lAbOr DaY WeEkEnD!

I know that this post is late, but I have a teething baby who needs his mommy every second of the day.

For Labor day Peter and I decided that it would be fun to go somewhere, but with my tailbone still hurting it is really hard for me to sit for a long period of time. I called up my mom and asked if their condo was available. It was and they decided to meet us there! I was so excited! I got to spend some quality time with my sisters while Peter and my padre got to go play some "golf" ( or just make trouble driving the cart around ). Nixon played with my mom a lot of the time which I am so grateful for! She is the sweetest grandma! She loves him so much and Nixon love spending time with her! We were there from Friday night until Monday. My parents left on Sunday night so they could go to my grandma Lund's breakfast. We got to spend some quality time together, lay out, hang out, and eat some delicious food. On Saturday, we swam, got our tan on, Nixon went on the swings at the park by the condo and down the slide with Aunt Jilly. For dinner we went to Roadhouse something. It was this country type place that you can eat peanuts and just throw them on the ground. It was super good! Thanks padre! On Sunday, we made waffles and my dad just bought wicked nice waffle maker from Costco. I was super jealous! I love waffles and I got this new recipe for some syrup that was super good. On Monday, Peter was so sweet and let me lay out for a couple hours while he took care of Nixon. Then we left. It was such a nice weekend! I can't wait to do it again!

He loved swinging! He got the biggest grin on his face!

On the slide with Auntie Jilly

Mommy and baby

If Nixon is in water, he is happy as can be! He loves splashing around!

Again...swinging after swimming

Watching football with Grandpa

At dinner with the fam! Love them all so much!

Exhausted after a long fun day! Snuggling with daddy to end a perfect fun day!

I'M PREGNANT!

JUST JOKING! I am not pregnant again. But seriously I can't believe that my little man is 5 months old! It's just crazy how fast time flies! I love this little guy so much and he brings Peter and I so much joy! He has such a sweet spirit and personality! He makes the funniest faces and has the cutest laugh ever!

Arrival

1 month

2 months

3 months

4 months

5 months

hApPy BiRtHdAy!!

Peter's 26th Birthday was last week and I am so happy that I have him in my life! He is such a wonderful hubby and father and I couldn't have asked for anything more!

I made him waffles and sausage that morning and then we went to Macaroni Grill for his birthday dinner with the family. After dinner we went to his parents and had cake. If you ever want a delicious ice cream cake go to Cold Stone. They are so good! Anyways...Happy Birthday babe! I love your guts and so glad you were born!

At Macaroni Grill

Happy Birthday!

Delicious cake!

Lily entertaining Nixon. Nixon loves his cousins!

HaPpY bIrThDaY dAdDy!

WE DID IT!

WE DID IT! Yeah! Nixon now is officially sleeping in his crib for the 2nd night now. We started about a week ago and now he is sleeping mostly all night. He wakes up for 1 feeding and then goes right back to bed until 6:30! Yeah! I really liked having him in our bed bed but a couple weeks ago he had such an awful night sleep and it made Peter and I have an awful sleep that he wore out his welcome in our bed! The process was hard. The first night we put in him in his crib we had him cry for about 15 min. then got him and slept in our bed for the rest of the night. Then did that for a few nights. Then we had him cry for 30 min. for a few nights. Then for about 45 min. for a few more nights. He now officially will go to sleep awake and just fall asleep without crying. He has done that now for 2 nights! Hopefully it will continue. I hate hearing him cry. I have been so blessed to have such a sweet little boy. He is so good and has such a sweet spirit! I love him and Peter so much! They make me so happy!

ACCIDENT INFO

Well, on July 17 ( the day before we were supposed to leave for Powell ) we were on our way to Peter's late grandmother's house to help out with some stuff. As we were getting onto the Interstate-95 from Durango there was a Nissan 350Z behind us. As we were approaching freeway speeds the Nissan got into the other on-ramp lane and was attempting to get onto the freeway. I am not sure what caused him to lose control but he swerved into us and hit us on the drivers' side door. The curtain airbags immediately deployed and the force of him hitting us sent us off the side of the road. Anybody who is familiar with the area will know that there is an open drainage ditch off the west side of the freeway. Peter attempted to stop but the dirt was not conducive to keeping the necessary amount of traction. The drainage ditch is about 20-25' in width and we launched from one side of the ditch to the other. The nose of our truck struck the opposite side of the channel and brought us almost to a complete stop. The front airbags deployed the instant we hit the other side of the channel. Peter got out of the vehicle immediately to check on Nixon and everyone else. I was pretty hysterical and didn't really know too much of what was going on. Nixon was a little bit shook up but no worse for the wear. Peter got a little bit of whip-lash and was taken away in an ambulance. I sustained the worst injuries and currently have a very sore tail bone/lower back. The accident was pretty nasty and pretty much ruined our trip to Lake Powell. The pain that I was suffering from severely limited what I could do while at LP. It has been two weeks since the accident and am not feeling much better. Peter's Tundra is totaled and now we are forced with the chore of finding a new vehicle in our price range. The accident was very scary and I definitely wish that it never happened. Here are a few pictures.

YUM....RICE CEREAL

So I wasn't going to introduce cereal to Nixon until he started to eat more. He really doesn't eat that much in one sitting, but he has many feedings during the day. I wanted to see if I gave him cereal during the day it would be a bit heavier than my milk and it wouldn't make him as hungry so fast. Well...I still have yet to tell. He hates it! I haven't given it to him much, but he hates it bad! I got some awesome pictures of his first time eating it though. Molly was here to witness it and we were laughing so hard at the pictures! I will try feeding it to him when he gets a bit older. Hopefully then he will like it more. Here are some picture from start to finish...

Feeling it out. Seeing how he likes it. Wanting to feed himself...as usual.

Hates it!

"PLEASE, NO MORE"

"SOMEONE SAVE ME"

Last bite...and done!

UTAH GRASS

Sorry to the few of you who look on my blog. It has been a crazy month for us! We have been to Utah to see my parents/pick up Molly to go to Powell with us, fed Nixon rice cereal, was in a wicked accident that totaled Peter's "baby", and we spent a week in Lake Powell. First is first. It was my mom's birthday on July 18 plus I needed to pick Molly up to go to Lake Powell with us. We weren't actually there for her birthday, but we got to spend a few days with her before, She is so wonderful and I am so grateful for the wonderful person that she is! She is so sweet and has the biggest heart! We love her so much! HAPPY LATE POST BLOG BIRTHDAY MOM!

While I was there I took some cute pictures of Nixon discovering grass for the first time! It was so cute! I laid him on his tummy and he was grabbing in and putting it in his mouth! I thought it was so cute! Anyways...here are some of the cute one's.