Lucy Lowther

Lucy's here! 6 lbs 5 oz. 18 inches. Absolutely perfect and beautiful!

What Summer?

Life has been so busy for us that I wonder if there even was a summer. We are excited for Lucy to join our family soon. Derek will go up and kiss Heidi's tummy...and then he will come up and kiss my tummy:) Derek is constantly improving his language skills and it's fun to see him learn and say new words. Whenever we go in the car, he asks if we are going to see the "nunnel" (tunnel) and the "wata wataball" (waterfall). His energy is endless and he never stops. His two favorite things to do are play sports and read books. On July 23rd, Derek turned 2 years old. On that day, we went and watched airplanes and went to the Lindon pool. We capped off the day by going to Apollo Burger.

Derek loves to eat spaghetti.

Derek and his cousins getting the Easter eggs ready.

Derek was more interested in shooting the Easter eggs than finding them.

Family pic

He loves to play basketball.

Mommy and Derek.

Derek was "supposedly" helping me make cookies. He was eating more than helping.

Derek loves corn on the cob. It's one of his favorite foods.

Pics from the zoo.



Birthday!

Summertime fun!

A lot has been going on lately and I should have more time to blog, but somehow that still doesn't happen. It seems like life is always busy. Anyways.... here is what we have been up to....
1. Keith Just started his last semester of school for his bachelors. He is taking 4 classes this semester. After this he will be finished for a while..... well atleast until next summer when he will apply for the speech program through USU. Way to go Keith.
2. We found out that our baby is a little girl!! (I know, old news to most of you) We are so excited that we get to have one of each. We feel so lucky. Heidi is almost to her third trimester, and we will be glad when baby Lucy finally gets here. It may be a long hot summer :)
3. With our growing family we decided it was time to get a new car. Keiths 2 door coupe isn't going to do it anymore :) We recently purchased a 2006 Jeep commander. It seems a little big now, but once we get the two car seats in there this summer, I think we will fill up the space.
4. Heidi is now a full time stay at home mom!!! What a great feeling that is. She loves being able to be home with Derek (and soon to be Lucy) and not have to worry about going in 4 nights a week. It's amazing how much better we are eating!!
5. Derek is growing and just as cute as ever!! it's amazing how fast they grow.
Sorry there are no pics this time.... kind of a fast post.

I know, I know, it's been a long time since I have updated our blog. I don't promise to be better at it , but with spring and summer coming I'm sure we will have more to blog about.
Derek is growing so fast. He is FINALLY in the 30th percentile for his height and is FINALLY even on the chart for his weight. Even if it is below the 5th percentile, at least he is on the chart. We were very pleased when we heard the Doctor say this.
He seems like he is trying to copy cat more and more words every day. He still has his own language and at least he knows what he is talking about, but slowly we are beginning to understand him.
I am so grateful for Keith. He has been so so so busy these past few months and is juggling everything as well as can be expected. He has worked so hard and I am proud of him.
As most of you know, we are expecting again in August. We are so excited because we know just how rewarding having kids can be. Everything has been going well so far, and as i leave behind my 1st trimester, I am feeling so much better. Good ridance to that first few months. Keith has been a wonderful help (when he's here) and I know it will get better from here.
As you can see everything is going well at the Lowther house, and we can't wait to get out of the cold and snow in a few weeks. We are going to escape to St. George for a few days for a much needed break. Just to be together in the sun and (hopefully) warm weather.

Happy Halloween!!

Keith, Derek and I had a blast this Halloween! It all started with keith running a halloween half marathon.


Keith did better than he had expected. He was hoping to get under 2 hours and he out did himself a a whopping 1 hour 48 min. Great Job Keith!!
Derek had a great time playing with grandma and grandpa in the truck while we were waiting to see Keith.


Then my Mom and Dad took us out to lunch at Five Guys. Talk about Yummy. Thanks Mom and Dad!!
After some much needed naps that afternoon, Derek went trick or treating with his cousins Shaylee and JayDen.


Then We had to go see Dereks cousin Maty.

Derek Wasn't sure what to think of the whole Maty being a zombie thing.
Then we went to grandma and grandpas house and the took him to a few houses trick or treating too. By this time, Derek had it down. He had so much energy for the rest of the night. He loved it!! (and of course by the time we got there, the battery had died in the camera so no pics.)
All in all, we had a great day.We absolutely can't wait until next year!!

Derek turns ONE...over a month ago

We're a bit past due on our post. Here's a catch up of things that have happened lately. On July 23, Derek had his first birthday. Derek had a few crumbs of his cake but otherwise wasn't interested in it. He learned to walk a couple of weeks ago and is becoming quite the quarterback. I'm very impressed with his throwing arm. The pics on this post consist of Derek's birthday and summer activities.

Lowther Family Reunion

Keiths family got together up at the Heber Valley Girls Camp. What startd out as a three day weekend adventure, for us, turned into a day of fun followed by another. Derek was throwing up pretty much everything he ate. Despite derek not feeling well, and the continous throw up incidents, we had a good time. Here's what went on...... We did some obstacle courses that required teamwork and trust that were a lot of fun. We had to relate what we learned to the gospel. There was a zip line, but in order to reach it, we had to climb a 20 foot pole and make our way across another pole at the top. There were cabins that had bunk beds to sleep at night, but with dereks throw up mess, we didn't stay.
This was the favorite part.. at the time it wasn't....but looking back, I'm glad we did it. There was this giant swing. They harnessed us up and hooked us to a rope that pulled us up more than 30 feet to a tree, and then we let go of the rope, and.. well.. we swung!! Talk about adreinaline rush!! (I tried to put a video on ,but for some reason, it didn't work :(

Derek watching Dad on the swing Keith cooking dinner on the grill.
We had like a three minute car ride from the swing back to camp, and Derek fianly fell asleep on the short way there. He was exhausted! Keith saw a doe and her fawn in our camp It was a fun trip and we were so glad to see Keiths family. It will sure be one to remember!