New discoveries...

Talia is 6 months old now so she is really starting to discover the world around her. She's discovered that her feet are pretty fun...and taste good too.
And we think she's discovered that eating isn't as bad as she originally thought!

A lot of food still gets pushed out by that little tongue but more and more is swallowed down.

Three cheers for eating food and putting on some weight!

Jimmermania...

This man's name comes up in conversation in the Moody household daily...Jimmer Fredette. You would be surprised how often that conversation includes 2 1/2 year old Eliza. We could possibly blame Grandma for the beginning of Jimmermania in our home. A couple years ago we went to Portland to watch a BYU/Portland basketball game. We thought it would be fun to support our alma mater. On our way home we kept teasing mom about how much she liked the then freshman guy named Jimmer...what a silly name! Little did we know how infamous that name would become.

We've gotten quite a kick out of Eliza's infatuation with Jimmer...she is her daddy's girl. Here are a few of the Jimmer conversations we've had with Eliza:

~ When Daddy plays with Eliza he is Jax and she is Jimmer...always.

~ One Saturday Eliza was put down for her nap while Daddy was listening to a basketball game. When she woke up the first thing she said was "Daddy, did Jimmer win?" When she was told yes her next question was, "Did he play good?"

~ Often after waking up, when we ask Eliza what she has dreamt about, it's "Jimmer and Jax!"

~ When Darran was watching basketball one day (not a BYU game) Eliza saw what was on TV and asked him if one of the players was Jimmer.

~ When Darran went to Las Vegas for the MWC tournament Eliza was pretty sure that he was bringing Jimmer back with him. She was a little disappointed when daddy came home without him.

~ Darran left again for a day in Utah and over the phone Eliza asked if he saw Jimmer.

We're excited Jimmermania has continued on this long. We'll be sad when it ends...hopefully that's not tonight. GO GOUGS!

Go, go, go!

I'm Jimmer!

Hard at work...

Darran hard at work...Eliza hard at work.

Visit from the Floridians...

We were excited to have Andy, Julie, and Brayden come visit from Florida last week! We were thrilled to meet Brayden and spend some time with our little cousin!

Talia and Brayden.

Tummy time. I'm afraid that Talia has the same "gift" as her mom...her face says it all. She's not a big fan of tummy time.
I promise, Talia does smile. Brayden just finds his daddy's dance moves quite entertaining, while Talia on the other hand looks slightly frightened. Andy's dance moves have always been...shall we say "special?"

We went to a hockey game. Believe it or not, Eliza has become quite a fan. And what better place to teach your child about fighting. The players fight, they go to time out (aka penalty box). Interesting..same thing happens at home!

She's always happy with her Grandma!

We went to Yakima to visit Grandpa and Grandma Great too. You can see that Talia is thrilled in this picture but big sister really does love to hold her.

Four generations of Hagues. Brayden is the first Hague grandson that will carry on the name!

Thanks for the visit Andy, Julie, and Brayden! We had a great time! Now it's our turn to come visit you in Florida!

Fantasy basketball weekend...

When Darran showed Eliza this picture she got really excited because she was sure it was Disney World! She would have been pretty devastated by the lack of princesses and Mickey Mouse had she gone here...however, in it's own way this was Darran's form of Disney World for a couple of days...full of magic and surprises! It's really a picture of Uncle Dallan in Las Vegas. Darran and Chris joined Dallan in Vegas for a couple of days to...
go here...and watch A LOT of basketball! During his time there, when I asked Darran if he was living his fantasy weekend, he responded YES! Funny that it didn't include most things that brothers would do while vacationing in Vegas, it just included a lot of Jimmer. And that's what Darran wanted!
Here's Jimmer dribbling the ball...awesome seats right? Thanks to Dallan!

Here's Jimmer walking away...

Here's Jimmer's standing ovation (the small white boy next to the right hand fist pump)...

Here's Jimmer's record 52 points scored against New Mexico(...looks like a lot of sad Lobos sitting underneath that big number!)

Here's Jimmer being mauled by media after the game...

And here's the man that wishes he were Jimmer. Ok, maybe not, but he at least wishes Jimmer would never have to leave BYU! I've spared readers from the pictures of Jimmer's dad, girlfriend, and others...you get the idea. We're talking huge fans are we!

Oh yeah...and his brothers were there too! :) Chris and his green shirt...uh, school spirit?

And his other brother...pirate Dallan. (We thought Mitch would like to see his dad this way!)

Go Cougs!

Love/Hate relationship...

Talia has been showing signs that she's ready to move on to some "big girl" food (as Eliza calls it). However, she's not really enjoying the experience. This is the face that is made most often when given baby cereal or baby food. Most of it is immediately spit out or it sits in her mouth before she decides to spit it out.
We tried some puffs...while she enjoyed having them stick all over her hands and face she's not quite to the point where she can pick them up and put them in her mouth.

But when they're bigger, and she can do it on her own, we find a happier baby. Perhaps if she could just go right to using a spoon herself we wouldn't have any problems!

Hmmmm...I'm pretty sure she's spying on big sister!

Princess shoes...

When Eliza found my high heels (like the only pair I own) they rapidly became hers. I really have been impressed how she can walk in them! She has lovingly referred to them as her princess shoes, her pink shoes (she really does know her colors), and even her Daisy shoes (as in Daisy Duck...she always has heels on).

Whatever the name this girl likes to strut her stuff in them...and of course, the tutu adds just the right touch!

Planting the garden...

Darran, our family gardener, decided that he wanted to start most of this garden from seed this year. So to get a head start we planted and labeled them for Family Home Evening a few Mondays ago. Eliza loves tending to the garden with her daddy. Can you tell how much she loves him? And she's been really excited about watching the plants grow.

Tal's new do...

Talia had a new hairdo at church today. What a cutie!