Getting Around!

 Just a few pictures showing Aleeyah's different ways of getting herself around (And a few fun ones with Daddy.

 I had planned on uploading several videos but it won't 

let me upload any of them. Grrrrr!!!!!!! 

At least you can see the pictures!

4th of July

Hey everyone! We had a great 4th of July. We were able to have a dinner with my Aunt Candi, Uncle Don, and cousins Sarah and Donald. We had grilled corn on the cob, hot dogs, chips, and jello pretzel salad (made by yours truly).


While were there we gave Aleeyah some watermelon, which she thoroughly enjoyed.

  While we were there she spent some time in her play pen. I thought she would hate it, but she really didn't seem to mind. We stocked it with toys and her sippy cup and made sure to still pay her a lot of attention. She is such a curious baby that she doesn't mind looking around and checking everything out. They have a dog and they spend time checking each other out. She had one incident where she was sitting up and fell over into the netting at the side of the playpen. Her face was all smooshed up against the netting and if I hadn't been so worried that she was okay, I would have taken a picture, it was actually kind of funny. (Does that make me a bad parent?:P)

Just about the time we were about to light the sparklers, it started raining. It was great though, we are in drought conditions here. Also, I have missed the rain. It hardly ever rains in Utah and never very hard, so it was a treat for me.

The house still gets cold here at night, especially in Aleeyah's room with the wooden floors and her crib being next to the vent (The only place for it until we clear more things out of the room). So, every night we put her in a sleeper so that she doesn't get cold. A couple of nights ago I was behind on the laundry and this was the only thing warm enough I had to put her in. Yes, you can laugh (we did), and sorry the pictures are blurry, she doesn't sit still very often. 

Adventures in Cooking

Now that we are settling in here, I have started looking up new and interesting recipes to try. Caleb told me earlier this week that he thinks in the last two weeks I have tripled the times I have used the crockpot since we have been married. I also made a few family favorites. 

Jello Pretzel Salad for 4th of July

 Yogurt Pie with a crust made from crushed Nature Valley Honey and Oat granola bars (YUM! Definitely a keeper recipe)

Chocolate Chip cookies - the most soft and gooey cookies I have ever had - the secret? - pudding mix

(Sorry the color is off, the lighting here is terrible!)

I actually found rhubarb at the grocery store so we just HAD to make rhubarb crisp, A Cox family favorite

Oh, I almost forgot. Here is a picture of Daddy with Aleeyah on the 4th of July sitting on our new (to us) couch! We will be uploading more picture of the house soon! 

Catching Up

Most of the blog posts from here on out will be current posts, but I have a few pictures from the last few weeks that I want to post first. Hope you enjoy!





Before we left Utah we were able to get a four generation picture with Aleeyah, Caleb, Caleb's dad, and Caleb's grandparents. 

Also, on our drive to Ohio we spent the night in Minnesota with my mother-in-law's parents. It was actually at their home that Aleeyah really mastered the concept of rolling over. 

I am so grateful we were able to get these pictures with each of her great grandparents on Caleb's side. Only one of her great grandparents on my side is still living. We were able to take a four generation picture with her in March when we visited South Carolina. 

(Gosh darn it, why can't I keep my eyes open for a good picture!)

Oh, I can - It's just when everyone else is looking away! *sigh*

Also before we left Utah we were able to go to West Canyon for one last time with the family and have a dutch oven cookout, campfire marshmallows, singing, and 4-wheeling. 

 The day we left to drive up to the reunion we went to The Cheesecake Factory to spend a gift card my mom had sent us. We put Aleeyah into a high chair for the first time and this is what she did:

This is new!

What's this?

Can I eat it, Mom?

Om nom nom! 

Ooooo!

Whew! That was tiring! 

Did I do something wrong?

Hey! What are you laugh at?

 Ok, last post for now. As most of you know, Aleeyah HATES the car seat, so we had to come up with creative ways to entertain and keep her busy so she didn't cry for the whole drive. This is one of the ideas Caleb came up with. He hung my phone from the rings that you can attach toys to the car seat with and uploaded at Youtube video and played it for her to keep her busy. You can see in the video how enthralled she was with it (along with her toes). 


(I don't know what it is about Blogspot but it doesn't like to let me upload the video I want. I wanted to do a better one of Aleeyah rolling over, but it wouldn't upload that one last night and now it won't let me upload the video that Caleb took in the car where he explained it all... But I guess this one is the second best.)

I will be doing a post with pictures from the family reunion we attended before moving as soon as I get the cd of pictures from Caleb's mom. Hopefully they will come soon and I will have lots more fun pictures to post! Love you all!