Ana 13 Weeks

We have now had Ana for 5 weeks. We have discovered that puppies are hard to love! Ana is a lot like Wyatt in the fact that training her is like raising two toddlers at the same time. Wyatt loves having a puppy around. He tries to play with her and laughs at her everyday. Travis and I started puppy training classes a few weeks ago. They are tricky, but its nice to have some positive behaviors to work on with her. She has made many improvements and is very social.

Hogle Zoo Zoorassic Park

Fun times visiting the zoo with grandma and grandpa Wright. This summer the zoo has dinosaurs visiting. It was fun to see the animals and dinosaurs throughout the park. Wyatt seem to enjoy himself, but was afraid of some of the dinosaurs. He had a hard time distinguishing the difference between the real animals and the dinosaurs.

Watch Mommy and Daddy!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Garage

Travis has been working hard building shelves in the garage. He did some research and examined the neighbors shelves, then bought all the materials. He did a great job and only got hurt once (dropped a board on his toes). The garage looks tons better! Thanks Trav!!!

Daddy's little helper!

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

On July, 18th our family had the privilege to see Jamie and Derek in the Syracuse City summer play Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Jamie and Derek did an awesome job. Jamie even had the chance to help choreography some of the dances. Emily even got to watch a couple of her 2nd grade students in the play.

Wyatt loves music and dancing so we decided to take him to the first act. He loved it! He would dance randomly with the music, clap and cheer after an act, laugh with the crowd, and look for the dogs that would come on stage. His favorite thing was looking for Jamie and Derek. When they left the stage he would ask where they went and for more Jamie and Derek.

Dino Museum

Travis was able to get two free admission tickets to visit Thanksgiving Point's Dinosaur Museum. Some of Emily's family came to town and wanted to spend a Saturday at Thanksgiving Point so Travis, Emily, and Wyatt decide to tag along for part of the day. Wyatt has had an obsession with dinosaurs for awhile now and he enjoyed every moment. He could identify a lot of the dinosaurs, his favorite were Tyrannosaurus Rex and triceratops. He also had fun digging in the sand for bones.

 

 

Travis was quite impressed with the fossils. Emily found an Allosaurus which was discovered the Utah state fossil the year she was born. Below are some more of the things we saw at the museum.

 

 

Baby Kate 31 Weeks

Emily has been in her third trimester and is starting to feel even more uncomfortable. Her back has been achy for awhile and her sternum still hurts from the crash. Travis and Emily were relieved to hear that baby girl is still looking strong on healthy on her first ultrasound since the car accident.  Overall, all the pregnancy is still going well and everyone is excited to meet baby girl.

Syracuse Farmer's Market

Travis decide to take the family to the farmers market in town. It was not anything big, but it was nice to get out of the house. Wyatt had a blast at one booth with farm animals. He loved feeding the goats and sheep, but his favorite was chasing the ducks around while he tried to catch one of them. It was fun to watch and everyone was impressed how well he did with the animals. The family did get to go home and enjoy some fresh corn and peaches with their dinner.

Wyatt Time

In the past few weeks, Emily has been spending a lot of time on the phone talking to car insurance companies. She has almost completed the process with both her company and the driver of the other vehicles company. However, Wyatt has been watching way to much TV and asks for our attention. Emily decide to make sure to devote some time each day doing something new with Wyatt. She found a fun website called Hands On As We Grow. Wyatt has loved the time together and is discovering new things everyday!

4th of July

We did not do much for the 4th of July. Emily had her car crash the day before and did not get home until after midnight. She was also sore from the whiplash and airbags. We still had a fun time hanging out around the house. Travis went all out and order a new swimming pool for Wyatt a week or two before. We had just received it in the mail so Travis and Wyatt decided to use it. They had a blast!

Car Crash/ New Car

On July 3rd, Emily was driving home heading West on Antelope in or new 2009 Camry. As she approached Walmart someone pulled out of the parking lot right in front of her trying to turn East onto Antelope. Emily hit the other car going 45 mph. It was Emily's first crash and she was worried about the baby (29 weeks along) because the airbags deployed. Travis and Wyatt had to come pick Emily up because the car had to be towed away. Wyatt had the time of his life looking at the fire truck, meeting the policemen/firemen, and going inside the ambulance.

After leaving the scene Emily's parents stopped by on their way up to Idaho. Travis and Emily decided to go to the hospital to have the baby monitored. Emily's blood tests showed no fetus cells, meaning the baby was not hurt. They hospital still wanted to monitor the baby for 6 hours so Emily ended up staying until midnight.

The 2009 Camry was a total loss and the other driver's insurance ended up paying for the total. Travis and Emily went to Merlin's cousin to help buy another Camry. Travis and Emily picked out a 2010 blue Camry. However, while driving home the Camry stopped funny a few times and the radio turned off on its own. We decide to take it back and got a 2011 Camry. The 2011 looks just like the old 2009 Camry except it is newer, with only 43000 miles, new engine design, tinted windows, chrome exhaust pipe, and new tires/rims.