11 Months

Everett's 11 month old today! I can't believe our little boy is going to be a year soon. Where has the time gone?!! He's been super active as of late. He is surely becoming his own person. Little personality traits are starting to show. Some I hope are only a phase:) He can be one stubborn little boy. Especially when it comes to getting what he wants. Here are some of his little accomplishments this past month:

When we tell him we're saying a prayer he'll fold his arms. He does this best at home. For some reason at church it's a whole different story. A couple Sunday's ago we'd say "Everett Prayer" every time it was time to pray. Well by the last prayer of the day he had had it. As we were ending Relief Society I go "Everett Prayer". He starts yelling and arching his back. Needless to say he felt as though he'd prayed enough that day! I thought it was a little humorous!

He's been taking a few steps here and there. Mostly when he doesn't realize it. He does NOT like having us help him walk or having him stand up, at all! He hates it. He loves standing and walking around furniture, but when we go to help him walk he automatically sits.



He can make a fishy face and does it constantly now.

Honestly he is pretty good at mimicking. Except when it comes to trying to get him to suck out of a sippy cup. That is one thing he does not want to copy. Then he mimics stuff that I wish he rather wouldn't. A week, or so, ago he started shaking his head and we didn't understand where he got it from. Well, one day he was trying to get into something so I told him no and shook my head. He got the biggest smile on his face and just started shaking his head. So now every time we tell him no that's what he does.

Looking back at even just the past couple months it amazes me how much babies pick up on and how fast they grow. He knows things now. He knows when we go into his room and it's dark he's going to bed. Sometimes he just cries, but most times he'll lay his head on my shoulder and whimper a little. He knows when we're upset with him or when he shouldn't have something. I wish when he knew this he'd give me the remote, but instead he tucks it under his arm and tries to crawl off with it. He knows when the microwave is going he is most likely getting something to eat. He gets pretty excited and starts pointing. The other day Todd said something along the lines that he can be frustrating sometimes, but he is one cute kid. And that he truly is. There have been a few times I wish he'd go back to being a few months old and not all over the place, but then he starts laughing and smiling and it makes me realize that I enjoy those laughs and smiles so much more. We love this kid more than I ever thought imaginable and are excited for everyday when he learns something new!

Fire in the Sky

This past week there was a grass fire in SouthEast Idaho. I'm not quite sure how far it was from Rexburg, but it created quite the effect in the sky. Around 5:00 pm I as leaving my neighbors house and we noticed all this gray right above us. You could look to the south and just see blue sky. It was honestly kinda freaky. It created this eerie orange hue. For a moment it felt like we were in one of those end of the world movies. When you looked to the west it looked like storm clouds, but later on we found out that there was a grass fire by the INL. Around 7:00 pm this is what we saw out our window:

Wilson Family Reunion

Over the 4th of July weekend we had the opportunity to attend Todd's family reunion down in Utah. It was quite the weekend! We were able to start our little vacation by staying the night with our friends, The Bates, down in Provo. It was great being able to see them and catch up a little. Kaitlyn has gotten so big. They left about a year ago and she was just a little bit younger than Everett is now. She was so cute though. The minute we walked in she started saying "Everett". It was so fun to see them together. We had a good time eating ribs, talking, and playing some good old Mario Bros. For some reason I never take pictures when we're with them so I have to borrow Jessica's. So once again here's a picture she took of Everett and Kaitlyn. Everett looks a little out of it,but Kaitlyn looks pretty cute!!

The next morning we continued our drive to the reunion. It was just another hour or so from Provo. We were able to drive through the Provo Canyon. It was so pretty. Were we ended up was a dry rocky area, but still had this neatness to it. If that make sense. The view was just pretty it I thought.

Our first night there we were able to catch up with family, set up tent, watch a fun slide show of all the old photos they had of the original 8 Wilson siblings, and hang out. Everett had a ball while Todd and Troy were putting up the tent. He just wanted to get involved. He wasn't quite fond of meeting a whole bunch of new people. Todd's family is rather larger. I think there was around 120 or so people there. He also wasn't feeling the greatest either which didn't help. But he did pretty good. He'd let people hold him, but then he'd want to go right back to me or Todd.

Sunday was a pretty relaxed day. Looking back at the pictures it looks as though we pretty much slept the whole time!

Our first night of camping was a little rough. Since Everett hadn't been feeling too hot he didn't do the greatest. Well he actually slept really well until we went to bed and woke him up. He fell right back to sleep, but then kept waking up coughing. So Sunday morning we ended up passing out. When I woke up I went to find Todd. I couldn't find him anywhere until his sister, Tara, said she saw him last in our car. Well, low and behold he had gone to study for Biology and fell asleep. The rest of the day we were able to celebrate Grandma Wilson's 80th Birthday and have the big family birthday party.

The rest of the night we hung out around the camp fire. Roasted some marshmellows, starbursts, and some delicious dough boys!

Monday morning we had to head out and go home. We were able to take some family pictures and say our good byes. We had a good time camping and seeing family and can't wait till the next reunion.