Judah and Kelsey

Judah LOVES Battlecat and Kelsey. 

  Here are some cute moments we have captured of he & Kelsey

(who is calmer and easier to capture pictures with)

Whenever they enter the room, he stops what he is doing and watches them. Today when he got home from school he just laughed and laughed as we pet them together :0

6 Months!

Look who is half a year old!

Another post to come soon with an update on all I can do!

But just had to share my wonderful smile for now :)

Visitors

We have been lucky to have a few family visitors this month!

At the beginning of the month, Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Christina drove down with friends from St. Louis (who were coming to a wedding here) and spent a weekend with us, so that they could meet their nephew!

Jonathan and Judah spent some quality time together doing Judah's favorite things, including reading and playing.  Judah really liked Jonathan...and would laugh and smile at him...maybe because he looks a lot like his Daddy :)

Then this past week, Aunt Jenny and Ayden came to stay with us for a whole week to help out while Daddy was out of town for work.

Ayden and Judah enjoyed playing together.  Judah thought it was very cool that Ayden was mobile and could get all around.  Ayden thought Judah was pretty interesting too, and kept pointing at(poking) Judah's eyes and ears. 

Battlecat wasn't too excited about a moving baby and spent a fair amount of the first part of the week running away from Ayden; however she soon also learned he was pretty cool as he eats table food--and didn't mind sharing with Battlecat.  Oh the things to come :)

Mommy thought it was very nice to have her sister around and to get to do things with their babies together.  We also were able to take the boys to the baby pool at the YMCA.

Judah thought the shooting water was really cool...and kept working to get it, even though it would squirt him in the face. 

Ayden wasn't quite as interested in the water and was content to continue working on his cruising skills.

Judah also enjoyed splashing and kicking his legs in the water.

Thanks for coming to visit us!

Utah Part 2

More pictures from our Utah adventures:

Boating on Grandma's Boat

Daddy, Grandma and Elli

Richie and Ayden

Josh and Elli

Judah and Mommy

Playing with Ayden on the beach

First Hiking Trip with Grandma, Daddy, Mommy and Aspen

in Milcreek Canyon

Hanging out at Nana and Grandpa's House in Layton

In addition we were also able to visit with a group of our college friends and their kiddos, which we really enjoyed, but unfortunately didn't get any good pictures.

1st Trip to the Zoo

Judah took his first trip to the zoo with his cousins while in Utah recently

 Talking to Ayden by the elephants

 Josh, Elliana, Richie and Ayden riding a rhinoceros

 Watching the really cool polar bear below with Daddy

 The girls in front of the giraffes

 All my siblings and our babies

 With my mom

 Elli's very favorite part of the zoo

Family Portrait

We had a great time doing something fun with our family and especially seeing the new polar bear, who enjoys putting on a show!

More 5 Month Pictures

Demonstrating my tripod sitting skills & smiling at Daddy

Hanging with Battlecat

Playing on my tummy

We are currently is SLC visiting all the family and friends, so hopefully pictures from our trip will follow soon...

5 Months

Smiley Judah, now 5 months old! 

It's hard to believe each month passes so quickly!

Judah now prefers to spend the majority of his time on his tummy, whether playing or sleeping. He is now very proficient at turning 360 degrees in circles, while on his tummy, to get to what he wants. Crawling seems imminent and mommy is not ready!

He continues to work on sitting up and is much closer to sitting independently.

 He also is becoming much better with his hands.

Judah continues to be very talkative, especially first thing in the mornings.  When he is tired and we are rocking and singing to him, just before he gives in and falls asleep, he likes to sing along. 

It's all very cute :)...but we are rather biased. 

Happy 5 Months Judah!

Happy 1st Father's Day

Judah loves his Daddy.

He is lucky to have him so involved in his life--Judah gets to spend every other Friday at home with his Daddy and gets to ride with him to and from school each day. 

His daddy is definitely the best person at making him laugh!