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Monday, September 28, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Recent Cuteness
I got this awesome kids camp chair on craigslist. He wasn't too sure about it.
I heard Peter making noise and went to see what he was doing and couldn't find him. He had crawled between the wall and the couch and was playing with the lamp.
He saw me watching him.
Just chillin' watching Daddy & Uncle Tim play the Wii.
He trying to figure out how to get the red part down.
He got tired of trying to reach for what he couldn't touch.
He is "posing" for the camera. He saw the orange light the flash makes and squinted his eyes for the picture.
More posing. I think he sees that my eyes squint when I smile and he's trying to imitate me.
He's definitely imitating me in this one. :)
Our Trips to Utah, Wyoming and Washington... Finally!!!
So I'm finally blogging about the two road trips we took this summer. I made collages of the pictures I took and as I was making them I realized that most of the pictures I took were of Peter and I didn't take nearly as many of everything else that went on as I would have liked. C'est la vie.
We discovered that Peter does really well in the car, not that he does poorly in the car normally but I anticipated that he was going to be a lot more unhappy with the change in routine. The only time he really got upset was on the way to Thatcher, Idaho; we weren't at liberty to immediately stop and take care of him so he got cranky. Perhaps he did so well because we anticipated when he was going to be hungry or have a dirty diaper and tried to take care of it while we were stopped already, though that was not always the case.
Peter discovered pacifiers on our first trip and has been attached to them ever since. It's a blessing now but it has the potential to be a curse in the future. Who knows he may decide one day that he's had enough with pacifiers and just spit it out and never look back. Wishful thinking I know. :)
Trip to Utah & Wyoming
Andrew's Dad's side of the family had a "reunion" up in Afton, Wyoming over the 4th of July weekend. We had decided a few weeks before that we were actually going to go and then the Sunday before my Mom called and told me that my Grandma (my Dad's Mom) died earlier that morning. The funeral was that Thursday so Andrew arranged with work to leave a few days earlier so we could make it. It was really nice to see so much of my Dad's family; I'm seriously bummed that we didn't get any group pictures while we were all gathered together. I am also really sad that my Grandma didn't get to meet Peter. The funeral was in Layton, Utah and then we all drove up to Thatcher, Idaho, where my Grandpa grew up, so my Grandma could be buried next to Grandpa. My Dad's sisters wanted at least one kid from each family to participate so they had me say the closing prayer; that was probably the hardest thing I've had to do in a long time. I'm grateful that I was able to be at my Grandma's funeral, it really left a peaceful feeling in my heart. I am so thankful to know that I'll be able to see my Grandma again someday.
Friday we headed up to Afton to visit Andrew's grandparents. Andrew's grandpa was so cute! He saw Peter lying on the floor so he went over and picked him up and just held him in his lap. He did that a few times and one time we were just coming in to their house and Peter was in his car seat by the front door and Grandpa came and picked up the car seat and took it into the family room where everybody else was.
Saturday was the big "reunion." It turned out to be nothing more than a potluck lunch. Andrew was telling me about the last time there was a Gardner reunion in Afton and how there were hundreds of people and how the stores were competing to give them discounts. It turns out that 15 years ago there was a monument/memorial dedication for Archibald Gardner in Afton and it was a big deal & lots of people came out for it. He thought that this was going to be big like that... but it wasn't.
Peter didn't get to see any fireworks at all on the 4th. He was sleeping and my tummy was upset so we stayed in our motel room and listened to all the other people lighting up their fireworks.
Sunday we left Afton and decided that we would drive ALL the way home in one go. WOW that was a LONG drive. I think we left Afton around 9 am or so and we didn't get to our house until 3:30 am.
Eating on the road & hanging out with Grandpa Shayne and Aunt McKenzie
Car ride home
Trip to Washington
My mom's side of the family had a reunion August 8-10 so Andrew and I decided that we would go up to Washington early and visit. The drive, according to Google maps, is 25 hours from Sahuarita, AZ to Federal Way, WA and we did it in two days. Let me just say, that is A LOT of driving!! We decided to drive to Layton, UT as our halfway point and then continue on to WA from there because my dad has 3 sisters who live in Layton and they had a comfy/free place for us to sleep. It was really nice to visit with them, even though it had only been a month since we last saw them.
Once we made it to Washington we stayed at Andrew's brother, Jonathan's house where Peter got to meet 5 of his cousins for the first time. I can't believe how much they have grown in just one short year! They really liked having Peter to play with and to bring him toys. It was really cute how much they wanted to help. I was putting Peter down for a nap one day and he was crying because he was so tired and Archie (8) comes in with a very concerned look on his face and wants to know if he can help. He didn't like to hear Peter cry.
I had grand plans of visiting a lot more than we did but once we got there we ended up just being bums instead. Although Monday I got to go to lunch with Melisa, my good girlfriend from work, and then got to see the new office area (they were in the planning stages of moving when I left) which means I also got to see a lot of my old coworkers. Being in the position that I was, for nearly 3 years, I knew and helped practically everyone at the office, so it was nice to see so many faces again. Andrew wanted to visit/show off Peter to a few of his old coworkers too, so we stopped in Lynnwood on our way up to Whidbey Island and had lunch with two of Andrew's friends and then we went to Snohomish and visited his old boss.
We made it up to the island on Wednesday evening and hung out with my brother Reed and had yummy Chinese buffet for dinner. Reed introduced us to Rock Band on the Wii. That was a lot of fun, definitely a game to consider buying. I also got to hang out with my friend Kim. We had a nice long chat and she gave me a bunch of awesome clothes for Peter.
On Friday we got some super yummy donuts from our favorite place Henry's Donut and then headed out to go camping in the Cascade Mountains near Mt. Rainier. We stayed at a nice campground (Ohanapecosh) near a river and some very large trees. There was one tree, which I forgot to go back and take a picture of, that was 9.5' in diameter and was 900 years old! That afternoon & evening it was so cold that we left Peter in his pajamas and in addition put him in the sleep sack that I made to keep him warm. Luckily there was a super cute fleece hat in the clothes I got from Kim that we were able to keep Peter's head warm too. From the campground we went to Camp Zarahemla, a church owned campground, for the Lercher family reunion.
After the reunion we headed to Wenatchee, WA to visit the Bacons. They lived in our same apartment complex and thus were in our ward in Kent. They have a little girl, Hana, that is 3 months younger than Peter. It was really cute to watch them interact. At one point she was crying and laughing all at the same time at Peter. Unfortunately Chris had to work but we got to hang out with April. We went to a really nice park by the lake and saw a natural rock formation that looked like Abraham Lincoln's profile (kind of).
All in all it was a nice trip but Andrew thought that it was too long. There's really nothing better than sleeping in your own bed in your own home.
Peter's first camping trip
We discovered that Peter does really well in the car, not that he does poorly in the car normally but I anticipated that he was going to be a lot more unhappy with the change in routine. The only time he really got upset was on the way to Thatcher, Idaho; we weren't at liberty to immediately stop and take care of him so he got cranky. Perhaps he did so well because we anticipated when he was going to be hungry or have a dirty diaper and tried to take care of it while we were stopped already, though that was not always the case.
Peter discovered pacifiers on our first trip and has been attached to them ever since. It's a blessing now but it has the potential to be a curse in the future. Who knows he may decide one day that he's had enough with pacifiers and just spit it out and never look back. Wishful thinking I know. :)
Trip to Utah & Wyoming
Andrew's Dad's side of the family had a "reunion" up in Afton, Wyoming over the 4th of July weekend. We had decided a few weeks before that we were actually going to go and then the Sunday before my Mom called and told me that my Grandma (my Dad's Mom) died earlier that morning. The funeral was that Thursday so Andrew arranged with work to leave a few days earlier so we could make it. It was really nice to see so much of my Dad's family; I'm seriously bummed that we didn't get any group pictures while we were all gathered together. I am also really sad that my Grandma didn't get to meet Peter. The funeral was in Layton, Utah and then we all drove up to Thatcher, Idaho, where my Grandpa grew up, so my Grandma could be buried next to Grandpa. My Dad's sisters wanted at least one kid from each family to participate so they had me say the closing prayer; that was probably the hardest thing I've had to do in a long time. I'm grateful that I was able to be at my Grandma's funeral, it really left a peaceful feeling in my heart. I am so thankful to know that I'll be able to see my Grandma again someday.
Friday we headed up to Afton to visit Andrew's grandparents. Andrew's grandpa was so cute! He saw Peter lying on the floor so he went over and picked him up and just held him in his lap. He did that a few times and one time we were just coming in to their house and Peter was in his car seat by the front door and Grandpa came and picked up the car seat and took it into the family room where everybody else was.
Saturday was the big "reunion." It turned out to be nothing more than a potluck lunch. Andrew was telling me about the last time there was a Gardner reunion in Afton and how there were hundreds of people and how the stores were competing to give them discounts. It turns out that 15 years ago there was a monument/memorial dedication for Archibald Gardner in Afton and it was a big deal & lots of people came out for it. He thought that this was going to be big like that... but it wasn't.
Peter didn't get to see any fireworks at all on the 4th. He was sleeping and my tummy was upset so we stayed in our motel room and listened to all the other people lighting up their fireworks.
Sunday we left Afton and decided that we would drive ALL the way home in one go. WOW that was a LONG drive. I think we left Afton around 9 am or so and we didn't get to our house until 3:30 am.
Car ride there
Eating on the road & hanging out with Grandpa Shayne and Aunt McKenzie
Hanging out with Great Grandma Ruth & Great Grandpa Scott and cousins
Car ride home
My mom's side of the family had a reunion August 8-10 so Andrew and I decided that we would go up to Washington early and visit. The drive, according to Google maps, is 25 hours from Sahuarita, AZ to Federal Way, WA and we did it in two days. Let me just say, that is A LOT of driving!! We decided to drive to Layton, UT as our halfway point and then continue on to WA from there because my dad has 3 sisters who live in Layton and they had a comfy/free place for us to sleep. It was really nice to visit with them, even though it had only been a month since we last saw them.
Once we made it to Washington we stayed at Andrew's brother, Jonathan's house where Peter got to meet 5 of his cousins for the first time. I can't believe how much they have grown in just one short year! They really liked having Peter to play with and to bring him toys. It was really cute how much they wanted to help. I was putting Peter down for a nap one day and he was crying because he was so tired and Archie (8) comes in with a very concerned look on his face and wants to know if he can help. He didn't like to hear Peter cry.
I had grand plans of visiting a lot more than we did but once we got there we ended up just being bums instead. Although Monday I got to go to lunch with Melisa, my good girlfriend from work, and then got to see the new office area (they were in the planning stages of moving when I left) which means I also got to see a lot of my old coworkers. Being in the position that I was, for nearly 3 years, I knew and helped practically everyone at the office, so it was nice to see so many faces again. Andrew wanted to visit/show off Peter to a few of his old coworkers too, so we stopped in Lynnwood on our way up to Whidbey Island and had lunch with two of Andrew's friends and then we went to Snohomish and visited his old boss.
We made it up to the island on Wednesday evening and hung out with my brother Reed and had yummy Chinese buffet for dinner. Reed introduced us to Rock Band on the Wii. That was a lot of fun, definitely a game to consider buying. I also got to hang out with my friend Kim. We had a nice long chat and she gave me a bunch of awesome clothes for Peter.
On Friday we got some super yummy donuts from our favorite place Henry's Donut and then headed out to go camping in the Cascade Mountains near Mt. Rainier. We stayed at a nice campground (Ohanapecosh) near a river and some very large trees. There was one tree, which I forgot to go back and take a picture of, that was 9.5' in diameter and was 900 years old! That afternoon & evening it was so cold that we left Peter in his pajamas and in addition put him in the sleep sack that I made to keep him warm. Luckily there was a super cute fleece hat in the clothes I got from Kim that we were able to keep Peter's head warm too. From the campground we went to Camp Zarahemla, a church owned campground, for the Lercher family reunion.
After the reunion we headed to Wenatchee, WA to visit the Bacons. They lived in our same apartment complex and thus were in our ward in Kent. They have a little girl, Hana, that is 3 months younger than Peter. It was really cute to watch them interact. At one point she was crying and laughing all at the same time at Peter. Unfortunately Chris had to work but we got to hang out with April. We went to a really nice park by the lake and saw a natural rock formation that looked like Abraham Lincoln's profile (kind of).
All in all it was a nice trip but Andrew thought that it was too long. There's really nothing better than sleeping in your own bed in your own home.
Hanging out with cousins at the beginning of the trip and hanging out with Hana at the end of the trip
Peter's first camping trip
Lercher family reunion
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Still Starving, Peter?
Today I was sitting on the floor playing with Peter when he scoots himself over to me and looks at my big toe and then munches on it! He had it in his mouth for a little bit and turns his head to look at something else and then does it again! I wish I had my camera close by because then we would have a picture of Peter eating both of our toes.
It must be a stage that he's in right now because he will put his mouth on my arm or whatever is close to his mouth and blow. It's kind of like he giving us raspberries where ever he can. We will typically just give him raspberries on his belly. It's not just us he does this to. We have one of those plastic bins for his (clean) diapers and he will come up to it and put his mouth on it and makes noises.
And just because Peter's so cute and this post needs a picture...
This proves he does have hair...
It must be a stage that he's in right now because he will put his mouth on my arm or whatever is close to his mouth and blow. It's kind of like he giving us raspberries where ever he can. We will typically just give him raspberries on his belly. It's not just us he does this to. We have one of those plastic bins for his (clean) diapers and he will come up to it and put his mouth on it and makes noises.
And just because Peter's so cute and this post needs a picture...
This proves he does have hair...
Thursday, September 10, 2009
A Day in the Life of Peter, the 8 Month Old
A Typical Day for Peter
6:30 am - Wake up
Eat
Play
8am - Sleep for 2ish hours
Wake up
Eat
Play
Eat "real" food
2 pm - Sleep for up to 2 hours
Wake up
Eat
Play
Eat "real" food
Bath/Bedtime = Daddy time
Eat
6:30 pm - Sleep all night*
*Many/Most nights
Life sure is tough when you're only 8 months old.
Likes & Dislikes of Peter
Likes:
Discovering new things
Applesauce
Putting his feet up on stuff while laying on his back
Putting his mouth on stuff and stuff in his mouth
Slapping hard surfaces
Rolling to get around
Scooting forward to get to something "faster"
Being wrapped in a blanket for sleep time
Pacifiers
Looking at himself in the mirror
Bath time
Playing with shoes
Feeding himself little cereal puffs
Movies with music (Baby Einstein On the Farm, etc.)
His Jumparoo
Pulling anything out of what it's in (toys & books from their baskets, diapers from their box, etc.)
Mom & Dad
Getting his picture taken
Playing with paper
Going for walks
Being tickled
Swimming
Being surprised
Water bottles
Dislikes:
Getting his face & hands wiped off after eating
Getting his noes wiped
Having the remote control taken away from him
Locked entertainment center doors
Being moved away from something he's not supposed to be playing with
Cute Peter Stories:
I have all of Peter's toys and books in separate baskets in the living room. Peter loves to pull everything out of said baskets and spread them all over the floor. He proceeds to roll around on his toys and books until something across the room catches his eye like the diaper bin (full of clean cloth diapers) or the shoe rack. Those things also do not belong in or on what I put them. It's really cute to watch him roll around especially when he gets to something that stops his progress like a wall, a sliding glass door or even the couches because once he gets to that stopping point he lays on his back and props his feet up on whatever stopped him.
Peter really loves to eat "real" food. Some of his favorites are applesauce, sweet potatoes, squash, baby grain cereal, baby cereal puffs & ritz crackers. He will eat yogurt but he doesn't seem to like it as much as the other foods. He really likes those little baby puff cereal things and has gotten quite proficient at putting them into his own mouth.
The other day I was eating some shredded wheat while Peter was on the floor playing and he saw me eating and pushed himself up with his arms and opened his mouth really wide and made a noise. He was definitely letting me know that he wanted some of whatever I was eating. So I sat down on the floor and he scooted himself to me and opened his mouth again. So I sat him up (he will stay sitting but can't s and let him try some of the dregs without any milk and he loved it!
Being adorable.
Put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care.
He can see all the good stuff in there and he knows that using the handle will open it. Too bad he doesn't understand locks yet.
Another just looking adorable. His shirt says, "It wasn't me... it was the strained peas."
Intently watching TV and holding on to the beloved water bottle (they make great noise makers).
This is my spoon, want some?
Relaxing with his feet up checking out the back patio.
I got it in my mouth all by myself.
These books do not belong in this basket.
One of Peter's favorite items to be in his mouth... the remote!!
This is also good for the mouth.
He discovered the swiffer and is using his feet to assist in the examination.
He looks so tiny underneath that book.
This is his favorite book to play with. The little yellow duck goes all the way through the book.
He discovered the dustpan and what better way to enjoy a new thing than by putting your feet up on the couch?
6:30 am - Wake up
Eat
Play
8am - Sleep for 2ish hours
Wake up
Eat
Play
Eat "real" food
2 pm - Sleep for up to 2 hours
Wake up
Eat
Play
Eat "real" food
Bath/Bedtime = Daddy time
Eat
6:30 pm - Sleep all night*
*Many/Most nights
Life sure is tough when you're only 8 months old.
Likes & Dislikes of Peter
Likes:
Discovering new things
Applesauce
Putting his feet up on stuff while laying on his back
Putting his mouth on stuff and stuff in his mouth
Slapping hard surfaces
Rolling to get around
Scooting forward to get to something "faster"
Being wrapped in a blanket for sleep time
Pacifiers
Looking at himself in the mirror
Bath time
Playing with shoes
Feeding himself little cereal puffs
Movies with music (Baby Einstein On the Farm, etc.)
His Jumparoo
Pulling anything out of what it's in (toys & books from their baskets, diapers from their box, etc.)
Mom & Dad
Getting his picture taken
Playing with paper
Going for walks
Being tickled
Swimming
Being surprised
Water bottles
Dislikes:
Getting his face & hands wiped off after eating
Getting his noes wiped
Having the remote control taken away from him
Locked entertainment center doors
Being moved away from something he's not supposed to be playing with
Cute Peter Stories:
I have all of Peter's toys and books in separate baskets in the living room. Peter loves to pull everything out of said baskets and spread them all over the floor. He proceeds to roll around on his toys and books until something across the room catches his eye like the diaper bin (full of clean cloth diapers) or the shoe rack. Those things also do not belong in or on what I put them. It's really cute to watch him roll around especially when he gets to something that stops his progress like a wall, a sliding glass door or even the couches because once he gets to that stopping point he lays on his back and props his feet up on whatever stopped him.
Peter really loves to eat "real" food. Some of his favorites are applesauce, sweet potatoes, squash, baby grain cereal, baby cereal puffs & ritz crackers. He will eat yogurt but he doesn't seem to like it as much as the other foods. He really likes those little baby puff cereal things and has gotten quite proficient at putting them into his own mouth.
The other day I was eating some shredded wheat while Peter was on the floor playing and he saw me eating and pushed himself up with his arms and opened his mouth really wide and made a noise. He was definitely letting me know that he wanted some of whatever I was eating. So I sat down on the floor and he scooted himself to me and opened his mouth again. So I sat him up (he will stay sitting but can't s and let him try some of the dregs without any milk and he loved it!
Peter being a wizard.
Being adorable.
Put your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care.
He can see all the good stuff in there and he knows that using the handle will open it. Too bad he doesn't understand locks yet.
Another just looking adorable. His shirt says, "It wasn't me... it was the strained peas."
Intently watching TV and holding on to the beloved water bottle (they make great noise makers).
He has just discovered the awesome noises the door stoppers make.
This is my spoon, want some?
Relaxing with his feet up checking out the back patio.
I got it in my mouth all by myself.
These books do not belong in this basket.
The toys didn't want to be in the orange basket. 
Success!
What can I say? He's really good at looking adorable.
Success!
What can I say? He's really good at looking adorable.
One of Peter's favorite items to be in his mouth... the remote!!
This is also good for the mouth.
He discovered the swiffer and is using his feet to assist in the examination.
He looks so tiny underneath that book.
This is his favorite book to play with. The little yellow duck goes all the way through the book.
He discovered the dustpan and what better way to enjoy a new thing than by putting your feet up on the couch?
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