4 Months

Here is my sweet baby after his 4 month check up and shots.

SAD. SAD. SAD.

He was a trooper and barely cried at the office.

Xander now weighs 15 lbs 12 oz and is 25 inches long.

He loves to play with anything he can get his hands on,

and it usually goes straight to his mouth!

He loves his dad and always lights up when he hears Phil's voice.

Is the happiest when he wakes up in the morning.

Eats like a champion and gets to start cereal tonight. YUM.

Has been laughing at about anything that scares him.

Smiles all the time.

Enjoys his binky, but not as much as his hand.

Drools almost always.

Has been rolling from his tummy to his back for about two weeks,

and just last night really rolled from his back to his tummy.

After about twenty minutes of it last night he seemed like a pro.

He now likes to roll across the floor, and goes until he runs into something.

The bad news is that he can only go one way right now!

I guess time will fix that.

We love you Xander.

Bumbo Chair

Xander gets extremely tired by about 7:00 pm and is ready for a bath and bed. We like to try to keep him up until 8:00 so he will stay asleep until 6:30 am. Phil and I had eaten dinner and were cleaning things up. Xander was sitting in the Bumbo chair we borrowed from his Auntie Erika. X loves the chair when he is happy but really wasn't into it here. He was almost asleep while sitting there. Phil gave him his binkie and he was okay for a minute, then spit it out and let us know he was DONE. Enjoy the chins, he has a few, especially while sitting up since his head isn't super supported still.

Halloween Ghosts

Our AMAZING Corrie, the wonderful woman who keeps Xander while Phil and I are working, does super fun activities with the kids. She even incorporated Xander into the Halloween fun. As the other kids were painting their pumpkins she painted X's feet and made them into ghosts.

Of course when I saw the final product I got teary eyed...how thoughtful of her! Then I said, "too bad it won't last forever." To which she replied, "That's why I did this!"

She had printed a copy of the foot ghosts on paper so I can keep it forever. I love that woman. She is an answer to many prayers about what we were going to do with Little X. He loves it there and so do we! Thanks Corrie.

Halloween

For Halloween Phil dressed Xander up in the scariest costume he could find...a Utes fan!!! I forgot to mention that the Utah vs. Wyoming football game was on Halloween and that Phil hid the University of Wyoming onsie Xander had planned on wearing for the day, until he put his superman sleeper on to say he dressed up his first Halloween. I guess Phil just saved me a step!

Phil had other plans and dressed him in red and white, he was super cute even as a Ute Fan. Tom and Laura kept Xander so Phil and I could attend the football game. I did wear my Wyoming gear and only got booed a few times on the way in.

You're Invited

I am super excited to invite you all to a Heritage Makers party at my house on

Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00.

The timing is JUST RIGHT to complete amazing holiday gifts that will last a lifetime.

Come check it out.

Please call me if you have questions or need directions.

(801)699-6052

3 Months

Time is really flying by.

On the 17th Xander turned 3 months old!

Here are some updated photos and info.

Xander is trying his hardest to sit up on his own.

Phil was helping him here and almost had X laughing.

My Little X and his crazy hair.

He loves to be laying and playing,

of course with someone paying attention

and talking to him.

Staring at his hands.

One of his new hobbies if he isn't eating them.

X loves tummy time as long as

someone is there with him talking/playing.

We are all adjusting to me being back at work.

Xander loves going to Corrie's house with the other kids.

There is always someone in his face talking/playing/singing with him.

He is SO happy when I pick him up that it makes me laugh.

We are truly blessed to have such a happy, healthy baby boy.

Concussion

Phil is by no means a professional football player, and yes when he got his concussion he was playing flag football with buddies on a simple Saturday morning but the effects seemed like he was involved in this hit.

Last Saturday I had to go in to work to interview for a new sixth grade position at our school, which is a story in itself. I left home at 7:00 and left X with Phil. They got up and about 9:30 Phil dropped X off at Lisa's so he could fulfill his duties to play flag football with his buddies.

I thought all was well. About 12:15 I checked my phone and noticed I had about 5 missed calls from my hubby. I tried to call him back and got a garbled voice with not not a lot of coherence. He couldn't even put together a sentence and he didn't know we had a baby! YIKES. I immediately called Lisa to see if she still had Xander, thankfully she did and I told her to keep him. I called back a minute later asking her to check on Phil since he wasn't answering his phone.

Lisa called me a few minutes later and said Phil was in pretty bad shape. I told her his mom, who is a nurse, was on her way over and I was on my way home. When I got there I found Laura and Lisa sitting with Phil. What a sight. He looked like the same hottie I was married to but I quickly realized that he wasn't okay, or even close to okay. By the time I talked with him he did remember we had Xander but couldn't remember where he was or why he would leave him with Lisa to play football. He kept repeating himself. The conversation went something like this:

"Why were you at school?"

"I was interviewing teachers."

"Oh, did you get one?"

"Yes, we offered her a job."

Pause for about 5 seconds...

"My knee hurts...Why were you at school?

I would tell him and then he would start up again. After about an hour he would switch topics and even dredged up topics from years ago.

I tell you, we decided that he would NEVER play football again. Our bodies are so amazing and it is scary to see what can happen to them when they get abused. All I can say is take care of yourself and be thankful for each day we have healthy and normal.