Life these days

Eliza is growing up so fast. She already weighs over 15 pounds. The doctor said that she might be able to start on some rice...so we tried some...just a little bit. I am going to have to find the patience to keep on putting food back into her mouth every time that she spits it out. She just hasn't figured out how to use her tongue to make the food go back to the back of her mouth yet. One thing she has figured out is grabbing the spoon out of mom and dad's hand. So we have to let her hold her own spoon, while we feed her with the other. She does like eating though! We are trying to start an enrichment group for the young mothers in our branch at church. We decided that it would be fun to go to the park. This month it was only the Bradleys and us. Hopefully we can attract a few more friends to come with us next month. But we were able to go to Baker Park. The parks here are really nice here. Brendan's favorite things are the swings, the slides, and the merry-go-rounds. Here is a picture of the three: Ryan and Alyssa Bradley and Brendan. The babies were pretty good for us as well. We enjoy our friends!
Mom's favorite time of day is when everyone settles down for a nap. Coordinating naps so that everyone is asleep at the same time is a little bit tricky sometimes, but for the most part we do pretty good. When Neil is at home he is such a big help. He likes to put Brendan to sleep for his afternoon nap. Can anyone guess why? Daddy works so hard and deserves a good nap every once in a while, too. :) We are getting ready to go out of town by taking a very LONG road trip out to Utah. Neil's sister Sara is getting married on the 21st and then on the following weekend the Olson Family is having a reunion in Blanding, Utah. We are just praying that these cute children of ours will be just as cute in the car for the 23 hour drive to Utah and then the ride home... Pray for us, Mom and Dad, to see their cuteness along the way!

We are so excited to be able to see everyone...meet our new cousins Kaleb and Anna and play more with Ryan. We are excited to see all of our aunts and uncles and Grandmas and Grandpas, too. Until then...