6 Months

Huxley turned 6 months Sept. 24. His well baby check up went perfect and he is right on track! We still love him to pieces!!!

6 Month Stats

height: 26.5"- 41%

weight: 16# 13oz.- 28%

I don't remember his head circumference but I do remember it was over 80%!

We aren't 100% sure that is his real weight. We thought for sure he would be a LOT bigger than that, and the nurse at one point said "I think I need to zero it out." then never did. So who knows?! But if that's the case that means he has NOT doubled his birth weight, which they say is a 6 Month goal.

Ward campout

We had a fun ward campout and we rented a trailer so we stayed the night before and the night after. It was nice to get away, even if it is just 20 miles away. We love to camp and don't go as often as we like, so we took full advantage of this one and soaked it up!

There was a nice storm brewing up as we were headed out and we were a bit nervous as we headed up the mountain. We stopped at a gas station at the mouth of the canyon to fill a tire with air, and when we opened the doors to the truck they about got ripped off! The sky looked amazing. It was explained by myself and many others as we talked about it the next day as "the end of the world!" Glad it wasn't but it made me feel like I was in the movie Twister when they are inside of the tornado! Lucky when we got up to the campsite we just had a lot of fog, and a small rainstorm! Nothing like expected and compared to what it was in town!

We had a good turn out of people especially since they had a big down pour in town the night before! I really doubted we would have many people. It was a lot of fun and we got adult time around the camp fire playing games and visiting. Stayed up way later than we should have!

I REALLY HATE how big and grown up Hunter looks in this picture!

Watching Phineas and Ferb before bedtime! Part of the routine at our house!

A visit from Grandma T!

I'm upset that I didn't take more pictures of her when she was here, but we did enjoy her being at our house VERY much! Her trip started out with lunch. She convinced me to go to McD's so the kids could play in the play place and get out some energy, something my kids, especially Hurley, has A LOT of! NASTY! My kids have NEVER played in one yet, so I had to get pictures cause it probably wont happen again for a long time! They didn't LOVE it anyways so I wont feel bad. They had a good time but it was too tall for them to get up to the other levels to really enjoy it, and I was OK with that! Oh yes, and the guy begging for money in a wheel chair with a pole with a bucket on the end! There are beggars at EVERY corner in El Paso, NO exaggerating! They are EVERYWHERE!



We didn't do a whole lot of fun venturing things while she was here so I'm glad we took a hike the first weekend. It was nice. Made the mistake, but it was also kinda helpful at the same time, of taking the stroller. We had never done this hike before so we didn't know that there would be some "ups" and "downs". Needless to say, I got to see my hubby's big calves and strong arms! All that PT has been working in his favor!

Our hermit days were spent doing the following activities. Making grandma play as a baby, and they gave her a wooden tree as a binky! What a good sport! Thanks grandma! She was so good to play with them and be their entertainment! Something I need to work at!

Pulling weeds! An every visit occurrence. She does it EVERY day when she is here.

Reading LOTS of stores with Hunter,

and letting her wear her glasses,

Grandma wore them right out. They crashed on the way home right after we dropped her off. And Hunter made Tyson let her baby drive while we were driving to our stops! Funny girl!

Thanks for coming to visit us mom! We truely love when you come and appreciate all your help! LOVE YOU!

Labor Day weekend

Labor Day weekend was pretty low key for us. We don't have a lot of extra money right now so we stayed in town and enjoyed spending time together as a family!

I made finger paints for the first time. Kinda fun for the kids. I never do fun things like this for them, something I need to work on. It's easy, water, corn starch, and food coloring, boil for one min. wala!

Reading stories,

hanging out,

playing outside,

napping,

being lazy,

and watching TV.

The high light of the weekend was spent in the mountains having a cookout with some friends from our ward. We had a lot of fun and the kids love being outdoors. Hunter always asks if we can go to the mountains. I love that she loves it!

(The only tunnel in New Mexico)