Summer 2012 Part 1

Ready for a whirlwind tour of our summer adventures? Here we go!

June was a great month - I am sorry we don't have any pictures of it!

In the beginning of July, it was family reunion time! On July 5, we did a family history tour of Salt Lake as part of the Farnsworth reunion. On July 3, we attended the first event of the Brady family reunion - the "hot dog roast." Here is a picture of Hyrum with our beloved Grandma Buhla - Hyrum's great grandmother :)       

The next morning was the fourth of July! We started celebrating early, with a red-white and blue waffle breakfast with the Teichert family :)

The rest of the Fourth was spent with Farnsworth family reunion activities  - it was a fun day!

That night, G and I watched fireworks from our front porch - and enjoyed the fireworks option on our camera :)

My sister M came over with her boyfriend, and we played with sparklers and had brownies and ice cream together, and talked about some of our favorite things about America. Education, opportunity, natural beauty, and liberty were some of the things we love about our country.

This summer, we discovered that Hyrum loves watermelon!

Before we left Utah, we felt we should visit Utah lake. I mean, would it not be sad to have lived within 5 miles of this lake for 5 years, and never have seen it up close? So, on a rainy evening, we went - and were not disappointed. It was beautiful! (Granted, we did not see the water quality or the beaches; I understand some aspects of Utah lake are not pretty at all).

M, who bought this suit for Hyrum before he was even born, kept asking for weeks if the little suit fit him yet. It is meant for a 12 month old, but one day, just to see, we tried it on him - and most of it fit! The pants are still too long - but the rest fit well, and made him look very dapper :)

Hyrum started eating rice cereal in mid July! Here he is with some of his first tastes of it :)

When G, Hyrum and I went to Cokeville to visit G's parents over the 24th of July, we were surprised when G's Mom, Hyrum and I were asked to be in the parade! We had a good time - going up Main street, and back down again - it only took about a half hour for the whole route. Small town fun!

Later on the afternoon of the 24th, we went to Bear Lake, which is very close to Cokeville. J and E brought their canoe, and we all had a wonderful time. The weather was perfect - the water was warm, and we all had a great time!

Isn't Bear Lake Beautiful?

The first dunk :)

Wading makes you tired! 

The end of a wonderful afternoon :)

Our son was born! We love his little cleft chin, his dimples, his red hair, and his chubby cheeks - most of all, we are so grateful that he came safely and that we are all in good health. Here are a few pictures of our cute boy (these are mostly from his first few weeks of life).

This is Hyrum's first bath at home! (He didn't like it very much - but these days, he really enjoys them :))

Don't you think these two look alike? When close up, you can definitely tell the resemblance.

Hyrum's first few days, we took lots of pictures - once we happened to catch him with his hand up, as if to say, "no more pictures please!"

This was a picture to commemorate Hyrum's first walk.

Like father, like son - I think Hyrum enjoys music as Greg does :)

We just love our cute boy!

Desperado Hyrum :)

Hyrum's first piece of mail! He wasn't too thrilled...

We found his hat had slipped down during his nap one day - making him look "cool"

This is Hyrum the day we took him to church for the first time - at about two months old. Look at his little rolls of chub on his arms! He was born with a double chin - cute boy :)

New Dad in the hospital - happy and proud :)

New Mom - delighted :)

Hyrum smiled even before we left the hospital - here is a smile we caught one of his first few days home - he is our sweet boy!

Catch-up

This is a catch up blog post about January and February before the baby came. I am catching up so that we will have a record with pictures and commentary to help us remember some of the fun events in our lives that happened during this time.

First, here is a picture to represent me being 7+ months pregnant - excited and happy, and still feeling good.

Quite a bump I had, wouldn't you say? Hard to believe I would get bigger!

January saw us deciding to get a new car, because our little "old faithful" 2000 toyota corolla was getting on in miles, and was doing pretty well, but needing more major repairs than we thought was worth it. So, we decided to invest in a slightly newer and more fuel efficient car. Here is a picture of me with our "little old faithful" before we traded it in for our new car:

This was momentous - because this car was our very first as a married couple, and it served us well taking us from Provo to Albuquerque, to Wyoming multiple times, and several places in Utah as well. Farewell old faithful!

January also saw Greg and I take a second honeymoon - we went up to Salt Lake to the Anniversary Inn for an overnight stay, and they have the most fun hotel rooms! They have different decor themes, and we chose a wild west suite. It was fun to get away and have some time for just us two before the baby came.

The bed was in a covered wagon - very fun :)

They even gave us breakfast! It was really good :)

In February, a dear friend threw a baby shower for me, themed around the ABC's and literacy - 

she decorated her living room in the most adorable way -  one of my favorite accents was the quote she wrote on her mirror, which said "great readers are born on the laps of their parents" - 

Also in February, Greg built a bookshelf! While we really liked our previous bookshelf, we thought it would be neat to have a bookshelf that was more easily packable/movable, and one that fit our books nicely. So, taking inspiration from Thomas Jefferson of Monticello/Declaration of Independence fame, Greg made shelves which stack and interlock on top of each other, and which fit our books snugly, and will just need a cardboard slat pinned/nailed on top of each "case" - thus we have boxes already built for our books when we move again!

We sure like being creative together - I love my clever husband!

Finally, here is a picture of us on Sunday, February 26th - 8+ months pregnant.

(I am glad you can't see my ankles/lower legs - for they were big too that day!)

That about sums up January and February :)