashlee was carrying it around like it was her personal pet...um, no thanks!

Cheryl had this ball that lights up and Trevor thought it was mighty tasty! It really was funny watching him eat it!

Tower of Babel

For our Family Home Evening lesson tonight, we read Genesis 11:1-9 about the Tower of Babel. We also touched on the brother of Jared. When we mentioned that piece of the story, Brynlee ran and got the kiddie scripture story book and showed off the page talking about the Jaredites. So she wasn't completely not paying attention. It made me think of Ashlee when she was pretty little - maybe about 2, sitting in sacrament meeting - you think they're not listening as they color, talk, etc., but the speaker mentioned something about separating the sheep from the goats and Ashlee turned to Kirsten and I and said, "Sheep and goats?" as if to question whether she heard right what he said.

Anyway, so after reading about the Tower of Babel, we sang Children All Over the World, where you sing thank you in several different languages, and then for a treat, the kids built a tower with graham crackers and frosting.

On the third floor, so far so good.
One of the laborers running quality assurance tests.
Not long after I told them they couldn't talk to each other anymore, disaster strikes.
Cleaning up all the broken bricks.
T just watched during the construction, but helped out during cleanup.