New things around us...

 Well, where has the time gone, Colby is already 7 months old. I feel like it has not been very long since we brought him home from the hospital. Anyways, this is the day before he turned 7 months. He was so proud of himself for knowing how to stand up in his crib. The perfect picture of him.

 Every time you see something new, you need to give it a good taste. That is what everyone does right??

I feel so blessed to have this little guy in my life. He has taught me so much and helped me grow so much. An update on the rest of us. Neal is still working for Choices Network as a case manager and going to school. He is enjoying his life and just got his new mountain bike (pics to come soon). Aubrey is still not talking a lot but is picking up some new phrases seems like every week. She is doing really well with nursery and loving running with mommy and colby in the stroller and on her own two cute feet. I am in week 5 of my marathon training. I am currently running about 65 miles a week. I love it so much. I run and bike everyday and take a break sundays. I love taking the kids with me and aubrey wants to go run herself every day and we go on run/walk all the time. I love that I am teaching my kids good habits when they are small and by doing something that I love. I am so blessed to be healthy and able to run. I am not sure what I would do with my time if I wasn't able to run.

Halloween 2012

 Happy Halloween!!! I know this is late but I am still posting it so everyone can see our cute little ones. We had a fun halloween. We went to our ward trunk or treat and handed out candy at our car. Aubrey was so fun. She is still not talking but she had a ball getting candy and dressing up. She was cookie monster and colby was a chocolate chip cookie. I thought that would be cute to make their costumes match somewhat. We all had fun and can't wait for next year!!!

 It is General Conference weekend, on sunday the 7th and we have nothing to do. So we end up making a fort and having fun helping it stay up. Aubrey and colby loved going in and playing with daddy. This is them playing with a light neal bought for his bike so he can ride at night. I guess it is really cool how it shines.

 It was also the day that Colby turned 6 mos. He is now eating solid foods and he loves it so much. Neal and I decided to not give him any store bought baby food. We make all of it from scratch. I make oatmeal for him and just blend it and put it with all of his favorites so far: avacado with lime juice, masked bananas, pears, carrots and applesauce. He does like mashed potatoes but he doesn't love them yet. He also has had graham crackers, rice, raw peaches. I am loving not having to depend on Gerber for the food that I give him and so far so good. I will keep you posted about how he likes the other foods.  We have sweet potatoes and greeen beans and rice cereal to try this week so we are really excited for this new adventure.

 Aubrey is loving that colby is sitting at the table with us to eat. She is always offering her food to him. Now I say to her that she needs to give him a little bite instead of telling her no he can't have it. Anyways, she is really loving it right now.

You are probably wondering why you see a picture of him in bed and half asleep. This is me forgetting to get a picture of him on his 6 mos. mark. This is my attempt at capturing this cute little guy that really has made me proud to be his mommy.

Good times !!

 Here is Sweet Colby when he turned 3 months July 7,2012 ish

 Here are both aubrey and colby just playing together. This is what you usually will find at our place.

 Here is Mr. Colby as 4 months old. He has grown up so fast. He looks a lot older than he actually is.

Here is a great picture of dear colby, you guessed it on his tummy for some play time.
It has been a month since I blogged and a lot has happened since then. We moved to a new place that is closer to Neal's work and that is a better match for all of us. We got new furniture. It is the red that Colby is sitting on up above. We got a new bed too. We are sad that we are leaving friends but we really aren't but it sure feels like it. Anyways, I am still working out a lot with the kiddos and Neal is still going to school and working. Everything is going well in our area of town. I am having so much fun with these two little ones.

Seattle Reunion

 We went to Seattle, Washington for a sibling reunion of my husband's family. We were there for 5 days and did so many fun things. This is one of them. We went to the Seattle Science Center. Aubrey loved the toddler play place, of all things.

 This is the largest Guitar and you could walk inside of it. Here is aubrey enjoying the strings.

 This is a bike you can ride that is attached to the blue ring. It is all metal and it is really heavy. It was really a  neat experience.

 Here is my brother in law eric doing the same thing.

 Here is my other brother in law Adam doing the bike as well.

 They had a section with all kinds of bugs and things. Aubrey seemed to love looking at all the bugs. They even had a robot of a praying mantis. She would always laugh at it and she thought it was so fun.

 I guess there is always time for a nap when you are little and so much going on.

 This a little show that we all went and saw at the science center. It was all about fire. Aubrey seemed to really love it.

 Friday we went to a beach by one of the islands. It was really fun. We hiked down to the beach and played with the water. Aubrey even got to play with sticks and sand that was so much fun for her.  We also went to Cascade park and played in the river and the playground and roast hot dogs. We also went and saw fireworks and played with our cousins a lot. We had so much fun with our family. We already miss them and can't wait to see everyone again in a year and a half.

Aubrey's first haircut June 30,2012

Here is the before picture.. It was really hard for her to look at daddy when there was so much to look at.
 Yes I know what you are thinking... How is it taken 2 whole years without a haircut? Well, first of all there wasn't too much to cut and then I just got really busy with colby and now here are the adorable pictures. 

 We cut her hair at a place called Cool Cuts 4 kids. It is a really nice place It has play areas for the kids while they wait and they can sit in a car to get their hair cut and then the best part that aubrey enjoyed was that they could watch a movie or a show that they liked while they got their hair cut. She got to watch Backyardigans. Well, It was hard at first to get her to sit in the seat by herself so she got a sucker and then the show did the job. She sat so still and was so good. I was so proud, no tears at all. It was a great experience for her and neal and I.

Here are the after pictures. She's the cutest ever with the little bow in her hair. Too bad it only lasted about 15 minutes that way but her hair is not in her eyes anymore. She got gel in her hair and she got glitter in her hair. She had a great time.