Silver Lake

Yesterday, we drove up Big Cottonwood Canyon and did a nice little nature walk around Silver Lake. It's up by Brighton Ski Resort. The lake was really pretty and the mountain air felt so fresh. And the best part: we got some nice family shots (except the nice person who took our picture cut off Mark's head).

As a side note, I also realized why pictures of me vs. pictures of Mark at the same location look very different. I'm just a much better photographer than Mark. I submit the following photos as evidence:

 The picture I took of Mark at Bryce Canyon.

The picture Mark took of me at Bryce Canyon.

Q.E.D.

4 months old

Matthew turned 4 months old about a week and a half ago, but I finally went to the pediatrician today. He weighs 16 lb 5 oz and is 25.5 inches long. That puts him about the 70th percentile. He's definitely not a small baby. I finally finished decorating his nursery. Luckily, Matthew condescends to let Mark and I put our bed in his nursery. I think he likes the mobile I made him. I catch him staring at it from time to time. Regardless, I love watching the mobile spin as I lie in bed. So I would consider it a success.

The only anecdote I can think of is my war with Matthew the other night. He went to sleep just fine, but woke up about 2:30. Then the battle began. He got himself back to sleep after a few minutes. However, he decided he wanted to sleep with his blanket covering his face. I did not want him to sleep with a blanket covering his face. Thus, a few minutes later, I would carefully remove the blanket from his face. Matthew did not seem to care for my motherly concern, because he would wake up and we would do it all over again. We repeated this cycle on and off for two and half hours. I'm not sure who won, but Mark was definitely the loser - he had to get up and feed Matthew at 5am.

What a lazy bum.

Mark thinks he looks like Christopher in this picture.



Helping Mommy with the laundry.

Nothing like a good book.

I love to laugh

The Prince and the Frog

 Starring: Matthew as the Prince and Mommy as the Frog.

Picture This

Since Matthew is oddly still asleep, I thought I might post a few of his cute pictures before I cook dinner.

I love his dimples.

Hanging out with Mark.

Like Father, like Son.

Matthew's new favorite pasttime: watching the cars drive by.

My happy smiling baby.

Matthew decided he wanted to practice sitting up (when he was supposed to be falling asleep).

We are Dynamite!

I'm sure you are all dying to know, but we saw neither David Archuleta nor Steve Young on Sunday. Just Orrin Hatch again. I think he might be in our ward, but his records are in D.C. I do have exciting news. I am now the assistant coach for an 8 year-old girls' soccer team, the Dynamite. Since I am not quite in enough shape to play soccer, I figured I might try coaching. We had our first game on Saturday. We have a large team of 12 girls considering they only play 6 on the field at a time. The girls are just learning to play, so they are entertaining to watch. For example, our girls scored two goals compared to the other team's one goal, but we didn't win. Why, you might ask? Unfortunately, one of our girls forgot which direction she was going and scored on the wrong goal. Haha. She didn't just barely kick it in, either. She juked a couple of the defenders and booted it in the top corner of the net. It was a rather impressive goal, but for the wrong team. The girls have the cutest cheer. I told it to Mark, and he has gotten it stuck in his head. I'll have to get a video of them sometime.

It's never too early to learn to play.

Though, his main interest is in tasting the ball.

The Amazing Standing Baby