See how big I am??

Alan has been growing and growing and growing. Literally. He's not only getting bigger, but he's learning lots of new tricks as well.


Alan sits up very well with support. He can sit by himself for a few seconds, but mostly still needs the boppy. He's also reaching out and grabbing every toy in sight. Or anything in my hands for that matter. And he likes to put everything he finds in his mouth.


He also found his toes! He loves to play with them, but hasn't started eating them yet. He thinks he's pretty cool when he finds them though. :) He also rolled over once. Purely accidental. We're not expecting him to do that again any time soon, but if he does, we'll get a pic.



And finally here's a little video of our awesome eater. He's now decided he likes the cereal a little more than he did this first time!

National League Champs!

So we've been kind of into baseball recently, spurred in part by my trip home a couple of weeks ago. Alan's new bedtime song is "High Hopes" and we turn on the game whenever we can between our busy schedules. Lets just say we were THRILLED last night when the Phils won the NLCS. I am still amazed that they're going to the series again.

Biggest Phillies fan in the world? Geoffrey. Where has Geoffrey been the last two years when the Phillies went to the World Series? Albania. But Mom is recording every playoff game. I don't know if we should call the mission-World Series link a curse or blessing. In 1980 when the Phillies won their only other national title, my dad was on a mission. What are the chances of that?

We'll be hard pressed to win this year though. I'm sure Nate's calling for the typical W-L-W-W-W pattern that has been constant through the playoffs these past two years. I'm simply hoping to come out on top. Still fun though.


Here's a pic of the oldest 4 kids in the good old days.

Oops. There goes another rubber tree plant.

NJ Trip

Well it's about time for an update! Alan and I flew back home to New Jersey last week to visit my family. Unfortunately, Scott had to stay here with work and school, so we made the trip alone. With the exception of missing Daddy, we had the time of our lives. I was worried about taking Alan through security and on those long plane rides, but he was sooooo good on the flights. Just wanted to mention a few of the fun things we did while we were there, and why I love going home so much!

It was wonderful to spend time with my family. Evan, Nate, and my Grandma all met Alan for the first time. Evan got to learn about babies and loved to help bathe Alan. And Alan was delighted to have tons of people to play with him every minute.

Alan and Uncle Evan

We got to celebrate Meg's birthday as well. Can't believe she's 16. She's happy as a clam now that she got her own cell phone which she's been begging for for years.

Alan loved spending time with his Grandma.

We also got to go to the Apple Festival when I was home. I used to volunteer there every year in young womens. Clearly the best part is the food- apple cider, apple ice cream, apple butter, and apple donuts. We also had cheesesteaks, rita's, and tastykakes while we were home. Couldn't ask for much better in the food department. :)

Alan with Grandpa. We watched a lot of Phils games and sang a lot of "High Hopes." We know Alan is a Phillies fan because he absolutely loved Dad's Phillies shirt. He also loves his rally towel, although he seems to use it most as a burp cloth. Oh well. Go Phils!

Alan's first trip to the zoo! I'm not sure he noticed a single animal, but we had a fun time none the less. This is a picture we took for Scott of us with the red panda aka fire fox.

And we also took a quick trip to the shore. Even though it was cold, we flew some kites, got some seashells, and touched the water. It was so fun!





Four Generations!

Alan's Blessing and Fun Family Times

Well, it has been a busy few weeks here at the Robertson home. And when you actually have something to blog about, you have no time to blog! Way too much to tell, but here are some pics of the highlights!

Scott's parents came out for a little vacation, and we had so much fun with them. We celebrated Scott's birthday and went to a Lonestar concert!
Alan with Grandpa Robertson

My sister Stephanie just got back from a mission to Las Vegas. It was way fun to get to see her again, and now she's here for school too!
Us at the temple

Alan's blessing day!

Alan had over 50 family members and friends here on his blessing! What a fun day!

We finally got Alan's crib and room set up. He's now such a big boy. (literally. at his 2 month check up he was above the 95th percentile in every category- height, weight, and head circumference)

And finally, Alan at his first BYU football game. Despite his very concerned look, he was soooooo good at the game. This is at the very end, when we realized we forgot to take a picture. Believe me, most of the time Alan was the one smiling, and Scott was the one with the very concerned look. :) But oh well. Better luck this Saturday, Cougs.

Alan learns how to play Rook

Bring it on. Don't you even think about outbidding me!

What should trump be, Mommy? Blue?

They thought they'd get it with a 13, very funny.

Impossible, the Rook was mine!

Go Cougars!

It's opening day for BYU Football. We're practicing for the first game:

Game face

Leading the band

Touchdown!

Cheeks and Double Chins

So the word on the street is that Alan is getting a little chubby. Recently a family from Brazil moved into our ward and the wife doesn't know very much English. I have been going over there several times a week to practice conversation with her, and it has really been a fun experience. The other day, she pointed to Alan's double chin and asked: "How can I say this in English?" I thought it was pretty funny.

Also, this weekend we had the chance to meet up with a lot of my extended family. For most of them, this was the first time they've seen Alan. Without fail, every person said: "Wow, look at those cheeks!" Now, he's had pretty awesome cheeks from the time he was born. It was all the doctor and nurses could talk about. Apparently they've managed to continue growing with the rest of him.

Good thing that chubby is adorable in babies, and my brother informs me that 'fat' and 'healthy' are the same word in Albanian. We'll just continue to keep this little guy good and healthy! :)


Alan with a few of my cousins. So cute!


Mr. Chubby Cheeks himself. :)