Taryn learned how to crawl out of her crib. Not okay. We had many rough nights of her coming out of her room (because she can open doors, of course) until we realized, "wait, we can just lock her in!" Brilliant. It only took one night of her trying to kick her door down to give it up and she hasn't climbed out since.
Loving our baby. Lots and lots of this.
Lots of water play. Took a few months for me to realize that we pay for the water that comes out of the hose. Pay the extra money for happy kids? Okay.
Lots of yard work! Did I mention we moved into a house? We're still in Utah and we really did find everything we wanted in a house: rambler, basement (unfinished), big yard, culd-e-sac, and so much more. The front yard is finished and landscaped (the house is about 8 years old), but the backyard was covered in weeds. We spent almost every Saturday in the summer working on the yard. We weeded by hand, sprayed weeds, tilled--see above--, leveled, brought in top soil, leveled again, and then laid sod. And rolled it. Totally worth it though. Did I also mention how nice it is to have family nearby? :)
We had a ton of extra top soil in a pile in the front yard. So I picked up some items from D.I. and we made a mud kitchen. Lots of hours of fun play!
Sometimes I can be a cool mom. We built a tin foil river and floated objects down it (see the constant running hose?)
We even went camping! Well, Kevin and Reed went camping and Taryn, Corbin, and I met up with them to roast giant marshmallows (that really is the best part of camping anyway, right?). Giant marshmallows are fun to look at it, not fun to eat. Much, much too big.
The Tracy Aviary field trip with cousin Matthew.
And we even made a friend. Reed and Alex "fishing."
Taryn and her new friend, Livie.
More baby-loving.
This summer was fun and different. I just had Corbin on May 30 before we moved into our new home on June 1. You heard right. We literally signed the last title papers in the hospital. It was quite the stressful several months looking for a house, knowing we were going to have a baby shortly. Jeez, I don't think I even told that story. I am WAY behind. Anyway, we spent one night with Corbin in our apartment before moving the next morning. So the summer was spent unpacking while trying to get used to a new neighborhood and ward and adjusting to 3 kids. I have to admit, the moving was the harder adjustment. We lived in our Orem apt for 6 years and had made some really good friends and neighbors. It has been almost 7 months in our new home and we have made a couple friends, but I have to say, there is an appeal to apt living. People are always around and I like that. On a good note, Corbin has been an awesome baby! He really never cried the first 2 months of his life and even now, he is a really content baby. Thank you, thank you! He was our tender mercy. :)
