My Boys

We are having too much fun with our little guy. We took Cole to his first FULL church day on Sunday, he was a champ! Slept through the first two blocks, then got a little hungry right there at the end. It was fun to show him off and go to church as a family again. We were given this darling little suit at one of my baby showers, and I think this may be the only wear we get out of it. It's 0-7 lbs., and Cole is about 10 now, but it seemed to fit okay and not be too uncomfortable (Tyler says that is not possible for any suit). But Cole looked so dang cute that I took a million pictures. Tyler even chose a matching tie! Aawwwww.
Daddy and son before church.

This is actually after church.
Isn't that face awesome??!

This is the "do you really need a million pictures of me wearing this?" face. And yes, I do. And get used to it. Here's Tyler walking across the street (yes we live very close) to church. He loves carrying everything and showing our little guy off. I think after 9 months of me getting all the baby attention, he can have his turn :)

After the millionth picture (be glad I didn't put them all on here), like any guy Cole was happy about getting out of that suit. So he loved laying on daddy's chest and working on that strong neck. I think he's doing pretty good considering the big melon he has to support.

I love this one because he actually looks chubby! Look at that double chin.

Dad ready to catch. I wonder if those eyes are going to stay blue?

We worked on the yard last night, and Tyler packed him in the baby pack and we spent a full hour outside mowing the lawn and chatting with the neighbors. I count my blessings every day that we have such a laid back baby! He just goes with the flow (mostly) and is happy doing whatever we're doing. It totally looks like he doesn't fit in there, but it said 8 lb limit and he fell right asleep so I'm assuming it's ok.

Here's our awesome push mower that we use to mow our lawn, it's pretty old (I used to use it as a kid to mow my grandma's lawn) but it cuts well and you get a great total body workout. Whenever I see Cole in that carrier I think of those Japanese game shows where you jump against the velcro wall and stick :)

I was going through Cole's 0-3 month clothes this week and realized that he has a ton he hasn't worn, and he's getting a little big for them. So, I thought I would dress him in a couple for a photo shoot. But, he hates changing clothes so I got 2 outfits in before he decided to be done.

Cute mouth.
After I took these and looked back through them, I realized that our little boy is a natural dancing machine. Here's him doing the hula:

And my absolute favorite, the sprinkler!!! The face totally matches too. I laughed for awhile at this one.
Another cute outfit!

The Best 4th Ever!

Just wanted to share some pics from our FABULOUS 4th of July weekend! Mom, Dad, Christine, and Tegan came out to stay with us and celebrate not only our nation's birthday, but mom's as well on the 5th! We absolutely love having them over and were sad to see them go. Thanks for sharing your weekend with us!



The morning of the 4th, Tyler, Cole, and I jumped in the truck bright and early (even after a late night at the drive-in) and headed down to our old neighborhood in the Avenues. Our old ward has a breakfast every 4th, and it was so fun to see lots of friends and loved ones that we know so well. Here's daddy and Cole, don't you think their mouths look the same in this one?


Here's Cole chillin in his bouncer while we get ready to eat dinner. What a sweetie! It looks like he's clicking his heels together. (there's no place like home, there's no place like home)


My beautiful sisters and son.


Christine is showing us the yummy corn on the cob before it gets chewed, Tegan has the after.


Tyler and I even enjoyed dinner with the fam while Cole enjoys watching from the bouncer.


This is the next morning of the 5th, mom's birthday. My sweetie was up making a birthday breakfast of crepes and scrambled eggs! He is the best!


Here's my sweet mom doing what she does best; taking care of us kids. What happened was: Christine was attempting to squat Tegan, when apparently her shorts couldn't take it and ripped big time. Mom saves the day with my dinky sewing kit!


We went shopping at the mall, and couldn't resist the killer glasses.


Christine and Tegan are looking hard for something.

Tegan and I are cute!

Mom again doing what she does best, taking care of Cole.

I love this look Cole is giving Tegan.

Today is a big deal in our home, my little man is now one month old! We've celebrated by eating, taking naps, and changing diapers; oh wait, we do that every day. It's hard to tell, because I'm with him all day every day, but he is changing and getting bigger and stronger. He is getting really good at holding his head up, and he's getting so much more alert. I love being a mom!

Way to go Cole!

We had our 3 week doctor's appointment this week for Cole, and we wanted to share the good news that he is growing! I've never been a big worrier, but this new role as a mom just officially turned me into one. At first I was worried because he wouldn't wake up to eat, and I wasn't sure if he was getting enough, and now I'm worried that I'll never get a break because he won't stop eating. And I always worry if we're doing the right thing, or if not the right thing the best or most efficient thing (there has got to be a faster way to get him to sleep than walking/rocking forever - any ideas?). Pretty lame huh. But all this worrying makes me invest and love him more than anything. SO, the doctor's trip went great, he's doing everything he should be and growing fast. He now weighs 9 lbs. 6 oz, and was born 7.11, so that's great! I guess he's still a little guy in comparison though, I have good friends that had babies that weighed that much in their 7th month of pregnancy :) I can see him filling out more, especially his cute double chin, and he just is feeling beefier. So, keep it up kid!

His umbilical cord FINALLY fell out last week, hooray! What an exciting day that was! Just wanted to show you how cute it turned out. And I love this picture because this is what he usually looks like when I change him; he gets that right arm up there and really stretches. So cute!



On a side note, Tyler and I took him to his first movie this week! Like I mentioned before, I was a little worried. It was a later show, so he was sleeping on the way there but of course woke up as soon as we walked in the theater and started to cry. I'm sure the people around us were like, "what are they thinking!". But it was short-lived, and as soon as I took him out of his car seat (which is REALLY hard when you can't see cause it's dark and you haven't done it tons) he fell asleep and was out the entire movie. Yay! We saw Baby Mama, and it was a cute movie by the way (Tyler picked ;) Our next adventure is taking him to the drive in tonight! We'll see how it goes!