Half Marathon

Here are some more pictures of the half marathon I ran with my dad. It was a rainy day, but it felt great.

My June Excitement

Today Matt, Ruby, and I are headed up to Logan for the weekend. The Harmons Best Dam Bike Ride is tomorrow morning. My goal is to ride 100 miles. I think I can do it. I have been riding in the mornings with Janny, Matt's sister. It has been so much easier on my knees. We are staying at a hotel tonight with a swimming pool so Ruby will get to swim for her first time. I am excited. It will be a nice little vacation before our big one in Socorro in a week. Anyway wish me luck.

Two weeks ago my dad came up to run a half marathon with me. It was a lot of fun. We both finished. I ran a 1:58. I did not beat my record, but this is the first time I ran the whole time. Below is a picture of Ruby and I after the finish. She is enjoying the taste of my medal. (No, I did not win, but I am special because they gave me a participant medal. How sweet.) Hopefully I can get my mom to send me the picture of my dad and I and us finishing the race. I will post them later. As you can tell Ruby is still in her PJs. The race started at 5:30 in the morning. It was cold at the top of the canyon. It even rained on us a couple of times during the race.

Summer Hike #2

We love going on hikes and walks with Ruby. Below is a hike we took with Tom's family, Matt's brother. It was fun. We went up just before the sunset. There was a lake and little waterfall at the top.

Gwen, Tom, Isabelle, Tiff, Matt, and Ruby

Cuz Isabelle hiking in style

Ruby and Matt

Other Pictures:

Playing with EVERYTHING in the kitchen. In fact I have to watch her close because her favorite place is under the sink with all that fun stuff.

She really is walking more than this too. This was taken on May 29th. She is walking like a pro now.

First Steps at 8 Months

Ruby is a walking champ. She took her first steps on May 22, 2010.
She was 8 1/2 months old. On the same day she also took quite a lot of belly flops, face plants, and bum flops. That's my girl.

April Fun

Joe came to visit on his way home from BYU-Idaho. While Matt was at work we went to Wheeler Farm to check out some farm animals. Ruby enjoyed hanging out with her Uncle Joe and chasing roosters, but she really liked tasting the fence. YUMMY!

Sorry there are a lot of pictures.

Go Cougars

In April we were able to start taking Ruby out. She was completely cleared by the doctor. One of the first things we exposed her to was of coarse BYU football. They were having their spring game/ practice. There were some injured line men so they did not have the usual blue and white game, but we still got to see the QBs.

Ruby seemed to Really enjoy the stairs.

The Tent

Ruby discovered a new favorite game. She loves this tent. It took me crawling through it a couple of times before she actually realized it could be fun. Ones she crawled through she thought it was pretty exciting. I have to admit I really do have a blast with Ruby.The movie shows how quick she got with storming through the tent.

Energy

Ruby is climbing over everything. She loves climbing on the coach and chair. It keeps her busy and keeps us busy too. We have to keep the house spotless. Enjoy the videos.

For Fun

Hanging with dad.

Spring time is slowly coming.

6 Months

Ruby is 6 months old and she is growing fast. I hope I will be able to keep up with her. The last 6 months have been great. She is one perky little girl. She has gone from being really sick to the healthiest baby or in the words of her doctor, a "Rock Star." We are currently having to baby proof everything, but it definitely helps me keep the house clean. When she was 2 months she slept thought the night, but now that she is 6 months she does not sleep though the night, but I guess I can't have everything.

Here are a few pictures of Ruby at 6 months.

This is Ruby's trick she is planning on performing at the All-Star Dunk competition. She is bored with dunking with the hands.

She's a keeper!!!

The Sniper Crawler

About a week ago Ruby discovered that she could sniper crawl to get what she wants. She does it all the time now and she can get what she wants if it is on the ground or hanging in reach.

Ruby's New Tricks

Almost Crawling

Feeding herself. She makes our lives so easy.

Slam dunk!!! That's our girl.

Sitting up on her own. She is doing this one well.

And now for the grand finale . . .
We are challenging all of our readers to a competition. Who can beat Ruby at this trick? Our friends Amber and Sam gave Matt this idea. Ruby picked it up quickly. Her documented record is 7 seconds. You must document it and post it on your blog. Please be careful. I should probably remind all the dads not to get too competitive.

The Everyday Life of Ruby

Hanging with Dad.

Chillin' with Beaker.

The first eating of solid foods. She did great the first day, but she is not to fond of the rice and oatmeal anymore. We will have to try some carrots this coming week.

Who would have thought she would be more interested in the toes than all the toys surrounding her.

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

Ruby is a rolling Machine now. Sorry, but ruby is in awe of the camera and just stares at it when I have it in front of her so I had to hide it while she was focusing. She does not roll until half way through the movie.

Ruby's First Christmas

Christmas came a little fast this year because of moving. Matt was offered a job where he was interning and we moved up to the Salt Lake area a week before Christmas. We love the apartment we moved into. It is in a nice area. I am still getting use to driving in the big city. It is a little different then the small town I grew up in. Enjoy the pcitures of Ruby's first Christmas.

Ruby is only 4 months old but very advanced. (Just kidding, this picture was taken in a split second.) Matt was holding her and pulled his hands away for one second before she fell and he reached back in to catch her. Made for a good picture though.
Ruby with her wrestling buddy, Fozzy Bear.

Ruby and her first Teddy Bear, on Christmas morning. She also likes wrestling with this guy but sometimes this bear overtakes her with size. Thanks Nanna and Papa for the Christmas present.