Our First Soccer Star

Bergen is playing in his first organized sport, soccer. He has been excited about being on a team for a long time. And by a long time I mean like a year. There has been two practices so far and both times he wasn't ready for them to end when it was over. He has done a nice job of following instructions and waiting for his turn when needed. The running is really good for him and his high amounts of energy! After this week's practice I wasn't sure if he understood the concept of the game yet, or if any of the kids did for that matter :) He and I watched a couple of videos online of kids his age playing a soccer game. We talked about what they were doing and what he would be doing. Today was the first game and Travis and I were so impressed. Bergen, and all of the kids really, did such a good job. Bergen was aggressive when he needed to be and did well going where he was told to be. He even scored one goal right at the very end of the game. We really enjoyed watching him and he said he really liked it! Although as we were driving away he said he thought he was getting a trophy?! Haha! So funny. Not yet buddy, not yet. Lots more games to go still :) I think it's going to be a fun few months of soccer.

Owen SEVEN months old

Growth Stats

weight: 18lbs 1oz (43rd%)

length: 28in (79th%)

Sitting up

Slow army crawl (but getting quicker)

Getting up on his hands and knees

Pushing himself into a sit from the hands and knees position

Eating baby foods, cheerios, and making a good mess with crackers

Reaching for us to pick him up

Starting to wiggle/push/climb in or out of a spot he no longer wants to be

Has the best little baby laugh and thinks Bergen is hilarious

Highlights from May

Practicing making bugs for Bergen's bug birthday cake. These practice playdoh bugs turned out to be much easier than the ones I made out of airhead candies.

Bergen playing diggers with his friend Mason.

Owen loves to be held up on your shoulder and falls asleep like this all the time. In fact the easiest way to get him to sleep is to put him up on my shoulder and walk around going about my business. After a short time he gets himself cozied in, his breathing slows down, and he gets heaver! I think he looks so cute all snuggled up on my shoulder!

I had a birthday. Comes every year :)

The boys snuggled up together.

Owen sitting with daddy after Bergen's birthday party.

My big FOUR year old!

Owen and daddy.

Owen at the pool.

Bergen floating out in the deep end.

One Sunday we all curled up on the bed and watched a Joseph Smith video on the computer. Owen was so cute just chilling with us. He's started to grab his feet and was practicing.

This just out of the bath, clean, wavy haired boy sure looks cute in these green monkey jammies.

After I changed Owen's diaper I left the room to throw the diaper away. When I left he was on the changing cloth, when I came back he was next to the wall. What the?! This crazy little guy had been scooting himself around. My thoughts were, "Yikes! He's not even 4 months old yet. I'm in trouble!" I guess he's just trying to get an early start on keeping up with Bergen.

Pulling out the toys and actually playing with them by himself is such a rare occassion. In fact so rare, I had to take a picture of it :)

Owen just being cute.

What better way to eat snacks than both kinds at the same time?! These are Bergen's favorite pants these days! And he loves how soft this swim shirt is. This is some of his fashion choices at their finest.

After Owen woke up from a nap Bergen climbed in to play!

Then Bergen decided he wanted to change baby's diaper...all by himself. He did a very good job at it too!!

We were at home depot when Bergen found this saw. He told me, "I todally need this! So I can cut stuff!" Cracked me up! 

We got a new carrier for Owen. Bergen wanted to carry baby so again my better judgment I hooked them up. It was so funny. Bergen thought it was hilarious and with the weight of Owen on his back he could barely stay standing. Owen didn't seem to mind and was a good trooper!

Camping Trip

Over Memorial Day weekend we joined two other families for a camping trip...or was that a guys weekend with their dirt bikes and the wives and children tagged along? I'm not too sure :)

We went just an hour and a half away near a lake in Oklahoma. When we crossed the boarder Bergen was SO excited and very excitedly told me we were now in "Olohomo!!!" Hilarious!

Camping was fun and a good (but incredibly muddy) overall experience for our first family camping adventure. But holy cow! It's so much work getting ready and then recovering from it afterwards. While we were camping Bergen could not stay out of he mud! We would get him cleaned up and not 5 minutes later he would be muddy again. All of the kids were that same way! The first day I was mad and frustrated about it. I finally asked Bergen why he wouldn't stay out of it and he said because it was so much fun. Then I figured out I just needed to embrace the muddy mud. It was better after that, well not the mud, he was still muddy, but my attitude was better. 

The men took their dirt bikes riding on nearby trails...in the mud :) Travis had a good time doing that.

The girls took the kids thru the mud to the lake, kept the kids entertained, oh and cleaned up a lot of mud :) Have I mentioned the mud?! All mud aside, we had a great time and were so glad we could go!