Tall, Skinny Kid

Woohoo for Dad!  He passed the first part of the CPA exam!  

Jimmy has become very efficient at sitting up on his own, and he also loves his Sesame Street toy.

Jimmy is also learning how to crawl.  He is getting really close, and it's starting to scare Mom.

It has been a busy and exciting week!  On Monday, we got a couch and went to Jimmy's pediatrician appointment.  I'm happy to report that Jimmy is a tall, skinny kid.  He is in the 80 percentile for his height and 15 percentile for his weight.  Atta' boy!  We stayed pretty busy on Tuesday by going to Salt Lake for another appointment for Jimmy and then making our big Walmart run for some finishing touches on the apartment.  We now have everything we need for our new apartment.  We also fed Jimmy his first solids this week and he took it like a champ.  I think he enjoys spitting it out more than eating it, but he's working on it.  Other big news is that Travis got his CPA exam results and passed!  Woohoo!  One down and three to go!  Wednesday evening was BYU's new graduate BBQ.  We got Burger Supreme and ran into some friends like Chase Thomas.  We enjoyed the free food and catching up with old friends.  We also got dinner on Friday night at the Marriott school where they served J-dawgs.  Then again, we got free lunch at the Wymount Opening Social.  I love free food and not having to cook!  We also ran into some friends at the Marriott BBQ and I got to catch up with an old MTC roommate. Jimmy got pretty tired/fussy and fell asleep, so we finished up our date night with cookies and the new Star Trek movie that just came out on Redbox.  Nerdy, yet fun!  The Wymount Opening Social was by far the most fun.  Jimmy got to ride on a train and got a little prize.  They also had a photo booth, hot dogs, cotton candy, snow cones, music, games, and more.  The best part was that we won the door prize at the end.  Woohoo!  That evening, we got invited to a dinner by a young couple in the ward.  We ate some delicious Indian food and played Settlers.  It has been a great week and life is good!

King James

Out of all his toys, Jimmy prefers his pink bumbo seat and spatula.

He reminds us of a king with his pink throne and his spatula scepter!

First Solid Foods!

Jimmy was a little skeptical of his first solids but he took it like a champ!

I think he preferred playing with the spoon more than eating the cereal.  Funny boy!

I'm pretty sure there was more food outside of his mouth than in, but it was a good first try.

Such a cutie!  

New Apartment in Wymount!

Jimmy is in his third apartment and he's only 5 1/2 months old!  Crazy!

The good news is that he finally has his own room!  Woohoo!

Here's the kitchen and notice my brand new Kitchenaid!

Our family room is kind of lonely without a couch.  We are working on it...

Isn't Jimmy so cute?!

It has been a great and exhausting week!  We enjoyed our Labor Day by canning in Roy, visiting some friends in Kaysville, going to Coldstone with the Howell family, and then hanging out with some Mesa friends.  It was busy but very fun!  Then school started for Travis on Tuesday.  He likes all of his classes and still has to drop one, but can't decide which one yet.  We moved into our new apartment on Friday and that pretty much took up the whole weekend.  Travis's mom watched Jimmy while Travis and I carried all our stuff up a flight of stairs.  It was hard work but we are now officially unpacked, finishing up the last box today.  

Our Saturday was busy with homework, unpacking, grocery shopping, and the Provo thunderstorm.  As BYU describes it, "First a rainstorm that would have impressed Noah hit LaVell Edwards Stadium.  Then, Cougar football thundered up and down the field and amassed 550 rushing yards, beating Texas 40-21."  But seriously, it has been crazy around here.  We got caught in the rainstorm while we were grocery shopping and we couldn't leave.  The storm knocked over trees and turned stoplights and flooded parking lots and more.  But we were excited that they still played the game and we beat Texas ranked 15th.  We went and watched it with some friends, but missed the end of the game.  Jimmy was pretty fussy; I think it was because he was conflicted on whether he should cheer for Texas or BYU, or maybe because it was three past his bedtime...  Either way, we were excited about the outcome of the game.  Overall, it's been a busy and fun week and we are excited to be in our new apartment!

Spiders and Hide-and-go-seek

While I was making dinner, Jimmy rolled across the room and under the couch.  It scared me pretty good when I couldn't find him at first.  Jimmy is getting really good at hide-and-go-seek.

I found a really good deal on costumes and couldn't resist trying it on early.  Jimmy is ready for Halloween!

Jimmy has yet another church outfit, but this one has pinstriped pants and a vest with a pocket square.  Cute!

Jimmy loves playing with Daddy!

This week was pretty great!  Wednesday we had the missionaries over, and they gave us a Book of Mormon and a few pamphlets to give out.  Travis had been wanting to give a Book of Mormon to one of his co-workers, so he gave it to him the next day and it went pretty well!  Also, he also has been studying for the CPA but can't take it yet because of some application problems.  It's been a little frustrating but we've almost got it worked out.

I've been staying busy with Jimmy.  Jimmy is being really cute and can sit up by himself for longer now.  He also is pretty cute when he blows a wet raspberry.  He still like going for walks, playing with toys, rolling around everywhere, and going on outings,  On Thursday, we went on a sale with a friend in the ward and found some really cute baby clothes for Jimmy for a great price.  It was a ton of fun!  For our date night, we went to Dickey's BBQ.  Dickey's was started in Dallas, so we went to the original. It was good food.  This week is our last week in Dallas and we should be in Mesa on Saturday.  We'll be sad to leave but we are definitely excited to get back to Utah!  

So cute you could eat him...

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Party with the Aunts!

Jimmy and his aunts on their laptops

Temple trip with the sisters!

A blond, a brunette, and two redheads walked into a photo booth...

It has been a fun and exciting week.  The first half of the week was pretty much the same as any other.  Travis has been studying a lot for the CPA exam and he'll be ready pretty soon.  Jimmy is still growing and learning new things.  He is still fascinated by his feet and he is starting to sit up on his own for a little bit!  Some fun things we have done is going over to a friend's house for dinner on Sunday.  I also kept busy with Enrichment night, finishing up visiting teaching, dropping a friend off at the airport, and getting ready for Kristi and Al to come.  We have really enjoyed having Aunt Kristi and Aunt Allison with us.  The highlights have been chatting, going to an outlet mall, eating out at Fuzzy's, playing games like Settlers and Monopoly, going to the temple, and having some of Allison's BYU friends come over for dinner.  Jimmy has felt very spoiled by his aunts and we are sad to see them go tomorrow.