A Baby Shower for Carol

Saturday evening we drove down to Layton for Carol's baby shower. She is having a boy. Many of Carol's friends came. Grandma Phillips and Aunt Diana enjoyed playing with Autumn. We are all so excited for Carol and Brian. The men (Brian, Jon, Troy, and Grandpa Phillips) hid out in the basement and watched War of the Worlds. Every once in a while someone would take a plate of the delicious goodies (made by our dear Carol) down to the basement. Mandy made it to the shower after receiving some very poor directions from me. We all had a great time. On the way home Jon, Autumn, and I drove the long way around through Beaver Dam to avoid the slick Sardine Canyon road.

Carol is so skinny!

The guests enjoyed visiting with one another (mostly in Portugeuse.)

baby in fur

Famous First Words

Autumn repeated back "ah-choo" five times in a row the other night. It did get more garbled each time she said it until it was just "sue", but at least it was on command.

Our Trip To IF

This weekend we visited my mom, the Crenshaws, and the Nimtzes in Idaho Falls. There are wonderful pictures of everyone on my mom's blog here.

Getting to Know Our Bolivian Family

Meli's cousin Sammie is getting married next month in Bountiful and Meli and Julia will be coming from Texas. A lot of the family is coming from Bolivia, so I thought I'd help you to recognize them when you see them.

From back left to right: Grandpa Montano, Tia Lilli (Sammie's mom), Jason, Sammie, Meli, John, Maria, and Juan Carlos. Front left: Nikki, Grandma Montano, Michelle, Amy.


This is Tia Carmen (Maria's sister) with Michelle. She lives in Cochabamba. She was a YW leader when we were there. We all went hiking with her.



Here is Sammie (light blue jacket) helping John light fireworks at the Pozos old house.

Quote of the Day

"Go ahead and let her cry it out at night. She could stand to miss a meal or two."
-Autumn's pediatrician on how to get her to sleep through the night.

Autumn's stats:
weight- 15 lbs 10 oz
length- 25 1/4 inches
head- 42.4 inches

Here is a picture of Autumn from our Christmas trip. Autumn isn't used to bottles. She thinks she needs to put the entire rubber nipple inside her mouth to drink it.

4 months old