Sigh...

Here are a couple of others of my favorite's from the photo shoot my friend Staci did. I just love these.

Two Months!

Taft is now two months, almost two and half today. I can't believe he's growing and changing so fast. He smiles all the time now and I love it. He is happiest when he first wakes up in the morning. I love going to get him out of his crib and see him smiling at me. Taft still hates Tummy Time, but loves being naked and baths. He doesn't like being burped, but loves to eat. His doc said he's growing "gangbusters". At his two month appointment he weighed 12 lbs and grew 4 inches since birth. The shots were so sad but Taft took it like a man and only cried for a little bit. Taft has big eyes and loves to look around. At church on Sunday the kid behind us told his mom that Taft's eyes were freaking him out.

Some tummy time pre-meltdown

Zions with Seth

Visiting Dad at the hospital on one of the nights he had to be there all night

Month in Review

1. Happy Birthday to my mom on May 20. Love her.
2. Happy Birthday to the friend I've known the longest (since first grade), Jamie, on May 18th.
3. Dreading the days I have to go back to work. (5 freaking days)
4. Seth has had to be on-call at the hospital every 3rd night, which means me and Bumksi have been home alone every 3rd night.
5. We call Taft "Bumski" so much that we're afraid he'll think that's his real name.
6. Mother's Day. Shout out to all the moms, especially Taft's Nana and Grammie.
7. Had the flu. Possibly swine. Never found out. Taft stayed healthy.
8. Taft is now almost two and a half months old.
9. Went to St. George at the end of April.
10. Have been going on lots of walks and enjoying this beautiful weather.
11. Becoming domestic. I've cooked more dinner since Taft's been born than in all the time we've been married. I'm SO proud of myself. They've actually been pretty good dinners if I do say so myself.
12. I didn't have candy for a whole week. And I worked out five times that week too.
13. On to the second week and I'm two for two for working out. One for two on no candy.
14. Watched a lot of the Jon and Kate plus 8 marathon over the weekend and watched the season premiere. Did anyone else watch it and did anyone else cry? Even though Kate can be a total beeotch, it broke my heart when she started crying.

Welcome to the 21st Century

We decided to get with the program and pay for internet. We'd been trying to steal it from the hospital across the street, but it was always hit and miss. Hence no posts for almost a month. I'm sure you've all just been dying to know what we've been up to, how cute our baby is now, etc., etc. Well now you'll probably be learning more than you wanted to know.

P.S. How awkward is it when you live in a small condo and have a repair man come over (i.e. the Comcast guy) and have to kind of hide in your room and pretend to be busy while he's working on whatever. Also, way funny, the guy had to leave for a second and he tried to leave through the closet. He thought it was the front door. Ha.

Oh my.

I kept hesitating to put up this picture because I think this is the one I'll be sending out in the baby announcement, but SERIOUSLY...how cute is HE?! My friend Staci took pictures for us when we were in St. George two weekends ago. She is so talented! Taft was having a rough day that day, but she still got some really great shots. Taft accidentally pooped on her husband's shirt during one of the nakie pics. Sorry 'bout that.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYTAY!

My witto sisto Taylo is all grown up and turned 18 today. Taylor is one fun girl and you should really get to know her if you don't already. She brings entertainment to every Sunday dinner and has such a bright personality. I'm so glad she's a part of our family and that Taft has such a super cool auntie.

Tates and Lanx took this picture of themselves on the way to the hospital when I was in labor. They were pretty stoked to be aunties.

One Month Old and First Vacay

Taft turned one month old on April 16th. I've seen this on other blogs where you take a picture of your babe next to the same toy each month to see how they've grown. So here's the first picture next to Moe the Monkey. I can't believe how much he's grown already. Taft, not Moe. It makes me sad! We visited some friends that had a baby last night and Taft was ginormous compared to their baby.

Taft has already changed a bunch and is starting to smile at us. I know for a while it's just a reflex or gas or whatever, but for reals, he smiles now, especially at pretty ladies.

We took Taft on his first mini-vacay to Moab. Seth's mom came with us and we had a great time hiking (sort of) around Arches and Canyonlands. Here's a tip for new nursing mom's: Bring a blanket or Hooter Hider EVERYWHERE. If not you might be nursing your baby while turned against a rock at Delicate Arch surrounded by other tourists. Not awkward at all. Taft was a real trooper and did great for so much driving around and he did well being strapped into the Bjorn for most of the day.

Our internet is really touch and go, otherwise I'd be blogging more. I have about a bazillion pictures I would love to post.

Oh yeah, here's another tip for new mom's: If you want to be depressed, go clothing shopping five weeks after delivering. It's awesome.

Cousins

Seth's parents were able to come from Belgium to meet Taft and to visit other family members. Here they are with ALL their grandkids. It was extra special to have all the grandkids together since they live in Utah, North Carolina, and Texas.

Taftman

Taft is 4 weeks tomorrow. So far Taft loves to eat and sleep. He likes to be in his swing, the bjorn, and held. He does not like to be cold, especially right after the bath. He does not like when I put lotion on him, and it think it's because it makes him cold. He has a talent already...super loud burps and toots.

Supermarket Success

I got all this for less than $100...

6 boxes of cereal

4 boxes of crackers

2 bottles of BBQ sauce

4 bottles of salad dressing

4 lbs. of strawberries

asparagus

romaine lettuce

a giant yam

shout

denture cleanser (for my retainer)

2 Bertolli dinners

4 bags of Steamfresh veggies

2 jars of peanut butter

2 bottles of lotion

2 boxes of cake mix

2 cans refried beans

4 bags of pasta

bananas

a huge bag of rice

red onion

4 bags of Lipton Rice/Pasta sides

2 jars of Ragu

beef roast

blue cheese

dry mustard

a big bag of walnuts

6 ziploc containers

Isn't that cool? My cart was like overflowing. I saved nearly $80. I felt so cool.

The Little Mama

Seth's brother, Dan, and his cutie patootie, Scarlet, came to see Baby Taft the other night. They brought us dinner and diapers too. BTW, Lara, the dinner was so so yummy and those chocolate chip dessert things are already gone. Seth ate three the first night.

I had to post this picture of the little mama. Scarlet knew exactly how to hold her arms to hold Taft. He made a little peep/cry noise and she quickly comforted him by saying, "I know." I had to change his diaper while she was there (he HATES it) and she kept coming in asking if "the baby is alwight?" I also had to feed him and she would come in the room asking if I needed my "pwivacy".

Thanks for coming Dan and Scarlet, and thanks again for the yummy dinner and the diapers!

Poop Shoots

I'm learning a lot of new things while learning to be a mom, one of which is poop shoots. That's right, and kind of far too. I was changing Taft's diaper today and he decided to go again while I was changing him. It got all over the carpet. Oh well, I still get to have the cutest baby ever.



I need to give a shout out to my mom, the new Nana. She's been around helping me a lot. She thinks she's just coming to ooh and aah over Taft, but it's been a big help to have another person around. I didn't realize how emotional I would be all the time and it has helped out tremendously to have her around. Thanks Nana Plum.Oh great, just writing that made me cry again. Sheesh.

Taft got to meet his Great Grandma Packer today. She lives in New Mexico and was in town unexpectedly. We were so happy to have her come meet our little guy. Unfortunately Taft was not a very gracious host and actually peed and barfed on her. Lucky for him, great grandma's are suckers for cute boys with puffy cheeks and dimples.

I just love him

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

As I was talking to Taft today I was going to explain that today was St. Patrick's Day and realized I don't even know what St. Patrick's Day is about. Regardless, it's a day when Seth pulls out this gem of a suit.

My friends from work were visiting us today and one of them told Seth she had been around him 3 times, 2 of which he was wearing this suit. She's one lucky lady.