and one more oh, so important thing...

we had dinner with the richardses! we love them. thanks for letting me win at settlers! :)

nice try Brandon - i definitely win. :)

speedy recap

we're finally back in cedar city for good - Aaron started school monday and is excited about his classes. we've been traveling so much it feels good to finally be home again. here's a quick recap of the last month for us!

we had a super fun visit from our friends the Seegmillers - the girlies and the parents had a blast. we love their family.



Aaron rode his 1st century ride - the ULCER - 111 miles around Utah lake. Again, with my dad and his old guy friends. He also rode part of the way with Bishop Dicou. He did great but was definitely sore. :) We were so proud of him!


Aaron and I went on a fun date without Emery. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa! It may be our last for a while since we're a little short on sitters in Cedar... as in we don't have any...


Em and cousin Miles reunited for a day... this is right after they both woke up... pretty cute grumpy faces, huh?


Emery wore a million different pairs of shoes... and rarely any clothes...

she made her daddy proud and learned that she loves sushi!


she went on a bike ride with dad


We spent lots of time in LV so Aaron would work for my grandparents landscaping the yard of their new house. He's pretty good, eh?

BEFORE:

AFTER:

emery got some serious dancing in. she loves taylor swift "you belong with me", so this is her dancing to that song!

late belly shot - with comparison

32 weeks (pregnant with Emery):

32 weeks pregnant with this little guy:
definitely bigger this time around and my hair looks lots better. bonus! :)

and yes, i wear that purple shirt like 2x times a week. and i wear the teal one that is the same like 2x a week. what's it to ya?

what we've been doing...

hanging out with family in Logan (WWW reunion) and Orem (Wilkinson 4th of July festivities)...
hiking with family...

and backpacking with geezers... i mean the toughest old guys we know (40 mi, Ruby Mtns, NV)...

visiting and hanging out with wild animals (Hogle Zoo and Mirage hotel dolphin and a few wild animals exhibit)...

especially the llamas... i love llamas...
and being really, really sad when the merry-go-round was over...


trying to stay cool (7 peaks in Provo and lots of water contact in general - "suit" aka swimsuit is Emery's favorite piece of clothing. she even requested to sleep with her suit one night.)...
making up for lost naps... lots of them...

getting into the Tour de France mood by watching it with Grandpa, talking about "bikes" and wearing "pa's" (grandpa's) biking shorts... (her heart is with the Dicous in France right now)
biffing it... hard... (once hiking, once at wal-mart. wal-mart was far worse.)...
and still growing (28 weeks)...

and we're off for another month after a quick visit from the seegmillers. maybe we'll post again in another month. ha.

And I thought she never would...

Those of you who spent any time with Emery and I in the last 6 months probably heard me joke at some point that Emery doesn't speak English. She just didn't seem like that verbal of a kid... until we moved to Cedar City. Suddenly, she figured it out. She went from saying about 10 words to now, 6 weeks later, 100! She surprises me every day with a new word that she apparently knows. It's so fun to watch her grow up and get so smart. She's learning letter sounds too - she knows A, B, D, F, H, L, M, P, R, S, T, W and Z. She loves the ABC song and it's funny to listen to her try and sing it. Her favorite song is "The Wheels on the Bus", though. She tries to sing the "round and round" and "up and down" parts of the song and does the actions and always sings the last word in the verse - "town". Too cute. And here are Em's words (and a couple of pics) for journaling sake! (I think I'll stop keeping track next week when she's hits her 18 month mark - it could clearly get ridiculous after that...)

silly girl, cheesy smile

why Emery doesn't like baths with mom - daddy's way more fun

Jesus, fish, down, up, mom, dad, yes, no, dog, duck, what's that?, I don't know, whoa, whoops, uh-oh, where'd it go?, this, those, glasses, dirt, rock, ball, grandma, grandpa, amen, delicious, please, more, bird, bug, yeah!, bath, bubbles, book, egg, pops (corn pops), kix (the cereal), hat, thanks, eyes, mouth, knees, nose, ears, book, toothbrush, brush, hi, buh-bye, poop, bloop (her baby brother), boo, umm..., Miles (her cousin), Abe (her cousin), Russ (her buddy), Jack (her buddy), Mag (my bff), Bek (my bff), Max (from the Max and Ruby book at Grandma's house), out, all done, milk, bike, ni-night, necklace, push, wipes, blocks, hot, bus, snacks, shoe, grass, bounce, pants, ouch, sit, seat, house, keys, sock, yuck

we heart williamses

We planned on climbing in St. George on Saturday (read on the adventure blog for more info on that), but ended up making it a temple trip and a hang out with the Williams' day. We sure miss our friends in Provo and it was great to hang out with Brian and Andrea.... and all of their fun friends who let us crash their party. We had a blast! See pictures from the tiny narrows below. Emery was scared and my belly was too big so we opted out.

nice self shot in the narrows

Andrea wasn't thrilled by the narrows - but she did it like a champ!!

visit to Grandma and Grandpa's

Last week we went to Las Vegas so Aaron could participate in a Deloitte externship. Em and I had lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa and especially Amy and cousin Miles who drove in as well. Emery has found her new best friend. She LOVES Miles. She can say his name and she's still taking about him now that we're home. I'm so glad Amy and I's accidental pregnancy timing worked out so well for these two cute little buddies.

in Grandpa's biking do-rag

Em too

Cutest naked, happy baby ever. Em loves playing in the water in Grandma's backyard.

Adam and Eve in the garden... with Grandma. Thanks to Miles' hand for shielding Emery.

they were having way too much fun to look up at the camera

playing with the duck whistle with Grandpa

And we went climbing in Red Rock. Click here for pics on the adventure blog.