September Happenings

I'm finding it difficult to find time to update our blog lately. You see, Tyler doesn't really take naps anymore. I really should enforce a quiet time, but he won't stay in his room for more than 2 minutes, so it doesn't really work. As a result, I pretty much have no time to myself unless the kids are sleeping. And by then, I'm exhausted and the last thing I want to do is sit at the computer. Another problem is that any time I even get close to the computer, Tyler wants to sit on my lap and watch home videos. That's a lot of fun, but makes it difficult to do anything for ourselves on the computer. Enough complaining though. As busy as they keep me, they sure are cute.

The girls are pretty cute too, especially when they spend time with their brothers. Here are some of the precious moments we've captured this month.

We did some fun things during the end of August and beginning of September. We took the kids to Alpine days and they got to do some fun things like the bungee trampoline, a zip line, a stunt jump, walking on water bubbles, and numerous rides. Tyler loved these swings.

We also did our annual end-of-summer trip to Lagoon. We had a lot of fun even if it isn't Disneyland or Six Flags.

 

  

  

Then there was the first day of school. I never got any pictures posted anywhere to document it, but they were excited to start again, especially Alyssa. So far both girls love their teachers and are having a good year.

I get to spend most of my day with the cute boys. Here are a couple of my favorite pictures of Camden this month.

He is trying to figure out how to use his body. He is constantly wiggling and grabbing at things. He hasn't rolled from back to front yet, but is very close to doing it. today his legs were flipped over to the front side, but the back of his head was still on the ground. I don't know how he was able to twist his body that much. He will be 5 months tomorrow.
Our family is enjoying the last bit of summer. We spent an evening outside this week and took a break from our trampoline jumping to take a trampoline selfie. Ashley insisted on having Casey in the picture with us since he is part of our family.

I hope to change my updating day to Sunday to be able to be more successful at updating more regularly. We are doing well.

Camden's Newest Skills

Camden is now three months old. He has learned a couple of new things in the past few weeks.

I measured him yesterday and according to my measurements, he is just under 15 lbs and he is 26 in. long.

Brothers

Tyler loves to lay down next to Camden. Here are a few of the shots I got of them together in the past few weeks

It's going to be fun watching these little guys grow up together.

Our Summer Vacation- The Wheeler Family Reunion

For our first Wheeler Family Reunion, we met up at this really old house in St. George(built in 1870). Alyssa commented that she loved the house even though it was a "little creepy."

There were some nice perks to the house like the pool...

 (although we had to keep a close eye on these two)

the rickety old play set that these two spent so much time playing on(the toddlers weren't allowed on it with out an adult for fear that they would fall off of it)...

and the tennis court that almost everyone got to enjoy.

 Mostly it was fun to get the cousins together.

 Alyssa and Robbie are always good friends when they get together.

Ashley and Lydia were best pals and did everything together, even when it was something that the parents didn't exactly agree with(like chasing a cat into an empty field full of sticker weeds with bare feet. That certainly wasn't their best moment). But they sure had fun together.

Tyler and Tommy sure had a lot of fun together, as well. Kennedi had fun with them, too, but we don't have any pictures of her getting in on the fun.

 And everyone took turns holding Camden, even the kids.

One of the highlights of the trip was our hike in Zion National Park. We started on the river walk trail. Those who were able, continued on up the Narrows. We had borrowed a hiking backpack for Camden, so we were all able to continue on.

We needed help from others as Tyler was too little for some of the wading spots and Ashley did not want to get her clothes wet. Fortunately between Daddy, Grandpa, Gawbie, and Uncle Bobby, we made it as far as everyone else. The water was freezing, but as soon as our feet were numb, we were great. Here is a picture of the Wheeler Men after the hike was done.

The reunion was a lot of fun. We are so thankful for all of the planning and hard work that Gawbie and Grandpa put into it in order to get us all together. We look forward to the next one.

Our Summer Vacation- The Tuacahn

We took a trip down to St. George a couple of weeks ago for a Wheeler family reunion. Since we were going to be so close, we went down a day early in order to see a show at the Tuacahn Outdoor Theater. This has been something on my bucket list for many years now and I'm so glad Danny sacrificed by staying at the condo with the boys so I could go. The scenery was beautiful.

 

 We saw the show "When You Wish" which had songs from multiple Disney musicals including Pocahontas, Tarzan, Little Mermaid, Jungle Book, Mary Poppins, Mulan, Aladdin, Snow White, and a few more.

 We had seats on the front row, which the girls loved. At least Alyssa did. Ashley didn't like it so much when the water started running right over the stage and the dancers started purposely kicking it at us. She can't stand having any wet parts on her clothing. She was glad when those water scenes were over. Alyssa and I agreed that those scenes were our favorite parts.

 

It was nice that it worked out meeting up with my parents so we could go to the show together. They were nice enough to buy the girls a treat before the show.

2 Months Old- a little late

So I've been finding it really hard to update our blog this summer since any time I sit at the computer, Tyler wants me to watch family videos with him. And when he isn't around, I usually have Camden in my lap(which makes it difficult to type). Enough excuses, though. Camden turned 2 months old on July 1st. We saw the first glimpses of his smile about a week before that. Baby smiles are the best.

This picture was taken on the 4th of July. We have a video of him smiling on this day as well, but it was too big to post on the blog.

While we were at our family reunion a couple of weeks ago, we had Aunt Maryn snap a few pictures of him. Here are a couple of our favorites.

 He sure is a good baby. He sleeps and eats remarkably well for his age. We still haven't moved him out of the bassinet because Tyler is struggling to move out of the crib. Our favorite moments are when he is well fed and not tired because he will look right into our eyes, smile, and make noises like he is talking to us. When we talk to him he will talk right back. We haven't figured out how to catch it on video, but it is so sweet when he does it.
Here are his stats:(on July 6th)
Weight: 13 lbs 12 oz
Length:24 1/2 inches
Up around the 80th percentile for both.
We sure love this little man.

Out and About

We are finally getting out of the house again. It's a new adventure with a baby and an always wandering 2 year old. I try to get the older girls to take charge of Tyler, but they don't always want to do that. When they do, things work out pretty well. When I need to feed Camden, things usually get a little tricky. The Lehi Library hosted a petting zoo last week. I didn't expect it to be much, but there were actually quite a few animals there.

The girls each took a turn holding one of the ferrets.

They even had this mama and baby goat and a pony. They all loved the animals and we even got to try out the new play equipment at the park(it was super crowded, so we have plans to go back another time).

 I also took them to the Children's Museum that we have annual passes for. Here is Ashley dressed up in her African attire.

Alyssa spent a good amount of time building this Castle/House. She managed to get a few helpers along the way. Even with the help it still took her at least 30 minutes.

It's funny, but the greatest challenge this summer in going anywhere has been getting out the door before friends come knocking. As a result, we have brought a friend along on a few of our outings.

Tyler's 2nd Birthday

It has been almost a month now, but Tyler turned 2. We celebrated by doing one of his favorite things--playing at the park.

Later that night, we had cake and ice cream and he opened his presents.

Tyler is so much fun to have around. he is so full of energy and says the cutest things. Some of his favorite things are balls and cars. He also loves to play outside, especially when it involves water. He loves doing whatever his big sisters are doing, as well. 

We had to take him to the ER the day before his birthday(a Sunday) which fortunately ended up being an ear infection rather than something more serious. Sometimes he loves to hold Camden. On Tyler's Birthday, Camden was 1 month old. Here are the two brothers together.

We love having Tyler as part of our family. Here are his stats:

Weight: 24.8 lbs

Height: 34 inches