TEXAS pictures!

I've realized I suck at remembering to take pictures, so I don't really have many from our trip. Also this is the 3rd post today, so don't forget to keep scrolling for more pictures.

Addie and Libby's favorite part of Chuckie Cheese

Libby loved spending time with Uncle Orson



Playing in the sand

The OCEAN!



Playing in the gym while everyone was at Graduation

Elliot taking a nap while the girls ran around

I've been neglecting our blog....

it's been a busy few months. 3 trips in a month and a half! End of April we went to Utah for my brother Matt's wedding to Ashley. May we were in Texas for Richard's brother Orson's graduation from law school. Beginning of June the kids and I went to California for my Grandpa Olive's funeral. Lots of driving and traveling with 2 little kids....not my favorite thing, but glad we went on all 3 trips. I love my family. We'll be heading up to Washington in August for Penny's wedding! Yay! We are excited.

Libby update: Favorite phrases: "I do it all by myself", "mom, I being so so careful" "I need some chalocolate" (I love how she says chocolate) Favorite character/movie: Toy story. She has a serious obsession. Best friend: Orson, although she does love all the kids in her nursery class.  Favorite thing to do: Swing at the park, use stamps, play with friends, watch toy story. Favorite song: You've got a friend in me.

Elliot update. Sits up very well. Put things in and out of his mouth (pulls binky in and out, very proud of himself and holds bottle very well). Grabs everything he can reach. Rolls to get toys. Loves baths and swimming. Still super happy and smiley. Eats baby food and little yogurt melts--not a fan of most solid-type foods like cheerios.

Richard update: Semester is more than half over. yippee! Bought a bike at DI and rides to school (if he gets up early enough). new calling at church with me: Primary teacher for CTR 7! Pretty awesome. We have 2 girls in our class, both from kind of odd family situations which is interesting and both will hopefully be getting baptized at teh end of the summer.

Becky update: New calling (see above). Done a few sewing projects: Cool stroller bag, little outfit for Elliot (almost done), skirt for Libby, fish bags. I also was put in charge of a walking group for our ward. Okay, doesn't sound exciting, but I am happy because I think it will get me walking/exercising more. I tend not to walk as far when I'm by myself with the kids. And it's pretty hard to do any other kind of exercise besides walk with 2 kids. Plus I get to visit with friends while we walk. Time for picture dump....

Richard's father's day present: pop rocks, pop tarts, tootsie pops, soda pop and popcorn

Libby thought she was hilarious when she put the johnny jump up on and walked around

Handsome boy in his church clothes!

Shoulder rides :)

Cool hair-do I did for Libby

Libby making her own cooking sensation.....

my boys

Why is Libby in a basket on the porch? I was wondering the same thing....Sometimes 2 yr olds have interesting ideas of fun. 



Made this outfit this week for Elliot and holy smokes does he have a cute face. I think it looks like a little jailbird outfit. Oh and look how good he's sitting now!

Found a high chair at a garage sale a few weeks ago. The kids love it. Elliot, stop getting so big!

They looked so cute in their diaper bums I had to get a picture

Love Elliot's face in this one.

Elliot's getting into everything now. I left the room for a minute and he was so happy he had grabbed the bag of diapers and shook all the diapers out.

At the zoo. We went with Julie, Mike and Zach.

Bear World

We went to Bear World with Penny and Tim when they came up to visit for Memorial Day. It was pretty awesome

Yes, that is a bear on top of Tim's car

Looking out the window

Family!

Libby petting a baby deer

Riding the train

Libby posing as a bear

Petting a goat

Aunt Penny and Elliot

More deer petting

Me and Elliot on the train

Watching the ducks

Baby bears

6 months

Meant to post this before we went to Texas, but didn't have time to add pictures.

6 months has flown by way too fast. The doctor we saw today was one of the ones that came to the NICU and couldn't believe he's 6 months already either.
I love this little squirt! He is so happy and sweet and smart.

14 lbs 13 oz (7%--getting bigger)
25.5 inches tall (16%)

Accomplishments/likes:
-Rolls from back to stomach really well
-occasionally rolls from stomach to back
-can sit alone for about 6 seconds
-found his feet and can't get enough of them
-realized waving his arms crazily is fun while he eats (which means he smacks me in the face while I feed him)
-tried and enjoyed these foods: rice cereal, applesauce, watermelon, cantelope, and his favorite green beans
-LOVES Liberty and most kids/people
-Smiles constantly
-blows bubbles with his spit
-Is ridiculously cute, I don't know what I would do without him. I love him so much!

April happenings

April flew by so fast! I can't believe it's already over. The weather has been getting nicer which means we are outside a lot more. Liberty loves the playground and going on walks. We bought a baseball bat and a softball at DI and have a mitt and another baseball and have gone up to the byu-i playing fields to enjoy hitting the ball and throwing the ball back and forth. Libby is becoming a nice ball retriever and enjoys running around. Richard was surprised that I am actually not bad at baseball. It's probably the only sport I am decent at and don't feel ridiculous playing. I think Richard put a couple pics on facebook of us.

In the middle of the month we got really sick. Liberty's fever went up to 104 and she was up all night. It was so sad to see her that sick. She fell asleep on Richard and was so cute and snuggly. She was the first to get it: cough, sore throat, fever, general yuckiness. I got it the next day and then Elliot and Richard started to get symptoms. Neither of the boys got it very bad, I made them get medicine at the first sign of symptoms. Elliot did lose his voice though which was beyond pitiful sounding and decided he didn't want to sleep through the night anymore. :(  (We are almost back to his 10pm-8am schedule, he's been sleeping till about 5-6 am and I feed him and he goes back to bed)

We're not sure how this picture happened, because we were pretty sure she was asleep...it makes me smile though

Daddy made Libby a nest out of blankets, she thought it was amazing

How sweet is she? I love a sleeping toddler

We have a nebulizer for Libby. She coughs A LOT and the Dr thinks she might have something called Reactive Airway Disorder (basically asthma for little kids)

I forgot to write about Easter. Libby was very excited about the candy mostly. We had an egg hunt thing in our apartment complex that she enjoyed mostly because all her friends were there. This is my attempt at making Seasame Street Easter eggs with Libby. Elmo, Oscar, Ernie and Cookie Monster

Libby checking out my work, she really liked them.

He's just too cute

 At the end April we went down to Utah for a wonderful visit with my family and most importantly my baby brother's wedding! The trip was definitely not long enough! I love my family so much! (I wish I took more pictures, I'll have to get some from my mom, sisters and SILs) It was fun to see Libby play with all her cousins and get spoiled by her aunts and uncles. It was fun to show off little Elliot since most of my family hadn't met him yet. He has many admirers now and a few of his aunties tried to kidnap him from us. Libby keeps telling me "I need to go to Utah and see Cody" (or another cousin) Today she randomly came up to me and said "I miss Grant, he's funny" (her uncle). While we were in Utah we spent lots of time going back and forth between my brother's houses and the wedding and a brief visit with Richard's sisters where we met our newest nephew who is soooo cute and tiny! We also had a fun time at the Legacy pool in Lehi with all the little Hill cousins! I was also pleasantly surprised at how well the kids did on the car trips, I know 4 1/2 hrs isn't that long but with 2 little kiddos it can feel REALLY long. I drove down with the kids without Richard early so I could get more family time without Richard missing too much school. We stopped twice to let Libby run around and change diapers and feed Elliot making the trip a little longer, but they both took naps and were happy most of the ride. I was very happy. The ride home went pretty smoothly too. Libby slept most of it and was really funny when we stopped to feed Elliot around 10pm. We let her sit up with us and she kept saying the funniest things and was just being really silly.  Ex: She felt the ceiling of the car and said "oooh, I like this" and started giggling and feeling it more.



Waiting for the wedding to start. Libby and Laila playing piano with the Groom. Matthew's being a bit creepy as usual. haha.

Our future pianist

Elliot "running" around with uncle Zack

Aunt Sarah made this awesome Rapunzel dress and wig for Libby! She loves it, even if you can't tell from her expression. Getting her to make a nice smile for the camera is proving to be quite the challenge

So pretty!

Other happenings are the kids are on night 3 of sleeping in the same room and it's going really well. We are very relieved, but to be honest I kind of miss Elliot being in our room. I like to look at him all snuggled up and sleeping right before I get in bed. He is so cute and today is his 1/2 birthday! I can't believe he's 6 months already. I will write more about that on Monday or later after we get all his official measurements at his Dr's appointment. Not looking forward to him getting shots though. :(  Next week we go to TEXAS! I'm pretty excited about that. We've been prepping Libby for it too, quizzing her on who is going to be there. She is looking forward to seeing more family. It's hard for her to wait a whole week.