Five Months Old

Toby is now five months old. I can't believe that he is that old, but it also seems like it has been so much longer than five months. In celebration of this we started him on solids. He actually did pretty well the first day and now on the sixth day he is doing excellent. I am surprised at how quickly he has caught on. Toby still doesn't sleep through the night. He had been doing really well for a little while waking up only once at about 5 in the morning, but he is currently waking up two times a night wanting to eat plus a bunch of times where he wants his binky or to be rocked back to sleep. It is driving me crazy, but I am not ready to just let him cry himself to sleep yet.Toby is getting really close to rolling from his back to his stomach (he can already do the other way around). He loves to grab things that you put in front of him, but can't hold onto them for really long. He hates his carseat and when in it is constantly trying to sit up and then falls back in frustration. I think that we might move his to a bigger one soon for this reason. Toby is always so happy when he wakes up in the morning and sometimes after naps. His naps have gotten a lot better. He used to take 4 or 5 45 minute naps and nothing I did made them any longer. But lately he has been taking 3 1.5 hour naps, so we are getting better. Most of the time Toby is great and I love being home with him.

Disneyland Vacation Ends

After going to Disneyland last Thursday and Friday we decided to take it easy and travel back home over two days. So on Saturday afternoon we drove from California to St. George and stayed overnight at the Woodmansee's house. Then Sunday morning we drove to Sandy to visit Zach's family and have dinner. Later that night we drove home. It was a fun, but short, vacation. It was nice to have a break, but I do love being home where I don't have to worry about bothering anybody if Toby wakes up screaming in the middle of the night.

Disneyland Vacation Days Two and Three

After arriving in California Wednesday we went to Disneyland on Thursday and Friday. We were able to purchase discounted passes from Hill Air Force Base and Toby got in free. I was a little worried about how Toby would do and for the most part he was okay. When we got to Disneyland Thursday morning however Toby screamed and was inconsolable for 15-20 minutes. He hated the tram ride and did not want to be in his stroller. We did get him calmed down and then he was a lot better.

This trip was a lot different than our other because of Toby. He went on a lot of the rides with us, they let him on any ride without a height restriction. Although when he was sleeping or it was a bigger ride someone had to sit off the ride with him. This wasn't too bad because Carolyn had her baby, Keyan, and then Britton also couldn't go on those rides. So those sitting out would usually go do something else and then everybody would switch places.

It was so much fun to see things decorated for Christmas, but it was also a little weird since it was 70 degrees. My favorite part was the Haunted Mansion that is decorated like Nightmare Before Christmas. I also enjoyed the fireworks program that Toby slept through.

Disneyland Vacation Day One

A few months ago Zach told me that he would have Nov. 11, Veteran's Day off of work and that Nov. 13 was his normal every other Friday off of work. He suggested that he take off the day in between so that we could take a trip somewhere. Immediately both of us thought of Disneyland, but with a little baby we didn't think it would work. But then I ran the idea past Carolyn and she said that they had wanted to go to. I figured that if we went with their family it would be possible. Two people would sit off the rides with Toby and with their son Keyan. The person with the baby wouldn't have to wait alone and the other person would have people to ride with. So last Wednesday Zach, Toby, and I headed down to California. It was a pretty good drive. Toby slept well in the car and for the most part entertained himself. There were a couple of times where he started to get fussy and wanted to either get out of his carseat or eat. Luckily this always happened just before a planned stop. We left at 5 am and stopped in Fillmore to feed Toby. Then we drove down to St. George. We stopped at the Woodmansee's to feed Toby, visit, and take a break. Our next stop was Primm, Nevada for gas and to feed Toby. We stopped one more time to feed Toby, but I have no idea where we were. Despite the fact that we stopped so many times we made great time to Cypress, California where we stayed with my aunt and uncle. Carolyn and Bryant met us there later that night (they had come down earlier to visit Stephen and Heather in Yucca Valley) and so did Stephen and Christopher. That night we visited and then got a good nights sleep before heading to Disneyland. I guess you could say that our night was a little stressful. My aunt and uncle have been remodeling their house and were in the process of getting wood floors put in. Because of this there was hardly any furniture downstairs and everything echoed. We were sleeping in the living room downstairs because we couldn't go into our bedroom until the wood floors were finished the next day. Everytime Toby woke up and cried I was worried that he would wake everyone up because of the echo. Luckily he didn't do to bad and most people claimed that they hadn't heard him.

The beautiful sunrise we saw in Fillmore when we stopped to feed Toby.

Toby eating in the car (a practice that will only be allowed on vacations).

Family Picture

Zach's Business Trip

Zach was on a business trip for most of this last week. He went to Panama City, Florida. He went with a few other guys from work to a conference about tactical shelters. While he was there he took some great pictures that I thought you might like to see.

Halloween

I know that Halloween was a while ago, but Zach was out of town with our camera so I was never able to post pictures of Toby. The night before Halloween we went to Sandy and participated in a trunk or treat that Zach's parents ward was doing. It was a lot of fun and Zach and I love the candy that Toby got for us. On Halloween we had dinner at James and Jackie's house and then just came home and watched tv. We decided not to go trick or treating because we had enough candy.

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