Tres Meses

It's so hard to believe that it's been three months since Brock came into our lives!

He is growing so fast so quickly, I love it and hate it all at once. I love how he is getting so good at grabbing at toys, holding key rings and gnawing on his fist but it's scary how quickly they grow.

The other night I was laying on the bed playing with Brock and started thinking, "soon he'll be crawling, then walking, then talking, then in preschool, then in school-school and then it will be high school and then he will be graduated and be on a mission and then he will find a girl and get married and go to school and then next thing I will be a grandmother and be middle-aged! OMG"

Yep, my mind can run away with itself sometimes eh? My newborn may have just graduated into an infant but in my mind I am already picturing his wedding. Time to slow down and just love every moment with my lil guy. When else will I be able to give 100% attention to a baby other than this first year with Brock. After that, I will be back at work and then I will have two kids and then back to work and then three kids and... See how it runs away with itself?

But man am I loving being Canadian lately because it gives me a whole year to stay at home and snuggle with this guy.

I just love his facial expressions. His face is so expressive and the things he does with his eyebrows slay me. He can go from a smile to a pout to a laugh to a cry within 30 seconds. He is such a good baby, definitely can be fussy, but so easy to settle down. He is quite the Houdini as well, try as I might to wrap him so tightly (he sleeps so much better swaddled) I will find him awake at the end of his nap with his arm out, usually sucking on his fist.

So cute.

I about died when he grabbed the toy hanging about him the first time. And when he rolled on his side. He's getting so big! (that will be a recurrent theme in my blogs; my disbelief/awe/love/dislike for him growing up) Thank goodness he hasn't completely rolled over cause I don't think I am ready for that. It's gonna happen soon though.

Just like the majority of babies he has a severe dislike for legit tummy time, there is a veryslight window to get a photo of his push-up skills before he breaks down and starts wailing... Note that he is about a half-second away of that here, thus the beginning of a pout.

Here is an example of one time that I missed that window.

Did I mention he is getting HUGE?

A mini sumo wrestler in training, no?

He officially graduated from the 0-3 mos clothes to the 3-6 mos clothes a week ago but to be honest, he prob should have switched a lil' earlier but I resisted. My baby is getting so big! (see? it's a theme)

Apparently we need to have a talk about not using his size to bully other kids, Brock gave a lefty to poor skinny Reid ;)

But seriously, he might be a lil too young for playdates right now but don't tell that to Naomi and I.



He loves being outside but not so much for photos, "Please no photos!"

He gets that from his father.

We are just in love with Brock. And he is in love with us. And his hands.

His favorite is when he gets his hands on us. :)

We have just loved these last three months getting to know each other and we know that this is just the beginning of a beautiful life together...

Ooooh I Love Pictures (especially of my two fav boys)

My good friend Danielle Ducharme is one of those ridiculously overly-talented kind of people. I would 'hate' her if I didn't love her so much just because it's just not fair some people get just soooo much talent ;)

 When she drove down from Calgary to visit us when Brock was just a few days old, Danielle did a impromptu photo shoot (thus the reason Shawn is wearing sweats) and the results are just lovely. Can you believe this is her hobby?!?! Thank-you so much for these pictures, can't wait to put them up in our house!

Ooooh how precious is he?

You can tell Brock loves his dad... Look at him just stare at Shawn

Determined...

 

Growing up we were only close to two of our cousins due to the rest of them living on the opposite side of the country. Because of that I have always wanted my kids to know their cousins, aunts and uncles. I just love how close Shawn was to all his extended family; they saw each other all the time. That's my dream.

 

I just love how we live only 3 blocks from Shawn's brother and sister-in-law and three awesome lil nephews. Maybe we can start a Taber Bevans clan/mafia/gang :)

 

Since on the Wyght side of cousins there are only two grandkids so far, Tamara and I are determined that our kids will be tight (and I am equally determined that Brock will know his Bevans cousins just as well) sooo we were so happy to have Tamara and Kash make the loooooong drive up to hang out.

 

Yep, Kash and Brock are already tight.

Love sisters!

 

Baby Shower Bliss

Fun lil story; Naomi and I met 4 years ago through married friends. We were the only single gals of the group so we hit up YSA activities and became friends. Then around two years ago I got married, and six months later Naomi did. Naomi moved to Taber with her husband and six months later so did we. Then I got pregnant and sure enough, 4 weeks later so did Naomi. So now we have lil Brock and Reid only 4 weeks (exactly) apart in age. So to be efficient, the ladies in our ward (at church) threw a baby shower for both of us together!

 

I thought it was so sweet of them just to offer to throw us a joint baby shower. We had only been in the ward for a few months and didn't really know many people that well yet but you would never know that by seeing the shower they threw and the women that showed up. Brock and I felt so special and so loved. Naomi and I were just blown away by the shower. Lonna and Janelle were the ladies who threw the shower and you could just see all the effort they put in the shower. I loved it!

 

"Shower Brock and Reid with gifts"

raindrops, clouds and umbrellas decorated the house

just a snippet of the guests who showed up.. it was an open house so ladies came and went throughout the night. It was so cute to see double of everything... Double decorations, double gifts. People were sooo sweet and kind and Naomi and I can't wait to dress Reid and Brock in their matching outfits.

 

There were actually three of us due within six weeks

Laura and Phoebe; Me and Brock; Naomi and Reid

Baby Party!

Originally I didn't want any baby shower (long story) but man am I glad we had a double one; it was soo pretty and so fun. Yep we do love our ward!



My Days

This is what my days look like lately....

 

 

 Bliss....

and of course a lil poop or a lot of it...

Lucky Me

I am slightly over-the-top in love with my lil guy.

He's pretty much perfect.

I really thought I would miss work, but SURPRISE I don't. At all. At all, at all.

And since we are getting biweekly lil cheques from the government E.I.(?) for me to stay at home with our lil Mr. Magoo, I still feel like I am contributing financially so I have zero guilt about me not working. Score!

Nine weeks into motherhood and I feel like I am completely settled in to the role. It's pretty ideal actually. I get all day to cuddle, snuggle, feed, burp, rock and bounce my lil baby boy and yes sometimes he is fussy and screams and cries for no apparant reason but I don't mind. I can't help but think how lucky I am and how short and special this time is.

In three weeks he'll officially be considered an "infant" and not the lil "newborn" he is now.

I think I might cry. Seeing him grow and develop is exciting and terrifying all at once. 

Some new things on the Brock front:

-He's really discovered his hands lately and he will just shove as much of them as he can into his mouth and just happily gnaw/such on them.

-He has officially transitioned from the thousands of small poops a day to the one MASSIVE blowout every other day; awesome for his lil bum that was raw from so  many poops before but not so awesome for his poor lil cute clothes that are just taking a poop beating now.

-He's starting to fall asleep by himself at night. I will wrap him in a tight lil bundle, give him his soother and lay him on our awesomely soft carpet in the living room and he will just look around for a bit before losing out to sleep.

-For some reason he has taken to blowing lil bubbles all the time. Straight. He is getting drooly too. He is waaaay too young to start teething so I don't know why he is doing that.

-He looooves his swing and so do I.

-He is babbling sooo much and smiling. And the occasional giggles. Melts my heart for sure...

Ooops the lil guy is waking up. Time for  more baby cuddles!

xoxo

Jailbait?

After going over our cell phone minutes two months in a row, Shawn and I were considering getting a home phone for the first time. Then Shaw called and offered a sweet home phone promotion deal and we went for it (I think the guy had been hearing alot of 'no's' because he was shocked and got really excited when I said yes).

I have had the phone for almost two weeks and although I have made calls on it, I had yet to hear the old-fashioned briiiing briiiiing. I say old-fashioned because this is one old phone, I got it for $2 from a second-hand store and it's legit from my childhood. This big ol' tan phone with no caller I.D. and it's definitely not cord-less so it's now a permanent fixture on our counter. But still no calls; perhaps the habit of calling my cell phone was too much for people. Until yesterday...

I was cleaning up the kitchen when I heard it, the first call on our home phone! I was so excited (don't ask me why) and as I went to get it I was wondering who it would be.... Tamara? Shawn? Maybe Chloe?????

Wrong.

First thing I heard when I picked up the phone was,
"Will you accept a collect call...."

"Weird", I was thinking. I haven't heard a collect call in YEARS, probably ten. With cell phones collect calls have kind of gone the way of the Dodo bird.

Then, it continued,
"..from an inmate from the Lethbridge Correctional Facility... phone call will be recorded... client/attorney privilege applies...."



Ummmmmm what?

So my first call is from an inmate? and I have to pay to speak with them? $2.80 for the first minute and $0.50 for each minute afterwards?! No thanks.

Not sure if it was a wrong number or if we got a recycled number that has ties to criminals who will be calling all the time.

This could be interesting.

P.S. I finally got my first non-criminal phone call this morning... I am quite loving this whole landline thing again but it's gonna take some used to using my landline and not my cell...