The Smiths: Summer 2011

We have had a busy and fun summer! Dominic has grown so much and has learned so many new things. He is now 7 months old and weighs about 18 pounds. He can crawl, pull things off of shelves, pull himself up to a standing position (he's not great at it, but he can do it!), he loves the dogs and he crawls all over Butch, he loves playing with daddy and loves cuddling with mama. He has some separation anxiety when I'm not around, but that's ok with me. :) I love being with him too!

I haven't posted in a while, so here is a big post from the whole summer!

We went camping for the first time...in the backyard ;) This was a first for Dominic, but also a first for mom and dad. We have never been camping together.

Dominic started eating solid foods in July. He loves food! He has tried bananas, rice cereal, avocado, mango, peaches, peas, sweet potatoes, squash, carrots, etc.! We either give him Earths Best organic food or I make him food with organic fresh produce. We only want the best for our little man!

He loves his bumbo, but I think he is starting to outgrow it. I'm pretty sure that he is gonna crawl out of it anyday now.

We went to the zoo a couple times this summer. Dominic wasn't too interested in the animals, but it was still fun.

We went up to the cabin at Bear Lake several times this summer and we took Dominic to the beach for the first time! He loved it! He would jump in the water and tried to eat the sand.

We hung out with cousin Caleb a bunch of times and they even went swimming! It is so fun to see them together and to watch them grow and learn new things. Dominic and Caleb are so cute together!

We saw papa and Kirsten several times this summer and Dominic and I even stayed at their house one weekend while Spencer went hunting. Dominic has so much fun with them!

We went to the Roy Aquatic Center 3 times this summer too.

My beautiful boy! <3

Spencer and I ran our first 5k, it was the Roy Days 5k. We ran it with Lindsay, Tyler and Jamie. It was a lot of fun. Spencer got 2nd in his age group and Tyler got 3rd!

I also ran in the Utah Marathon Relay. A marathon relay is a group that together runs a whole marathon, each person runs a leg of 5.2 miles. I ran it in 55 minutes and my group finished in 4 hours and 25 minutes. This was a challenging run for me, but I loved doing it. I have really enjoyed running and I plan on continuing to run and to do more 5ks!