A little moral support from the moms...

So Harrison is almost 8 months old and is the most stubborn person I have ever known. We have been trying to get him to eat baby food since he was about 4 months old. We worked on the cereal for about 2 months before he would eat it willingly. At our 6 month doctor appointment, the docotor asks "So what fruits and vegetables is he eating?" and my repsponse was "well... none so far, but not because we haven't been working on it," and then he told me to keep trying and that he should be eating them already. So ever since then, minus a few exceptions, we have offered him cereal and fruit for breakfast, cereal and veggies for lunch, and a fruit and veggie for dinner. As soon as he sees anything but cereal, he purses his lips and won't budge. I have been saying to myself "Okay, if I just keep trying, eventually he will take it." It has gotten to the point where he doesn't even really like his cereal anymore. Eating food is being associated with bad feelings for him, and I seriously dread every meal now. I have tried mixing the food with the cereal, feeding him the food on my finger, letting him try to feed himself, trying to feed him the solid version of the food and yet none of it is working. Today I decided that I was going to wait until he was seriously overly hungry and try to feed him carrots. It soon turned into a force-feeding session that left both of us completely drained and crying. Have any of you had problems with this? Do any of you have some good adivce? How long is too long to keep offering food with no success?

Trip to Albuquerque

We spent a weekend in Albuquerque to visit Jake and Victoria, who are living there for the Summer. It was such a fun time! We went on the world's longest tram ride up to Sandia Peak, ate dinner at the restaurant at the top, visited Old Town, and did a lot of relaxing! Harrison had his first plane ride there and back, and he did so well! It is so funny when you realize that babies aren't as hot of a commodity other places as they are in Utah, so Harrison made a lot of new friends out and about. Thanks for the fun vacation, guys!

Hit and what???

Call it cool or call it lame, Zac and I went to The Police concert at Usana last Saturday. Not that we are super huge fans, but we like them and thought it would be way cool to see the reunion concert. So we are driving on 5400 South in Kearns and we are like a mile away from the venue stuck in concert traffic. We are stopped at a light in our little green Ford Escort when a Dodge Durango hits us from behind. Ugh. I looked back at them and they guy at the wheel is emotionless and the girl in the passenger seat has this look of unbelief on her face while she's laughing. Weird. So we pull into a little parking lot like 10 feet away, and we are both a little bit flustered about the whole thing. We look behind us and the Durango takes off! We both couldn't believe it. The guy that was behind the Durango yelled the license plate number to us, which was nice and all... but he didn't stop to report as a witness. So we call the police and it seriously took him like 20 minutes to get there. By then, all the concert traffic was gone and we were thinking that we were going to get a spot at the back of the grass and not see a thing at the concert. So he gets there and works on the report and such, and then tells us that it will probably take a couple of weeks to find the guy. Oh, and the guy driving the Durango has to verify that the crash actually happened in order for anything to happen. Yeah right. The plate number we gave them matched up to the one they have on record for a maroon Durango, so that was a little relief. They never sent any police over at the time or anything, and I am pretty sure the guy thinks he got away with it even up to this point. It is so frustrating that we have to wait so long to find out if he even has insurance to fix our car! If not, we just have to deal with it. Our insurance will pay up to $3500, but our premium will go up. I can't believe people can get away with stuff like that! Luckily the only damage is the back bumper and our compacted trunk... the trunk door won't shut. I have had neighbors coming by asking me if they should close the trunk because it's open... I wish. Zac and my dad were able to wire it shut, so at least it's not hanging wide open. Hopefully I won't have to drive around with it that way for too long. I guess the good thing in all of this is that he was only going like 10 MPH. We could have been hurt and the car could have been totalled. Anyway, so we finally got to the concert and had a fun time. I love Usana Ampatheater... it is so pretty out there and it was fun to watch a concert on the grass. And it was a lot of fun to see all of the plastered people dance around.

Our sad little car.



The sky was so beautiful!

The band was teeny tiny. Good thing they had a big screen. And might I add that Sting is dang good looking for a 56 year old man??

Me and my honey.

10 year reunion

Last week was Zac's 10 year class reunion. Zac had a tight-knit group of friends in High School that decided to get together for a barbecue the day before the reunion, and Zac figured that the only people he wanted to see from high school belonged in the group so we ditched out on the official reunion. We got together at Jed and Jenny's beautiful home at Wolf Creek - Thanks, guys! They made the absolute best steak I have had in my entire life. It was so much fun to meet all of Zac's old friends (minus a few who couldn't make it). I have heard so much about them all and it was good to finally meet them. They all brought pictures from High School and chatted about old times. Meanwhile, Jenny and I were busy planning the future for our kids. They have a girl named Addison who is about a month younger than Harrison. Harrison and Addison Robinson. They even look like each other. 'Nuff said. Zac and Jed said that they can get married when they both graduate from law school. There are a few pictures of them below.


Harrison and Addison in their jammies.

A picture with Addison and Jed.

Ouch....

So Harrison's new tooth has added a whole new dimension to our lives, believe it or not. He was using it today to scrape on a baby carrot which was a lot of fun for him. He isn't allowed to chew on our fingers anymore. I forgot once and let him stick my thinger in his mouth and it really hurt! I think we are starting to learn that it can hurt him, too. I am not sure how it happened, but I noticed mid-morning today that he had a cut on his lip. I am not sure how he managed, but it is right in front of where his tooth is. My best guess is that he curled his lip under and bit down. He hasn't seemed to notice it, but it looks sore. If you look closely in the picture below you can see his battle wound as well as his tooth right above it. Poor guy. I also thought I would post a picture of something that NEVER happens... Harrison fell asleep while playing on the floor. He is a pretty finnicky sleeper and will only usually sleep in his crib, his car seat or his swing. This happened Sunday afternoon - maybe he is starting to learn the trend around our house??

It's hard to see, but it is just right of the center of his bottom lip.

Our tired guy taking a Sunday afternoon snooze with Elmo.

Memories...

Hey guys. I found this on a friend's blog and thought it would be fun to do.

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Weekend with the Prinz's

This weekend we had a fun time hanging out around Provo with our friends Gary, Heather and Trevor Prinz. We went bowling Friday night and had so much fun! It was the Robinsons vs. the Prinzs and we totally got killed. Heather had an amazing game and even beat Gary, which meant she got to sleep in all weekend while Gary got up with Trevor. Way to represent, girlfriend! On Saturday we drove past a piano store that is gong out of business, so we walked in to see if they had any great deals. Maybe we'll eventually get a piano. Sigh. Then we went to the driving range with the Prinz's. Zac has been golfing a lot more than usual this Summer, and so we thought it would be fun to go hit a few. Gary is an awsome golfer, as is Heather. Zac is also really good, and a lot better than he says he is. It was my first real experience with golfing and it was much more fun than I thought it would be. After golf we made yummy french bread pizza and had some good chats. It was a really fun weekend spent with some really great friends.