He Thinks He is SO Big

Since our washer started leaking, we started doing our laundry at the Harmon's house. Well, Tucker sees Sophie crawling around all over the place and trying to walk, so he thinks that he should be able to do it too. He will roll over on his tummy and kick his feet and try his hardest to be big and crawl like Sophie, who is 5 months older than he is. He isn't even 4 months yet! He does get frustrated after a while when he realizes that he can't get anywhere.  

Another thing he does is, when he's sitting on my lap, he will grab my hands and push himself up so he is standing. He is pretty strong. Here is a picture of him standing up next to the couch. He can stand there  by himself for a long time just leaning against the couch!

Since we found out that we are getting a house, we have also been playing with the idea of getting a dog. Who can say that this kid doesn't need a dog?! We will look up dogs on KSL and then show him the pictures, and he just smiles so big!

Our Little Swimmin' Boy

A couple of weekends ago we went boating with some friends. Tucker came along and hung out on the boat. He was a pretty good sport. Our friend had  a better life jacket for him that doesn't squish his face, like the one we bought for him. When Daddy was in the water Tucker went for a swim too, in the middle of the lake! At first he didn't like it because it was cold, but then he really liked it after he got used to it!

Daddy wakeboarding

Mommy wakeboarding

Daddy and Tucker swimming in the lake!

Mommy and Tucker hanging out on the boat
Chris, Gary, and Tyler & Nicole hanging out on the boat

Twist of Events

So we have been renting an apartment in here in St. George since we had to move out of the house we were renting. Some of you may know that we were previously (March-April) looking for a house down here. We put some offers on some short sales, and had some that we thought we might get. But alas, everything was taking so long, and we finally gave up and figured that we would just move up North for Gary to get his Masters. Well, out of the blue, we just heard this last month that our offer on one of the houses was accepted! We are moving there at the end of this month!

Bahaha!

Gary got a link for this in an email. Considering that last month just ended, I feel that it is appropriate for all of the home teachers and visiting teachers out there. I was definitely laughing!

He wants to be awake...ALL OF THE TIME!

Last night after I put Tucker back to bed after feeding him, he decided to stay awake and play...for over an hour. We could hear him in the other room just babbling on in his little baby language. He wasn't crying or anything, just talking and talking and talking...and talking. I guess Tucker just couldn't get back to sleep. That being said, neither could I. He is not wanting to take his naps anymore either.

He also has this new fascination with his feet. I will go to get him up after naps or in the morning, and he is usually just sitting there holding onto his toes or trying to grab them.

Another thing is that he is attached to his "silky" blanket. He absolutely loves it. Is it child abuse when you know your kid just might get made fun of for being attached to a "silky" in high school? 

Sophie and Tucker just staring at each other. 

Gary wrapped him all up in his silky. Tucker could barely move!

He has a little elephant he always plays with, and he loves to chew on the elephant's ears because they make a crinkly noise.

There are just so many new things that I notice about him, like he gets all frustrated when he can't reach something that is just out of his hand's grasp, or when we put him in his bouncer chair and he tries to sit up more upright than the angle of the chair. He is also a thumb sucker.

Growing like a weed!

We recently had Tucker's 2 Month Doctor's Visit. He is in the 90th percentile and is growing so fast! When I see new babies, it's hard to imagine that he was ever that little and that wasn't even that long ago!

This is Tucker when he was brand new.

This is when Grandpa, Grandma and Kaitlin Schaugaard came to visit when he was still just a little guy.

This is Tucker now!

He is just growing like a weed, and We have been having a blast watching him grow.

Most weekday mornings Tucker and I go for a walk with Ashley and Sophie to a park nearby. The ducks always are excited to see us. 

Sophie likes to tickle Tucker's feet.

A little puppy wanted Tucker to be his friend so he licked his toes.

When we went to Grandpa and Grandma Schaugaard's we were given some clothes for Tucker from our aunt and uncle. Kaitlin and Sandy dressed Tucker in his new BYU fan clothes.

Tucker fell asleep like this the other day. 

This is a picture of when Tucker got to meet his Great Grandma and Grandpa Green. He also got to meet his Great Grandma and Grandpa Birrell that just got back from their mission in Alabama, but I couldn't find a picture.

We went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. This is Tucker's foot compared to a dinosaur track.

This was at the museum. I think this picture is funny. Look at his little legs just sticking out of the stroller.

When Tucker gets tired, he tries not to fall asleep and kicks his legs and flails his arms around cause it is just too much fun to be awake and play. If I give him a blanket, he likes to play with it, and it helps him settle down and go to sleep. It is also really cute to play "Where's Tucker?" by throwing the blanket over his head. He always pulls the blanket off his head and smiles, and we say "There you are!"

We bought Tucker a life jacket when we went boating with the Laidlaws this last weekend. It was just a little big on him and squished his cheeks together, but it didn't seem to bother him too much.

"He says he has a cold."

So I have had a cold this last week, and I was all worried that Tucker would get it too...and he did. His nose has been all stuffy, and I feel sad that I gave it to him. It was interesting though, the other day I was at the post office, and I had Tucker asleep in his car seat with me. There was a mom and her little girl, probably about 2 or 3 years old, in front of me. I set Tucker's car seat on the ground, and he woke up and was being kind of noisy while the little girl just looked at him. She then turned to me and all matter-of-fact-like said, "He says he has a cold." I apparently should hire this girl for translating.

Well, cold or not, Tucker is still smiling, and I think it is the cutest thing ever! Maybe it is not as cute at 3 in the morning when I am extremely tired as I put him back into his bed after feeding him, and he just looks up at me and smiles so big and seems to say "Yay! Time to play!" But it is cute enough for me not to be mad about it.

P.S.  So thanks to those who voted for Tucker, but I now realize that it makes you go through a time-consuming survey before it let's you actually vote, so really don't feel bad if you don't want to do it!

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Tucker is two months old! Time has flown by, and he is getting bigger everyday! Here is a picture that I took of him today.

I entered it into a baby photo contest. You can vote for him by clicking here! Please vote for little Tucker! 

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Panguitch 2009

Panguitch this year was a blast. Since last year's campout, there were 3 new babies that were brought along. Sophie, Katelyn, and Tucker. It's a little different camping with a baby, but we still had just as fun!

Here is our little camping family

3 mommies with 3 babies: Ashley and Sophie, Michelle and Katelyn, and Megs and Tucker

The first time Tucker met his cousin Katelyn. Well, second cousin, or something like that.

Mommy and Tucker

Daddy and Tucker just kicking back and relaxing. Tucker sleeps with his hands up all of the time. He was even hanging out like this in the ultra sound! 
There is a song we sing as a tradition while fishing up at Panguitch. We had the idea to make onesies for our little ones and use fabric markers to put some of the lyrics on them. Ashley decided to add a little extra embellishment to Sophie's shirt after Sophie was already wearing it. 
Tucker wearing his "Fishy Song Shirt". It lasted only a few minutes until he exploded out of his diaper on it.
Spiderman, er...I mean Danny wanted to share his toy car transformer with Tucker.
The Jones kids hanging out with Tucker
Spiderman let Gary wear his mask for a while. We celebrated Danny's birthday while up at camp and he got a new Spiderman outfit to replace his old one that is super worn out because he wears it EVERYWHERE!

There was a parade in town on the 24th. Here are Gary and the kids trying to fill their bags with candy.

The fire truck hosed everyone down when it went by.

Sandy got a cut on her forehead from the 4 wheeler rack. When the ambulance in the parade threw out Band-Aids, everyone gave theirs to Sandy!

Tucker watched the parade with his grandma.

Here is Tucker in his fishing attire, including a baby life jacket that devoured him.

Fising buddies!

Shooting!

Some more shooting.
Hanging out in Sandy and Wade's Trailer. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Wade putting the 4 wheelers away :( 

We can't wait for next year's campout!