Simon's New High Chair

Our Simon is growing up so much! He is 8+ months old, and for the past several weeks, we have been feeding him his cereal/fruit/veggies in his bouncy seat. Well, he started getting too strong for his own good, and would lunge forward, trying to sit upright despite his reclined bouncy seat. Look at that boy lean forward!


So we decided it was time to graduate him to a real High Chair! We bought it and put it together that very night. He was so excited!

I just love how little he looks in it!!! So sweet! He sits up by the table with the family during mealtime now. He loves teething crackers and fruit puffs. And he's getting really GOOD at self-feeding! It only took him a few tries to catch on.


And I just had to throw in this last picture of him playing with Daddy. Mikey rubs Simon's feet on his unshaven face. Simon just LAUGHS SO HARD! He just loves his Daddy so much!

I Turned 31!

Happy Birthday to ME!
MMMMM....German Chocolate Cake made by my kids (Isaac read the recipe while Leah did the mixing).
My wonderful Mother sent me FLOWERS!!! lovely!
And my amazing Hubby got me an ipod iTouch!!! It ROCKS! My very first ipod ever! And he took me out to eat at Macaroni Grill where I was seranaded "Happy Birthday" in Italian by a real opera singer! It was cool!
Thanks to Aunt Becky for babysitting (we left Simon for the FIRST TIME EVER) so we could have a night out!
All in all, a GREAT BIRTHDAY!!!

Utah Vacation 2009

The last week in June, we flew to Utah to spend a fun-filled week with my side of the family, and celebrate the homecoming of my sister Mary from the Hungary Budapest Mission. We had a great time! One of the highlights was "Grandpa Dodge's Day" when he took the kids downtown, and for a train ride, up to Ogden to a children's museum, and out for pizza and garlic bread. Yes, he does look like a jolly Amish man in a hat...but he's the most awesome Granpa there is!

I wish we could go visit more often! It was so much fun!