Easily my favorite development from this month is KISSES! Spencer has now even gotten to the point where I can just say "kisses" and he grabs my face for a kiss. So So Cute! It took a couple of days for me to feel confident saying he was actually showing affection by kissing and not just coincidentally trying to nurse our cheeks.
The other major change is his rolling mobility. He rolls all around the room towards things and does not crawl, but will reach roll and reach roll until he moves forward all by rolling. Pretty ingenuitous baby.
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| My favorite picture from this month... I love my boys! |
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| kisses! |
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| music time (and spencer looking at the collage of our family) |
We took a trip to UT for Heidi and Eric's wedding. Spencer and I went early. We got to see lots of loved ones, including friends and family. We checked out Becca's classroom, hung out with the Gillespies, and Sarah (my cousin) lots. We hiked with Max and saw Sarah Nicholls, one of our dear friends from Texas. And we saw Al (one of Brian's mission companions) and his wife Andra. Then all the Hoyts arrived and the wedding festivities began. Weddings are so fun! and always make me appreciate my own marriage and my own husband more :) I love Brian!
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| I LOVE this pic of Max and Spencer |
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| We enjoyed a nice Timpanooke hike through beautiful fall colors. |
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| Sarah got our boys cute matching Genuis shirts :) |
Oh yes! Teeth! That is another change. He got his two bottom teeth, and they are sharp! I picked up a toothbrush for him and the first time I gave it to him he wouldn't let go of it for over an hour. He just rolled around the whole room holding tight onto his new toothbrush. In this first pic you can see how he doesn't crawl, but finds other strange methods of propelling himself :)
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Our friends! We love when they come to play. And the little girl loves "baby" spencer.
And visa versa. |
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| Brian's first campout with the 11 year old scouts. He took them on his one day off in a three week stretch! crazy.. yes! |
I have become more ... bold, bossy, unabashed.... I'm not sure what the word is, but it's a new part of my mother role. Here's a couple examples from this month where I found myself doing things that I would not normally do.
First, Spencer and I went to church at our Stake Center for one of the Saturday sessions of General Conference while Brian was at work. After about an hour Spencer was bored and I wasn't sure how much longer we would last. I had noticed that he was pretty intrigued by this family with 5 kids that was sitting in the back row. Sooo I picked up our things and moved back to sit with them. Two of the girls played with Spencer touching his hands, giving him little toys to hold and just looking at him. He was in heaven and therefore so was I. I'm pretty socially comfortable, but I am not sure I have ever moved half way through a church meeting to sit next to people I have never seen in my life.
Second, we were coming back from UT and landed at midnight. Brian had parked the car and we were waiting with all of our luggage and BOB stroller containing Spencer for the shuttle to arrive. We were waiting with 30+ people also anxious to get home. I looked around and got a little nervous when I realized everyone was all crowding to one area that we had avoided due to our large convoy of items and the noise of the crowd; but a lot more people had come since we got there and joined the crowd sort of cutting us. Then the shuttle came, but practically full! Thankfully it stopped close to us and we jumped right in line after two other people got on. I got on and took a quick survey of the bus... it was packed with only two seats in the very back. I asked the driver if there was standing room thinking we could just hang out in front with all our stuff. He said no. Then I asked if we could just bring the stroller on without breaking it down, he said he didn't see how that would fit. Then I decided I would have to take charge of our situation. I asked the two people sitting closest to the front if they could move to the back. They did and we got on and put out stroller right infront of us un-broken down. Woohoo! I was so thankful people were willing to cooperate, but mostly a little surprised by my abrupt outspokenness.
Kind of fun to see this emerging mother skill set appear. I think I'm starting to see the power of a mother's love work in me.
