Spring Break!

So Mr.Magoo and I got to go to Canmore for a couple days for my family's annual spring break tradition. Sadly Jared had to work and couldn't come, and even had to take a taxi to work one day (stupid snow...). We didn't go the whole week but we had a good time while we were there.

Magoo was so glad to be out of his car seat once we got there

Us chillin in the lodge

It was such a beautiful day

with the aunts

swimming for the first time

In the outdoor hot tub, he really seemed to enjoy it.

Aunt Emily, one seriously cute little Oviatt girl, and Uncle Bevan

Look at that hair! time for a trim.

The finished product

Thanks Nana Jo for watching Magoo while I went and "shred it up" (those were my moms words)even though you weren't feeling well. It was a blast, can't wait for next year!

A List:

So since I don't really know what to blog about I thought I would do up a little list of some of the thoughts inside my head.

1. I have been helping my brother and his family move into their own house, it's an awesome house so unique and fun.

2. I have been loving the time I have been spending out of the house and with family.

3. My little Mister Magoo has been so fun lately and so happy, smilie. I could just eat him up.

4. Magoo's eyes are this dark dark blue right now that are to die for. Eat your heart out kinda eyes.

5. We are bestest buddies my boy and I, and sometimes it drives me crazy when he does not want his Daddy at the end of the day, but a part of me secretly loves it.

6. I get to see one of my sisters on Friday and the other on Sunday. I love my sisters!

7. I get to go on a little vaca with my family for a couple days. It's something we do every year. We go to Banff, they will stay a week, but I will just go for a visit. Jared will not be coming at all, sad, and totally not fair for him.

8. I love that my son is sleeping and should totally be taking a shower right now, but I am always afraid that he will wake up and not see anyone around and freak out. He does that sometimes... freak out.

9. My orchid plant is about to bloom. This will be the third time since I got it. And I love it.

10. It has been snowing here, just when the snow had melted all away and Jared had taken out Mary (his motorbike) it decided to snow... I can't say the snow is really aggravating me like it seems to be a lot of other people. I just know that it will melt eventually.

Some pictures for you.

Magoo with two of his cousins, he sure has gotten to know them better the past week

thinking about eating him...

...and eating him.

p.s. Magoo is now 4 months as of yesterday!

3 months

Okay so Mr.Magoo is now three months and 1 week and a few days...
slacker? I think so.

Anyways he had his doctors appointment on Feb 22 and it went well. He was measuring 25 1/2 inches long and 13.8 pounds which is in the 50th percentile for both. I can't remember his head measurment but, he's always had a big head so I doubt it has changed much from the 90th percentile when he was born. Our doctor has always expressed how advanced she feels he is, I would agree. We know some other people whos baby is just a month older than Magoo and it seems he is a bit more advanced when it comes to playing with toys, and how long he will stand for. He can even roll from tummy to back (as shown in a previouse post). It seems he has really found his voice lately and he is all giggles.

Mr. Magoo and I headed up to my parents house last Thursday, just to get out of the house really, I know a little extreme for just getting out. We came up with a cousin of mine and were suppost to head back with my brother Riley on Tuesday, but it just seems to snow and snow and snow up here, never mind the freezing cold temperatures Edmonton has been getting. So it looks like we will head back on Saturday.

I have really enjoyed being at my parents house, but I totally miss Jared and am ready to go home... distance makes the heart grow fonder.

My poor baby last night broke out into a fever. He was not a happy baby and would sleep for an hour then wake up and scream for an hour. I had to give him tylenol a couple times and took off his sleeper to try to cool him down (he really did not like that). By 6am I was so exhusted I just laid him on my chest and he finally fell into a good sleep for about an hour and a half and woke up seeming much better, without a fever. By 8:30am he was out again, it's about 10:30am and he's still sleeping, hallelujah.
I looked inside his little mouth this morning and I think he might be cutting his first teeth! His bottom gums just look diffrent more white. I guess only time will tell. I hope he isn't breastfeeding and teeth don't really mix in my mind, and I really wanted to breastfeed until atleast 6 months...

In other news, my Mom, sisters, Mr.Magoo, and I went shopping on Monday.
Since giving birth I had attemped shopping for myself (around Christams time) but couldn't really get into it. I hadn't really adjusted to my new body yet. But this trip was super successful! I seriously have not felt so good about myself since before I was preggers. It's a great feeling. I got a few new cute things and I am loving, not to mention my new jeans. I seriousley love new jeans more than I love new socks, possibly more than Jared's love for new socks, and that's A Lot!

p.s. I will post new pics of my little guy soon... hopefully.

Bursting at the seams...

You may be thinking that since it is still February that I would be bursting with love...

well you'd be wrong.

Now I know that I said I would only blog about all things lovely this month but we are more than half way through and lets be honest I am human and my life isn't perfect and I quite frankly do not feel loving all of the time.

So why am I bursting at the seams you ask?

a. my three month old will not sleep more than 30min at a time during the day.... (there is so much more to this but I will keep it simple)

b. my three month old has stopped sleeping through the night

c. I am running on very little low quality sleep most days

e. since I have these frustrating feelings I am turning to chocolate (or really any sugar in the house) for that good feeling I stand in need of

f. I have not gone to the gym in like a year! so my clothes feel like they are bursting at the seams as well

g. I am in need of some good quality sans little boy time, filled with peace and quite, maybe a couple pillows and a good head massage....

okay so I feel like I could go on, but I won't.

why wont my boy sleep during the day? I know he wants to cause he is awfully cranky otherwise.

HELP! I am losing it.

At least he's cute, right?

4 days till the love fest...

I thought this one should include lots of pictures. Courtesy of Payton (3 years old), I would also like to note that she has mad skills working an iphone.

I love dancing with Hesston (5 years old)

I love the two people (other than myself) in this picture, even though you can only see like 1/4 of one of Hesston

I love the other 2 people in this pic. Payton loved the camera in the front of the phone where she could see Grandpa sitting behind her through it and take pictures!

I love that my little boy got blessed on Sunday, and all the people who came to support us. Not the best picture it was the end of the day and he was hungry.

I love taking pictures of these 2 even though both of their eyes are telling me I better not... haha, suckers.

this person = love

So I was looking through some of my older posts and realized I have never celebrated my mans birthday on here.

It was on Saturday.

Happy Birthday Handsome.

(his mission in Denmark)

I like it, it brings out his....neck. haha

(another one from his mission)

But in all seriousness what a stud, I mean who can resist an eye patch?.... bwahaha

p.s. whoever has the shirt he is wearing we would like it back... I really do like it on him. Sincerely, his wife.

...that lov'in feel'in

So February is "the Love month" some might call it. I have not ever been a fan of the whole valentines day thing ever, until this year really. I want to decorate and make heart shaped cookies and tell everyone how much I love them. We'll see if I actually end up decorating but heart shaped cookies are a must!

Since it is the month of love I have decided to do only posts of things I love for this month (that is if there are more posts than just this one...).

So one of the things I love right now is that this Sunday we are going to be blessing our Mr.Magoo, so that means our family and quite a few friends are coming this weekend to visit, hooray! I love having people come visit me.

Another thing I love is that this Saturday is Jared's birthday, and I just love celebrating that guy I think he is pretty awesome.

Also my George Forman grill because it made me an awesome turkey panini style sandwich today for lunch, did I mention it was awesome. I even considered taking a picture, but I ate it to quickly, oops.

Oh and one more thing I am lov'in these days, Mr.Magoo has been sleeping 7-8 hours a night for like the last 3 weeks! Love it.

What do you love today?