Christmas 2009

Making cookies for Santa

Emery's 1st Christmas

Jackson's Christmas pajamas

8 Months

I've been meaning to do this post for a while now. Emery turned 8 months old a little over a week ago. But you know, it's the holidays and things are crazy. Emery has 2 teeth now, is crawling all over the place and is pulling herself up to her knees. It's all happening way too fast! The other day I was rocking Jackson in his room and realized it was very hard to remember him as a baby, how small he was, how I could hold him in ONE hand. And way too soon it will be very hard to remember Emery as a baby. So I cherish them both now and I keep this blog, to remember....

And one more.....The Christmas pic:

7 Months

Emery is 7 months old and on the move! She's not quite crawling yet but is scooting, rolling and army crawling to get across a room. She also cut her first tooth yesterday, a full six months sooner than Jackson.

Halloween 2009

Moab II

Due to a scheduling error made on our previous trip to Moab, we went back this week for a couple of days. It was a bit colder this time but the snow on the mountains was a gorgeous contrast to the red rock. We went to an exotic animal petting zoo the first day. Jackson got nipped by the ostrich but still had fun.

Jackson was very excited about the train tracks we crossed on the way to Corona Arch

Corona Arch (right) & Bow Tie Arch (left)

This was the longest hike we have attempted with the kids (about 3 miles round trip). They did pretty good considering it was windy and chilly but still so beautiful!

Fisher Towers

Tim has always wanted to take the road to Gemini Bridges. This first part overlooks 191 and Arches.

Then the road winds back into this.



Then this

This was the only part we really needed the 4 wheel drive for and Tim wanted to check it out before I drove up

Gemini Bridges

Here we are on one of the bridges

The gap between the two bridges is about 8 feet. Someone did attempt to jump the gap and died trying.

Definitely one of the highlights of our trip.

Moab

We went to Moab a couple weeks ago and it's taken me a while to go through the pictures and get them on here. We had a great time hiking and seeing the sights.

Deadhorse Point

Turret Arch

South Window Arch

Goblin Valley

We had the potty with us just in case...and we used it

Devil's garden

Tunnel Arch

Sand dune Arch...appropriately named because of all of the sand that surrounds it. Jackson had a great time playing in the giant sand box.



All of that wore Jackson out

6 Months

We were in Moab for Emery's half birthday so I had to play catch up and get some pictures of her today. She had her well check last week and weighs 15 pounds 13 ounces. She is a half an inch shorter than Jackson was at 6 months but weighs 13 ounces more than he did. Considering she started out two and a half pounds heavier and two inches longer than him, I'm happy to see them pretty close in size at 6 months. She talks a lot and loves to bounce.

Bells Canyon