My baby ate dirt!

Well, it's official. Lee has tasted dirt. We went to Liesel and Blake's home today and enjoyed an outdoor dinner. I set Lee down for a little bit so that I could eat as well. The next thing I knew, she turned around, and dirt was oozing down her chin in her perpetual teething slober. She had managed to get her fist into the neighbor's flower pot and put dirt in her mouth. She must not have minded the taste too much, because she headed back for more, but her efforts were thwarted as her dad made a dive to intervene.

Well, we are now in Provo UT for the summer. I have 3 classes to finish and I will graduate from BYU. In August we will continue our westward journey to Los Angeles CA where Shawn will start his Phd program.

Lots has happened in the past month. Besides moving, Shawn graduated with his Masters degree from Purdue and my sister Faith married Donald. I will be posting pictures of the happy couple, as well as lots more of the past month soon. Little Lee is growing as always, working on pushing through her top two teeth and learning what "no" means.

Shawn, Lee and I feel so blessed that we have been able to spend so much time with so much family recently. I think that the only siblings we have not seen are Keb, Melissa and their kids (we will see them next week-can't wait!).

Here she comes!

Laralei began to crawl today and we've taped her first lengthy crawl for you to see! This crawl also enables you to see the steps to crawling...she gets onto her knees, rocks back and forth, and then rather unsteadily moves forward! It is amazing as her mom to see her develop. Look out world--here she comes!

Mmmmm...

Laralie is learning to mimick sounds, such as Mmmmm and dada.

Purdue Spring Fest

Laralei, Shawn and I went to Purdue's Spring fest. Laralei enjoyed the animals. The weather was beauitful and we really enjoyed our time together. Laralei's favorite were the baby piglets. They ran around a lot and made funny noises. We also saw a 2 day old lamb, horses, llamas, cows as well as the baby chick and the goat that sniffed Laralei's shoe.

Laundry Days

Laralei got herself into this basket all on her own. She was playing, tipped over the laundry basket, and somehow ended up with it over her head! She had a lot of fun trying to get out.

Shadow Games

Laralei discovered her shadow.

Thanks Uncle Larry, Julie and Alyssa for the outfit!