Thanksgiving was alot of FUN! We went to Cory and Mindy's for lunch/dinner and played games all together. It was alot of fun!!

Darius and Alvin became friends :-) it was fun to see Darius also starting to play with the older kids, Kobe and Becky.

Belca had fun playing.

Grandpy and Alvin tried to stay clean with their bibs.

Alvin is learning how to ride horses...well not really...obviously :-) We got this rocking horse at a garage sale and I'm fixing it up :-)He thought the noises it makes are the funniest :-)

I hate cold weather...Taylor loves it...I love the winter clothes...hats, scarfs...so fun!

Sleeping like a baby...it's amazing...during the holidays we got off schedule, hopefully he'll get back into it quickly!

Good Day

Today is a good day!

I have SOOO much to be grateful for!

I have a wonderful job with people that are so awesome to work with!

I'm constantly being given oppotunities to grow and adapt. I have a greatest family, we have so much fun together and they are that is VERY supportive.

We went to my cousin's husband's 30th birthday surprise party last week. Alvin got to see more of the family, and hang out with his great-uncles...Here he is with Uncle Phil.

AND...I have such a sweet baby. He hardly cries...he gets this sad whinny face when he does get unhappy where he sticks his bottom lip out...but MOST of the time, he's like this:

It is TRULY amazing to me how fast he grows and changes. Day to day is so different. I told Taylor I wish he could stay at this stage forever...he's so sweet, and happy, and loves to play with us and laugh...but he's not rolling over yet so there are alot of worries we're not facing yet (hidign things, locking things ect). But of course I know that's not the way its meant to be...that we are all supposed to continually grow and learn, and if Alvin is anything like either of his parents he would probably be very UNHAPPY if he didn't get to keep growing and learning :-)

Look Alike Contest

Who does Alvin look like..at first it was all Taylor...what do you think?

16 pounds! and Fall leaves :-)

Alvin continues to grow and change. Yesterday he weighted in at 16 lbs 1 ounce!!! His eyes have stayed blue so far and his hair seems to going towards being blond-ish.

He's become more and more curious about the world around him, wanting to hold things, be held, have people talk to him...he's much more alert but still very mild-tempered. He rarely gets upset unless he's hungry and feels he's been patient with me long enough :-) or if his diaper is dirty and he's uncomfortable...but even then he's easily distracted with a smile and a hug!

His strong stocky body is close to beign able to handle itself...as long as he has something behind him he can sit up. He used to be good at lifting his head up while being on his stomach, but recently he doesn't like laying on his stomach hardly at all.

He LOVES holding his hands together...like this! We joke that he's very reverent and is always praying :-)

This week his cousins come over to visit. Him and Kiril are very close in size now, but Kiril is taller. They had fun poking each otehr and sucking on each other's hands.

Darius decided he needed to be part of the group of cute boys having their picture taken too :-)

Also this last week Uncle Brady came over for the BYU game and we put on Alvin's onsie that Brady and Ildy made..."Cause Uncle Brady said I could!"

I finally found out the story with this saying...I thought it was just for fun but apparently at a past soccer game another niece (Brooke I think) was playing and getting pushed around so Brayd told her to push back...when she did they asked her "why did you do that?!?" She said, "Cause Uncle Brady said I could!"

Alvin 3 months!

Th other day Alvin's uncles (Brady and Justin) were over playing Halo and they needed another player...so they put Alvin in the bumbo and gave him a controller (you can see the controller if you look carefully :-)

In all seriousness Alvin has really been changing...this used to be him...Sleepy, not really doing or noticing much around him...
...now THIS is him. Looking at what's going on...touching things...smiling at everyone who talks to him!

He can't sit up by himself yet of course, but he can sit pretty good with a pillow behind him...he's holding his head up and moving his arms...no rolling over yet (for which I'm grateful...it'll be fun when he does but I definitely appreciate not having to worry about him rolling off the bed or something yet.

There are some things that he seems to really enjoy. Like his bath time. The first few baths he did NOT like...but now he seems to think they're fun.

And he's got a nice bath robe to wear after...to get nice and cozy!

While he does like to be held and cuddle...if he's laying down and doesn't have something else to hold his most typical position is right hand in mouth and left hand rubbing the back of his head.

I don't know if he actually likes this position or if it's just that this is the one he's figured out so far.

Here I was trying to pose him with our Yankee batting helmet...which didn't work so well..but his pose is cute I think :-)
Here he's doing his favorite position again...

Ready for Halloween

They'll be more for Halloween but I keep forgetting to post about these so I wanted to before I forget :-)

My friend Cheryl F.has the most AMAZING Halloween decorations ever! I love going to her house for Halloween cause its so festive and cool! This year she added to her decro by making vinyl spiderwebs on her kitchen cupboards! I loved them!

AND SHE MADE ME SOME TOO :-)

Thank you Cheryl!!!!

NEW COUCH!!

I'm soooo excited! We go a new couch yesterday! It is AMAZING! It's kinda like a futon cause it folds down into a BIG bed, it's comfy, nice looking, it comes apart and is made so I can rearrange it in a number of ways (great since I am so fickle about how I want my living room...it's also a simple design so I can make covers for it whenever I want a different color :-)

AND....it's got storage! The ottoman is a box....BUT SO IS THE COUCH! All the seats lift up and have storage under them :-)

I LOVE IT!!!!

I LOVE IT!!!!