Christmas Spirit

Dale and I have decided December at our house is going to be filled with the Christmas Spirit.  Naturally I just HAD to put up my tree 3 days before Thanksgiving, and let's be honest...I've been listening to Christmas music for months :).  I love the spirit this holiday brings.  This year I really want to focus on a Christ centered Christmas.  After all, He is the reason for the season.  To start off our Christ centered Christmas Dale and I took Trey on his first ever trip to see the lights at Temple Square.  We of course picked up our OH SO WONDERFUL hot cup of Caramel Apple Cider from Starbucks!  I thought it was delicious, Dale thought it was amazing.  Trey just drooled.  Next we walked through Temple Square and admired the amazing lights.  I thought they were beautiful, Dale thought they were incredible.  Trey just drooled.  Before leaving we visited the Nativity scene set up by the temple.  I loved it, Dale thought it was great, and Trey...well, he just drooled.  Not so sure Trey got much out of our trip, but Dale and I were incredibly overexcited about taking him.  Apparently everything is much more fun when you have a kid.  Even if all they do is drool :). 

1st attempt at taking our own picture...

2nd Attempt

3rd attempt...didn't realize Trey's hat had fallen down :)

4th picture...taken by a kind stranger who was watching us struggle :)

The reason for the season!

A thankful heart

I have so much to be thankful for.  Most especially these two handsome boys :).  I love my boys!  I am so grateful Heavenly Father has allowed Dale and I to bring our sweet little Trey into our home.  He brings us more happiness than we knew was possible.  I am grateful for my sweet hubby too.  He is so much more than I ever imagined I'd find in a husband.  He's the epitome of charity, though he may not see it.  He has done so much to make life easy for me.  He works hard to make my burdens light.  I was so worried about going back to work after Trey was born.  I didn't want to do it.  And though it's still not ideal, I've never once worried that Trey wasn't being taken care of.  I've never had to think twice about leaving him with Dale.  He's the best daddy anyone could ask for.  Right now as I write I can hear him in the other room making Trey giggle like only Dale can :).  I'm so grateful for these sweet boys in my life!  What a blessing they both are!

Halloween Dinner

This year we decided it would be fun to do a Halloween dinner at our place.  Well, actually we ended up having 2 Halloween dinners at our place.  They were so fun to plan!  I used most of the same decorations for both dinners, so I've kinda mixed the pics, but here they are!

Of course our camera was out of batteries, so I had to steal most of these pics from my friend Jessi. 

Dale was Pongo, Trey was Spot, and I was Cruella DeVil :)

Erin was Princess Peach, Brett was Luigi, and Blake was Yoshi.  I love it!  This pic. of them is super cute too :)

The Millers were the Little Red Riding Hood crew!  I love this idea!  Jessi was the grandma, Ryan the woodcutter, Gracie was Little Red Riding Hood (holding an ax of course :) and cute little Coby was the wolf!  Cute costumes!

 Pongo and Spot :)

Being a Mom is the greatest!

Me with my cutie Trey.  I love you bud!

Trey Video

I've tried and tried to upload a video but could only get it to work 

if I went through youtube.  Oh well :)  

  

Halloween...a year later

Last year I was prego during halloween and was feeling a little...well, actually ALOT nauseous.  So, my pics never made it onto the blog.  I wanted to add them when I was feeling better, but by then it was January, and Halloween was LONG gone.  Here it is October again and I've decided, what the hey, I'm gonna post them!  So, here we are in all our Toy Story Glory:

I didn't get a ton of pictures...another result of being prego :), but I'm glad we got these!  Dale came with me to my school Halloween Parade too.  He was a big hit :).

Growing Up

Dear Trey,

You are a whoppin 3 1/2 months old!  I can't believe how much you have grown! :)  You smile up a storm whenever we talk to you, and you laugh a lot.  You've finally decided I'm funny too, which makes me so happy!  I love your little laugh.  

Right now you absolutely love your changing table.  We call it your "happy place" because even if you are crying, when we lay you on the changing table you give an instant smile!  You love to kick your legs too.  Especially while on the changing table.  

You have also discovered your voice.  You used to just give little coos, but now we get to hear your sweet little squeals too!  You like to stand, but not for too long.  You are learning to like your bouncer.  Sometimes you can even bounce yourself :)  It always surprises you when you do it on your own, and it makes you smile!  

You have a frog toy that sings when you push a button.  A couple of weeks ago you were trying SO hard to make it sing on your own!  I watched you for nearly 15 minutes as you tried to get your hands to cooperate.  I wanted to jump in and help, but I held strong and just cheered you on :).  Finally you did it all by yourself!  I was so excited for you!  I'm sure you were proud of yourself too :).  

You are such a good baby.  You only cry when you need something...or when your daddy makes the seagull sound from "The Little Mermaid".  It terrifies you.  Your face crumples and you make the saddest face as you cry.  You don't like loud noises.  

Lately you have turned into a "Slobber Monster".  Your shirt is always wet, and you're always drooling.  You like to suck on your fist too.  Once in a while you manage to get just your thumb in your mouth, but it's mostly your whole fist.  It bugs daddy.  He keeps taking your hand out and wiping it off, and you keep putting it back in when he isn't looking.  It's a constant battle :).  

You are sleeping pretty good through the night.  You go to bed around 10:00 and get up around 7:00.  Daddy is really good at putting you to bed.  You always fall asleep in his arms.  Of course, he has a secret method to doing this.  He breathes on your face and makes you all warm.  Sometimes I think he must need a breath mint.  The look on your face says it all :).  

Well Baby, we are so grateful to have you in our lives!  We always thank our Father in Heaven for sending you to us.  We love you so much!  

Love always,

Mama :)

1 month

 1 1/2 months

2 months- Daddy took this one so I could have a smiling

picture of you at work :)

3 months

3 1/2 months