Team Robison: June 2013

Friday, June 28, 2013

Photo Shoot with Aunt Jess

Last week, my sister-in-law Jess called and asked if she could come take some pictures of my kids. I'm definitely wasn't going to say no to that. When she arrived, I had to wake up Matthew from his nap. He's a bit shy when he wakes up from a nap, so we decided to have him take pictures with his teddy bear and blanket. It worked maybe a little too well - he wanted Teddy in all the rest of the pictures. Also, Hannah had her 2 month check-up. She weighs 11 pounds, 2 ounces (63rd percentile) and is 22.24 inches long (49th percentile). She's growing so fast.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

7 weeks

Here are some cute pictures of Hannah at 7 weeks old. I have to admit, I think she is just the prettiest little baby. She is actually a really good baby. She sleeps through the night consistently. I tell Mark she's a rooster - she always wakes up with the sun about 5:30 or 6 a.m. Luckily for me, she really doesn't cry very loudly. She'll fuss a bit, but she has to be really upset to cry loudly. She has also started to smile. I caught a bit of it in the video I attached. No giggles yet, though. Her other accomplishments are being able to hold her head up some when on her stomach and being able to grasp some of the toys dangling from her playmat. She also loves to watch Matthew. She'll track him with her eyes whenever he is nearby, which seems to be pretty much always. Matthew just loves his baby sister.

Father's Day Weekend

For Father's Day, I suggested that Mark take Matthew for a father-son outing. I would have sent along Hannah, but having him take both kids seemed more appropriate for Mother's Day. Being a typical little boy, Matthew is all about vehicles. So Mark decided to take him to ride the train and then out for milkshakes. Needless to say, Matthew had a blast. I'm thinking the father's day father-son outing (and eventually father-daughter outings) will have to become a tradition. That same weekend, we went to a family outing with Mark's extended family. The special guest of honor was his Aunt Krista who was in town from Wisconsin. It was fun to see her again - we hadn't seen her since our wedding. Unfortunately, the photo I snapped did not turn out well. Oh well, I should really pay attention to the lighting when I take photos.

Riding the train

Anna, Michael, Aunt Krista and Mark

I Love to See the Temple

The weekend of the 7th was not only Mark's weekend off but also Mark's dad was in town, literally. Usually he's here for work in Salt Lake, but this time he had a conference just down the street. While Elwin attended his conference, Mark and I decided to take the kids to the zoo. Matthew had such a fun time that for the last two weeks he has been saying "Like zoo," and then listing the animals from the zoo. I think he had the most fun with the polar bear. The new polar bear exhibit as a large number of viewing spots, and Matthew had fun racing back and forth to look through different windows to track the bear as it was pacing.

Elwin has interesting timing on his trips. Last time he was here, we had just gotten our grill and patio furniture, and this time he arrived just in time for our patio dining table. It was so nice to be able to sit and eat dinner outside. We are almost completely finished with our deck, so I'll post pictures soon. On Sunday, Elwin wanted to go take pictures of the Logan Temple, so we all took a little road trip. I'd never been to Logan before, though we'll hopefully be going up for a football game when my cousin makes the Utah State team. Logan is a really nice town - it has that old town feel without being rundown. We saw the Temple and the Tabernacle and then on our way back we stopped at the Brigham City Tabernacle and saw the Brigham City Temple as well. It was a perfect little road trip for a Sunday afternoon. Maybe we'll do it again, though maybe in the fall when it cools down a bit.