Stairs

Brock has finally mastered the art of crawling. It sure didn't take him long once he figured it out. He still isn't all that fast, but he can sure get around and reach anything he wants. His favorite are the stairs. I'm not a big fan of that and I need to purchase a long gate to block the stairs so he can't even get to them. I'm sure when I put that up he is going to love it. He also got his first tooth on the bottom. It finally poked through about 3 days ago.

Aiden also got his first tooth on the bottom. He is also getting his top 2 teeth. He out of all of the boys is the worst teether. He is really whiny and isn't a good sleeper lately. I can't wait for those 2 teeth to pop out so maybe he can cheer up a little.

Collin still has just the bottom 2 teeth. He is such a content little guy. I wish they were all as good natured as him. It is funny to watch when Brock is crawling, Aiden and Collin just sit there on the floor with their toys playing and watching him go. I have tried to help them crawl and they just face plant. They don't quite know what to do. I'm sure they will figure that out in time.

They all liked to be held and rocked to sleep for naps. I have decided that I can't do that anymore. It takes so much time and they fight it half of the time anyways. So I have set up a play pen in my bedroom and a play pen in the craft room. I put a baby in each of those and put one of them in their crib and I let them cry themselves to sleep. Right now it is brutal, but after a few days I am hoping they will realize that it isn't so bad. It makes it hard to have them strung out all over the house though, because keeping the girls quiet isn't an easy task. They are learning though.

Sitting and Crawling

It has finally happened. The boys are all sitting up. It is so nice. They love to sit and play with their toys. When they something else that they want, they tip themselves over and scoot over to get it. Brock is by far the most mobile. He actually gets up on his hands and knees and actually does a little crawl mixed with scooting. He has been attempting stairs already. I don't know if I am ready for that or not. They are definately more content lately and I know it has alot to do with being able to sit. Collin has two teeth. Aiden and Brock are almost at one. I can feel them almost breaking through. They have been a little whiny but not to bad.

Summer vacation has been marginal. It has rained so much lately that the girls aren't really able to get outside and play much. There are days when I just want to send them out in the rain and lock the doors so they can't come in. I know that sounds really mean, but I get really tired of them waking up the babies. Oh well, life goes on.

Tripped Out

Yes, it is finally me. I am back from all of our family travels. I sure have a lot of catching up to do. First off, our adventures started clear back on Memorial Weekend. We went to Island Park for our annual Hill Family Reunion. It was such nice weather and we had such a good time. There is nothing quite like dutch oven food and we sure had alot of it and it was all so yummy. The boys did really well and seemed to enjoy being in the great outdoors.

Kayla, Collin, Aiden, Brock and Paige

Collin, Grandma Ricks, Aiden, Aunt Liz, Paige, Bailey, Kayla and Sierra

We got home on Monday from that and then I spent all day Tuesday(26th) and Wednesday (27th) getting packed and ready to leave on Thursday (28th) to head out for Lake Powell. It seemed like I would never be ready to go, but Thursday afternoon rolled around and we packed the suburban clear to the top and we pulled out for Utah. Paige was able to miss the last day of school so we could get a jump start on the drive. She is glad to be done with the 1st grade and is looking forward to summer vacation.

Thursday night we stayed in Bountiful and then on Friday we headed out early and drove through Zions National Park. It was really pretty and it was something I had never done. We had a good time. Friday night we stayed in a hotel in Kanab, Utah. What an interesting experience staying in a hotel with three babies. They did pretty good, put at one point in the night, all three of the boys were in bed with Matt and I.

Kayla, Aiden, Brock, Collin and Paige

Saturday morning we got up and headed for Lake Powell. I was so glad to finally arrive and get all of our stuff on to the houseboat. Sunday was Paige's 7th birthday and she had fun playing in the sand, riding the wave runners and going tubing. That night we had a cake and presents. She got lots of clothes, littlest pet shops, lincoln logs and a set a pink golf clubs. She loves to go golfing with her dad and so she is super excited to have her own clubs. It was also her cousin Blake's birthday on Monday, so they had a combined cake and then we did some luau games. It was a lot of fun.

Blake and Paige

The rest of the week went well. The girls loved being there with their cousins and riding the tube and wave runners. The boys even went swimming and loved it. They were really good and slept really well. The last two night were not so good. Collin cut his first tooth and was miserable from that. Then all three of them got their awful coughs back and weren't feeling to good. We survived a week though and we are glad to be back on land.

Aiden, Brock and Collin

Kayla, Paige, Brock, me, Collin, Hannah, Aiden and Alyssia

Matt wakeboarding

Aiden, Brock and Collin

The sandcastle me and the girls built
Paige, Matt, Kayla, Hannah and Kyle on the tube

Saturday we were able to go to two baptisms and a blessing and then another blessing on Sunday. It was a jam packed 10 days and I am not going to go on any more trips for a long while.