10 Months

The flash on my camera is broken, so all of my pictures are now blurry...

Adam loves to "read" his books. Lately he wants ALL of them on the floor. He picks one up, opens it and reads and page or two, and puts it down. He then repeats the same processes with the other books. I LOVE to watch him while he reads. So adorable!

Adam showing off one of his teeth (and wearing his size 18 month pajamas!)

Grandma's House

The original plan was that my mom was going to come visit us over Labor Day weekend. That plan changed as soon as my mom found out that she needed to have her house emptied out and ready for renters! So we decided to drive down to Vegas and help out.

Adam helping Daddy pack his suitcase.

Adam outgrew his infant car seat and now uses the big boy one. I quickly learned that I need to adjust it a bit after Adam fell asleep.

Don't worry, I fixed it after the picture so the rest of his nap was more comfortable.

To be honest the drive down to Vegas started out pretty horrible. We left on Friday around 4pm and it took at least two hours for us to get from Salt Lake to Provo (which should take an hour or less) because of all of the traffic. The worst part was that our air conditioning decided not to work. So we were sitting on I-15 with no cold air for two hours while the hot sun beat down on us. Once we finally got out of Utah Valley the traffic eased up, the sun started setting, and the air conditioning started working. Geesh!

We got there late and went straight to bed. The next few days I spent going through my closet and reading/throwing out old letters that I have kept over the years, deciding what keepsakes I REALLY wanted to keep now that I have to find a place for them, and going through all of my mom's extra stuff that was up for grabs. It was quite the job.

Steve cut his leg somehow and ended up with a pretty bad infection, so he had to take it easy. Adam took advantage of it and had a comfy nap on Papa's lap.

I think Papa enjoyed it too.

Melissa came up from AZ with some friends for the weekend so it was fun to see them. We also got to swim in the pool and have meals with extended family we haven't seen for awhile. It was definitely a good time. The hard part was saying good bye to the house that has been "home" for the last 20 years. Before I left I walked through the house with our video camera and reminisced about all of the good times we had there.

Good ole 1505 Marita Dr.

I had a couple of teary moments with both Melis and my mom. We just reminded ourselves that even though we won't be in the house anymore, we will still have all of the memories that belong in it.

Baby Steps

Adam took his first steps on August 24th and he has been getting better and better everyday since then. Here is a video off him walking on Sunday after church. Isn't that the cutest little tie you ever saw? Thanks for making them for him Mimi! I love them all!

Birthday Girl

True Story: A week before my birthday we were sitting in church and a friend of ours got up to give a talk. It was also his birthday that day, so I thought to myself "that stinks that he has to give a talk in church on his birthday." I quickly learned that I had the wrong attitude about it because the next day Rex and I got asked to speak in church the next Sunday. So I had the opportunity to speak in church on my birthday. It didn't turn out to be so bad :)
After that we came home from church and had a long nap with Adam and then got to work on my birthday dinner.

I really love this food blog called Our Best Bites, so I requested that Rex make the Baked Creamy Chicken Taquito recipe. He used both corn and flour tortillas so we could decide which we liked better. They were both SO delicious. I could eat them everyday I think!

(I know this picture makes it look like I'm pregnant. so just for the record, I'm not)

I also made myself a yummy Chocolate Mousse Crunch Cake that I have been drooling over for awhile now. It took me three tries to get the mousse to turn out right. To be honest it didn't turn out quite as mouthwatering as it looks, but it was still good (and I promise I shared with a bunch of friends).

Despite the great food, the best of my birthday was spending it with my two favorite boys in the whole world! Thanks for everything. I love you!

Nine Months Old!

Here are his stats from his last doctor's appointment at about 8.5 months old:

18.5 inches head circumference (94%)
21lbs 4 oz. (63%)
30 inches long (97%)

Adam is becoming more like a little boy and less like a baby each day. It makes me happy and sad at the same time!

Just look at how big he is now!

I just love to watch him play and listen to the sounds he makes.

We knew he wasn't feeling good when he actually snuggled up and fell asleep on Rex. He has had three ear infections in the last two months.


"Look Mom, no hands!" He can stand up without holding onto anything now.

I often find him in this position while he is playing. It took me awhile to finally get a picture of him doing it without him noticing me and crawling toward the camera.

He also likes to sleep in this position lately.

Eating cereal all by himself.

Want to know what causes this smile? Watch this...

Summer Visitors!

Lily is exactly two months older than Adam and she is such a sweetheart. Unlike Adam, she loves to snuggle, so Rex took advantage of it!

Bath time! This is the one they will be embarrassed about when they are fourteen.

Adam found the cousins' snacks. I should have gotten a picture of his face after they spilled all over and the whole room gasped and yelled in reaction to it. Let's just say he wasn't a happy camper.

Carileigh and Elleigh made a fort out of their beds and Adam thought it was the best thing ever!
(Sorry I don't know how to make the video post in the right direction).

We lit a firework before it got dark for the babies too see. Here is what they thought of it:

On July 17th we had a Roylance Family Reunion (my Mom's side). My sister came up from Arizona and my mom and Steve from Nevada. The only one missing was Scott (aka Elder Snow)!

Eating Cafe Rio at Aunt Laurel's house. Yum!

Adam playing with Uncle Brandon

Shortlty after we took this picture poor Melis got sick and was feeling bad the whole weekend!

We had the reunion in a backyard of one of my cousin's clients. We swam in the pool, played volleyball and ping pong, ate a yummy dinner, played a trivia game about Gma and Gpa Roylance. We all had a great time!

This was Adam's first time in a big pool. I don't know if it was all of the screaming cousins or what but he was scared for awhile, which surprised me because of how much he loves his bath.

It took him awhile to loosen his death grip on us. Then daddy threw him around for a little bit. He still wasn't sure he liked the whole pool thing. By the end he loosed up and started splashing and smiling more. That's my boy!

Maybe we stayed in the pool a little too long?

Ready for a post swim nap!

I played some volleyball with cousins while Rex and Adam took a nap. After that Rex got out his big bubble maker for the little kids.

Before we left Adam found a walker and tried it out for the first time.



I think he likes it!

The Fourth

So Rex and I heard that people go set up blankets at Sugarhouse park early in the day to save a spot to watch fireworks. So I went up there around 11 a.m. and looked around until I found a couple of people setting up blankets. I added ours to the small group and left. Around 5 p.m. it was getting windy and I was afraid that our blankets had blown away so we went to check on them and luckily they were fine. However, we did notice the number of blankets increasingly quickly. Around 7:30 Rex went to stay with the blankets to make sure no one moved them as the masses started pouring in. I stayed at home and cooked some pizzas while I waited for Rex's sister's family to arrive from Arizona. We finally all joined Rex at the blankets at about 9:45 p.m. with a few minutes to spare before the start of the show.

Shaleigh and Rex's family and their kids (Yes, Rex's sister married a guy named Rex)

Adam and cousin Lily

Rex and Adam watching the fireworks. I thought Adam was going to be crying the whole time from being either tired or scared or both. However, he surprised me and happily watched most of the fireworks. When he wasn't watching them he was doing this...


So was all of the waiting and spot saving worth it? Well it turned out that the people I followed to put down the blankets knew what they were doing. We were so close to where they fireworks were being launched that we all ended up laying down on our backs to watch them.

I think everyone agreed that it was the best view they had ever had of a firework show. It was pretty awesome. I do have to add that as I layed there next to Adam and Rex and watched the show I could help feeling overwhelmed with thankfulness for my family and the opportunity we have to live in this great country. God Bless America!