5 Months Old

Dear Isaac,

You have brought me nothing but JOY these last 5 months. Oh how I love you!

4 month highlights
You started eating rice cereal at 4 and a half months,
because YOU were convinced you HAD to have it....
and I gave in because you looked at me just right with those big blue eyes.
You are pretty darn good at eating the stuff too.

Your bottom right tooth made it's grand entrance,
and your left one isn't far behind.

You are still happy and social and good natured most of the time,
although on rare occasions we get a glimpse of a determined and fiery temper.
Although, you wouldn't be a child of Mr. Giovannoni and I's if you didn't have a fiery temper and stubborn disposition at least some of the time!

Second Grade

Watch out Mrs. Jimenez,
here comes Dylan!

Father and Son

I wasn't at this particular event so I can't really blog much about the actual events that took place, but I can say that this very event just goes to prove the love of a father for his son.

Dylan and his dad attended our wards Father and Son(s) camp out.
I guess sleeping in the car works just as good as sleeping in a tent!
They hiked to Donut Falls too.
Dylan, If you ever question whether your father loves you, just remember that he totally crawled out of his comfort zone to take you to this!

Dinosaur Land

Last weekend Derik and I took the kids on a little get away.

Dylan is really interested in dinosaurs right now, so we decided to take him back out to Dinosaur Land in Vernal Utah.
The last time we went Dylan was just a toddler. Most of that trip turned out pretty great, except for the major trip "ruiner" we experienced when we drove off with my brothers camera still on top of the car!

We loaded up our little Mazda 5 on Friday morning and hit the road. The kids were great the entire 4 hour drive and the Mr. and I got to have a few great conversations. We stayed at the Dinosaurland KOA again, we really like it there. They have a pool, a miniature golf area, a playground for the kids and on Friday nights they blow up a screen and play a movie for all it's guests. They even do a pancake breakfast on Saturday mornings.
My Brother Nyles was even kind enough to lend us his 6 man tent, because our 2 man tent won't do the job for our family anymore. Thanks so much Nyles! I had to laugh though when we pulled the tent out to set it up I noticed one of the main poles had been snapped. After some pretty ingenious Jimmy-Riggin Derik and I got the tent put up.

Our kids really do love to camp.

This just happened to be Isaac's second straight weekend of camping in a tent and sleeping on the hard ground, he did pretty good for not having his own bed and air-conditioning!

After we set up the tent we took the kids to the Utah Field House of Natural History to see the dinosaur bones exhibits.

Couldn't resist this shot of Livie pouting, I think we have one of Dylan doing the same thing on his first trip here.We'll call her the Pout-tee-a-saurus

And I think we'll call this one the get-out-of-my-face-a-saurus
And this pictures proof that the Mr.-a-saurus really did come along!
After the museum we hopped back in the car and drove around Vernal.
We had to stop and get a picture of our kids at the Vernal Temple!
After which we went back to camp and enjoyed some time in the pool.

My kids favorite part of the whole trip was the pool. They LOVED it!
Dylan told us this was the BEST vacation ever!

On Saturday the Mr. went for a 20 mile run, after which we went to JB's for a breakfast buffet. Then we headed back to the pool to cool off.
Part of the reason why we go chose to go to Dinosaur Land this past weekend is because the Uintah County Fair was going on down there as well.
So after our swim we headed down to the fair
The kids got to be farmers
and milk some cows
After which they got to redeem their vegetables and milk for a little treat at the end.

I loved looking at all the quilts and photography
And the kids loved the decorated cake table
Once we finished with the activities at the fair we took the kids to get an ice cream.
Then the Mr. dropped Miss Livie, Isaac and myself back off at camp and he and Dylan headed off to the Demolition Derby.
Sunday morning we packed up our little camping spot and drove home.
It really was a quick trip but I think we all enjoyed almost every minute of it!
I'm thinking we will have to do this again next year when the Dinosaur Quarry is back open!

4 Months

Wow

Where have the last four months gone?
Pretty soon my baby's not going to be a baby any more!

He likes getting his picture taken as much as his mother does!

The GOOD
Length 26 3/4 inches long (above 97th %)
Weight 19 lbs 9 oz (above the 97th %)
Head 44.8 cm (95th %)

The BAD
His tumor is affecting his neck muscle and causing torticollis, so we get to start physical therapy.
Isaac is one Grumpy Gus lately and I'm crossing my fingers it's just him teething and that this new behavior isn't going to stay.
Isaac hates shots the poor kid screams for like two days straight after he gets them.

And everything inbetween
We moved Isaac to his crib a few weeks ago.
He seems to sleep much better in the crib with his silky grandma made him!
My good friend Cynthia made Isaac his quilt and we love it to pieces.
And just today Isaac's Aunt Cozy sent him his own special pillow that goes just perfectly with eveything. We are so lucky to have such generous and creative Aunts and Friends!
I tried for like an hour straight to get Isaac to smile at the camera but he wasn't having it.
But he does love sitting in his Bumbo. He thinks he's such a big boy!
Isaac will sit at the dinner table and lick his chops while we are having our dinner. He thinks he's ready for big boy food too!

I just love my little "Tank" even if he is a "Grumpy Gus".
I just wish he could stay little for a little longer.....

Bears and Barking Spiders

Every once in a while I get the urge to be adventurous.
My parents as well as my brother Nyles,
invited our family to go camping with them at Main Canyon.
I quickly packed up our car and headed out the door to spend a few days in the great outdoors.
Dylan makes every where we go an adventure and this trip was no different.
He was told all sorts of stories about wild bears and barking spiders!
He spent most of his time worrying about being eaten by a bear or attacked by one of Grandma's famous barking spiders.
I spent the majority of my time trying to convince him that there is indeed no such thing as a barking spider and that all the wild and crazy bears were far far away!

Alivia had a great time being silly
getting filthy
carrying firewood with Grandpa
riding the four wheelers
And being just like Grandma in the swing!

Isaac was a great little camper too!

First campfire.
Uncle Eric showed up with his personal arsenal of ipod and ipads and saved everyone from killing each other! Who knows what we'd do without Uncle Kracker.

Thanks Mom, Dad, Nyles and Kira for the invite.
It's always an adventure!

Don't I look classy with my old lady boobs and my dads hat and glasses!

Raging Waters

Mr. Giovannoni's employers treated all their employees to a day at Raging Waters.
Our dear friends the Wignalls came along and helped us manage life at a water park with three young kids. I was so glad they came!

The kids had a great time and once we snagged some water tubes of our own I'd say the Mr. and I had a good time too!