Family Visit

Mike's sister, Lauree, and her little family came for a visit from Kansas. They stayed up in Layton with Chris's family but we were able to see them a couple of times. We went to Layton one night and here is Tyson and Tanner right before bed. I don't think Tyson liked Tanner being in his bed (I think because he was so tired) but Tanner was sure happy.

The next morning we went to Hogle Zoo and it was such a nice day.

The next weekend Lauree and Chris came down to our house and one afternoon we went to the Bean Museum at BYU.

Lauree, Chris, and Camille all have birthdays within days of each other so we celebrated all their birthdays at once with a favorite Graters ice cream and some chocolate cake.

We also went to Jumpin Jacks. We thought it would be fun for Tyson and Tanner and it was, but it was also fun for the adults. As you can tell by Mike and I's gracefull sliding abilities. We all had fun.

We are so glad that they were able to come and visit. Tyson loved having Tanner to play with and is still asking where Tanner is. Can't wait to see them again at Christmas time.

I can't believe our little Eliza is 6 months old. Time has flown by.
*She weighs 12.6 pounds (1 Percentile) and 25 inches tall (25th percentile)
*She loves attention. She loves being talked to and held.
*She loves her big brother.
*She hates when mom leaves the room.
*She has a really hard time wanting to eat solid foods. It has been a struggle to get her to eat it but we are currently doing it and after trying to feed her everyday, she is actually starting to swollow a little bit of food instead of spitting it all out. We have tried several different foods with her-rice cereal, bananas, applesauce, sweet potatoes, and now pears. She has also tried graham crackers and cherrios.
*She drinks 5-6 ounces every 3-4 hours.
*When she drinks her bottle she pulls on her hair.
*She has been sleeping through the night since she was 3 months.
*Loves her saucer and playing with any toys.
*Not a huge fan of her swing.
*Almost sitting up by herself.
*Has rolled over but doesn't do it too much and is still not moving around yet.
*Very alert to the things that are going on around her.
*Loves to watch the TV.
*Is finally starting to wear 3-6 month clothes.
*Loves her binkie
*Knows her name and responds to it.
*Blows bubbles with her mouth.
*Nicknames are princess, baby girl, and Liza
We love our little Eliza. She brings so much joy and happiness to our home. I can't imagine life without her in it.

A little bit of everything

We have been wanting to get Tyson a bike for awhile and finally did it. He has been so excited about it and even got to pick out his own horn. Everyday he has asked to ride his bike but the weather has not wanted to cooperate so he gets really sad. Now if we can just teach him to pedal and actually ride the bike. Hopefully he will pick up on it quickly.

Eliza just loves her baths. She is such a happy baby.

On one of the warm days I was craving popsicles so I went and bought some at the store. Here are a couple of my most favorite people enjoying their popsicles. Eliza even got a little taste.

My little helper just loves to do dishes and is a great helper. He loves to help me do dishes and find any excuse to play at the sink in the water.

Mike brought home these flowers one day from work just because he loves me. It absolutely made my day. How thoughtful.

Easter Weekend

Coloring Easter Eggs

We started off Easter weekend by coloring eggs on Friday night.

Easter Baskets

Then Saturday morning the kids woke up to their Easter baskets from the Easter bunny. (We like to celebrate this part of Easter on Saturday so we can focus on the Savior on Sunday.)

Easter Egg Hunt #1
After finding his easter basket Tyson went around the house on an easter egg hunt.

Golf Clubs

Mom trying to show Ty how to play with the golf clubs.

Easter Egg Hunt #2

Next we went over to Marci's house and had another egg hunt outside. Tyson was more interested in opening the eggs to eat all the candy.

Our Cute Kids

This was the best easter picture we could get. I was going to get one of them on Easter Sunday in their church clothes but we didn't have enough time before church because Tyson was taking a nap and then after Eliza was sleeping and Ty got out of his church clothes so hence no Sunday Easter picture like I was planning.

Cousins

Playdough

This was the first time that Tyson has played with playdough and it kept him entertained for quite awhile. So anything that keeps Tyson occupied for more than 5 minutes I am all game for. So I tried making it at home and it didn't turn out so good so I just went and bought some.

Rolling Eggs
Later that day we went to a hill and rolled easter eggs down the hill (in the rain). I didn't get very many pictures because Tyson started to climb down the hill and fell down and got hurt so we had to take care of him. It was fun though to go and roll Easter eggs again though.

BBQ
No pictures, but we went back to Marci's and had a bbq. It was a very fun day.

5 Months

Family Pictures

We went and had our family pictures taken. We had some that turned out really cute. It was however quite the adventure. We had to wait around for about an hour, so Eliza got hungry and Tyson got very restless and almost impossible to work with by the end of the pictures. But we still managed to get some good ones. The hardest ones to get were of Tyson and the two kids together so there are only a couple.

The Family

Tyson and Eliza

Tyson

Eliza

Cereal...Yummy?

This was Eliza's first taste of rice cereal. She was not interested at all. We tried it for two days and then gave her a break because she hasn't been feeling well the last several days so once she gets feeling better we will try again and continue to see how she does. Maybe once she is feeling better she will grasp onto it and enjoy it!? We will see. Hopefully she will do better with the solids than she does with the bottle. Drinking a bottle of formula is somewhat of not an enjoyable experience at times for her. Somedays she would do really well and eat really well and others she would hardly want to drink anything at all. She is having an especially hard time right now that she is not feeling good (which is to be expected.) However, before she got sick she was consistently eating quite well so I hope she gets back to that soon.