This Sister of Mine.....

Trista: She's one of those people you hate only because she's so stinkin' talented. Our whole lives it's seemed that she can pick up any new thing and just be naturally good at it. She's an amazing student, has a beautiful voice, quilts, plays the piano, crafts......yada yada yada. I used to be jealous (and maybe I still am in some ways) but I won't complain one bit. Here is why:

She made this amazing blanket for our little Daxton!

You can't see the different fabric textures from this picture, but it's pretty awesome. She spent countless hours on it embroidering the little details. She embroidered around all the stars, boat and fishing pole, as well as the words, and the fishing line. The stars are all hand sewn too. I don't even want to think about how much you would pay someone to make a custom blanket like this.

This boat has a "license plate" saying the state and birthdate and also the boats name is Daxton Glen. Clever right?

And this fish has his birth stats on it.

Tell me you aren't jealous. I wish I could do this handiwork and I'm sure with a good teacher and a whole lot of practice I could get there some day, but I will forever be indebted to her and all the hours she put into making this blanket. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!

On Saturday, we went to the Orchard shopping center to let the kids play in the fountains, ride the train, and indulge in a crazy good bananas foster crepe. Colorado seriously has some of the best shopping and food ever. I miss having it all so close.

I told my parents to smile and this is what I got. AWWWW!!!

It was a little breezy and not exactly "warm" but that didn't stop the kids.

Kylie and Emily

The girls have missed Trista and her family since they moved to Denver so it was fun hanging out with the cousins!

Madison and Nathan

Daxton even woke up for a minute, although he wasn't a big fan of the wind.

While we were there, Terrences parents came into town and met us. We have missed them too! I got a picture of his Mom with Daxton but her eyes were closed, so I don't think she'd want me to post that one ;)

After a while the kids had enough and wanted to dry off and get warm.

Then they waited for the train with aunt Sarah. The girls sported their new shirts from Bass Pro Shop. We can't make a Denver trip without stopping there.

Aunt Sarah was a good sport in entertaining the kids. She'll be off to BYUI in the fall and my parents will almost be empty-nesters. SO WEIRD!!!

Blessing

We blessed Daxton in my parents ward in Denver on Memorial Day weekend. It's so hard coordinating these events when our families both live so far away, and with Terrences Dad being on dialysis and traveling not being easy for him, we did what we had to to make sure he could be there. But despite the stress of coordinating everything and feeling bad for disappointing those who couldn't be there with us, it was a beautiful day and a beautiful blessing.

Daxton was in such a good mood while I got him dressed.

It's was such a relief that his blessing outfit still fit well at 3 months.

I am so grateful to have a husband who holds the priesthood and is able to bless our babies. It was such a great blessing. My Dad peeked a little and said that Daxton just laid there totally calm and content staring at Terrence the entire time.

I don't want to overwhelm with the blog posts, but I'll try to eventually blog out whole trip to Denver:)

2 months!

I realize this is a week and a half late, but in my defense:

his appointment was a week after his 2 month mark so...

I'm really only 3 days late ;)

weight: 13lb 3.5 oz 90%

length: 23.5 in 55%

Daxton has been on Zantac for about a month now and is finally starting to do better. He was sleeping for only 2, 3 hour stretches at night and only little 30 minute cat naps during the day. He was extremely fussy and I was extremely tired. In fact: apparently I started falling asleep while singing to Madison one night and during the chorus of "I Am A Child of God" I sang the words "help me eat the grapes"? Now Madison requests it every night and I have to explain why it's not appropriate to sing it that way. HAHAHA!

Daxton now goes to bed at about 9:00 and usually wakes up between 6:30 and 7:30 to eat. He smiles all the time and actually let out his first giggle two days ago. I am so in love with him and he fits into our family perfectly!

TORTURE: the entertaining kind

Meet the "torturer" aka AVAREE MAE

stats: 9 months

17 ish pounds

looking innocent till....

she reaches wanted destination....

up and ready to pounce...

going in for the grab...

and SCORE!!!

This about sums up my day. Sams club that hasn't been put away yet in the background. Funny that we bought stuff to suit the needs of the entire family's rears yesterday. $144 in diapers, wipes, and toilet paper! Car seats, diaper bags, blankets and burbcloths on every couch...and I'm loving it. Being a mom is the BEST! And I'm lucky to get to see that torturous little princess every day too:)

My whole point in this post is to remind Avaree in a few months when Daxton is bigger than her and she's the one being tortured, that he's just getting even with her.

Also...I know you all think I'm horrible for letting my BOY sit in a very pink very girly bouncer. Here's the story: My blue one has completely vanished. I can find every part for it except the actual fabric sling, so a good friend gave us her old one when she moved and we accidentally left it at Terrences brothers house when we were down for Easter. So....I am borrowing Andreas and I don't care. It has saved me....SERIOUSLY!!!

Outing to the Park!

After weeks and weeks of rainy/snowy cold weather, we finally got a day of sunshine. It was a little breezy and not quite warm enough to be outside for long without wanting a jacket, but we had to take advantage!

Daxton spent most of his time in the carseat or bundled up and out of the wind. Not that you can see much detail in the picture above, but this little boy has the thickest longest eyelashes I've ever seen on a baby this young. The nurses all commented on them in the hospital and I'm still trying to capture the perfect picture of them.

Kylie got home from school right before we left for the park and she had to change her pants and shoes into play clothes first.

And of course little Avaree was there as well. I was jumping in her face as she and Terrence swung towards me and she was giggling. She is just so stinkin cute!

Now if only the new park they are building right by my house would get finished soon so that we can have many many more park days in our future!!!

Easter

First I have to post a picture of the best $3 find in a long time. Aren't these overalls the cutest thing ever? Okay, really it's the baby in them that makes them cute, but it's still so worth the $3 I paid for them. I'm glad I can get away with dressing my kids in winter clearance in the spring.

We went to Emery County for Easter this year. It was a nice relaxing weekend spent at Grandpa Macs house with Terrence's cousin and her family.

The girls made their glitter eggs (won't be buying that mess of a kit ever again!) haha

And on Easter morning, the girls got to find eggs and binge on candy. By binge, I mean eat several pieces before I confiscated it and portion controlled them.

We went very low key this year and it was great! My Mom sent us a new book for Easter that talks about doing the 8 days of Easter. It has a new tradition to do every day for the week preceding Easter to teach children more about Christ and the Easter story. I'm so excited to get to carry out those traditions with my kids!

The "R" word....

Cute right?...Well this was seconds before

This:

The dreaded "reflux" has invaded our home. Luckily it's a somewhat mild case, but there is still projectile spit-up and a lot of fussing and grunting going on. Daxton doesn't really cry, but then none of my babies really did as newborns. He just fusses and grimaces.

So the girls do a lot of this:

While Daxton gets bundled up and cuddled

And lets face it, he's way too cute for the girls to not want in on the fun.

Every once in a while he decides to feel good though and we get some playtime. ha ha LOVE the pinky thing!

So he's not really a fat baby. He just has a very round face. And even though he's already 12 lbs, I held him up to a 4 month old 14 pound baby in my ward yesterday, and he's tiny in comparison, so I choose to believe he's just really solid and will maybe play football some day.

And here is one of the first smiles. It's still a little weak, but it's getting better every day.

Despite that nasty reflux, we are in heaven with Daxton. The girls are adjusting so well, and well...my house isn't a complete disaster most of the time. ha ha.

Sunday Best

First of all: I NEED A NEW CAMERA!!! I knew mine was in need of being replaced, but now I realize how bad it really is.

I have been trying to find church clothes for Daxton and am having the hardest time! There isn't a whole lot out there in the really small sizes and I'm not the type to send my son to church in jammies or a t-shirt. I found a button-up at Old Navy, but it's a 3-6 month size so it's pretty big. Dax still looked so handsome though!

I love how awake and happy he is after he eats. He starts kicking and flares his nostrils. ha ha

Behold the "smirk"! SO CUTE! I just love him!!!

And this is his new favorite place to be. Terrence and Daxton do this every night after Terrence gets off of work. I wish I could have him sleep on Terrences chest at night so he'd sleep for longer. I did manage to get a 4.5 hour stretch out of him last night though!

29+ years and 1 month

Grammi Sharon was sick yesterday, so we decided to celebrate her birthday for her which we had absolutely no problem with. I sometimes have to find legitimate excuses to satisfy this sweet tooth of mine and this was just the occasion! ;) Aunt Lysee came over to enjoy homemade pizza and german chocolate cake with us.

Grammys birthday is also the one month birthday of our little Daxton. He slept through dinner of course.

But got a little fussy when it came time for the cake. I think he felt a little left out. Don't worry though, I ate a slice so he could get some later ;) ha ha

We lit the candles and sang twice so both girls could have their turn blowing them out. By the way, this past week was spring break which for me meant getting to sleep in past 7:00 and not doing the kids hair more than twice this week as you'll see below:

Daxton is getting so big. He has most definately grown out of his newborn size clothing and spends much more time awake and alert now. He tries so hard to smile but hasn't quite figured it out yet so he mostly just "smirks". Now if only he could figure out how to sleep more than 3 hours at a time during the night!

This picture is actually from conference weekend. That was such a relaxing wonderful weekend. I caught up on laundry and ironing, and got to watch the entire thing with very little interruption. I love the peace that comes with having a new baby in the house!