Happy Pioneer Day!

This 24th of July we celebrated by going swimming for the first time! Well, it was Olivia's first time. Jessi and AJ came over and the four of us went down to the pool for some summer fun. Livvy seemed to enjoy it.

This is her swimming outfit. It keeps her warm before and after swimming.



Here are pictures of her swimming. Most kids are "fish" in the pool. Mine is a puppy. She kept trying to lap up the water. She had fun though, she liked it when I threw her up and she splashed back into the water.





Later that night we went to the Salt Lake Bees baseball game. After the game they had fireworks to celebrate the holiday. Olivia loved them! In fact the lady in front of us commented that she had never seen a baby who was that excited by them. It was very hard to take pictures, but here are a few that Aunt Jessi and Uncle AJ took.





Now I have no idea why I like this picture so much, but I think it is so funny. "Mommy what ARE you doing?"

Ski Jumping, Harry Potter, and Bath Tornados

Last Tuesday and Wednesday Marcus went to Park City for a management retreat with work. They spent most of the time in meetings, but were able to have some fun as well. On Tuesday they went miniature golfing, out to dinner, and then saw the movie Transformers. On Wednesday they went to Olympic Park and got to try out the ski jump!



Like the winter version, the skier skis down a ramp and after launching off the ramp, does tricks in mid air. The difference is that instead of landing on snow, they land in a big swimming pool.



Here are a couple pictures of Marcus trying it out.




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Like many of you, I too spent this weekend with "the other man in my life," Harry Potter. So that we could still spend time together, Marcus rented NCAA 2008 Football for the PS2. I read on the couch while he played his game. Due to this arrangement, we narrowly avoid several tense and uncomfortable moments. I was engrosed in my book and occasionally I would laugh due to the witty remarks often given by the twins and Hermione. Marcus, who was struggling to figure out his game, thought that I was laughing at him. Needless to say, he was getting a little miffed at me as I was continuially "laughing" at him while he continued to struggle. After some time, he realized that I was in fact laughing at my book and not him, and we had a pretty good laugh about it. Close call! Afterwards Livvy enjoyed sitting by Marcus on the couch and watching him play his game.



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Finally, Livvy really enjoys her baths. She loves watching the water come out of the faucet, and then go down the drain. Her is a little video from after her bath last night, laughing at the drain and its "tornado."

6M

So, today I was pulling out Olivia's next phase of clothes so that I could wash them. But what do I come to learn? 6M, what size would you think that is? Well, not only is it 6-9 or 6-12, but it is also 3-6! Needless to say there were several outfits that she will never get to wear do to this silly sizing. Luckily, since we found out, we went through her 9M and found that a good number of them were in fact 6-9. Glad we caught that! Well, we will probably pull through, but it was a little annoying. Just thought I'd share my frustration.

Giggles and Spit

Olivia recently decided that she likes to blow spit bubbles. So here is a little clip of it. It is odd how spit can be so cute.

Sitting

Olivia figured out the other day how to sit all by herself. She can sit really well, unless something draws her attention. She almost always tips over when she reaches for something, but she is getting better. Here are some pictures.





I couldn't figure out which one(s) I liked the best, so I put all four on. Nothing beats proud mommies I guess.

This little video is Olivia playing Hide-n-Seek with daddy. (She usually thinks this is pretty funny, but she was tired when we were playing, so it wasn't as funny.)

Mookey

Here is what you have all been waiting for...Mookey!!!







Here is daddy with his little baby cow, moooo.



Walking around the grass Mookey and Bumble bump into each other. The kids get so excited and all want their pictures taken.

Dancing

Aunt Jessie came over today. She showed us a clip for 'Dream Girls' and Olivia wanted to dance to it. I warn you though, it is pretty spazzy...



Olivia really built up her appetite with all the dancing, and was ready for a bottle afterwards. Most people hold their bottle with their hands. Not my baby. She uses one hand, and...one foot.



Also here are a couple of pictures after her bath last night. Her hair sticks up after I fuzz it to dry it.