4 months

Look at me!!!

Today is the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. Justin and I are hanging out waiting for Daddy to get home from work.

Look what Justin can do now...he has great control of his head and can hold it up with his arms...




Justin can pretty much do a whole circle turn. If you leave him either on his tummy or his back, he will wiggle in circles...last night I thought Todd had moved him, but Todd said he didn't! The buns are in the air moving like crazy in this picture.

Weekend of fun...

Justin is hanging out with Daddy on Saturday before our big trip to town. Saturdays are almost always really busy with running all our errands for the week.



On Sunday we went to Grammy and Grampy's house for a BBQ. It was a surprise as Uncle Sam showed up to visit. Here is Justin in the pool for the first time. It was still a bit cold, so he only hung out in it for a few minutes.


Here are the boys going out to practice shoot....

Just having fun...

Justin and I get about an hour or so together before Daddy gets home every day. We enjoy playing together. Here we are trying to catch that cutie smile of his...but he is such a wiggle worm that I can't get him to sit still for the picture - so it is a bit blurry...



Mr. Drooler....Justin sits in his Bebe Pod while we are eating dinner or getting ready for dinner. Tonight he w

a busy weekend...

It was a crazy busy weekend. Saturday morning we got up and got ready to go to the Parade here in town. Justin started out with this outfit on, but then spit up on his shirt....



Outfit #2....happy as can be right now waiting for the parade to get started.


Doing pretty good, just didn't love the loud sirens and the motorcycles.


Justin got a BeBePod this weekend, so he can hang out and sit up. After the parade, we went to the big town to visit with Grandma and Uncle Steve and Aunt Melissa....it was great to finally meet up with them. Justin prefers to be sitting up so he can see everything that is going on...forget laying down or back, so this will help him out.


Today (Sunday)...we went to town again to have breakfast at IHOP with Great Grandma, Grandma and Grandpa, then off to the Park with Grandma Nellie, Aunt Miranda, soon to be Uncle Jason & his two girls.....Little Nellie (Below) was awake and just couldn't help but want to wake up Justin to play....oh just wait till next year and we will be having to chase them around the park.


Justin hanging out with Auntie Miranda.....he isn't too sure about this HAT that Mommy makes him wear, but he puts up with it for now.

Justin with his Teddy bear

Here is Justin on our last day before Mommy has to go back to work. We are enjoying the day just together. We will miss our time together, but lucky Justin is going to Grandma's and Mommy only works semi-part time.

Being a parent sure does change your life. It really is amazing how every aspect of life changes. I never thought I would want to be a stay at home mom, but now that the realization of going back to work is tomorrow - staying home would be wonderful...but for now, off to work I go in the AM. This will change our morning routine, no more sleeping in until 8am and hanging out in our PJ's till 10....it is off to work and Grammy's for the day. Justin will have fun feeding the animals and hanging out with Grammy for sure!

Justin still isn't full time in his own crib - mostly that is a mommyism. It is so much easier to feed him if he is in bed with us. Now that he is bigger, I don't mind him in bed with us....a little habit that developed while at my parents house for the month, and we haven't totally reverted back to having our own bed. So far, Justin stays in his crib for 1/2 the night and then the other with us.

Pics from our visit back home

I had a great visit at home with Mom and Dad......3 weeks was a long time away from Daddy, but wonderful to be with the family....here are some pictures..

Bunnies that would visit us every morning around breakfast.


Mom and I came home to a visitor. This one hung around for at least an hour.


We took Todd to the coast for a few hours, it was very windy and cold.


Grandma and Grandpa bought me this new toy...I LOVE it!