The many outfits of Christmas

One thing about having a winter time baby is getting lots of first Christmas outfits/PJ's. Below is a sampling of the many outfits of Christmas!

Christmas 2011

For Christmas this year Pat and I decided to forego our normal trip to Boise and spend our first Christmas in Lehi. I confess I was a bit sad with the decision. This was the first year ever that I wasn't spending the holiday at my parents house, but with the little one we decided it was just too soon to travel, and while I certainly would have loved to be with our families, I'm glad we decided to stay home. Being at home gave us the opportunity to start some of our own family traditions. My only requirement was reading about the birth of the Savior in Luke and Pat requested we eat pizza on Christmas Eve (ha!) Both were pretty easy to accommodate. Christmas Eve was spent together as a family, cuddling on the couch eating pizza and watching Christmas movies. Before we headed to bed we ended the night by reading in the Bible and putting presents under the tree. It was a perfect evening. On Christmas morning Dylan woke up at 6:30 so we decided to all get up and go open presents. As always we were all pretty spoiled. One definite highlight was a necklace my sweet little boy got for me (he's so thoughtful). After presents Pat made a delicious breakfast. Confession - we didn't make it to church! We've been holding off taking Dylan but really wanted to go on Christmas. Dylan had other plans for us and we just didn't quite make it. The afternoon was spent mostly napping. That evening my brothers came over for a delicious Christmas dinner of Chile Colorado. I am so lucky to be married to such a great cook! It my opinion it was a pretty close to perfect Christmas spent with my little family in Lehi.

Our Tree with all the presets underneath

Dylan with his presents

Even the puppies were spoiled!

We are so grateful to be a little family and while we didn't make it to church we are thankful for this time of year where we are able to be together as family and reflect on our Savior and the many blessing that he has given us.

Merry Christmas!

I subjected Dylan to my own personal photo shoot - I think it turned out pretty well if I do say so myself! I take little to no credit and give it all to the adorable little boy.

One Month

"I'm one month old today!!"

I can hardly believe Dylan has been here for an entire month already! When I was pregnant a month felt like an eternity and now as all parents seem to say, it's as if time is flying by! It's crazy how much life has changed - some days I feel like I haven't accomplished a single thing and then Pat reminds me that I've done the only thing that's important and that's care for this little boy. That being said I hope to one day figure out how other moms manage to shower, get dressed and feed themselves! Below are some pictures taken over the last month as well as a few tidbits about Dylan at this stage in life.

• He loves to have his back rubbed/patted
• His favorite place to be is cuddled on his daddy's chest
• It took nearly an entire month, but he is finally nursing (hurray!!)
• He's giggled a few times - all while nursing
• He grunts all the time - perhaps acid reflux???
• He likes it when mom sings him primary songs
• He's got his days and nights totally backwards - he loves to be awake between midnight and 3

Dylan and Charlie the bear -

the plan is to take monthly pictures with Charlie and watch Dylan grow!

Taken right after bath time -

he likes real baths so much better then those dumb wash cloth baths!!

Check out that smile and those dimples!

Sleepy time with mommy

Cuddled on daddy's chest with the puppies

Our family is so blessed! I love watching Patrick be a daddy - he is so good at it! Who knew that one little boy could change my life so much! I feel so happy and fulfilled. I love being Dylan's mommy!

Oh Christmas Tree...

Pat and I are both big fans of real Christmas trees - I think it's mostly the smell of a real tree or perhaps because we both always had real trees growing up (in recent years my folks have switched to fake and I think Pat's have totally given up the tree, but as kids, they were always real). In past years I have insisted on heading out the day after Thanksgiving to get a tree, however, this year we've both been so tired that I honestly questioned if we'd manage to get a tree at all. Luckily Pat knows how much it means to me and wouldn't let me go without one! We didn't get one quite as early as usual but I am happy to report that yesterday we went and got our tree. I know Dylan didn't know what was going on and he won't remember going, but it was important to me that we went as a family to pick the tree. I of course had to choose one of the coldest days so far to go get it! We didn't examine the trees as much as I usually do because of the cold and wanting to get Dylan back inside, but we still managed to get a pretty good tree and I'm loving sitting in the soft glow of the Christmas tree lights as I type up this post!

All bundled up in his snow suit! He reminds me of Randy (Ralphie's little brother) from the Christmas Story!

Using the carrier for the first time - trying my best to keep him warm!

The glow of the tree I'm enjoying right at this moment!

(I do realize it's leaning a bit, please don't mention it to Pat!) ;)

One day at a time

Today I have been...

• Peed on
• Pooped on
• Spit up on
• Had my puppy run away
• Tried to chase after said puppy
• Only to be reminded my knee is still numb from my epidural and I can't run (I got really lucky and he came back home)
• Meant to text my neighbor but somehow instead posted the text to my husband's coworkers Facebook - the text was about pumping milk

Luckily I'm pretty good at laughing at myself and I have a sweet baby boy to help me keep things in perspective!