8 Months

:: Weight: 19.5 lbs (Robb calls him "Michelin Man" and I admit, there is a strong resemblance)   

:: Had his first haircut on June 29th (distracting him with a YouTube video playing on my cell phone is the only reason his ears are intact today)  
:: Loves splashing wildly in the bathtub

:: Discovered he can control the volume of voice and likes to whisper "da-da-da" to me when we're snuggling and will shriek happily at his toys and during quiet moments at church
:: Wakes up 3-5 times throughout the night (sadly, I think we're regressing in that area)

:: Likes to shrug his shoulders and dance (especially if someone joins him)

:: Prefers to be upside down
:: Had a bad first reaction to peas

:: Loves the earphones we got him after the fiasco of the Freedom Day parade 

:: Still no teeth

:: Waves good-bye to Robb as he leaves for work in the morning

:: Rolls around to get from point A to point B (it is no longer safe to leave anything on the floor)

Pioneer Day Classic

 Robb and I set fitness goals at the beginning of the summer: he wanted to run a 10K and I wanted to lose more baby weight (it's a good thing Colby is so cute).  He immediately found a race online, planned out a training regimen, and got busy.

His hard work really paid off.  Robb finished 2nd in his age group (so there's a medal for him somewhere but since we didn't realize how awesome he did until later, we didn't stick around to receive it).  He hit his goal pace of 7:50/mile and finished in the top 25 overall.  

 Randomly we bumped into my friend, Kristen, and her sister who were running the 5K.  I love Medfordites.

 Colbs and I being supportive of this amazing guy

And this woman is my hero.

Reader's Digest Version: July

With so many amazing things happening lately I'm just going to summarize the last couple of weeks or I'll never catch up.  Here we go:

Robb's parents drove down to Utah for our nephew, Matthew's, baptism (which I forgot to take pictures of) and we spent the rest of the weekend enjoying quality time with the Hays' clan.  Lilly and Colby met for the first time and she liked him until her Grandma started snuggling Colby and then a little jealousy set in.

 Our 4th of July started off with the Freedom Festival Parade. 

For a small college town, Provo put on a pretty impressive show.  Colby wasn't a huge fan of the gunshots, but once Robb covered his ears he enjoyed all the bright colors.

July 4th is the anniversary of our first date and while we had to give up a few traditions because of Colby (that man likes to be in bed by 7:00), we still went to Red Robin and reminisced about our magical date four years ago.

We wrapped up our evening by watching the firework show in D.C. from the comfort of our living room.

My brother's fiance, Emily took out her endowment in the Draper Temple on July 12th.  There's no better place than the Temple when your whole family is there and thanks to Em, our family is now complete.

 We held her bridal shower the next day.

And on July 14th, 2012 Jordan Michael Rigby married Emily April Swendsen in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. 

(Pictures by Chelsy Ann Photography)

 Such a beautiful couple

 It was a perfect day and I'm so happy to have Emily for a sister.

And finally, Robb turned 26 on July 16th.  Happy birthday, Sweetheart!

12 on 12 in July

01. Colby toes
02. The Amazing Spiderman
03. My to-do list
04. No brown sugar
05. Dinner for our baby-sitters (thank you, Brett and Megan!)
06. Laundry
07. Fresh peaches
08. More food on the bib than in his mouth
09. New car seat
10. Bridal shower games
11. Draper Temple (for Emily's endowment)
12. The cute couple

I love having my family in town.

Stewart Falls

After months of saying we needed to go hiking, a Saturday arrived without any scheduled service projects, shifts at the hospital, or family obligations so we jumped at the opportunity and drove up Provo Canyon to Stewart Falls.

The hike was perfect.  The sun was out, butterflies and wildflowers were everywhere, and Colby seemed to enjoy the view from within his shaded caravan.   It did my Oregon heart good to see all those trees.

Stewart Falls in all its glory

Picnic lunches are a little more complicated than they used to be, but much more fun.

This was Colby's first time using a sippy cup and in retrospect we should have mastered using it before testing it out in the full-blown heat of a Utah summer (just another lesson in parenthood learned).

Colby decided he was done with the heat and unusable sippy cup about 10 minutes into our hike back and then proceeded to tell the world about it.  With his sobs as motivation, we made great time on the way back and even though it wasn't a perfect family outing I can't wait to go hiking again.

7 Months

::  Favorite toy: the animal puzzle

:: Finally rolled over onto his stomach (today, in fact)

:: Eating rice cereal, oatmeal, carrots and apples

:: Mastered blowing raspberries...which was funny until he started spitting out carrots (such a boy :) )

:: Still toothless

:: Added "momma" to his vocabulary

:: Is fascinated by his tongue and toes

::  Upgraded to riding in the shopping cart

:: And constantly cracks his parents up with his expressive little face

Chalk Art Festival 2012

The Chalk Art festival is the Utah Foster Care Foundation's annual fund raiser.  This was our second time going because a) there are an incredible amount of talented people in this area and b) it's free (we're still poor college students, don't judge).  It also happened to be Salt Lake City's Reading Fair, which meant the place was packed.  

Who knew so many children's stories featured foster kids?

Although the artwork was amazing, Colby didn't appreciate the excessive heat, our attempts to keep his too-small hat in place, or the black, heat-absorbing interior of his stroller  (Robb, Jory, Em, and I took turns hauling him around).

And so it was with some relief that we returned our small, sweaty son back to his car seat and drove home.