Camping!

Yes, we went camping. The weather here has been amazing that last few days and so we went out to the "desert" where Jeff used to work with troubled youth. We also had one of Jeff's Academy buddies come with his 3 boys and their four wheelers. It was a lot of fun and Phaelen did really well camping. This photo was right before we left. He escaped the blanket and took a crawl in the dirt. Yummy.

This was before the escape. Jeff set up this photo of Phalen's first "rock climbing" experience.

Me cooking oatmeal on our little stove with Calder playing in the dirt and Phaelen chewing on some water bottles. Who needs toys?

A really cute photo that was the best we could get of the boys smiling and looking up at the same time. Calder has such a fun time playing with the other boys. They thought he was pretty funny too. Oh, that is a teething biscuit in front of Phaelen. I didn't let him chew on rock, sticks or dirt... for the most part.
AND Jeff took the photos, except when he was holding Phaelen.

What Phaelen has been up to....a lot

Well here are his bottom two teeth, at 6 months. And the slobbery wet shirt that goes along with that lovely event of teething. He now, at 7 months, has his top two front teeth but it is really hard to get them in a photo. He loves brushing (aka chewing on his tooth brush) his teeth too. Oh and along with the teeth he gets to eat lots of food too! He likes: sweet potatoes, peas, butternut squash, regular mashed/baked potatoes, green beans, teething biscuits, and our home made apple sauce. He doesn't do well with carrots, bananas, or pears. Too much acid or vitamin C?

Here he is crawling/scooting for the first time and being successful, at 7 months. I don't think I'll ever get a break from these boys moving around! This was about 3 weeks ago. Note: this was at 6am so we are whispering so Calder doesn't wake up.

Here is one about 1 1/2 weeks ago. He is making progress fast!

So this is a photo of his sitting up, and then going to crawl mode/stance. He doesn't sit still for very long...just my luck.


And here is climbing. He wasn't fully satisfied just crawling, he wants better access and a better view of the world around him.


Now here is some more climbing, but the added new of these cool diapers we found! They are called "g diapers" and it's like a mix between cloth and disposable. It is basically an outer "cloth" diaper with Velcro tabs. Then a water proof snap-in liner with elastic around the edges to make them more leak proof. Then you put an insert in that is... flushable! Yes that is correct. You can flush it, compost it, or just throw it away. They biodegrade in 50-150 days! Not 500 years like regular disposable diapers. And you don't have to wash stinky cloth diapers in your washer or by hand. Google it and you can understand more if you like.

Here is the latest on Phaelen's speed and cute chubby smile!

The 6th photo in the 6th folder in the 6th folder

Ok, so this photo is of my cute Dad at our wedding reception in Montana with his huge ancient video camera. Doesn't he have an awesome smile! This photo really catches his personality too. Thanks to our wonderful photographer lady for that reception, she really caught a lot of good pictures that day.

Thanks April! I had to do this because we have so many pictures on our computer I had absolutely no idea what was going to come up and thankfully it isn't anything embarrassing. You know something like me ultra pregnant, or a dumb picture of an old apartment, etc. With our family being sick and all I have had a lot of "down/quiet" time in the last few days. Which is nice for both napping and doing things that I don't usually have a lot of time to do that I enjoy, like blogging!