July 2017

Besides all of the fun holiday stuff this month, we've also been swimming, eating popcicles, going to the zoo, the park, playing outside, and many other things.

I found a used kitchen for sale for a pretty good price and decided to get it for Deacon at the end of July. He loves it! It's so cute how much this kid likes to make things, cook, and play with play food, bowls, etc. He would cook more real food in the kitchen, if I would let him. Maybe he'll be a famous chef one day and make us delicious meals!

Emerson still isn't crawling forwards, but he has started to "cruise" this month.  I weighed him around the end of July, and he was 20.8 pound.  Time needs to slow down with this boy! He's getting too big too fast. One evening I set him on the floor to play. He made his way over to a basket of blocks and played contently for a long time. Grandma has started to give him baskets with toys in them for him to play with, and he quite enjoys himself. 

Swimming:

(look closely at Emerson in the next few pictures)

(he almost got a whole cupful of water in his mouth)

Zoo: Sunset Safari

It was much less crowded this time!

They were feeding the bats when we went and Deacon was so excited to see them. The food was hung up from the top of the cage and all of the bats were hanging upside down to eat it. It was neat to see. He loves bats (Halloween):

Emerson turned 11 months on July 22:

He loves to stand up holding on to things now, even his crib. He was not happy when it was time to get out:

One funny/cute thing Emerson does is he always tucks his hands under his tummy when I put him in his crib to sleep. I will hold him until he falls asleep, and then roll him onto his tummy in his crib, and almost every time he will tuck his little hands right underneath his body. He has also started to sleep on his side a lot more:

24th of July

Pioneer Day was so much fun this year!  We started off by going to the Bountiful Handcart Days parade on Friday, July 21. Deacon is so funny to watch at parades.  He likes to dance to the music when the bands come close, and still hasn't quite figured out how to get the candy that is thrown. He will run up to a place that just got candy, get there too late, and then miss the candy that was thrown right where he was. It's hard for him to understand that he won't get everything that is being passed, out especially when they are bigger items like balls, etc. One little boy by us got two balls and was nice enough to give one to Deacon. He does get very excited every time he picked up a piece of candy. He ended up with plenty of stuff. Emerson did pretty good as long as he had Grandma's spray bottle to play with. 

 

On Saturday, Livy, Deacon, Mandy, and I went to the Handcart Days activities at Bountiful Park. The kids had fun on the blow up toys, the train, the swings, and even won a prize. We ended the afternoon with a snow cone.

Saturday evening we had a BBQ and pool party with the Fenwick's. We had a great time! Deacon loved jumping off the diving board and did it probably 100 times. Emerson enjoyed floating around in his tube and chewing on the various duck toys that were around. 

On Sunday evening, Deacon, Grandma Fenwick, and I went on a hike up Muller Park Canyon. Deacon likes to see the "tee-pees," and had to try to find a good walking stick a good portion of the time. As we were leaving the tee-pees, we saw a deer that was within 10 feet of us. It was a nice hike.

When we got back from our hike, we did a few sparklers that we had left and had popcicles with family. Happy Pioneer Day!