Lovin' life: August 2011

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Fishing, Great Grandma, and more!

(**Before I get started, those of you w/ 3-6 month old babies, have they settled into a schedule yet, and if so, tell me about it. Times of nap, length, etc)

After everyone left, we went to the fish farm with Grandpa. We bought food to throw in, the fish swarmed it and bit the line in their haste. Harrison didn't have the patience for it so Douglas caught both fish.

On the way home we saw the coolest street sign and had to get a picture of course!

Harrison Blvd. and Douglas St.

For lunch we went to Tucanos! I love that place and they don't have it in Texas so I try to go there when I'm in Utah. It's a Brazilian restaurant and it has the best salad bar over other Brazilian restaurants.

We had to get a picture with Great Grandma Harrison too.

It was a great trip. We will miss all the family.

And the cousins. Poor Christian had strep and a sunburn that his sister was accidentally touching.

That about sums up our vacation!

Monday, August 15, 2011

Little Luke, 4 months

He's actually 4.5 months but who's counting. :-) I love my sweet little Luke, like really really love him. After I feed him in the middle of the night and during his diaper change he usually just smiles and coos. It is seriously beautiful. Twice in the last month it's touched my heart so much that before crawling back into bed I drop to my knees and thank Heavenly Father for blessing me with him and all my children. He is such a beautiful baby and his face lights up when he smiles. It still amazes me how much I can love all of my children.

Travis' family met him for the first time this month and I kept hearing them say what a "good baby" and "easy baby" he is. He really is. Anyway, he's following the other two boys almost exactly as far weight goes. But the doctor isn't concerned b/c all 3 boys did it.

weight: 14lbs 20%

length: 25.5inches 58%

head: 16inches 7%

This is pretty similar to the other boys. Both boys were 25% at 4 months and had small heads. It will be interesting to see if Luke falls to 5% in weight at 6 months like the other two.

Anywho, Luke has rolled over twice but its like it was an accident. I don't think he realizes he can do it. He loves to stand. He found his toes right after turning 4 months. He also loves to suck on his hands and fingers. Little Luke is near perfect. My only "problem" is sleep. I was such a schedule Natzi with the other two and started "sleep training" early on that they were easy. You could lay them in the crib wide awake and walk out with little to no crying. I haven't been that way with Luke b/c I didn't want to be confined to the house with the older boys while Luke napped so Luke has gotten used to falling asleep on me. So, I've started sleep training today. Luke can cry FOREVER, much longer than the other boys so its killing me. I'm rereading books and checked out some new ones so I have different strategies for it. I can't stand to hear him cry for long. Anyways, other than that, he is golden.

The boys still adore him and I must say "Get out of his face" 100 times a day. I feel so blessed to have him in my life.

Hill reunion, part 2

Grandpa Hill made "Camp Oakbrush" in the back yard. He set up 4 or 5 tents and put signs naming them all. One was camp Douglas Fir. Douglas and Travis slept in Douglas Fir one night and then the last night Douglas slept out there with his cousins.

One day Uncle Tim brought back a horny toad from his hike to show Douglas. Douglas is still talking about that toad. As a matter of fact 4 days ago Douglas informed me he knows what we should name our next baby. I asked what. He said, "Whats the name of the person who got the spikey toad?" I told him Tim and Douglas said, "Lets name the baby Spikey Tim."

It's no secret that Douglas has become obsessed with bugs. Well, his obsession didn't weary over vacation. As a matter of fact he brought his bug jar in the car to take the 2 day drive to Utah. Anyway, Grandpa Hill has a big planters pot full of dirt and worms for fishing. Oh my did Douglas LOVE digging through that and finding the biggest worms. Harrison didn't want anything to do with it. Also, Douglas found some bugs and Grandpa helped him "mount" the bugs. We have a glass box with the following bugs waiting for us in Utah.

Douglas loves his bugs!!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Hill Family Reunion, round 1

We went to Utah for 6 days. Oh my was the weather NICE! It was cool, jacket cool at night and the kids could actually play outside during the day, even at 2pm. Wow! All of Travis' siblings were there. I absolutely LOVE the nieces and nephews. The 6 oldest do such a fabulous job of playing with the little cousins. That is Douglas' favorite thing. He loves playing with his cousins. I hope that the big cousins never grow too old to play with the little ones. Jarom, Caleb, Bella, Dylan, Taylor, and Maddie ROCK!!!

One of the first things we did was have dinner at a park and played games. They were doing 3 legged races. Douglas didn't want anything to do with it but Uncle Mike got Douglas to do it with him. Actually, Mike got Douglas to play kick ball and jump from the diving board too. Thanks Mike!

Douglas with Mike (superman)