My chunky baby

So Paige had her 6 month appointment today. She is healthy which is good, but bad because I was hoping there was something wrong to attribute her fussy behavior to. No such luck. I guess she could be teething, but who knows. She weighed 15 lbs 2 oz and is 24 inches long. She is in the 75% for weight and 25% for height. What a chunk! She is getting pretty good at sitting up by herself, but still needs the boppy for support. Recently she has started pushing herself backwards when she is on her tummy. This only makes her more frustrated because it gets her farther away from the toy she is trying to grab. She will figure it out. She loves to watch Jack. She tries to reach for him and really would love to be able to run around with him. We love our little ball of a baby. Paige also is not very fond of baby food. She makes a weird face and then spits it out. However she will eat the teething cookies.

Albuquerque Pictures

Here are some pictures that I said that I would post from our trip to Albuquerque. I absolutley loved it there and I can't wait to take Aaron and show him around.
These pictures were taken from my parents upstairs window.
Since the Balloon Fiesta is the first week of October, people were getting ready and just about every morning you could see hot air balloons out the window. Well one morning the balloon was really close and as we watched we saw that it was going to land. We were not sure if it was on purpose or if they were landing for reasons of distress.

And it landed

There was a truck that was driving up to help them.

At this point Jack ran downstairs saying that we need to help the balloon.

We saw people walking around, so I guess everything was ok.

This is the Albuquerque Temple

Waiting in the shade for someone to come with gas.
We were sitting by a back door to the temple and Jack was pulling hard on the door and kept saying I want to go in the house. I tried to explain to him that it is Heavenly Father's house and some day you can go in. He responded by saying I want to go into Heavenly Father's house while tugging on the door.

The beautiful sky. It was so pretty everyday.

The Sandia Mountains. Sandia means watermelon and when the sun sets the Sandias are the color of watermelon.

Jack ready to go on the airplane with his Diego "rescue pack"

Here we are waiting for Aaron at the SLC airport. The video iPod was a life saver on the plane and the car ride to New Mexico and of course waiting for dad.

Albuquerque

For the past week, the kids and I have been in Albuquerque, New Mexico. My parents recently moved here. My dad moved here at the end of April and since my mom was making the stops before she made it to ABQ, Jack, Paige and I hitched a ride with my mom to see the new place. We are flying back to Utah and a very lonely dad on Tuesday.

I love ABQ!!! It is so beautiful and the people here are super nice. Every where we go we end up talking to someone and they are always so friendly and nice. It seems that not many people are actually from here. In my parents new ward there are a few families who lived in Logan and went to USU and moved to ABQ for jobs. Maybe that is in our future too?!

We took Jack to the zoo the other day and that morning I told Jack that we are going to the zoo later so we need to get dressed. Jack says "get out! we are not going to the zoo!" My mom and I laughed for awhile. He loves being at the zoo. In fact when we went to leave he jumps out of the stroller (while in motion) and throws himself on the ground, trying to latch onto the concrete because he didn't want to leave. Funny kid.

Anyway my parents just got internet over the weekend. It is pretty silly that I have been going crazy with out the internet. I can't believe how dependent I have become on the internet. I will post pictures of the gorgeous landscape when we get home. Everyday I comment on how pretty the sky is. My mom and I have been driving around a lot checking out different places in the city. For ABQ being populated with around 800,000 it really doesn't feel that big. That is another thing that I love about this town. All of the big city perks with the small town feel.

Oh and we went to temple. It is the only temple in the state and it is one of the little ones, regardless it is still pretty. Funny story actually. The first Saturday that we were here, my dad wanted to show me some of the city, so we went for a drive. Before we headed out my mom says that we should get gas and my dad says no we will be fine. Well we get to the temple and the kids both feel asleep so my dad and I got out and walked around while my mom stayed in the car. When you leave the temple the street that we go out on is up hill and sure enough we didn't make it up the hill because we ran out of gas. So naturally the kids wake up and my mom and I walked around the temple grounds for about an hour with the two kids. Luckily my mom was thinking and threw the stroller in the back before we left. It was a typical dad move.

Well anyway that is it for now. We will be back to Utah soon!

First Camping

Jack lounging by the fire

It got pretty cold at night, so we tired to keep the kids warm

Anna and I took the boys for a little walk. I think Paige enjoyed being in the pack once she got used to it.

Jack and Spencer coming back into the boundaries that were set for them so they wouldn't go to far.

Brandon and Paige playing.

Over the weekend we went camping Friday night. It was lots of fun. It was both Jack and Paige's first time camping. They did great. It seemed like a lot of work to set everything up for just one night, but it was worth it. Our friends Jay and Anna invited us to with them. They indulged us with their dough boys, a camp fire treat. So yummy. Jack and Spencer seemed to be having a good time running around and having fun. I totally forgot my camera but here are some pictures that Anna took with hers.