Summer Wrap Up

Wow, I just looked back on the last post I made from May and I'm realizing how much Gunnar has grown in the past 6 months since that time. He's grown not only in the physical sense but also emotionally - he is so smart and can understand much of what we tell him. He still isn't talking in complete sentences but he definitely says specific words (ball, plane, dog, truck, book, etc.). Next week he will be 19 months old and he is extremely curious and gets into everything!

We moved houses last week and the build up toward moving has been stressful the past few months. I'm also now 4+ months pregnant and am just finally starting to feel the effects of it (backaches, sciatic pain, fatigue). Now that we're getting settled into the house I'm hoping to be able to have more time to dedicate to posting pictures once again and keeping the blog up-to-date!

Here is a round up of my favorite pictures from the summer!

Gunnar goes to Aunt Tara's house on Tuesday's about twice per month. We bring an extra car seat for him in case she needs to go anywhere - he likes to get sit in it just for fun.

At Aunt Tara's Gunnar gets to play in their complex park - he loves it!

He also has a friend named Cayden when he goes to Tara's. Cayden is a bit older than Gunnar but they've definitely become buddies.

Gunnar loves watching a few select music videos - he gets entranced by the singing and dancing in them!

We had lots of boxes around the house before the move, of course they made great play toys!

Gunnar came with me and Grandma Marilee when we got our hair done. He only sat still while having his bottle :P

At the park again :P

Playing with Legos

One morning before I went to work Gunnar wanted to get in the basket with his stuffed animals. He took all of them out of the basket, got it in himself and then motioned for me to put all of the animals back in on top of him!

Our old neighborhood swing - he's getting close to outgrowing those shoes!

Over at Jenn's house (where he goes on Tuesday's he's not with Tara) he LOOOOOOVEs playing with the magnets from the fridge.

We usually eat out at a place called Costa Vida once per month - he loves the rice and beans and has recently started getting better at using utensils.

This is our morning routine. Get bottle, lounge in chair and watch Curious George.

Gunnar got his very own cell phone (play of course) that lights up and has music!

Happy face for when his music videos come on the TV!

Our official pregnancy announcement!

This was the day I packed up most of Gunnar's room. I broke out the "real" books and let him play for a little while. These are the books with paper pages - he doesn't normally get to play with these because he just rips up the paper...but he sure had fun looking through them!

All of us went with Chris and Tara to the Utah State Fair one Sunday. Gunnar absolutely LOVED seeing all of the animals and being able to touch them. He's definitely getting to the point where going to the zoo in the spring time will be fun!

Got a new basketball bath toy to play with!

Zoned out watching something on TV while eating dinner.

Last day in the old house Gunnar found the fooseball table. He spent a good half hour playing with the guys and moving the ball around. Of course, he had to climb on top of it too.

 On moving day Aunt Tara took Gunnar for the entire day and night (so we could move everything)...here they are taking a selfie together!

First couple of days in the new house, Gunnar found out he LOVES the railing/banister for the stairs. Don't worry he can't fall down and he hasn't gotten stuck :P

The new house has it's OWN playset with a rock wall to climb and a slide to go down. Gunnar loves climbing up! We have purchased a baby swing so he'll be able to swing as well.

Gunnar loves examining (and picking) flowers he finds - these are in our new backyard and he had fun exploring!

More photos to come over the next little while :)