6 months and gratitude

Before I get into this post I wanted to note his measurements!! He is 16.10 lbs- 50th% and 29 inches-which is off the charts!! I can't believe my baby is 6 months!! I know all moms say that but when it's your own it's so real and crazy how quickly they grow up. I've been thinking a lot about Dallas and our little family and I get overwhelmed with emotion! It's amazing to me how much light and joy one little boy can bring to our lives! I remember about a year ago when we found out I was pregnant, we were very nervous. We didn't think he would survive. He is definitely a fighter and a huge blessing! Now our lives revolve around him! With every babble, smile, cry and squeal we realize how blessed we are. He is a very happy and healthy baby and for that I am very grateful for! I love every second of everyday with our family! I love the sad times and the happy times! I love the huge smile and the pouty lip cry! I love his cackling laugh and seeing him learn and take everything in around him! I love watching him imitate us! I love rocking him to sleep! I love his tantrums he throws and he arches his back to try to get away! I can't imagine anything better than being a mother to my sweet baby boy! He always brings a smile to my face!! He has such a fun personality and a great sense of humor! When we throw a blanket over his face he freezes, when we pull it off and say peekaboo he bursts out laughing!! I love him beyond words!! I love our family!!! I love watching Mike take care of and love Dallas!! They are such good friends! Dallas will sometimes watch the door and wait for Mike to walk in! It's the sweetest thing to see them play together!! I love my husband! He is so good for me and truely amazing!! I am greatful for him!! I love this time of year!! It's so great to really focus on what I have been blessed with in my life! It brings tears to my eyes and joy to my heart! We are all blessed and can blessings in others lives!! I hope we all have a very happy Thanksgiving!!

More of our sweet boy!

So, here are some more pics! They aren't in any specific order! And they are taken with my phone! This is going to be long!!

Melissa, the boys and I love to meet at IKEA for breakfast (it's so yummy and cheap) and just chat!! We were looking around and found these hats!! This is Viking Dallas!! He seems to not mind hats...yet!

We love to call this face his bitter beer face!! He is so funny! After he does this he lifts up his chin again and laughs!! He's got such a great sense of humor!!

We've started Dallas on a sippy!! He loves it and thinks he's so cool and such a big boy with it!! It keeps him from wanting to drink out of our cups too!!!

I went to the school to be a model for one of my new students and took Dallas with me! This was the only thing that kept him happy and occupied and not grab the foils out of my hair!! He loves to look at himself!!

This is Dallas' way of watching the tv now!! We used to be able to have it on and keep him turned away from it but now he can move himself to watch it! Needless to say we now have DVR so we can watch our shows when he's in bed!!

Dallas LOVES to go on walks!! His day is not complete without them!! We actually went and walked in the mall with all the gramdmas and grandpas when it was too cold!! He loves to sit up in it and put his feet up!! What a cutie!!

This is Dallas' halloween costume (more pics to come)! He was a monkey!! He wanted to chew on the banana so bad but it was so fuzzy!! He's the cutest monkey if I do say so myself!!

Another 5 month pic!! He's so big!!

This is his favorite toy-Mr. Frog! He loves to give him kisses and chew on his hands and feet!!

Trying to keep Dallas holding still while eating is quite the chore these days!! He would rather look around at everything else!!

He likes to "help" with holding the bottle!! Really he just makes it more difficult!! He wants to be so big too fast!!

Another one of him looking at himself in the mirror!! I told you he LOVES it!!

So, this toy actually has an arch that goes over the top with toys that hang down from it. I was trying to use it to distract him so I could work in Christmas presents. He's a little too smart and started to kick the toys, then he got his feet on the arch and pushed it down and just stared at me and waited for me to notice that it wasn't going to work!! I laughed so hard!!

Dallas doesn't like his car seat anymore, when i put him in it he arches his back and throws a fit. I really needed to grab a few groceries but didn't want to deal with him in his car seat...so I sat him in the front and he LOVED it!! He thought it was the BEST thing in the world!! I guess I can go grocery shopping from now on!!

This is an older picture but had to get it off my phone and onto my computer. He's such a peaceful sleeper!! I love to snuggle with him while he's sleeping and can't push off me!!

First time tring rice cereal!! Notice it's all over his face and nothing in his mouth!! It took a few tries!! Now he's a pro at eating and loves everything so far but apple juice!!

Mike really wants Dallas to use his Mavericks binki. He kept it in for about a minute but still loves his hospital binki!!

Dallas is so playful right before bed! I love it!! This is us laughing away!! Sometimes he'll grab my face and try to eat it!! I love it!

Here he is cracking up!! He's such a funny baby!! He loves to laugh!! He's such a happy baby!!

Here's the 1st costume I bought him!! It was a 6 month but he was WAY to big for it!! His monkey costume was a 9-12 month!!

Trying to feed himself. He's got good cordination and all but he sticks it a little too far down his throat and ends up gagging himself!!

So our little guy won't stand on his legs for anything!! I was worried and got this jumper for him! He loves it!! And I love that he's using his legs!! He's so cute in it!!

I love to kiss his cheeks!! They are so soft and squishy and oh so kissable!! He's such a sweety!

He is always wanting what we are eating and screams and makes so much noise about it!! So, I decided he could suck on a slice of my apple!! He LOVED it!! and once again felt like such a big boy!!

This Halloween I was so excited to not have to worry about a costume for Mike!! Instead I got to make a treat!! I was feeling a little crafty and didn't realize what I was getting myself into! (that happens a lot!!) So here is my treat!! Donut holes dipped in colored chocolate, then dipped into cookie and candie crumbs on a stick with a ribbon. They turned out and were yummy too!!

Dallas in his beany!! He got to wear it the day it snowed!! He loved it!! I had a friends mom make it for him and it's perfect!! (if you want one let me know, I'll get you the info)!!

Another hat at IKEA!! This is an airplane hat!! He's such a trooper and loves hats!!
As you can see Dallas is our everything!! We love him to pieces and can't imagine our lives without him!!

Yet another update

Yes, I am terrible at blogging!! I wish I could just give up but the guilt weighs on me so here I go again!! The past month has gone by so fast and can't believe it's almost Halloween!! We are enjoying the weather and the beautiful leaves that lasted not nearly long enough!! We love Dallas and all he learns and discovers each day!! We just can't get enough of his cuteness!!

We have made a few trips up to Logan and had some fun!! Dallas loves to jump on the trampoline (in moms arms!!), swing all by himself and LOVES his Grammy and Papa!! My dad can get him laughing so hard!! He loves to snuggle and I LOVE it!! He's the perfect baby Here is aunt Jen and Dallas taking a nap! I think Jen was more out than Dallas!! I love this picture!! Thanks for taking him Jen!!

Dallas cracks himself up!! Whenever he gets in front of a mirror he laughs so hard!! He knows where all the mirrors in the house are and makes sure he looks in each one as we pass them!! He is so fun!! He is in love with his toes! They could entertain him for hours!!


Here he is cracking up again!! He always gets a second wind just before bed!! He is sporting his Dallas Mavericks jammies!! He loves bath time and splashes until there is no water left!! Then he kicks and babbles which turns into fun screaming for a while then he crashes and goes to bed!! I love it!! He's so much fun!!
All wrapped up after his bath!! If you can't tell that's a huge grin behind that towel!! He always has to have something in his mouth- usually its his thumb!!! He makes me laugh!!!
He loves to watch me cook so I had him in his bumbo-which is a necessity!! and I was cooking dinner!! He got really quiet and when I looked at him this is what I saw! He got ahold of the flowers my dad gave me and was eating them!! He hated the taste but kept eating them!! He's such a goof!! I love his look like "who me?!"!!!!


Dallas has been eating rice cereal lately! He watches us eat every last bite of our meals and he gets so excited!! He loves when it's his turn to eat! He does really well with it now and we can't seem to get it in his mouth fast enough!! He will nose dive after the spoon if you don't get it there fast enough and screams when it's not fast enough!! We laugh SO hard!!
And here is our little man at 5 months!! He is roughly 27.5 inches-90% and 15.4 lbs.-50% He's pure joy! He couldn't be any more perfect! He's such a happy, easy going baby!! He can talk up a storm and never stops!! He is always so excited about everything!! He helps me realize the small and simple things in life!! He blesses us every day! We couldn't be any happier!!

Park

My Grandparents were in town for the weekend. Their main reason was for Gramps to go fishing! I didn't get to see Gramps, but we did spend an afternoon at the park with Grams. It was great to see her and for her to love on Dallas. My parents, Jen, my cousin, Brandi and her 2 girls were all there. It was fun to visit with them.

Mike playing at the park with Dylan.

Grams loving Dallas

a father's love

Grams kissing Dallas's foot

GO BYU!!!!!!!!

Dallas slept throught his first BYU game!

Swimming

Dallas and I swimming in our new pool!

He wanted to get in.

Update

I know I've been terrible at updating! There is going to be picture overload!! But they are super cute!!

Dallas is such a snuggle bug!! He loves to snuggle before and after naps!!
Here's a cute smile while he is sleeping!! I could watch him for hours!!!
Proof to my family that he DOES sleep in his crib -on occasion
Kilee and Soren came for a visit and Dallas and Easton met for the first time! They are almost a week apart to the minute!! It was so fun to see all of them!

Dallas loves his baths!! I don't know if it's being in the water or being naked he loves most!!
My sleeping boy!! He loves to snuggle with his blankie!! And suck on it! And suck on everything he can possibly get his hands on, including his hands!!
We went to a baseball game with Tyler and had so much fun!! Dallas was perfect and Tyler was such a good helper! Tyler got to give Hoot a hug and Dallas got his picture taken and was put on the jumbotron!! We had a great night!!
Dallas loves his daddy!!

TJ and Bree came for Labor day!! It was so great to see them!! Dallas loved to watch Hayden play!! Hayden is such a cute kid!! I wanted to take him home with me!!
We are all doing great!! Dallas is such a blessing in our life!! We love him so much!! He is growing so too fast and learning more and more each day!! He's such a smiley boy and so so good!! I don't know how we got so lucky with such a great baby!! He loves to sit up, be outside, swim in his pool, watch football with daddy, loves to talk and make lots of noise and is such a squirmer!! He sleeps through the night and is so happy when he wakes up!! We love him to pieces!!!

Like father like son and more!

Our internet at our house is so off and on that I'm at the library blogging!! Dallas is being so good but I don't want to risk it so this is all going to be short and sweet!! We are all doing great!! I start work next week and am SUPER nervous-any advice on making it easier would be helpful!!

Watching baseball together!
Twinners on Fathers Day!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture!! I think he's just so darn cute!

p.s. Dallas has hit 8 pounds!!
Dinner at Tepenyaki for Mike's Birthday!! (and our anniversary and my birthday!!) What a week!

4 weeks

Here's our little guy at 4 weeks old!!! (just when I said he wasn't cross eyed anymore!!) He is getting more and more of a personality! He's just so much fun! He loves reading books with us and taking baths, as long as mom is in there with him! And he loves to be outside!! He's such a happy snuggly guy!!!

3 Weeks

Here are a few pictures of when Dallas was 3 weeks old!! He's getting so much meat on him!! Which is a good thing!! But he eats a TON!! My dr told me to give him an ounce for every hour- he usually eats every 2 hours but after 2 ounces he still thinks he's starving!! So I give in and give him another half an ounce and he still thinks he's hungry. So sometimes he ends up eating 3 ounces every 2 hours!! He's going to be a big kid!! At his 2 week check up he was 6 lbs. 12 ounces which is in the 10th % so I guess it's ok for him to eat!?! And he was 20 3/4 inches long which is in the 50th %. So he's growing!! And we are loving EVERY minute with him!!

I love when he's awake and happy!! He LOVES to look around and can follow things with his eyes now! He's not longer cross eyed!! YAY!! I think he's so dang cute!!

Here he is with his little legs up again!!! He's starting to relax them a little more every day but I just can't stop laughing at this!!

I just love this picture of him crying- is that bad? I think he's so cute when he cries!! He has a fake cry that is so soft and so cute!! I can't help but laugh when he does it!! P.S. I don't let him cry for long!! This was one of his 'I just ate 3 ounces and still want more' fits!!

And lastly...my favorite is when we get sleep at night!! This night I got 6 hours, not consecutively, but still-6!! Dallas does sleep in my bed with me-am I bad mom cause of this? If so, oh well!! I love sleeping with him!! It means I don't have to get out of bed as much!! I love waking up to his sweet little face every 2 hours!!!

2 weeks

I know I'm a little behind!!! But here are some of my favorite pictures Melissa took of Dallas.

Now that I feel like I have a little control and time in my life I decided blog and give some details! I must say that being pregnant for me, luckily, was very pleasant! I didn't have any problems and didn't have to go through the dreaded "last month" of it! Dallas was born 3 weeks early! Since he came out healthy and strong I will say that I'm grateful he came early! At 2am on the 17th my water broke with no contractions. I called the hospital because I didn't know what to do! It wasn't supposed to happen that way- I didn't have makeup on, my house was a mess and I still didn't know what to take to the hospital! When we got to the hospital I still was 80% effaced and dilated to a 2. They let me hang out for a bit to see if I would progress by myself, but I didn't. They gave me pitosin and about 40 min later at 7:30 I got an epidural-p.s. my IV hurt more than the epidural!! Once I got the epidural I progressed very quickly. They thought he would come really fast so we called family and told them that he was coming. They got there and I was still pushing. I pushed for almost 2 hours but Dallas was transverse and not budging, not even the Dr. could get him to turn. They got another Dr opinion and they decided to prep me for a c-section. I was ok with this decision! As soon as I was completely numb and feeling like I weighed 800 pounds they checked Dallas one more time and to our surprise, he turned!! The Dr quickly did an episiodomy and used the forcepts. Five pushes later Dallas was born!! It was an amazing experience! As soon as he was out, there was an instant outpouring of a new kind of love for this addition to our family! I've never felt a love like it before! He is a huge blessing in our lives!

When we got to the hospital. I can't believe he fit in me! And I can't believe I got so big! I will admit that at times I miss feeling him move in me. But he's so much more fun to play with now!

That's our little guy!! I wonder how big he would have been if he came when he was supposed to! He's just perfect though!! I love my tiny baby!!
He is so precious!! He's such a good sleeper!! He loves to lay on our chest and sleep and don't you dare try to move him to his bed because he knows and isn't happy with it!!

I love his little face!! He makes such fun faces!! He has little dimples when he smiles- I have yet to get a picture of it!
He has a cowlick above his right eye! I love it!! It's so cute!! And notice how his forhead wrinkles go up where it is?!
I just love him so so much!! He's such a good baby!! He had jaundice for a week. I hated that he had to be on this bed all the time. He hated it more I think though. We had to take him in to get it checked every other day too so he has a collections of pricks on his little heels. So sad. I'm glad he's done with that though!!!
I don't think Mike will be happy with this picture! But I just have to show you how Dallas sleeps!! He keeps his legs straight up in the air! If they start to fall he quickly gets them back up in the air! He keeps us smiling every second!! We can't even explain how blessed we are and just how much we love our little boy!!