My lil' buckeroo's nursery

I've been tagged by Karissa to post the 6th picture of my 6th file. Since it was a picture of Max's room, I decided to post all of them. I've had a few friends remind me that I never posted pictures of Max's nursery. So here they are.... better late than never.

You can't really tell but that main wall is burlap tacked on with liquid starch and upholstery tacks. It was WAY more work than it was worth and I'm pretty sure Jeremy wanted to kill me by the end of it! It took us forever but I really love how it turned out.


I actually got the bedding all from different places which made me nervous but it came together so good.


The mirror says "Howdy" and the barrel is his hamper


My talented mom made this teepee along with the bed skirt and curtain. We used old western style fabric I found on line and I absolutely LOVE how everything turned out!






The boots on the shelf were Jeremy's when he was little. I am so glad his mom saved them. They look really cute in Max's room and when he is a little older he can wear them. I laughed so hard when his mom mailed them to me because they still had dirt clods stuck on the bottoms:)




Above his door.

Oh the things we do for a laugh....

Camping at Double Lakes

This weekend we took Max on his first camping trip. He was a trooper! The weather was beautiful...a little chilly in the night/early morning but other than that it was awesome. Max was really good until about a few hours before we were originally going to leave. He decided he was cold and had had enough so we left a few hours earlier than planned. But other than that he loved his first camping trip! There were so many little kids running around that he was completely occupied the whole time lol.



At about six in the morning I put him in our bed because I didn't want him to be cold. He loved that. He just kept staring at the ceiling of the tent in awe.

I love this picture. He's my lil' munchkin:)

Max and his bff Noah in their matching beanies.



Maxs LOVES my friend Kelsey!

Max and Noah chillin' in their bouncers while cute little Landon giving us his cheeser smile:)

More Max

Lounging on Daddy

Butt crack anyone?

My friend Deanna and I went shopping. Her little Chloe is 3 weeks older than Max and sooo cute!

"What is this thing you call a stroller?"

Max with a full tummy before bedtime.

Rice cereal...Mmmmm!

Twinners at church

He was feeling a little under the weather last week. Put this little boy by a TV and he is perfectly content.

I put him in his bumbo to get some things done. Now I know why he was being so good.

What is it about little boys in their church clothes that makes us girls melt?

We still love our bumbo!!

Max watching American Idol with mommy. He likes to be a big boy in his bumbo.









My sleepy boy


Close up anyone?


I tried taking a picture of us in the mirror. It didn't really work because I was trying to hold him and take the picture. He decided he had enough.

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Risky Business?

Look out Tom Cruise.

Max had his four month check up yesterday afternoon. I was helping hold/hug the top half of him during his shots. He was talking and smiling at me when the nurse gave the first shot. He just howled and looked at me like "Mom, why did you let her do that?" He was pitiful the rest of the evening and today. Although, secretly I loved how snuggly he was. He was still a little sad this afternoon....

Max was right at the 50th percentile for height, weight and head circumference. Perfect! Here are his stats:

Weight:14lbs 11oz
Height:25 in
Head Circ: 16 3/4

OK journal time. Some of the things Max is up to....

1- Sleeps through the night! I have a few friends that have babies the same age as Max so please don't hate me when you read this:) Max started sleeping six hours a night at six weeks old. He now sleeps from 8 to 8. Such a good boy! He still cat naps during the day though. For the most part his naps are only 30-45 min. Oh well. I'll take night sleep over naps any day of the week.

2- He is trying to roll over. He gets to his side and kicks the top leg like crazy to try and get over but that dang arm gets in the way.

3-He eats rice cereal. We started him a few days ago. He still doesn't actually swallow very much of it but he sure has fun.

"Yum"

4-He still loves bath time. Every time I lay him in the bath he starts kicking like crazy and has this serious look on his face like he is concentrating.

5-He snuggles mommy in the mornings. Almost every morning after he wakes up, we get back in my bed and snuggle for a little bit before I feed him. It is the best part of my day!

6- Playing with Daddy when he gets home from work. He always saves his biggest giggles for Jeremy.

7- Talking. He talks loudly all day long. It is fun at home but boy is he loud in church. Not because he is fussy, but because he just wants to talk the whole time. Here he is telling me he is not a big fan of tummy time.

8-Watching the kitty cat. He has just recently become aware of our cat Ollie. He likes to watch the cat whenever Ollie is in the same room.

9- Playing with mom's hair. He likes to gently hold my hair in his hand while I feed or snuggle him.

10- Giggling. He seems to laugh the most when I am undressing him. The boy likes to be naked what can I say?

Four months old?!

I can't believe my baby is already four months old. Where has all the time gone? I know four months isn't that long, but he has changed so much! My friend Melinda did this tag and I wanted to do it. I am not very diligent in my journal keeping and I thought this would be a good way to remember becoming parents....

1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? At my house
2- Who was with you? by myself
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? Preggo test, confirmed with a blood test
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Shock followed by tears and laughter! I decided to take one while Jeremy was at work. I figured it would be negative and then I could move on. I did the test and walked away for a minute while it was "deciding". I totally forgot about it! About an hour later I remembered so I went to check on it and it was positive!!! I just stared for a minute. Then I even grabbed the instructions and held the test up to it and just stared some more. I couldn't believe it was positive! I just sat in the bathroom and cried, laughed, and cried some more:)
5- Who was the first person you told? My friend Crystal Petersen. I found out in the morning and wanted to wait till Jeremy got home to surprise him. Plus my infertility Dr. wanted me to come in for a blood test right then. So I showed up on Crystals door step and the second she opened the door she knew I was pregnant! We just sat there both crying and laughing some more LOL. I feel a little bad Jeremy wasn't the first to know... but I was DYING to tell someone:)

6-Did you plan to get pregnant? Yes. We had been doing infertility treatments for what felt like forever!
7-Was everybody happy for you? Yes. Every time I got to tell someone I was pregnant it was so fun.
8- Did you go out and celebrate? We went out to TGI Fridays and then straight to Babies R US haha!
9- Did you want to find out the sex? Of course!
10- What was the sex? Boy for sure ;-)

11-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yes...5
12- If yes, who? My family, Jeremy's Aunts in Salt Lake, my parents home ward, Kendall/Katie for my friends in Utah, Crystal/Kelsey/Jen/Shanta for my friends in Texas and a mini shower in Tahoe with my mother in law's side. I am soooo spoiled!
13- How much weight did you gain? 45lbs

14- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Not yet. My baby is only 4 mo.
15- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? define alot.

16- What did you crave the most? Chocolate slim fasts and bean burritos from Taco bell (hence the 45 lbs weight gain)

17- Who or what got on your nerves the most? Probably my husband through no fault of his own. He was very sweet and considerate through my whole pregnancy. Love you babe!

18- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Yes. It was a twin pregnancy. The rest was smooth though.

19- Where were you when you went into labor? Cleaning during the Saturday general conference session. I was in labor most of the day. Around 8pm my contractions had been 5 min apart for an hour so we went to the hospital.

20- Did your water break? No. The Dr. on call broke it in the hospital

21- Who drove you to the hospital? Jeremy. I was worried I wasn't really in labor and that they would send me home. But on the way to the hospital they started hurting really bad. I was in pain during the contractions and then I would laugh in between because I couldn't believe I was actually in labor. (I know I'm weird) I was a 5 so they admitted me.

22- Did you go early or late? 12 days early. Max new the way to mommy's heart.

23- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Just Jeremy. My mom was able to catch a flight and arrived about 5 hours after he was born.

24- Was it video taped? No

25- Did you have any drugs for the pain? Epidural

26-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? Natural

27- What was your first reaction after giving birth? Pure amazement. I just couldn't believe he was mine.

28- Did your Husband cry? No, but he was choked up.
29- What did you name the baby? Max James

30- Did the baby have any complications? Not really. The cord was around his neck during delivery so the Dr. quickly cut it and he was fine.

31- How old is your baby today? 4 months old today!!

32- When is the next one coming? Not sure. If only I had a crystal ball....

33-If you could, would you do it all over again? Of course.