Portland

Earlier this month my mom, sister, Lainee, and I went on a road trip to Portland, Oregon. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!! Lainee was such a trooper. It was a long car ride and she did so good! We hauled her in and out of her car seat, drug her through malls and shops, and interupted naptime. Even with all of that she was so much fun! By the time we got back to the hotel at night, she would frantically crawl back and forth and up and down the halls to get all of her energy out.
She had a lot of firsts. Her first trip to the beach, her first carousel ride, her first time in the swimming pool. We saw waterfalls that were beautiful. She loved to look over the sides of the railings. We went to the Saturday market, which was so fun. There is so much to see and fun people to meet. There was a fountain play area for the kids and Lainee loved it.
We had so much fun! Thank you mom for such a fun trip!!!

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NINE MONTHS!!!

Wow our Lainee is growing up so FAST! She is already 9 months old (and as I write this, very close to 10 months!). We just had a checkup and she is 18 1/2 lbs and 28 inches long. She is long and slim. She started walking two days after she turned 9 months and is really finding those legs now. She loves to cruise all over the house and I love chasing her! Its so fun to see those little legs just going and going!


She is such a happy little girl, she waves at everyone! Lainee learned her first baby sign this month and it is fun to see how she can pick up on things so quickly.

Graduation

Ok, I am a little slow on this one, but Zac GRADUATED!!! Graduation was on May 8th and we were fortunate enough to have ALL of the family here from both sides. We spent the day visiting and enjoying each others company. Zac got his degree in Landscape Architecture and accepted a full time position on the temple grounds here in Logan. It's not his ideal job, but it is a great transition job while we keep looking and he loves working up there. Zac has worked so hard in school and to support us while in school and we are so proud of him!!

Spring Pictures

Just some updated pics of our little Lainee! She is almost 7 months old now and getting more fun every day. She has moved to crawling, although scooting still seems to be her favorite. I think she can get where she wants to be a little faster still. She climbs on everything, can pull herself up, and will walk along the couch holding on. CRAZY! I can't believe she is getting so big!
Zac is done with classes! Finally this day is here! He got promoted at the temple grounds here in Logan so we will be sticking around for awhile.
Thanks to Grammy Larsen, we got to have some fun spring pictures taken while we were in Blackfoot in March. I am just getting around to posting them, but they turned out so cute!

Week With The Family

Last week Lainee and I got to go up to Idaho to spend the week with my family while Zac was in Mexico for school. We had SO much fun!!! It was so fun to spend so much time with the grandparents. Now we are trying to "unspoil" her. We got to go to Boise to see my great aunt Alic and uncle Stan. Lainee was so good, she slept all of the way there and all of the way back (but now she hates her car seat!)
We got Lainee's pictures taken while we were up there, as soon as I get them, I will post them. They turned out so cute! My mom had to get her all ready (thanks mom!)because I was at the dentist for what we thought was a simple fix on a tooth, but turned into much more extensive dental work. But its all fixed now and much better!
Lainee changed so much in just a week. She can sit up without any support now. She also has mastered the army crawl. She would chase the dog all around my parents living room! She love the dog, but the dog wasn't her biggest fan.
It was such a fun week. Lainee had so much fun playing with her Grammy and Grandpa!
Thanks for letting us come! We love you guys so much!
Here are a few pics from the week

Update

Well, its been a little bit since we have posted, so we just thought we would give an update. We have now moved into the family ward that we live in. We were going to the married student ward previously and we just felt like it was time to move on. We really like the new ward, but we do miss some of our friends from our old ward.

Lainee is really growing and changing so much right now. She is four months old now! She has moved from yelling to blowing raspberries. For the longest time, she was only rolling from her back to her belly and then she decided she just wanted to move, so as of last Saturday, she is now a mobile girl. She rolls all the way across the floor chasing her toys, her giraffe, or her favorite- her clothes! This weekend its time to babyproof!



We had a doctors appointment about a week ago and she is doing great! The doctor said we could start feeding her rice cereal so we could start mouth training. Its been about a week and she is doing great. She really likes the spoon we feed her with so she grabs it and pulls it into her mouth. Today she actually started to eat it and swallow.





So thats what we have been up to lately! We can't wait until it is spring so that we can get out and go for walks and play outside! I am sure Lainee will enjoy it and I will too!

Lainee has found her voice!

Our sweet little one has been "talking" for quite a while now. This week she really found her voice! She loves to roll onto her belly and squeal and yell. She loves to hear her voice and we love it to!