Kason's Crawling!!

Kason will be 7 months tomorrow, and he officially started crawling this week! He is still pretty slow, but can really move when he wants to follow his mom or grab a remote.  He is enjoying playing by himself more now that he can move around.  He has crawled all around the living room to find me working on homework, and he also found the stairs today! He is pretty funny about getting tired or getting an “owie”.  He will put his face straight down in the carpet and cry.  It is pretty cute.  He still does the funny little head turn when he wants to go to someone or sees something he wants.  He loves his walker—he found the drawers this week and figured out how to get one open! He is started to be more vocal about being with mom or dad.  He still says “Mama” quite a bit when he needs something.  He loves looking at any book.  He is quite an active boy, always rocking on your lap like he wants to go somewhere! He also likes to watch the basketball games, but is not a fan of the intense moments.  He prefers things being quiet! He definitely opens up more when he is home or in a quiet room.  He is pretty talkative then, but quiets up in loud places! He is also eating lots more.  He loves lots of foods and eats quite a bit, although he is skeptical about trying new foods.  His new favorite food this week is graham crackers!  He has had a tough week of sleeping in the crib, but we are hoping to be on the upside in the next few days!  He absolutely loves playing with cousins. It is the highlight of the week when he can play with his cousins (especially watching the older ones run around him)!!

Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday I went into work.  Kason is a good partner as he spends lots of time watching my coworker in the desk next to us.  My boss also gave him a slice of an apple to chew on which is also loves! It can entertain him for a long time! He also found the cords under my desk this week. That is a recipe for a disaster!

Monday night I had volleyball.  Kolt and Kason stayed home to get some homework done.  We played 2 good teams and beat them both.  I am loving playing volleyball more each week and find myself really looking forward to it.

On Tuesday, we watched Brand play Rigby at Rocky Mountain.  Paisley was sure excited to see him, so much that she gave him lots of hugs and kisses.  Kason had just woken up, so he was a little slow in returning the love.  We took Evan out to his basketball practice after the game and then took Charlie with us to watch Scott Dalling play at Bonneville.  I also went into volleyball practice for a few minutes while we were there.

On Wednesday, we had our last meeting to finalize our life insurance.  We have been meeting with a great agent that is from Iona. We are excited to finally have our policy up and running.  Thursday evening, Kolt worked on a service project at the school for a school club and then went to play basketball with the Elder's Quorum.  

After work on Thursday, we met Shauna, Paisley & Landon at the Wood Creations store to pick up a Valentine's craft.  We also went out to watch Jay play at Ririe.  After the game, we ate at Stoplight Pizza.  Kolt attempted the Farmer's Challenge which is a 9 lb pizza! He didn't make it as far as he'd hoped, but they gave him a shirt for trying! We also had home teachers that evening right before my class meeting at the school in Idaho Falls. It was a busy night!

On Friday, I went down to Pocatello to earn some research points for one of my class.  I was able to earn enough for the whole semester which I was happy about.  Afterwards, the 3 of us met Jocelyn, Mark & Paxton for lunch in Rexburg.  It was great to visit and finally hold Paxton! I sure miss Jocelyn and never see her enough! After lunch, we drove to Blackfoot for Brand's game.  He played great. We were happy to be home that night after a lot of driving for one day!

On Saturday, we attended a temple session in the Rexburg Temple.  We are grateful for Grandma Piquet for babysitting! Kason was a great helper while she cleaned the church! He fell asleep in the front back while she worked! In the evening, we watched Rope play.  They barely lost in OT! It was exciting! After the game, we did some shopping in town and ordered a few of our new family pictures! I included a few of them for you to see!

We had a nice block of meetings on Sunday.  Kolt taught a nice lesson in Sunday School about the Plan of Salvation.  We learned about Hope in Relief Society, but missed the last half of it in the hall with Kason.  I am already looking forward to nursery.  In the evening, we enjoyed the Super Bowl with family.  We spent the first half with the Lindley's and the 2nd half with Piquet's.  Shauna and I worked on our craft during the game.  It was a great time. I really enjoy visiting with Shauna while we craft! Kolt was sad to see the Broncos lose to the Seahawks in the Super Bowl. 

Here's all of our family pictures we got back this week! Don't you just love them?