New discoveries

Mum, I'm 23 weeks old, time to start giving me solids.

What is this stuff?! I thought solids were supposed to be yummy.

Hmmm, how about we try sweet potatoes?


Man this is good!

So good I want to feed myself

I want more of this, is it ok if I lick it off my bib?

Thanks Mum!

MN Trip

Quinn and I had a fabulous time in Minnesota! We hung out with family, played with my crazy dog, and did lots of english homework ( it was as if David's teacher was trying to see just how far she could push her students before they cracked). Lyden took the time to help improve my tennis skills. Well ok, it wasn't really improviing, it was more learning how to hold the racket, yes I wasn't even doing that right, but it was a lot of fun. We got even more exercise riding bikes around the beautiful Maple grove trails.
My Mum and I spent hours sewing. She patiently helped me work on some current projects I had going to help decorate my apartment and consequently we made lots of trips to JoAnn's. Heaven! We also got a chance to attend the Minnesota temple which was a beautiful, peaceful and spritual experience. I had not been able to attend a temple session with my mother for the past two years and so I was grateful for the opportunity to go with her.
Quinn and I missed Peter like crazy and I think he might have missed us just a teensie bit.
Its so hard to be away from family but I don't particulary want to live in MN so I have decided we might just need to get rid of the states in between here and there so we can be closer! It was a fun and relaxing trip and I hope to go back soon :-)

Papi and Quinn at Minnetonka Lake

We had fun playing at the beach at the Minnetonka Lake

Quinn and Aunt Joanie

Quinn tried his first solid foods while we were at Granma's and Papi's. He took the first spoonful really well and swollowed it too! But any other attempts were thwarted by flailing arms, grimaces and a moving head. He did not want any more of the rice cereal! We gave the left over's to Paige (our cockerspanial) and even she wouldn't touch it and she eats everything!!! Today we tried mixing it with breastmilk and it went a lot better and he even seemed to enjoy it.

Quinn and Uncle David

Quinn and Granma Jen

A new toy

I have always loved giving people gifts but its the best thing to be able to buy things for your baby. We splurged and bought Quinn this exersaucer over the weekend. He loves it! Its so great to see how happy he is in it.

More Pictures

I love capturing our family through camera. I am definitely not the best photographer (as you will be able to tell by the blurriness of the pictures to follow) but there is definitely some things that are better expressed through pictures rather than words. Anyways, just wanted to share a few pictures I took of my boys this weekend for records sake :-)

A Funny- Peter's brain during finals

Me: Hey hon, since you are not studying and are just holding Quinn, could you hold him in the bath instead.

Two minutes later:

Me: Honey, what are you doing?

Peter: You told me to hold Quinn in the shower. Though I am not sure why. This seems pretty pointless to me!

Guess I need to be more specific next time

What do you get when you cross a 4 month old, moving and finals?

Chaos!

Hence my lack of posts recently. So here are some updates on what has been happening around here.

1st and foremost Quinn learnt to roll over! We were lucky enough to see him start trying and grabbed the camara. See below. He now likes to chill on his belly ALL the time. He also rolls over whenever he is really upset or hungry which just makes him sad but its cute anyways. Its fun to see how as he grows and develops how he gets more independent i.e he rolls over to look for food. He has also assumed really unusual sleeping positions which include laying squished up against the bars of his crib and having his arm tucked under the mattress. He sure looks cozy though! And as I have been writting this post he has managed to figure out how to stick his legs under him with his cute bum in the air and make like an inch worm and is wiggling his way across the floor. Next step: Crawling!

He is also becoming way more interested in his toys. Today he leaned forward, saw a toy and went oooo as he leaned for it. Pretty cool!

Quinn after he retrieved his toy.

He is getting so smart too. If something is out of reach on his blanket he will pull on the blanket until he gets his toy. Good thinking son!

We enjoyed an awesome General Conference, a quiet easter and sped right on into finals. Yuck and more yuck! Three down, two more to go. I, mean while, have decided that our house wasn't exciting enough and to solve the problem have strategically place boxes, swings, shoes and laundry to make a fun maze. And the cool thing is that it changes everyday! I have a promise from a sweet hubby to come get more boxes with me tomorrow so hopefully that will restore a little order.

I have also begun the grand task of cooking 29 meals. Since I will be out of town in about a 10 days and need to be all packed I wanted to make a bunch of meals I could freeze so the dishes could be packed. And then, since I was going to be gone for two weeks, I decided to take pity on Peter and make more dinners so he didn't have to worry about cooking with no pots or pans (though I'm sure he would have been satisfied with pizza but my health freak side couldn't have that now). So far I have made 14. Yummy! I also made a delicious Almond toffee tart yesterday...and it is almost gone. Peter hasn't had any yet. I wonder how health freakish I really am. Either way it was divine!

We have been making the most of the beautiful weather and since we won't be close to the harbour for too much longer (1 month to go ) Quinn and I have been enjoying the view.

Quinn exploring grass

17 Weeks

Quinn's playtime