A Day of Firsts!

Today Spencer tried out a lot of new things. He crawled for the first time! He's been working on that for a few months, but kept falling on his belly. He also figured out how to put the blocks in his giraffe toy to make the music play. It was exciting to see him using his cognitive decision making abilities. That's what Brant said at least. :)

Another first we experienced today was not so happy. While sitting next to me on the couch, he tried to crawl off of the couch resulting in his lip smashing against the corner of the coffee table. Though Spencer was screaming, Brant and I were almost more freaked out than he was because this was our first experience with a baby injury. I guess it's appropriate that it's the first day he's mobile. He stopped bleeding after a couple of minutes and now just has a fat lip to show for it. It's really sad to see, but he's a good sport.

Dishes for Diapers

Brant and I have the best deal going on. He hates changing diapers and I hate doing a sink full of dishes every day so I change all the diapers and he does all the dishes. We both think we're getting the better end of the deal so it's been working really well the past few months. I think we'll keep it up!

Spencer is growing so fast. He just turned 9 months and is getting ready to crawl. He can get on his hands and knees (after much effort) and then rock back and forth. We just went to the doctor for his check-up and though he's only 10th percentile for weight and 25th for height, he's 100th for head circumference! He needs room for his big brain as my dad would say. Spencer doesn't have any teeth yet, though it seems like he's been teething for months.

Last week Brant's parents and his sister, Marnae, and family came to town for his mom's family reunion. We spent the day at a park and Brant got to see some cousins he hadn't seen in a decade. He spent most of the day playing volleyball with anyone who would play with him. Amie and I got to go to the zoo with Brant's family. I took a few pictures of the giraffes because they're my favorite.

Brant and Spence having fun

Mom and baby giraffe

In the car with Amie

Spencer can't even crawl yet and he already managed to break the heads off of our little statue that was on the mantel. He's a talented kid.

Sacramento Visit

We had a great time last week in Sacramento! It was so good to see my family again. We stayed with Grandma and Grandad the first few days. Spencer and Grandad had fun together and Brant and I got to chat a lot with Grandma. We also spent a lot of time hanging out at my parent's house. We have four nephews there and Spence had fun playing with Andrew and Noah (who are closest to his age). They are all so cute.

Sunday was my little brother, Caleb's, baptism. That was the reason for our visit and we're really proud of him.

Monday we went to San Francisco with Marcus and April and baby Noah. Brant had never really been there before so we went on a boat tour of the bay. We walked around Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf, ate chowder in a bread bowl, and had some Ghiradelli chocolate. I've been to San Francisco dozens of times and it's still my favorite city.

My sister, Amie, drove home with us and is staying for a couple of weeks. It's been really fun to have her here and Spencer loves having another friend.

Brant was excited not to have to shave for five days and grew a little goatee. He's very proud.

Grow grass, grow

Brant planted some grass seed in our yard this weekend. We're hoping to replace the part of the lawn that was torn up last summer to fix our water main. Brant is becoming quite the handyman this summer with all of his projects.

Yard Sale!

Last weekend we had our very first yard sale. It was awesome! By the time we took this picture, people had purchased most of our junk. I couldn't believe how many people came. We got to spend the day outside talking and made some extra cash for things we didn't want anymore. I think we'll do one every year.

Ohio Trip

We got to spend the last week of April visiting Brant's parents in Columbus. It was the perfect time to go because the flowers and trees were all in bloom.

We spent the weekend at Brant's parent's cabin about an hour away from Columbus. We relaxed and spent some time there with our friends Ross and Katy who also stayed at the cabin. Spencer got to go on his first canoe trip (and so did I)!

It was great to see Brant's parents and by the end of the trip Spencer was getting attached to them. Hopefully, he'll still remember them when they visit in June.

Spencer's first Easter

Spencer was going for the Peeps, but luckily, he couldn't get them open. Brant and I each got a game for Easter and then Brant got some Peeps and a chocolate bunny. A week before Easter I bought a couple of bags of candy (Butterfinger eggs and Reese's eggs), but they didn't quite make it to Easter. :)