Napping together on a Friday afternoon...
After I took this one, I realized you couldn't see Diesel's tongue sticking out, so here it is:
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Sutton { Eight Months }
Baby boy is eight whole months! Get ready for an overload of photos because it was just so nice out yesterday.
Sutton, at eight months:
-You weigh around 22 lbs and are in size 3 diapers. 9-12 month clothes fit best.
-Baby food is now part of our daily routine, but we're just getting to the point where we're actually replacing meals of milk with it. Mommy's body is still trying to get used to that...
-You've just started reaching your arms out when you want to be picked up. Melts Mommy's heart.
-You may have been able to recognize us for awhile, but you're finally showing it. You get so excited when Mommy or Daddy comes home from work...you react with your entire body, squealing and smiling and flailing the arms and bouncing up and down.
-Sometimes your hair looks really red. Other times it looks completely blonde. I'm so curious to see what color it turns out to be!
-You're taking around 3 naps each day: morning, afternoon, and night. Sometimes I take a nap with you, but usually that's when I try to get things done.
-When we open the car door to get you out of your carseat, you try to sit forward and reach out to us to get you out. You're such a helper.
-You still love paper. That's so weird.
-You normally poop once each morning, and it always happens when I set you in your swing so I can eat breakfast. I now call that your poop chair.
-You love when we sing you silly songs, make funny faces, and wiggle you all around. We have a few songs that are "ours" such as How Funky is Your Chicken and the Sutton Song.
-You're not good at reading books. I try to read to you and you grab the pages and don't let me turn them.
-We're trying to start having you sleep unswaddled at night. It's been going good. You are to the point where you wriggle out of the swaddle blanket almost immediately, so it's not really serving a purpose anymore. In the past week, we've had two nights where you've slept 11.5 hours without waking up...I still had to get up to pump, but I'm sure this is the start of something amazing.
-You love being "thrown" onto a pillow on our bed (thrown meaning dropped from about 3 inches) and then pulled by your feet towards us. It's a weird game that you just can't get enough of.
-You still love bath time and have started playing with toys during it. We've just about outgrown your tub so we might have to start using the real bathtub soon. You like when I put lotion on your face after the bath, and then we always have to stop and look at your beautiful face in the mirror before we go get dressed. You always reach out to yourself in the mirror and smile.
-You love patting things, I guess you're just trying to figure it all out by touching everything. You also like to flail your arms up and down. A lot.
-You're really great at hitting yourself in the face with toys.
-When you're tired, you rub your eyes like crazy.
-You had blood drawn on Monday and didn't even cry when they poked you! You only whined a tiny bit because we were holding you down. I was so proud.
-You love to smile. Even at strangers.
-You're still a jumper! Mommy's arms are made of steel.
-This is the face you revert to when you're concentrating really hard. Bottom lip sucked in, looking down intently, chubby cheeks at their chubbiest.
-You and Diesel are BFFs. You get so excited whenever you see him. Especially if he's running past you. He makes you light up. Unfortunately, Diesel's not always in a Sutton mood. Sometimes he leaves and you just stare longingly after him.
I love this next series. This is totally how it is when Diesel tries to get Sutton to play with him. He randomly found a corn cob in our backyard and I guess it's the best toy ever. He brought it over to Sutton and dropped it on his lap...
Sutton, at eight months:
-You weigh around 22 lbs and are in size 3 diapers. 9-12 month clothes fit best.
-Baby food is now part of our daily routine, but we're just getting to the point where we're actually replacing meals of milk with it. Mommy's body is still trying to get used to that...
-You love screens on our phones and iPods. If we're using them and you can't see, you crane your neck around trying to look, as if to say, "Can I see, please?"
-You're a pro at sitting up and rolling over.
-You've just started reaching your arms out when you want to be picked up. Melts Mommy's heart.
-You may have been able to recognize us for awhile, but you're finally showing it. You get so excited when Mommy or Daddy comes home from work...you react with your entire body, squealing and smiling and flailing the arms and bouncing up and down.
-Sometimes your hair looks really red. Other times it looks completely blonde. I'm so curious to see what color it turns out to be!
-You're taking around 3 naps each day: morning, afternoon, and night. Sometimes I take a nap with you, but usually that's when I try to get things done.
-When we open the car door to get you out of your carseat, you try to sit forward and reach out to us to get you out. You're such a helper.
-You still love paper. That's so weird.
-You normally poop once each morning, and it always happens when I set you in your swing so I can eat breakfast. I now call that your poop chair.
-You love when we sing you silly songs, make funny faces, and wiggle you all around. We have a few songs that are "ours" such as How Funky is Your Chicken and the Sutton Song.
-You're not good at reading books. I try to read to you and you grab the pages and don't let me turn them.
-We're trying to start having you sleep unswaddled at night. It's been going good. You are to the point where you wriggle out of the swaddle blanket almost immediately, so it's not really serving a purpose anymore. In the past week, we've had two nights where you've slept 11.5 hours without waking up...I still had to get up to pump, but I'm sure this is the start of something amazing.
-You love being "thrown" onto a pillow on our bed (thrown meaning dropped from about 3 inches) and then pulled by your feet towards us. It's a weird game that you just can't get enough of.
-You still love bath time and have started playing with toys during it. We've just about outgrown your tub so we might have to start using the real bathtub soon. You like when I put lotion on your face after the bath, and then we always have to stop and look at your beautiful face in the mirror before we go get dressed. You always reach out to yourself in the mirror and smile.
-You love patting things, I guess you're just trying to figure it all out by touching everything. You also like to flail your arms up and down. A lot.
-You're really great at hitting yourself in the face with toys.
-When you're tired, you rub your eyes like crazy.
-You had blood drawn on Monday and didn't even cry when they poked you! You only whined a tiny bit because we were holding you down. I was so proud.
-You love to smile. Even at strangers.
-You're still a jumper! Mommy's arms are made of steel.
-This is the face you revert to when you're concentrating really hard. Bottom lip sucked in, looking down intently, chubby cheeks at their chubbiest.
-You and Diesel are BFFs. You get so excited whenever you see him. Especially if he's running past you. He makes you light up. Unfortunately, Diesel's not always in a Sutton mood. Sometimes he leaves and you just stare longingly after him.
I love this next series. This is totally how it is when Diesel tries to get Sutton to play with him. He randomly found a corn cob in our backyard and I guess it's the best toy ever. He brought it over to Sutton and dropped it on his lap...
"Okay, throw it! I'm ready!"
"Uh...hello? Why aren't you throwing it?"
"Fine! I'll just lick your face."
I'M CUUUUUUUUUUTE!!!!!!!!!
Looking more and more like a little boy and not a baby! You're dangerously close to breaking my heart with your superhuman-rapid-growing!
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
At the Studio
Sutton came to the studio on Saturday so I could feed him while I had a break from shooting and working at the Women's Fair. I didn't have a ton of time, but I snapped a few photos (including the one from the last post) of my cutie.
He's in the middle of outgrowing all of his clothes... :/
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Valentine's Day {2011}
I'd usually be at work today (a Thursday), but unfortunately I'm home with a sick baby. I've caught a little of it too, so maybe it's a good thing for us to both lay low today. Our studio is having a booth in the Women's Fair this weekend (come visit us!), so I need to be 100% for that.
Anyways...
Monday was our first Valentine's as a family of three! We are one of those silly couples who tries to go all out on Valentine's Day to do something fun and sweet to celebrate our love. Some of our past Valentine's include a slow dance at the top of a silo on our very first (click on the category to the right called 'love story' to find out more about that), and spending an entire day in bed cuddling, eating, watching movies, etc. :) which was amazing.
This time of year, we are on a tight budget since it's my slow season. 2011 has especially hit us hard with the addition of a kiddo. SO we did Valentine's super cheap this year. Adam and I each had ideas that we didn't tell each other, and luckily they didn't conflict with each other. My part was free, and his cost about $20. Sweet!
To start out, when Adam got home from work, the house was dark and I'd made a trail of rose petals (I used the silk ones that we had in storage from our wedding) and candles from the front door where he walked in, to the kitchen where I was standing holding Sutton. Both Sutton and I were all dressed up (I had on a dress and even heels!) just for our husband and Daddy. I had an iTunes playlist of "our" songs playing and a wedding photo up on our giant iMac screen that he could see.
Since we were all dressed nice, I decided a Valentine's family photo was in order.
Then Adam made me take Sutton downstairs because he was cooking me dinner. Woohoo! He wanted it to be a surprise, so the baby and I went and cuddled on the couch downstairs in our nice clothes. After awhile, the smell from the kitchen started wafting down there, and it was wonderful. Finally, it was ready, so we headed up. Adam had found a recipe and had made ravioli (one of my faves that we've never made ourselves!), asparagus (another first), and a box of chocolates. He'd also poured our favorite sodas in wine glasses (we don't drink, so this is as good as it gets for us). YUM!
After dinner, the boys played while I cleaned up a bit. Then we headed downstairs and....
finished off the night with some Redbox. :) Happy Valentine's!
Anyways...
Monday was our first Valentine's as a family of three! We are one of those silly couples who tries to go all out on Valentine's Day to do something fun and sweet to celebrate our love. Some of our past Valentine's include a slow dance at the top of a silo on our very first (click on the category to the right called 'love story' to find out more about that), and spending an entire day in bed cuddling, eating, watching movies, etc. :) which was amazing.
This time of year, we are on a tight budget since it's my slow season. 2011 has especially hit us hard with the addition of a kiddo. SO we did Valentine's super cheap this year. Adam and I each had ideas that we didn't tell each other, and luckily they didn't conflict with each other. My part was free, and his cost about $20. Sweet!
To start out, when Adam got home from work, the house was dark and I'd made a trail of rose petals (I used the silk ones that we had in storage from our wedding) and candles from the front door where he walked in, to the kitchen where I was standing holding Sutton. Both Sutton and I were all dressed up (I had on a dress and even heels!) just for our husband and Daddy. I had an iTunes playlist of "our" songs playing and a wedding photo up on our giant iMac screen that he could see.
Since we were all dressed nice, I decided a Valentine's family photo was in order.
Then Adam made me take Sutton downstairs because he was cooking me dinner. Woohoo! He wanted it to be a surprise, so the baby and I went and cuddled on the couch downstairs in our nice clothes. After awhile, the smell from the kitchen started wafting down there, and it was wonderful. Finally, it was ready, so we headed up. Adam had found a recipe and had made ravioli (one of my faves that we've never made ourselves!), asparagus (another first), and a box of chocolates. He'd also poured our favorite sodas in wine glasses (we don't drink, so this is as good as it gets for us). YUM!
After dinner, the boys played while I cleaned up a bit. Then we headed downstairs and....
finished off the night with some Redbox. :) Happy Valentine's!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Weekend Trip
This weekend, we drove up to Kansas City to visit Rachael and Matt. I SO wish that they lived closer because we always have such a fun time together! They're one of those couples where all four of us get along really well, but then the girls can hang out alone and the guys can hang out alone and everyone's happy. I feel blessed to have friends like that!
Sutton did really well in the car. On the way there, we drove 3 hours with no stops, and he didn't cry at all. On the way home, we had one stop where I got him out of his seat for about 5 minutes, but he still didn't cry ever. I think it helped that both ways we were driving at night, and no one was sitting in the back seat with him. If one of us would've been back there, he probably would've been whining to be held.
We arrived Friday night and stayed up late talking. Saturday morning, we got up early (thanks, Sutton), and had TWO amazing breakfasts! Rachael was intent on making these homemade cinnamon rolls that took quite awhile because you made the dough from scratch (totally out of my realm of expertise), so meanwhile, we had breakfast #1 of scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, sourdough bread, strawberries, oranges, and orange juice.
After the second breakfast, the boys headed to a monster truck rally at the Sprint Center. Rachael, Sutton, and I hung out on the couch all day napping, playing, talking, and watching tv. Good times.
The guys came home and we hung out awhile longer at the house, Matt and Rachael tried to get in a bunch of Sutton-schnuggling since they don't see him a ton.
After that photo, we headed to the always wonderful Chic-fil-A for supper (where Sutton destroyed their centerpiece) and then after hugs, we headed home. Love you guys, thanks for everything!
Sutton did really well in the car. On the way there, we drove 3 hours with no stops, and he didn't cry at all. On the way home, we had one stop where I got him out of his seat for about 5 minutes, but he still didn't cry ever. I think it helped that both ways we were driving at night, and no one was sitting in the back seat with him. If one of us would've been back there, he probably would've been whining to be held.
We arrived Friday night and stayed up late talking. Saturday morning, we got up early (thanks, Sutton), and had TWO amazing breakfasts! Rachael was intent on making these homemade cinnamon rolls that took quite awhile because you made the dough from scratch (totally out of my realm of expertise), so meanwhile, we had breakfast #1 of scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, sourdough bread, strawberries, oranges, and orange juice.
Sutton playing on the floor, waiting patiently for breakfast.
Matt and Rachael working diligently in the kitchen.
Adam took this one. He's such a good little photographer...I've even taught him to shoot on manual!
Breakfast #1. Isn't it pretty? And the gorgeous morning light streaming in...yum.
That's normal.
Rachael found some goo in his ear. I love picking at his ears, so I went and took care of it right away, don't worry. :)
Breakfast #2 a couple hours later. Homemade cinnamon rolls with homemade cream cheese frosting. I can't describe the amazingness. I want another five one right now.
The above photo + this one = heaven. Rachael and I are both huge milk drinkers...she buys two gallons at a time, which I've been thinking about starting to do even though I'm the only one who drinks it at our house. Ever since I was pregnant, I just crave milk....at least it's a healthy thing to crave!
After the second breakfast, the boys headed to a monster truck rally at the Sprint Center. Rachael, Sutton, and I hung out on the couch all day napping, playing, talking, and watching tv. Good times.
Sutton and Rachael playing. They love each other. :)
The guys came home and we hung out awhile longer at the house, Matt and Rachael tried to get in a bunch of Sutton-schnuggling since they don't see him a ton.
Matt wore Sutton out, so he got to hold him during nap time. Matt really perfected the butt-pat. He'll be a good dad.
"I gotta take a picture of my husband cuddling with my best friend."
I was about to say "All four of us," but there's FIVE of us now! Weird. Rachael really wanted Sutton to be a part of the group photo even though he was sleeping.
After that photo, we headed to the always wonderful Chic-fil-A for supper (where Sutton destroyed their centerpiece) and then after hugs, we headed home. Love you guys, thanks for everything!
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