A Busy Week!

What a busy week we have had so I will try to update you. It has been so hot lately and Emma loves her baths I thought we would try a swimming pool. I bought her a kiddy pool to play in and we tried it out last week. She loves it, she didn't even mind that it was a little on the cold side.

First day in her pool!

The next day, Wednesday June 18th, we headed up to Ogden. It was our monthly play date with my friends and their kids. We were going swimming in Melissa's pool. Brooke and her two boys were also coming. It was quite comical. Three adults, 5 kids, and swimming gear everywhere. We took up all the empty space in Melissa's condo. Most of us had a great time. Raiden, Brooks 1 1/2 year old did not. He was not very comfortable leaving Brooke even with his life jacket. Emma loved every minute. We tried out her new life jacket to make sure it worked for our up coming Bear Lake trip. It is quite bulky though so I only made her wear it half the time. By the time we went inside half the kids were crying because they were tired and hungry. I don't know how we got everyone and everything back inside but somehow once you become a Mom you suddenly have the capability to carry more than one person should be able to carry. Once all the kids were dry and changed we stuck them in front of the movie Toy Story while we changed, they were hooked. It didn't take long for them to fall asleep. Overall, our first play date was a success but when it was over we looked at each other and realized we didn't even get a chance to talk to each other. We decided our next activity would be something like the park where the kids could play on their own and we can sit and talk.

Emma in her life jacket, she is upset because we got out and I had to put her down for a minute. Life jackets are not comfortable to sit in!

Brooke, Raiden, Dallin, Melissa, and Dawson.

Me and Emma!












The kids watching the movie.
Emily sleeping.

Friday, Taylor (my brother) and Sophie (my parents dog) came for the night while the rest of the family was out of town. Emma was greatly entertained by both. She has just discovered the dog and follows her every movement. Emma has always loved Taylor because he makes silly faces at her. I was happy to have both there. It gave me a break from constant entertaining. Emma went swimming again in her pool and got her first taste of a Popsicle.

Taylor and Emma.



Emma trying to get the polka dots and watching Sophie.

Taylor and Emma again.

On Saturday we went bowling with Quinn's friend. Emma came along and got to try out her new hook on chair. She only last through one game in it though, then she just had to get out and join in all the fun with us.

On Sunday we attended my cousin's ward to hear him speak on his mission. He just returned from the Oklahoma, Tulsa mission and was very disappointed to never having seen a tornado. We had a great time visiting with all the family afterwards.

Taylor, Emma and Elder Robert Van Bibber

Emma and cousin Abigail getting to know each other.

Playing with Grandpa!

And finally tonight we attended the baptism of Erin Walker. She is the daughter of Jason, Quinn's cousin. Today was her eight birthday and they came into town from Oregon for the occasion. Today was also Quinn's father's birthday. We wish Happy Birthday to both and congratulations to Erin. We are so proud that you took this important step to return to your Heavenly Father. After the baptism we all went to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. Yummy!!

Craig, the Birthday boy, Erin, the Birthday girl (in front), Madison her sister, and Jill their Mom.

Emma was growing restless by the end of night, so I caved and gave her a little taste of my icecream. She loved it!!

Happy Father's Day!

Friday night we got together with Quinn's family to celebrate Quinn's Dads Fathers Day and his Birthday. We had a wonderful dinner and ate our selves stuffed, opened presnets and played games. The whole time the grandkids were running around playing and Emma was watching everything. There was way too much going on for her to go to sleep at her normal bed time and she was so tired. But she was so good.

Happy Father's Day and Happy Birthday Dad and Grandpa!

Grandma pulled out a marshmellow shooter! Blow Christian!

Playing the dice game!

Sunday was Quinn's day. He says he really loves Father's Day now because he gets presents. Quinn got new socks, yeah! He also got a gel seat for his bike, water-guns from Emma for Bear Lake. And the most exciting present - hose reels for the yard. Whoo hoo! After church he was able to take a nap before we made the rounds. We stopped briefly at the Lavenders before heading to Grandma and Grandpa Zundel's for dinner with my family. Then a quick stop at Grandma and Grandpa Moore's before coming home to a hot house. We broke down and finally turned our central air on that night. Why can't we ever have a normal gradual warm up instead of going from 60 to 85-90 in one week?

Simpson's Card - Best wife ever!

A hose reel.

Emma and her Aunt Anne.

Quinn trying to untangle the golf balls for the kids.

Uncle Mike, Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, and Aunt Liz.

Cousins Ryan and Alley playing with Emma.

Our beautiful baby girl.

Cousin Alley found Grandma's jewelery!

Sitting Up, Teeth and a Bike Ride

Well this is the second time I have tried to write this post. I was almost done the first time and Emma woke up from her nap (early) and would not go back to sleep so I brought her down and tried to type the last sentence with her on my lap. Well she lunged for the keyboard ingoring the toy in front of her and hit the magical combination to erase several paragraphs and photos. After lugging the exersaucer in from the other room she is now sitting beside me out of the way while I try to quickly retype this before we head off to the library.

Emma being 6 months now is sitting up pretty well on her own. She loves it. She is able to play better with some of her new toys. She is also right on track because her two bottom teeth came in this past week. I am very happy, she is normally a very happy easy going baby but these last two weeks she has been fussy and a little clingy. I have had to go up to room several times a night in the evening because she has woken up in pain. Luckily she is always deep asleep by the time I go to bed and is able to sleep the rest of night with no problem.

Emma also loves to be naked. She discovered her feet about a month ago and has since been trying to grab them and bring them to her mouth. Yesterday she finally suceeded. Yum! If she is ever fussy all I have to do is strip her down and that buys me atleast 15 minutes.

Our Big Girl!

Whoops!

Toes!

A beautiful sunset behind our house, isn't the refinery lovely too!!

Last Saturday Quinn and I went on a bike ride with my parents and Grandpa Moore. We left Emma with Uncle Daniel. Hannah was visting a friend but don't worry Grandma Zundel was just upstairs. Just kidding Daniel, you did a great job. Emma was sound asleep when we got back. Anyway we head to the Jordan River Parkway for our bike ride. Grandma Moore was going to join up too but just as we started she got a flat tire. Despite Dads efforts to fix it the hole was just too big and so she had a nice quiet afternoon while she waited for us at the park. We rode 8 miles and yes I can still walk, barely. We haven't ridden our bikes since Memorial Day 2007. The parkway was really nice. The weather was sunny but not too hot. I just wish the parkway was closer to our house.

Pictures from the Party!

I forgot to actually post the pictures from the party so here are a few!

Singing to the birthday girl!

Look at all that cake!

Watching the video

Aunt Carly and Emma

This is what you get when you hand the camera over to your sister Carly - a close up of her boyfriend Jeff.

Hannah and Anne

Emma with Uncle Daniel

Emma doing her Mission Impossible move to stay off the grass!

50 YEARS OLD!!

On May 29th my Mom, Manja Van Bibber turned 50 years old. And so this past Saturday we held a party in honor of her. Family and Friends were invited to an open house to visit and eat cake and icecream. Quinn was even talked into sharing his talents and made an awesome DVD of pictures of her life. We had a great time and the weather was so nice to enjoy the backyard. One of the bithday girls requests was to get a family portrait taken and so we all tried to corrdinate clothing and get 9 people and one baby to all smile at the same time but they turned out really good. (Will post when we get them).

We love you Mom!

Here are some of my favorite pictures from the video.

Emma at Six Months

My baby is now six months old. We just recently went to her check up and she now weighs 19 pounds and is 27 3/4 inches long. That puts her in the 90th percentile for both. Needless to say I think she is getting enough to eat. We are now in the market for a new car seat. She is past the height and only a pound a way from the weight limit. We would love any recommendation on a convertible car seat if anyone has one that they love.

I know I post a lot about Emma but she is our life now, it's hard to imagine what it was like before her. We love being parents I must be really lucky because I don't really have any bad days. I hope I didn't just jinks myself there, but Emma really is the sweetest baby. She will still go to anyone who wants to hold her. She is very social even at this young age. She loves to use her voice and talks, coos, and squeals all day long.

She rolls over all the time now both ways and is very close to sitting up by herself. Her first tooth just came through on the bottom. Emma is still a wonderful sleeper at night and most of the time for naps. She loves being outside in her swing or on a blanket. She is still not too sure about the grass though.

She eats at least one meal of baby food during the day and very much wants to feed herself which as you can guess if very messy. Emma also very much wants to drink from a big person cup and actually does quite well - she has not mastered the sippy cup yet. She knows how to hold it and to bring it to her mouth but can't quite get the sucking action down yet, but this has made a great new toy and keeps her very entertained.

We LOVE our little girl!!!

What a mess!

A new toy - an empty bottle!


Now for a little bit about Me and Quinn. Quinn has started his new job and seems to like it. The company is smaller and so he should get to know everyone. They also seem to have a lot of activities to get everyone involved and make the work place more enjoyable such as: a summer slim down program with prizes, a weekly drawing if you wear a company shirt every Thursday, and a sign up to bring breakfast in every Friday. He is also hard a work keeping our yard looking great this year. We also try to go for a walk most evenings. As of right now he is relaxing after mowing the lawn by watching a Hockey game.

Emma and I had lunch with Quinn on one of his last days at Watson.


I have just emerged from a week of reading every spare minute and I'll admit minutes that should have gone to housework. Quinn is glad to have me back but I know I'll have some sympathy once I tell you what I was reading. I started the Twilight series again. I has been several months since I read them and they are just too good to put down. Well as soon as I finished those my sister brought me Stephanie Meyers new book The Host. I thought I was way down the list to get to borrow it. So I was surprised to get it so soon and just had to start it. I will admit that it took me about half way to get really into it, there is just so much detail and the story moved so slow in the beginning. But it was so worth it for the last half and looking back I really enjoyed it. I think part of the problem was that I was so into the Twilight characters that I had to adjust and learn to love these new characters and it just took me a while to do it. I highly recommend this book too!!