The Weekly Photo

Elanor and Alice at the Highland Games this past weekend.

3 Months

Our wee Alice turned 3 months old last week! So, yes, I am over a week late, but I do have some very cute pictures.

The first set of pictures were taken last week on the day she turned 3 months and the next set were taken today (over a week later). It does seem to make a little bit of difference.

We don't have a weight or stats for her as she does not have a doctor's appointment until she is 4 months old. However, she has obviously started putting on weight and is looking like a proper chubby baby! She is still in newborn clothes in these pictures, but has recently just grown out of her newborn cloth diapers and covers and is also moving into 0-3 month and 3 month clothes.

 Her face in this one is so funny and thus I included it on here!

She does look a bit like Elanor as a baby, but also looks so much like my baby pictures, plus a lot just like herself. Alice smiles a lot, especially on her changing table (she loves it up there!). She has also had many little colds, which can make her a bit sad at times. She also often cries a lot for no apparent reason, such is baby life. She loves to nurse. Elanor was already sleeping eight hours or more at night at 3 months, but Alice usually only sleeps for 4 hours and then needs to eat. I've heard that sleeping through the night has to do with weight, so she will get there!

She is often a little trooper, and does not get to stay home and nap all the time like Elanor did. She has been on lots of hikes, camped twice, been to watch swim lessons and ballet class, had to run errands all the time, etc. Such is the life of every baby but the firstborn. Most of the time she is great, but will let you know when she has had enough and would like to go home.

 She loves Elanor! This picture is so blurry, but she was laughing at Elanor and the two of them are so cute. Elanor is so great with her. She loves to hold, talk to, kiss, and help Alice in any way. Even though Alice is so young, you can still tell how much she loves Elanor as she perks up and smiles whenever she is around.

 This is a Harry Potter onesie saying, "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." My parents got this for her! If you haven't got a clue what this phrase means, you should probably read the books. 

 Alice is quite "talkative". She coos and squeals and tries to mimic what we say. She also tries to communicate her feelings and will talk in this sad voice with sad noises and seems to be trying to tell us what is wrong. Elanor would do the same thing.

 Elanor and Alice is their matching Marauders Map shirts. A great face by Alice.

 Alice is quite strong. She has rolled over several times, but I still don't think she has quite gotten the hang of it. Her head is really stable and she can lift her head all the way up when on her tummy.

She can lift it higher than this, but I don't have a picture of it!

Alice is a delight and we are all so in love with her. 

The Weekly Photo

We had a very fun 4th of July filled with lots of friends, barbecued food, sparklers and these two cute girls.

Memorizing

Elanor is quite good at memorizing and also seems to enjoy it as well. So, I decided to have her memorize one poem, one Shakespeare speech and one scripture. So far she has done the poem and Shakespeare. We are doing it for "school" but also we have been a bit behind in school ever since having Alice, but I am still trying to do it often. 

Here are two videos of Elanor, the first is "At the Sea-side" by Robert Louis Stevenson and the second is one of Puck's lines from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

Camping in the Uintas

We wanted to go camping for Father's Day weekend, but had not decided on a place yet, but then our friends, the Pitchers (who live above us), were going camping in the Uintas. So, we went together! It was a lot of fun!

This was my view a lot of the time.

 Tyler and the campsite.

 I'm not exactly sure what the kids are doing in these pictures, but I love when the sun does this!

 She makes me laugh.

 The campground was next to Washington Lake, one of about a 100+ lakes in the Uinta mountains. I did not really get a good picture of the lake, as I was holding a sleeping Alice.

Alice loves getting her diaper changed and to be on her back with someone talking to her.

Two little cuties snuggled up and ready for bed.

 Good Morning!

Later, we went on a little walk/hike and found another lake.

 More diaper changing happiness:

After we packed up, we left the campsite and stopped at The Provo Falls. It was possibly my favorite place we went to that weekend. It was so beautiful!

 There were several falls, and a small hike to see them all. The rocks were a lot of fun to climb as well!

 I loved how the water looked gold because of the color of rocks in the riverbed.

Yep. that is me nursing Alice over there.

 The main falls are behind Tyler and the girls.

We took this by ourselves.

Later, we met up with our friends, the Boothes, at Mirror Lake.

 Elanor and Max

 Tyler caught a fish (Dustin did too!).

 A little chipmunk  (Maddy).

Silly kids.

We had some dinner and then Alice had pretty much had enough. She had been good for so long, but decided she was done. I took her back to the car to nurse and she calmed right down and went to sleep on our ride home. It was a fun and busy weekend. Thanks to all of our wonderful friends for camping and exploring with us!

The Weekly Photo (s)

I have fallen behind again! Plus, I have not written a regular blogpost in awhile. I guess that happens when one has a new baby.

Well, here are some Weekly Photos:

Should have been posted last Monday (the 22nd):

The week of the 14th-20th was a busy one! On the Tuesday (16th), it was Tyler's birthday. Also, Tyler's mom and Kenny and his Aunt, Uncle and cousins were all up in Idaho vacationing at the dunes. So, we drove up Monday night and stayed most of the day Tuesday.

Here is a picture of Elanor and I in one of their ATV/sand car things. I did not take many pictures as I forgot my camera!

Later in the week, Tyler's mom, Kim, and Kenny drove down to Utah in their motor home to spend a day with us:

 Then, on Friday we went camping in the Uintas with friends (the Pitchers) and stayed up in the Uintas until bedtime on Saturday with some other friends (the Boothes). Then, on Sunday it was Father's Day and our 7th anniversary, plus my sister had her first baby! Talk about a busy week!

 Tyler and Alice at the Provo Falls up in the Uinta Mountains.

The Weekly Photo, which is actually posted on the right day!:  

I made this nightgown for our beautiful girl.