All girls are princesses

Saturdays are for drives up the canyon

On Saturday we drove up to Beaver Mtn and watched people skiing. It was fun to get out of the house and enjoy the drive up the canyon.

Happy 5 Months Autumn!

Autumn is happy to be five months old. It means she can almost sit up by herself, she can point at things she wants, and she loves to taste everything from paper to flowers. As her proud parents, Jon and I are eagerly anticipating the time when she will sleep through the night. For her 5 month party we are going to go sledding.

Peek-a-boo

Autumn plays peek-a-boo by covering her face with the corner of a blanket. In her version of the game, you are the one that has to remove the blanket from her face. Autumn would like to thank Grammy Goose for the indoor stroller suggestion. Riding around the house is one of her favorite activities. She also likes to sit in it to watch the fish tank.

Big babies need their sleep

Autumn is a good napper. It helps if I don't have to go anywhere during naptime. Autumn is sitting up by herself (mostly). She can carefully undo the diaper that you just fastened. She's been eating rice cereal for three weeks. She looks anywhere you point to see what you are pointing at. She loves to dance and bang on the keyboard (while the demo song is playing.) She's rolling from back to side on both sides. Her eczema is clearing up now. I don't have her wear any scratchy clothing. Pants with feet are my first choice. We use ALL of the expensive creams and lotions and petroilium jelly on her at least twice a day. Last night Autumn let me put them on her with out her crying for the first time when I wore my red "Elmo Mommy" bath robe, I talked like Elmo, and we had soft lighting in her bedroom.

Happy B-Day Aunt Amanda!

Aunt Amanda and lives in the Seattle area. I want to go visit her and Brendon for one of our family vacations.

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.)