HOT Summer Days

Well I must confess that the reason that I haven't written in a while is that its just too darn HOT in Vegas to turn on the computer in my room. I know that I have a computer that I can use in the den, but that requires taking Rollie in there and well, now that he is mobile that is kinda scary. Oh ya Rollie is learning to crawl. It kinda crazy, but that kid is determined to be mobile. He's almost got it; he can scoot across the floor quite efficiently and get to just about anything that interests him. He is quite the mover and shaker. His technique is to get up on to all fours (feet down) and then to launch himself forward or to swim across the floor.
He's also been pretty demanding of my time. Right now his is sitting in his jumper crying at me, demanding tat I let him out to climb on me. He now says "Mama" on a pretty regular basis and we were thrilled the other day when he managed a "Dada", though normally he greets Daddy with a "rarrr". The other day he said "yes". Boy they grow up soooooo fast. These are some of the pictures that I have take recently.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Ok I have been a bit of a slacker the last few weeks, but that is because we have been working really hard getting applications out for me. Rollie has been growing steadily and is now 14 lbs 10 oz and 24.5 " long. That makes him short but thick. He's not fat or in baby terms chubby, he's just really thick. We love seeing him grow and change. He rolls over both ways quite frequently and was all over Grandma Murdock's floor last week. Oh, we went to Utah two weeks ago for Nikki's graduation from the U of U's Math Education Department. It was really fun to visit with family. Grandma and Grandpa Murdock just love having Rollie around.
Here are a few of the pictures that we've taken lately.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Make a Smilebox greeting

Stick Figure Family

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Hello! Once again I've stolen the blog from Demya for a while. As part of our nightly routine Rollie and I watch a couple of music videos then we read. We were able to get a little bit of footage of our little metal-head enjoying his favorite song, "Valhalla," by Blind Guardian. Hope you enjoy.

Rollie's Easter picture

Ok this is on my sister's blog, and I stole it from her, but I loved it so much that I had to share. This is Rollie's Easter outfit. Isn't it cute!

Exercise and Easter

Well Benson and I have challenged each other to get in shape this year. I gain a bit of weight with Rollie and I want it off, and so did Benson... I have been enjoying working out with my mother's DDR and walking with the dogs. I hope to keep it up and, of course, increase my intensity level.

Rollie sleeps from about 10 pm to 10 am. I know that seems like an odd bed time for a little tike, but I REALLY like it this way. I can wake up in the morning and exercise, eat, and shower before he gets up in the morning, and I don't have to worry about putting him to bed in the middle of my favorite TV programs. It makes it so much easier to worry about myself for just a little while. Right now I enjoy this schedule, however, it will have to change when I start working in the fall :(.

Rollie was awake for his first Easter on Sun. He was really good though church. His cousins Riley and Emma, and second cousins Weldon and Tabetha came over for Easter dinner. We all brought something to the dinner and it was a lot of fun. It is a blessing to have family near by. If you want to see pictures of the dinner, you'll have to check out the Leavitt's blog. I have the link on my blog so it isn't too hard.

Solid Dinner

This week Rollie has been really busy!! He has started rolling over both from the front to the back and the back to the front. The first few times he got over from the front to the back it scared him, but now I think he thinks it feels cool. He also has been sitting up on his own more and more. Before we know it he'll be an unsupported sitter. He has learned the joys of grabbing things: my plate, his crunching toys, a good rattle, and yes, my hair. (sigh)
The last few days I have had to fend Rollie off of my food (that grabbing thing again). All of the books and things say that developmentally he's ready for food so we decided to go high chair shopping in preparation for him to start eating. We went to Children's Orchard witch is a second hand children's store. They have some of the nicest things for a great deal. I think that we found a nice one for only 34$. Until this week, I thought he was too young for food other than milk, but he seemed so keen this week that we thought we'd try some milky rice cereal. He was so cute after the first few bites, he started getting mad a Benson because Daddy wasn't moving fast enough. We even got a picture of him shoving his face into the spoon in an attempt to get it faster. He was pretty cute, though in the end, I think he ended up wearing as much as he ate. Here are some pictures...