Ruby Nine Months

Nine months with this little girl and she continues to delight and win our hearts.  She is finding her personality more each day and definitely is her own little person.  She has started laughing and talking more and more.  My mom is convinced that she says "dog", I think it could be "dada" but mostly she repeats the sound "da" non stop.  Luke loves to egg her on.  They both sing and chirp at each other and then usually collapse in fits of giggles.  As a mama, it is about the cutest thing to watch.  

I don't feel like there have been a lot of large milestones this month, she just continues to progress and grow. She moves like crazy, rolls, squirms, slides, etc.  I keep expecting her to crawl any day.  She can get from a seated position down to her belly and pushes herself up  on her arm and rocks a little.  The girl definitely likes her food.  She eats several jars of baby food as well as purees of fruit, cereal, and little bits of anything we are eating.  I even caught my mom sharing a Hershey's bar with her - both seemed to be enjoying it.  The last time she was weighed she was up to 18 pounds, so clearly the food agrees with her.  

Sadly, Ruby ended up at the doctor this month.  We knew she had been snotty and feverish but really had gone for Luke and weren't aware how sick she was.  I felt horrible when the doctor told us she had infection in both ears.  Poor sweet girl.  While we were there we also discovered that she is getting her "vampire" teeth which I'm sure didn't help the runny nose and drooling.  

Constantly spitting.

She is always interested in what is going on around her,

Constantly craning her neck to see what is going on.

Ruby loves to sleep with her piggy pig

She gets so excited when I hand it to her

And snuggles right up to go to sleep.

We always lay her on her back,

But most nights she ends up on her side, backwards, or

On her belly scrunched up like a bug.

I wonder if she will be so willing to go along with

Luke's games/directions once she has a choice.

For the time she was perfectly happy with the fireman hat.

This was probably the last picture of her in the bumbo.

It really isn't safe to have her in it anymore

She squirms around so much and can work her way out,

She also bends over and uses her arms to scoot herself around.

It would be funny if it wasn't so scary.

Out of the bumbo, Miss Ruby has graduated to the high chair,

It makes her look way too grown up

And kind of breaks my heart.

Nothing like a little yogurt mustache.

As always lots of time with family.

The outtakes

Definitely not my easiest shoot

Independence Day

The Fourth of July is kind of a big deal around Provo.  We missed most of the festivities this year, but decided we better participate in some activities on the fourth - otherwise it ends up just feeling like just another day. Tim and Cory decided to start the day of right with the Freedom Run.  They both said they felt great and hit their time goals, perfect kind of race.

While the boys were off racing, Calvin kept me company while I got a little run in on the treadmill.  We quickly got ready to head to the parade - Calvin was a champ and got himself ready and helped entertain.  As always, Ruby woke up happy but I had to drag Luke out of bed.  I have avoided the parade the last several years because I wasn't willing to fight for a spot.  Call me a diva but I was excited to find out you can buy reserved bleacher seats.  It worked out so great, easy to get to, great location to watch and shady. Shhh, don't tell everyone, we have big plans to return next year.  I really was glad that we decided to go.  Luke thought it was fantastic.  The parade started with firetrucks and police cars and had plenty of balloons, diesel trucks, horses, etc to keep him enthralled.  Even baby girl loved it - she seemed fascinated by the crowds and everything going on around her.

We headed out for a quick lunch, then went home to let the babies nap and pack up our stuff to got to Mt. Pleasant.  We met up with the rest of the family at the rodeo then ended the night with fireworks and headed out for the babies' first camping trip.  

When my parents bought their trailer they said they bought something with plenty of room for family and hoped that we would come camping.  They know I don't love to camp but Tim does and hoped to entice us with the accommodations.  After our overnight stay, we may not be invited back.  It all started out great and went fine until about 4:00 a.m. when Luke woke up screaming which woke up Ruby.  For the next few hours it was a circus of changing beds, songs, stories, bottles, etc. but at about 6:00 we finally gave up and let Luke get up to play.

Tim and Luke went on some early morning adventures

While I went out on a run with Jarin and dad.

There was some serious four wheeling to be done

My dad said I made it seem like the Jr. Prom with 

My insistence of a photo everyone.

Looks like I missed the group shot. 

The rest of the day was spent just relaxing

Coloring, games, water fights, etc.

By the time we left everyone was filthy and exhausted,

Exactly as it should have been.