9 months

Cohen hit the big 9 month mark in August. Can't believe how fast those 9 months went. Here a few highlights of Cohen the last little bit. He weighed 21 pounds 11 ounces and was 28 1/2 inches long at his check up. He is 75% for height, and 65% for weight. He continues to be our smallest boy, but still not too small. We don't know how to do small boys right? 9 months never looked better! I just love this guy so much. He loves to cuddle and gives the best hugs. I just want to squish him every time I see him. Co discovered a love for tomatoes the last couple of months, yes tomatoes. He LOVES them. He has eaten more then his weight in tomatoes the last few months. Seriously! It was not uncommon to see him taking a whole tomato and eating it up. So proud he ate the whole thing! Tomatoes are pretty much his favorite food. He loves to be outside and loves hanging out in the cozy coupe. And he loves balls! He finally figured out how to crawl around when he was about 9 months old as well. He did the army crawl thing forever. Those legs just didn't make it up for the longest time. It was pretty funny to watch him get around like this. I put him out on the grass one evening and I don't think he liked the feel of the grass so up those legs went and he crawled like a normal baby for the first time. Yea! I was happy he finally figured it out. It took him a couple days to figure out that crawling with his hands and his knees was much faster then his signature drag, but he caught on eventually. He loves the freedom of crawling! This kid is so happy to sit with a box of toys for so long too. He will play for quite a while as long as he can empty a box of toys. And he loves to sleep just like this. Face plant. Looks comfortable. He loves trying all kinds of new foods as well. He has been such a good eater. You can also see his 2 bottom teeth cutting through here. I just love this baby so much. Can't say enough good about him and can't wait to see what the next years bring for him. Happy 9 months Cos!

Zions

We took a quick trip to Zions the end of August. My nephew Eric was getting baptized and we decided to make a weekend out of it. We brought my other nephew Thomas down with us and had a great weekend together. We took a long detour to get down to St George that ended up not being the best detour ever but we did get to see a little of the outer area of Bryce Canyon. It was beautiful. The boys loved all the rocks! We hiked all over Zions on Friday. All the boys hiked over 5 miles throughout the day. We maybe pushed them to their limit ends, but I think they had a good time. Up until the last mile meltdowns! :) They did great! They loved hangning out in the water at the bottom of the Narrows. Family Pic. Zions is just so beautiful! There is nothing that compares to the amazing things you see there!! Fun times! We hit the baptism on Saturday morning. It was so fun. I love that my boys have older cousins setting such a great example for them. Ryland loves Eric so much and was so excited to see him be baptized. He talked about it for weeks and can't wait until he can be baptized too. Congrats Eric! It was a special day for sure! It was so fun to spend time with the family. We headed down to Mesquite shortly after the baptism to spend some time with Lances mom and step dad. We were also able to see Aunt Annabell too. She was kind enough to let us swim in her pool again. It was a perfect afternoon for a swim. The boys wanted to stay in the water forever. Little Co was a little tired from the busy weekend. :) We enjoyed an amazing ravioli dinner with them that evening, thanks guys! It was fun to spend some time with Lances family as well. And then it was on to home. We had a great quick get-a-way!

A camping we will go

Ryland and Camden had begged us all summer to take them camping. There is just something about sleeping in a tent when you are a kid that just sounds super fun right? They really wanted to go and we finally had a free weekend near the end of July, so we packed up and went. Thankfully my sister Kellilyn wasn't busy that weekend and joined us on the quick get-away! She is the best and is always so great to be a helping hand for us. We found a nice little spot just east of Pineview Reservoir. It was perfect weather for camping and we had a great time. Our camp spot had a nice little trail down to the river. The boys could have spent all day and night right here. Ry and Kelli wading out to the rocks, see what I mean about an awesome extra set of hands! Such a perfect spot for a little photo! Cos and I hanging out on the shore, oh and eating rocks. Yep, he couldn't stop putting every rock he saw in his mouth. And as you can see, there were a lot of rocks here. Seriously! And then he makes this face when I tried to take them away. Those eyes just can't figure out what was so wrong with eating rocks! That boy! It didn't take long for Cos to get his feet in the water too. He was loving it! Cohen and Ryland have such a great connection. Cohen worships the ground Ryland walks on and loves it when Ry gives him attention. And Ryland loves his little brother a lot. He is so good to him. Here is just a small sample of how much they love each other. Cohen copies everything Ry does. I blame Ryland for teaching Co how to scream! :) We enjoyed a yummy hot dog roast over the fire for dinner And of course smores. The food is the best part of camping, delicious! And to say Cohen LOVED his first camping trip would be quite an understatement. He had such a great time! Camden couldn't get enough of the fire. Ya, he thought it was great. Sticks, dirt, fire, all boy right there! Love these people! Everyone slept pretty good through the night. We had a rougher time ignoring our drunk neighbors so we could sleep than anything with the kids. The joys of camping right? It worked out okay but we were glad when morning came. We headed over to pineview to swim for a while that day. It was so SO perfect for swimming. The water felt great, not cold at all. It was also super crowded, but we had a great time. Camden loved the sand. And Cohen graduated from eating rocks, to eating sand. Yep, onward and upwards. :) The boys loved being in the water. They would run from the shore into the water ALL DAY! So fun! We were so sad to say goodbye to our little camping adventure. I wish we had more free weekends to spend camping. The boys loved it and we had such a great time. Thank you wonderful outdoors!

Festival Days

We enjoyed our local Farmington Festival Days the week after the 4th of July this year. It is always such a fun time of year for our little city. This year I decided to run in the half marathon with my sister Jenny and sister in law Ann. It was SO fun. Such a great race because it isn't very big and was just fun to get out and run around the place I live. We had a great time running. I finished in 1 hour 59 minutes. I was so excited and shocked to be under the 2 hour mark, just barley! :) I took 3rd in my age group as an added bonus as well. Such a fun race and one I will defiantly be wanting to do again next year! After the race, we had breakfast in the park with all our families. And then of course we headed to the parade. Camden still is terrified of the fire trucks as they go by! :) Camden also decided to get lost while we were playing at the park waiting for the parade to start. Not sure how he wandered away put thankfully the guy with the microphone found him and announced the "lost little boy wearing a blue shaka laka shirt." Lance and I knew right away it was Cam, and there he was crying and thinking he was for sure lost forever. That boy! He wandered off fast and I think learned a lesson about not wandering away that day. Lance had a little train painted on his cheek after all of that. He accepted that has a good peace offering. Good old Cam! The kids had a blast watching the parade and getting more candy then we knew what to do with. Cohen took a little snooze in the stroller and missed most of the parade. We also went to fireworks that night, and I forgot my camera. We sat by our neighbors and we had a great time as usual. Such a fun time of year to celebrate our freedoms and the freedoms of our local city.