4 Months

I'm a little late on this post but that's ok! 

• At his 4 month appointment this week he weighed 16 lbs, 5 oz, and was 26 inches long. I didn't cry when he got shots this time, I only got a little choked up. 
• As you can tell, he hates eating. That was a joke. 
• I love his blue blue eyes and his thunder thighs. 
• He screams and screams and screams. He screams when he is happy, mad, sad, bored, tired. He just screams. Very loudly. I'm sure our upstairs neighbors love it. 
• When Gavin and I are both home, we have to go in to his room together to get him out of bed in the mornings because we love it so much when he sees you from his crib and does his huge bashful smile. 
• Every night before bed he takes about 10 minutes and just wiggles his little heart out. It's probably my favorite 10 minutes of every day. 
• He likes to grab his feet and do the happy baby pose, which is adorable. Lately this has led to him trying to stick his toes in his mouth, which is not so adorable.
• He still hates tummy time. He's never going to crawl or roll over because, as parents, we can only stand about 20 seconds a day of him screaming while on his stomach. He can roll from front to back if we put his arms underneath him. He'll never roll back to front because he has no desire to!
• When I complained about being pregnant, I frequently got "If you think being pregnant is hard, wait until your baby gets here." That's a lie. Being pregnant sucks but this little guy rocks and I could just squish him and kiss him all day! 

Up

Gavin had never seen the movie Up. Go big or go home. The Up house replica is all but 2 miles away from us so we drove by to get a visual. Then Gavin put his creative abilities to the test so that we could watch the movie in theater style after Little O went to sleep.

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 Gavin borrowed the projector from his mom, and set up this contraption...

He nailed a couple holes in our bed sheet but I think it was worth it. He keeps saying how excited he is to watch March Madness on this!

The Good & The Bad

Going Back to Work

The good: I love my job. I get out of the house. My girls crack me up.

 The bad: Pumping. Missing O.

Lacrosse

The good: I get outside. I get exercise. I get to share my talents with others. I have so much fun! 

The bad: Busy, busy! Missing O.

Owen's Growing Body & Personality

The good: New clothes from grandma. His adorable giggles. Loving him so much I could squish him. 

The bad: He's a lot of work. I'm tired! And hungry. 

The medium: O has started to laugh. Every time he laughs (EVERY TIME) he gets the hiccups!? What in the world is this about?

Gavin's New Lifestyle

The good: He's gotten so good at taking care of baby. It gives us more appreciation for each other's roles when we switch back and forth. He gets field experience by working with my dad when I am home. 

The bad: Less money. 

Valentines Day

The good: Early surprises. Decorations. Treats. Closer to Easter and Reeses Eggs. 

The bad: Having to work on date night. Missing my brother on his birthday (3 more months!).

More good: Owen's blessing. Gavin got officially accepted into the Masters of Accounting Program at the U. Team Uno. Owen usually sleeps through the night. Yoga DVD's. Gavin's new shoes. Warmer weather so we can go on walks. These cookies.

Maternity leave ended about two weeks ago and while we have a lot of good going on, every day is kind of a whirlwind! Every morning at work, we set goals. My goal is continuously to be present. When I'm at work I want to focus on doing a good job at work, but I don't want to think about work while I am home, being present with my family. When I'm at lacrosse, I want to think about what the girls need from their coach, but when I'm not at lacrosse, I don't want to dwell on it. The goal is a hard one, and I'm not great at it, but I think I'm getting better.  

2 Months

• This stud got his 2 month vaccinations today. He screamed. I cried. 
• I went to In-n-Out after his doctor's appointment because I eat my feelings. In the drive through they asked how I was doing. I said "good, thanks", but I wanted to say "my baby just got his shots, can I get my shake for free?" 
• I deserve a trophy for making it two months of breastfeeding. Seriously. Go me. But no one gave me a trophy, which is why I justified buying myself the previously mentioned In-n-Out. (That and we have saved money by not buying formula, so I can spend some of that saved money on fattening shakes whenever I want, right Gav?). 
• Owen currently weighs 12 lbs 5 oz, and is 24 inches long! He's growing like a champ! The nurse measured him a couple of times because she didn't believe he was that tall (90th percentile). 
• Two times I have heard him belly-laugh crack up hysterically. Both times it has been while he is sleeping. What's he dreaming about???
• He has slept through the night for the past 4 or 5 nights! Proud mama right here! By "sleep through the night" I mean "he sleeps from 8:30 to 5:30 and doesn't like going back to sleep until 8:30 the next night", but we're getting somewhere!
• I've started working out again. I love being sore! It's encouraging and discouraging all at the same time, going to the gym. It makes me feel good, but it's hard to think about my workouts now compared to what they were 10 months ago. 
• Yoga. It's my new thing. I LOVE it! I'm sure if anyone were to watch me take a class or do a video, it would be a good laugh, but I don't even care. Positive Energy. Namaste.

2014 Wrap Up

Between our first pregnancy, first child, trips to Hawaii, Zion National Park, and Mount Rushmore, my brother leaving on a mission, my sister coming home, coaching lacrosse, and random adventures in the canyons, 

I'd say 2014 contends for our best year yet!

Here's to 2015 and whatever it has in store!

My Favorite Part of Christmas

Here's a glimpse of our awesome Christmas:

But this was my favorite part...

I have a brother serving a mission in Indonesia, a brother serving in the Philippines, and a sister serving in Florida.

None of them had met Little O before. 

We get to skype these missionaries on Christmas and Mother's day. I was SO EXCITED to skype and introduce them all to their new nephew! Seriously, I was so excited! 

Because my brothers are halfway around the world, we had to skype them really late at night. We kept waking O up for the phone calls. It's safe to say we wore him out!

Things I want to remember from the phone calls

• Jordan 'hypothermically' not wanting people greeting him at the airport.
• Apparently, in Indonesia, Katrin is pronounced 'Kathryn'
• Jake saying the sardines in tomato sauce aren't that bad unless there are bones in them

Other personal notes about Christmas

• "Are we bad parents if we don't get Owen anything for his first Christmas?"
• Gavin bought me new snowboard boots!!
• A guy from the Congo joined us at our family party and taught us how to catch and kill an anaconda.

The Rest of November

Aaaand another post that's basically all about our Little O. You can expect many more of these. Here's an update through November.

This video makes me happy. It also makes me happy that he's quit crying like this.

I can't keep up on the thank you cards! It's awesome! We have great family and friends and neighbors who visited us at the hospital, and at home, and have helped us and given us cute gifts for Little O. Thanks again to all of you! 

We celebrated Thanksgiving with Gavin's immediate family. RSV scares me too much to have taken Little O to my family's celebration filled with germ infested very cute 10 year olds. 

Here's our first family Thanksgiving picture! Excuse my awkward posture, I was trying to show off Little O's face.

In the spirit of it all, we really do have so much to be grateful for! I didn't get around to making a list of things I am thankful for this year, but it's not too late... maybe I'll do that when I'm up at 2 am tonight.