Bones

Tonight I went to dinner with some work friends. Here is what happened:

P: "Bones for being Mormon."

*him and I fist bump*

Me: "That's the first time I've ever gotten bones for being Mormon."

More Photos of Boston

Gosh this kid is just so cute! Here are some more photos. 

Taming The Beast

My mom and brothers came over after church yesterday for dinner and to visit. They love seeing little Boston. My brothers have a nickname for Boston, they call him "Bean Boy". Haha! Anyway, here are some gems from yesterday  

Nate: "Good job mom, you tamed the beast!" (Talking about Boston crying and then he stopped)

Brandon: "You could make a song out of Bosyon's crying. Wah wah wah wahhh."

Brandon: "I could use Boston as a metronome. I'll have to bring my cello next time. He can be fast wah wah wah or slow wahhh wahhh wahhh." 

Funny boys!!

What I Miss

I've noticed a few things here and there that I miss doing since we've had the baby. I miss date nights with Mike and sometimes just doing nothing.

But tonight I was on my elliptical and I realized what I REALLY miss.

Summer.

I knew I really missed the summer, but dangit now I really REALLY miss it.

I especially miss summer evening runs. Ohhhhh I miss those so much. When I was running on my elliptical I closed my eyes to imagine running outside in the summer. It wasn't the same. The sound of my shoes hitting the asphalt was replaced my the whoosh-whoosh of the elliptical. The fresh, hot, outside air was replaced by the stuffy, warm, inside air. The sound of cars occasionally passing was replaced by Waffles moving around every once in a while.

I talked to my grandma today. She said her crocuses have not made any progress. They are still up a little bit, but not growing up. Hopefully they start coming up a little more. Spring is on the way, and I definitely have spring fever!

Running on the elliptical was nice. It was nice to get up and do something for me, and it felt good. I'm happy Mike got me the elliptical for Christmas so I can use it on bad weather or cold weather days. But boy oh boy, I can't wait till SUMMER.

One month

I don't know how long I will keep this up, but Boston is one month old now so I thought I would write a few things about him! 

- Yesterday was his first official big outing! We met up with Mike for lunch at Costa Vida then we went grocery shopping. He was a champ and didn't cry at all! Except for when he was in his car seat while we were driving. 

- Boston loves to hold his head up and look around, especially when I am wearing him in the wrap. 

- He still loves his hair to be washed and is getting the hang of warm baths. 

- Boston attended his first Super Bowl party this weekend. He slept during most of it and got tons of loves. 

- Boston is getting onto a schedule at night. We put him to bed at 10 PM and he wakes up around 2, eats, goes back to sleep till around 6, eats and then he sleeps a little more with me till around 8 or 9. 

- He likes the aftermath of being swaddled, but does not like the act of being swaddled. 

- He likes to get his arms free, especially when he is sleeping. Boston likes those hands up by his head! 

- Boston LOVES to stretch!

- Waffles still doesn't want anything to do with him. Haha!

I can't believe we have already had this handsome guy for a whole month! We love you Boston!

What I've Learned About Being a First Time Mom

Let me preface by saying there are still a million and one things I need to learn about being a mom. But here are a few of the things I've picked up on so far.

1. You may think you have enough clothes, burp cloths, blankets, etc. But you don't. ESPECIALLY BURP CLOTHS. You NEVER have enough of those things.
2. People tell you before you have the baby that they go through a lot of diapers. Take your imagined amount of "a lot of diapers" and times it by like 3. 
3. Before you have the baby you might think "I won't be one of those people that take a million and one pictures of my baby and post them all over social media." But you will be. 
4. At one moment you might be crying because your baby won't stop crying and then the next moment they burp, stop crying, and look at you with those perfect eyes, and then you stop crying and you feel like your heart is going to melt like a crayon in an oven.
5. The same thing happens at 4 AM when you are absolutely exhausted and just want to sleep but you are up feeding you baby.
6. You thought you loved your husband before. You thought you loved him a whole LOT. Buuut you will love him a million times more once you have that little baby and he's your husband and your baby's daddy.
7. Poop and pee and puke gross you out before you have a baby. After, it doesn't even phase you. Because there is SO much of it.
8. Newborns are the loudest sleepers EVER. You think your baby is awake and needs his binky, so you get up, turn the light on, and nope. Sound asleep. 
9. You may not get the luxury of showering every day. For reals. 
10. You may or may not overload your friends, family, and anyone else with pictures and details about your baby. 
11. When you write blog posts you get really excited because then you can add a bunch of pictures of your adorable cute baby, which is the cutest baby in the whole world.

Birth Announcement

So, I haven't gotten these in the mail yet, but I love it so much I need to put it up! I love how it turned out. Introducing Boston Michael. If anyone specifically wants one in the mail, let me know!

Birth Story Photos

So here are Boston's birth story photos. I am so pleased with how they turned out. I absolutely love them!

I'll definitely keep Suzie's number so I can call her for future children's birth stories and family pictures, etc. Seriously! If you want to check out her other work (which is just as fantastic) look her up on FB at Suzie Bishop Photography. I love her photos, she does great. And I can't say enough good things about these photos she did of Boston's birth. Even with having a C-section she did a wonderful job capturing everything and I'm so glad we had a photographer there so we can treasure these moments for a lifetime.

Some of them look like they uploaded in a little different color instead of the black and white. Hopefully that's corrected when I post this. Anyway, here they are! Cute little Boston!