Monte Turns 6 Months Old

 Time is flying by and this little man is growing.  He turned 6 months on the 15th of March.  He's nearly doubled his birth weight and grown 7 inches!  Above you can see two new shiny white teeth popping through his bottom gum.

 These days he makes rolling over look pretty easy.  His challenge, however, is sitting up for more than 10 seconds.  His body is so tall, once his head starts to go he just topples.  We're workin' on it though.  Above he is sporting his fancy new shirt, hand crafted by my friend Jessi.

 My little sunshine boy!

An updated photo of the boys: Boyd - nearly 3, Tyler- nearly 5, and Monte- 6 months.  I just love these little snuggle bugs!

Late Winter

Winter seems to hang on here in Jackson Hole.  The first day of Spring came and went with a slight drop in temperature and a chilly breeze, and since then we've hovered in the mid twenties.  But thank goodness for friends that encourage us to get out anyway!  We observed the day with a walk on the elk refuge road and were rewarded with such sites as the ones seen in the above pictures along with elk and beautiful swans.  And I'm happy to conclude: there is beauty in every season, even if our Spring could more accurately be labelled "Late Winter!"

Welcome Little Alex Rodney!

Sweet Baby Alex was born March 7th, at 11:33am.  He was 7 lbs., 8 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long.  Congratulations Uncle Todd, Auntie Kay and Cousin Aiden!

Who Can Build A Mountain?

Who can build a mountain? Who can fasten it to the earth?

Who can buy or sell it?  Who can tell it's worth?

We go to it for comfort; for strength, for help, for rest.

And we know it is a gift from Him who knows us best!

For when we feel walls closing in; cares pressing hard and strong.

When life's matters push and pull us as they carry us along.

He gently stirs within us this desire to break free.

To turn our backs on noise and bussle and to the mountains flee.

While walking there we breath in air, we lift our tired eyes.

Behold the beauty so high above and in our hearts our spirits rise.

The rocks, the crevasses, the peaks, the jagged spires.

Our thoughts turn to their creator and within our heart inquires?

Who built this massive structure?  Who put it in it's place?

Who paints it, and with each season gives it it's pleasant face?

Somehow he knows just what we need and so freely He does give.

In the mountains, we see His splendor.  And our hearts again can live!

~MJB

Feeding Friends

The relationship between these two amazes me.  Though Tyler loves him, he struggles to be gentle with Monte.  And it seems that no matter how many times he blows in Monte's face, makes loud noises noises in his ears, or flies toy airplanes into his eyeballs, Monte still looks at him with the greatest love and admiration.  When I feed Monte, he's happy as long as I keep the bites coming, fairly quickly.  However, when Tyler holds the spoon, Monte is so fascinated and so patient with him.  Maybe it has a little to do with Tyler's lack of concern for tidiness.  No running the spoon around the lips and chin to catch the drips; no constant wiping of the mouth, chin, nose, ears, etc.  He just puts the food in.  And smiles.  And tells him, "Good job, Monte!"

February Favorites

Boyd - my tired little tiger.

 

Monte

 

Fixing dinner.  This is by far the most challenging part of my day.  Monte wants to be held and I need to be getting supper on the table.  This is our little compromise.  It works quite nicely.....most of the time.

 

What kind of mother takes pictures of her crying kid?  Actually, I WAS trying to cheer him up.  Many times though, the only thing that cheers little Boyd is to be held.  So we went inside for a little snuggle session.....

.....while Daddy helped Tyler put the finishing touches on their snowman.  Isn't winter fun?  Challenging yes, and sometimes long, but so full of adventure!

I have a few more favorites from February, but I'll save them for separate posts.  It was a good month and man it flew by fast.  Now we're into March, and though it's been snowing, it's really starting to feel like spring.