Boo!

How is it already November?  I feel like the whole summer just flew by and then october was like a week long.  Life has been busy and exciting for us, Kevin is super busy with school and work so we take all the time we can get with him.  Somehow he still manages to do tons around the house even with such a demanding schedule!  We still found time to go to Utah and see Kevin's brother Mitch play football and meet his fiance!

Having fun at church, his nap time is right during our first hour, relief society. So we spend most of our time in  the mother's lounge or walking the halls and trying to get him to sleep.

 My boys in the owl hats.  Drake wore his in his newborn pictures and it obviously doesn't fit anymore so I made him a new one.

Drake is watching Sesame Street here, he is obsessed with TV

 This is Kevin watching TV, I'm pretty sure they're related just based on these pictures alone, ha!

 He loves his dad!

 Date night!

 He loved to be covered in blankets at the beginning of the month, now he moves around too much that none of them stay on him anymore.

 Soggy feet from long bath times! He still loves his baths but now he's thinking he wants to roll while in them. bad idea.

 Drake and Great Oma

 My big boy sitting in the cart, he lasted for maybe two minutes.

My baby boy has teeth, how did that happen?  We had no idea he was teething, he was chewing on my finger one day and bit down and I was like OMG you have a TOOTH! what the heck?!

 He was a chicken for Halloween, most people thought he was a dinosaur or dragon.  Better luck on the costume next year!  And of course our tradition of carving pumpkins again, mine is of the left and Kevin's on the right.

 Drake and Great Opa

 At Mitch's football game.

 Before he could sit up and after he had grown out of his own tub we did a bumbo bath.  Now I just put a few inches of water in the tub and he loves it. But he still refuses to sit up in the tub, he loves to splash too much!

 Kevin got his face painted at our ward's fall festival.

 We also spent some time in Reno during October but of course I didn't get any pictures.  In two weeks we're headed to Colorado for Thanksgiving, I really can't believe the holidays are around the corner but we're excited for all our holiday traditions and to see all our families.  Drake is rolling like crazy and starting to pull his legs under his body and last night he went up on his toes and hands.  He is really good at scooting backwards and gets really mad when he can't reach something or we take something he was playing with away.  He's no longer sleeping through the night :( last night he did better than he has in a while because for half the night he was on his stomach, shhh don't tell anyone.  But i'll take all the sleep I can get for now, and He loves his tummy time, that's for sure! He wants to grab everything now and he is getting a little better at eating solid foods.  For the most part he has done well with everything we have tried except for peas and bananas. When I opened the bananas I just about dry heaved myself so I don't blame him! Our little boy is becoming big before our eyes!

As of late...

Drake and I started off August in Colorado with my family.  It was fun to see them and of course Drake was spoiled!

This little boy turned three months old!

We celebrated our Two year Anniversary!

We Played some mini golf in the hot weather, We had to strip Drake down to his diaper so he wouldn't overheat.

 

This little boy found his Thumb a lot and then lost it again, thankfully.  He still loves his fingers and fists though.

He also figured out that he could hold the bottle.  He still hasn't quite mastered it but he's getting there.  I lost my milk so he is completely formula fed, I have mixed feelings about that.

He blew lots and lots of spit bubbles.

 We ended the Month in Utah/ Colorado Where we went to the USU vs SUU game, Kevin's younger brother Mitch plays for SUU and Drake fell asleep playing with the burp rag in Grandma Karen's arms, He must have been tired!

 Love my Aggie boys!

 Drake and I drove to Grand Junction, CO with my brother and Sister in law to see my youngest brother play football and spend some time with my family. 

 My brother Chandler with his dyed mustache.

 My brothers

My sister Klaire, Her mustache is way better than chandlers.

 We started off September In Utah and in the Sun

 This little boy tried Rice Cereal for the first time, He didn't love it and I'm still working on it with him but we'll see how he feels about Veggies soon. 

 He also found his tongue

 He got a new toy that he loves, he gets to stand which is something he loves!

 We did lots of bath time, he loves his baths.

And he turned 4 Months old. 

I can't believe how summer flew by! We've had so much fun adjusting to our life of a family of three, and we're excited for fall to come.  Kevin just started a master's program so between that and how busy he is at work he is very very busy but we're excited for all the changes to come and couldn't feel more blessed!

 

July

Here is what we did in July in pictures from my phone...

 Drake had his first shots. It was heartbreaking, he screamed and cried harder than ever before and then slept the whole day afterwards and would wake up and cry and moan in his sleep.  I've never been so sad, if I could have taken his pain away I would have.

 His cute jeans, I love putting him in them. I don't think there's anything cuter than little jeans. Except of course my baby boy wearing the jeans.

 He went on a little trip to take the garbage out with dad.

 Sleeping in church

 HUGE blowout.  How did it even get on his elbow? Good thing he was only in his diaper.

 Lots of packing so we could go to both Utah and Colorado for two weeks.  My parents came out for my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary so Drake and I drove home with them and stayed for a week and then flew back. It was so fun to spend time with them!

Kevin took me to wicked, it was amazing I loved it and thanks to my mom for babysitting!

 Trying the swing out at my parents house

 He is obsessed with TV.  He started to get fussy so my sister put him in the swing and faced the tv and he was glued.

 Fist sucker, all the time.  It's so cute but lately has gotten a lot more slobbery and I don't know how I feel about that.

Fell asleep with his head in my armpit and started to love having the blanket over his face.  Scares me half to death but after he falls asleep I uncover his face.

Sounds good to me!

Date night at Charlie's with my two favorite boys the night Drake and I got back from Colorado.

the 4th, first haircut, and 2 months!

We stayed in Elko for the 4th this year and went to spring creek to watch their parade with our friends the Tanners. {They are moving in a few weeks and we are going to miss them so much!!}

Drake's hair has been bald all around his head except for a circle at the crown of his head and then right above his neck... kind of like a ya mica and a mullet so it has desperately needed to be trimmed but I couldn't do it on my own since his head is still a little wobbly but we tried the bumbo for the first time this weekend! And I saw the perfect opportunity to pull out the trimmer.

{He wasn't too happy at first, he didn't know what to think of it.}

But then he decided he liked it okay, I was kind of surprised but it was fun for him to try something new especially since he is so much more attentive these days and likes to look around at everything.

So we tried the bumbo on Friday and then on Saturday he was sitting in it and I thought it would be a good time for a first haircut.

This is the before, yeah, he definitely needed a haircut.

It looks better now. He kept trying to turn his head to see what the noise was so that made it a little harder but other than that he did great! The bumbo was sitting too high up so i couldn't exactly get the mullet so I'll have to have some help from Kev this week!

Yesterday was Drake's two month birthday! I can't believe how fast time has gone! We love our little guy and its hard to think what life was like before he came. 

Some things about Drake... He smiles a lot now, especially in the mornings.

He's starting to talk and coo a lot more which has been way fun.  If I coo back he'll talk more

He loves to lay on his back and kick and move his arms, if I let him he would probably do it all day

When he does tummy time he is lifting his head and now lifting his upper body off the ground

He wants to be looking around all the time and will get fussy if we lay him down and he wants to be sitting and looking around the room.

Loves his bath time

He has been sleeping consistently for five hours each night!! We've even had seven hours in there a few times {YAHOO}

His stats when we went to the Doctor are..

24 1/2 inches long {he's grown 4 inches since he was born!} 95th percentile

10lbs 8 oz  50th percentile

Head circumference: 13 inches 20th percentile

His first shots were heartbreaking at his check up, I cried pretty much all day, it was so sad.  I think I'll make Kevin take him next time.  We are so lucky to have him, he is such a happy and content baby as long as he is not tired and has a full belly.  We have so much fun with him and are so glad he came to our family!