C turns 3!

My goodness, where did the time go!  

C turned 3 and I was so excited to celebrate him.  He's such a sweet little boy.  It's been amazing watching him grow.  

I got so nostalgic on his birthday, and it was so fun watching little videos of when he was a baby.  

C is 32 lbs, and 38 1/2 inches tall.  

He LOVES reading books, playing LEGOS, trucks, pretending, riding bikes outside, and is always up for an adventure.  He is seriously the easiest kid to take places.  He is learning so many songs, and loves playing with us.  He is so compassionate, and has such a loving heart.  

He's getting sillier as the time passes, and his prayers are getting sweeter and sweeter.

For his special day, we decked out the house in decorations, and served a fun b-day breakfast.  

We spent the morning in Boston, and then let C sleep the rest of the afternoon.  We made his favorite for dinner: lasagna.  :)

I made him a 'truck' birthday cake.  It was so funny...the sister missionaries had asked him if he would have a 'truck' birthday, and so he decided that is what he had to have.  It was so fun to make a birthday cake.  It actually turned out, which I was amazed!

We opened presents, and had a great night playing with them and him.  We love our C!!!!!!

Throwback to previous birthdays:

Grandpa W comes to Boston

We were so lucky to be able to have Mr. H's dad, Grandpa W come stay with us for a weekend.  It had been FOREVER since we had seen him, and it was a fantastic weekend.  

The Garden's are so beautiful. 

you can't see, but Thomas is right behind us.  Cutie boys. 

We had such a random thing occur: as we were hanging out in the Common's, we noticed a guy from our home ward in Centerville walking around.  We were all talking, when then we noticed our neighbors that lived on our street in Centerville walking around too.  What are the odds???

Dinner at Durgin Park (a delightful Bostonian restaurant)

Snapshots before church

we found a spider man at the temple...I think Mr. H thought it was cooler than T did.  

We headed out to the nearest city beach in Revere.  It was cool to see a new place!

They had just finished up the sand sculpting competition...some really cool stuff!

Thanks for the visit Grandpa W!

baby T is FOUR MONTHS OLD!!

How did 4 months find us so quickly???

We just had baby T's monthly check up (with a new pediatrician, whom I LOVE!)

Weighing in at 14 lbs 11 oz (30 something percentile)

25 1/4 inches long (50 something percentile)

head circumfrence (60 something percentile)

T at four months is such a fun, cute baby.  Oh my.  If I could freeze this age, I would!

He loves giggling (finally found that laugh!), talking and blowing bubbles.  He is obssessed with his hands, and chews on them non stop.  

He loves peek a boo, flying overhead, and being read to.  He also discovered toys this month, and has been able to reach for and grab things.  (Including my hair!).  He loves watching C play, and he loves being included.  

As sleeping goes, it is going pretty well.  He is a great napper!  He is awake for about 1.5 hours, and then takes a 1-2 hour nap.  I would say his typical schedule is: (this is included for my benefit in the future)

5:30-6 wakes up for a quick feed, instantly back to sleep...(usually in my bed---we're working on that!)

9-9:30 wakes up, eats and plays!

11 nap

12 awake, eats

1:30 naps

3:30 awake, eats

5:00 naps

6:00 awake, eats

bed by 8:00 

9:30 awake for a quick snack

3:00 awake for a feed, back to sleep.  

He is a great baby, and I'm loving to get to know him better.  He is such a smiley, happy soul and is really good at making us all happy. 

We love our baby T!

*I'm so sad I missed out on the opportunity to take pics this month.  It's totally my bad, but I really wanted to document milestones every month to remember.  :)

Father's Day 2015

Father's day turned out to be really great.  

We made a yummy breakfast for Mr. H and gave him the presents we had been working on.   Then headed off to church.  I guess the Father's Day memo was forgotten, and none of the talks/musical numbers had anything to do with fathers, but Mr. H was able to attend the men's meeting (Elder's Quorum) instead of our usual Primary calling.  We enjoyed cinnamon rolls afterwards at a linger longer, and came home.

The boys napped, and we let Mr. H take a nap too. :)  

Mr. H's cousin D came over that afternoon and we ate dinner and then I had made a father's day cheesecake which we all stuffed ourselves with.  We skyped with our dads, and then relaxed the rest of the night.

Mr. H is amazing at a lot of different things, but he is a really good dad.  He has his priorities straight when it comes to family, and for that I am grateful.

Baby T is 3 months old!

Baby T is almost 4 months, but I wanted to document these pictures of him at 3 months.

I feel like at 2.5 months we turned a corner.  Baby T became the happiest, good natured baby ever.  He started doing some long stretches at night too, which made me a much happier camper.  (I'm talking from around 9:30-4:30 or 5).  

I adore this little guy.  I wish I could keep him little forever.

*The following pictures are faces that I want to remember always. :)

The "hi mom---what are you doing?" face

Sweet Stare. 

I'm chubby and happy :) 

These chubby cheeks are killing me!