It's Official!

This past week Bryce accepted a job in Oklahoma! And we will be moving out there in a week or so (we are still trying to decide exactly when to leave). I really never thought I would move back to Oklahoma (that is where I grew up) but we are excited for the new adventure. It will definitely be sad to leave family and friends here in Utah but we are also pretty excited to spend some time with our family in Oklahoma! I decided to break the news to Spencer during lunch and this was his initial reaction...

Oklahoma?!?

He's pretty excited about it though. Now we've just got to pack pack pack! I hate moving...

Update

I can hardly believe it is already the middle of June! We haven't been doing anything very exciting lately, but I figured I could update our blog with some new pictures of Spencer since that's all I blog about anyway. Bryce is still looking for a job. We've basically narrowed it down to two and hopefully will hear back about one so we can make our decision and get moving.


Spencer is now 8 months old! And he is crawling all over the place. I think he is much happier now that he can move himself to where he wants to go. Unfortunately usually where he wants to go is either to cords and outlets! Or to paper or anything he's not supposed to have that happens to fall on the ground. He has also been sleeping without being wrapped up for a while now which is wonderful. He is just such a happy and fun baby!



Looking at himself in the mirror.




Spencer loves the vacuum. I think he actually just loves the light on it, but whenever I get it out I have to vacuum really fast before he catches me! (the video isn't uploading...I'll have to try again later)


My parents and little sisters Jenny and Sarah came out a week or so ago. Jenny is actually out here going to college now so they were bringing her out. It was fun to see them and get to spend some time with them. We planned on going to Lagoon one day but we found out it was closed right before we went! I was pretty excited to take Spencer on some rides and take him to the little water park for his first experience in his swimsuit (we still have not been swimming or anything yet this summer!). So instead of going to Lagoon we just hung out and helped Aunt Jenny unpack and organize her new room! Spencer even helped...



Visiting Aunt Jenny's new room at college! He wanted to help hang up some of her clothes.


And that is all the updates on us. Hopefully we will find out soon where Bryce will be working and where we will be living!

Green Nose Baby

Sometimes Spencer gets a little too excited for his baby food and he moves his head forward right into the spoon with food on it. This time it ended up on his nose.

The bridge.

Spencer loves to stand. He stands on walls, his crib, the couches. He likes to spread his arms out too, this picture looks like he's about to be frisked by the police.

So ready to crawl...he just can't figure out how to move his arms with his legs.

Waving goodnight.

Other than taking lots of pictures of mostly just Spencer we haven't been up to much lately. Bryce is studying hard for his certification test that he will take in June and still searching for a job. The weather has been so great so we've been spending a lot of time outside too. We go on walks and runs and sometimes just sit outside in the sun.

Spencer's New Best Friend!

Meet Maddie! We went up to Salt Lake on Saturday to go on a picnic with Chelsea and Matt and found out they had just gotten a puppy! Isn't she cute?


Spencer and Maddie have a kind of love hate relationship. Spencer can't help but reach out to touch her and Maddie loves to come up and lick Spencer's toes...but I think Spencer is slightly afraid of her. Probably because he was sitting on the floor and Maddie came up to him (Spencer's mouth was open, probably in shock because he's never really seen a dog up close) and Maddie came up and started licking Spencer's open mouth!!! Pretty gross, I know but it was also pretty hilarious. Spencer didn't move at all, he just looked at me like what is going on?


Maddie trying to lick Spencer again.

Petting the puppy.

Seven!!!

Spencer is now officially seven months old. I think seven is going to be his lucky number. He was born October 7 and weighed 7 lbs 7 oz and yesterday he turned 7 months on May 7!

It is crazy how fast he is growing! Last night I decided to try and put him in some new pajamas that are 9 months size. I was looking at them on the hanger and thought, these are huge! They will probably be so big on him. I decided to put him in them anyway (because all his other ones were dirty) and they fit! They were a little big but not as big as I expected!



In his 9 months pajamas!


Spencer is not only getting bigger but he is also learning a lot of new things. He loves to just sit and play with his toys. He is such a good sitter and hardly ever falls anymore (unless he wants to go after a toy, then he purposely falls down). It was so funny the other day Bryce and I were watching a movie and Spencer was just sitting on the floor playing with his toys. I looked down at him and he was looking behind him at this little piece of paper. And he loves paper! He always wants to play with paper and eat it, probably because any time he gets some I take it right away so he won't eat it. Anyway, so he kept looking behind him at this paper and I could tell he really wanted it but I figured he wouldn't be able to get to it so he'd just keep playing with his toys. So I went back to watching the movie and looked back down a few minutes later and he was on his tummy eating the paper! So apparently if he really wants something he will somehow get to it!


He is also rolling around all over and scooting backwards. He's really started moving around more since we started trying to put him to sleep without being wrapped up. I know! Can you believe we still had to wrap him up at 6 months! I kept picturing him coming to me when he's 2 and being like "Okay mommy I'm ready for bed, wrap me up!" So we decided that even though we would most likely have some bad nights we'd just try it out. He has done pretty good with it too. He can always fall asleep on his own right at bed time. He usually wakes up in the middle of the night slightly hysterical so we eventually wrap him up, but atleast we know that he can fall asleep unwrapped. So since he doesn't spend half of his days with is arms tied down to his sides he has been rolling and scooting around a lot more.


He is just such a great baby and we are so glad we have him. His little smile just makes my day. I'm sure that will come in handy for him when he's older and gets into trouble! He'll just have to smile at me and I won't be able to stay mad. =)


Here is a video of him in his crib. It's so funny because now when he is on his tummy you can see his little head popping up!

Hiking the Y!

It has been beautiful outside the past few days and so we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and hike up to the Y.

Spencer staying hydrated.

On the way up. Spencer mostly squealed and chewed on the straps of his carrier the whole way.

Spencer and mommy at the top! (the very top, not just the bottom top - I wanted to just go to the bottom but Bryce forced us to go up to the top!)

At the rock.

Bryce carried Spencer most of the time, but I did carry him a little on the way down...and here is proof!

Spencer was pretty worn out from all the hiking!

We also decided to go to the park and see what Spencer thought of swings! He loves them!

Graduation!

Bryce is now a college graduate! Graduation was last Thursday and Friday and it was so great to go and see Bryce in his cap and gown. He has worked so hard and is definitely ready to be done with school...at least for a little while. So what is next for us?? Good question. Right now Bryce is looking for a job and then in a year or so, with a little medical experience under his belt, will apply to PA school. So if anyone knows of any openings for an Athletic Trainer let us know! =)

So excited to graduate! (thanks to Sharayne for getting some good pics for us!)

On Saturday we were able to get together with some friends (Bryce's old roommates and wives). Some were in town for graduation and some will be moving soon so it was great to get together with everyone!

Spencer, Devin, and Keegan - these three were born within three weeks of each other! It was so fun to see them together! And although Spencer is the youngest I am pretty sure he is the biggest!

Group picture (Spencer and Keegan were both asleep and so couldn't be in the pic)