Pieces of the Reese's: April 2013

Thank heavens we have Bayli in the fam, she is still young enough that she actually gets a spring break from school so it makes it so we all take a break too. We headed to St George for a few days and had a great time. Big thanks to mom and dad for making it all happen and to Grandma Skidmore for coming and providing a way for the Hillyard's to come too. Most of all thanks to Cortni for driving all that way with 3 children, and for giving Tara and Roy a real good reason to take a break as well. Chanse wasn't able to come and he was sure missed, we could have used a little more testosterone in the group. We had a jam packed couple of days between golf, swim, razors and of course running and the park we barely found time to go out. I think this might have been my first trip down south that I can remember where I didn't even make it to Target or Christensen's. Wasn't too upset about it though it saved me some $$$.

Day 1:

Spent some time at the beach of Sand Hallow, paddle boarding, eating, and playing in the Sand.

Had to document the beard!!!

Josh is the only one who braved the water, scuba gear and all

Whitli is going to kill me, but she wouldn't ever pose for us and this was the only one I got !! So this should teach her ha ha!

Poor Presley.....Love her and her tender heart...

Now that is one, no two good lookin Grandma's.

Day 2

Sand Dunes... I was actually quite surprised at how beautiful it was. However it was hard to enjoy some of the trip as Brennen was driving and I was trying to hold down a car seat. The back seat was a little bumpy, so I was freaking out, but as you can see from the picture of Foster, he quite enjoyed the bumps, even slept through most of them. The belt on the four wheeler broke on our way back, thank heavens we had a tow rope, then we got stuck towing in the razor and got covered in sand trying to push it out. I am sure some onlookers had a good laugh.

Ready to Ride

And were off.... Dont mind the beer mug on our flag, we had to buy some and the selection was limited so we had a beer mug, dune princess and one that said freak. Quite diverse I must say.

Dipping our toes in the sand

Day 3:

We listened to some conference. swam and then went on another Razor ride. It was another pretty one through the red rock and sand. Then we just hung out and took some pics.

It was great weather and more importantly great company, so blessed to have such a great family.

I am a little late in posting his 4 month update. Partly because we have been busy and partly because I just can't believe how fast time is going. He had a great Doctors visit and besides the fact that he is allergic to baby lotion (which stinks because I have to use this special stuff and it does not smell like babies) he is doing great. He only cried for a second when they gave him his shots this time, so he is getting tougher as well as bigger. He still hasn't quite grown into his head however, but he was much happier this Doctors visit.

In case you can't read the fine print he weighed 12 lbs 11 oz, was 24 3/4 inches long and his head was 16 3/4 inches. The Doctor suggested we increase tummy time, which has not been hard to do as every time I lay him down he rolls to his tummy. He is pretty mobile, if we lay him on a blanket he has usually maneuvered himself off of it within a few minutes. He can sit up for a few seconds if he has his hands down to balance as well. The Doc also suggested we read at least 10-15 minutes a day. We have been trying to do this and he usually loves it. The same day he had his Dr's appt I sat in the rocking chair and read the 3 little pigs to him, the book just had paper pages and he was reaching for them and playing with the ends really loving it. I was about done with the book and went to turn to the last page and there was blood all over the page. He gave himself multiple paper-cuts, but didn't even care, no sign of pain or even a tear he just wanted to keep playing with the book. Felt like a bad mom that day. Needless to say we do not read paper books anymore.

He had his first mush on March 22..... exactly 4 months old. It was pretty messy, but amazing how well he picked up on using the spoon. He scarfs it now and when he see's that spoon he gets super excited and opens wide. We were totally expecting this to solve the sleeping through the night issues but still no luck in that department. Still love him though.

He also started holding his own bottle a couple weeks ago. Grandma was pretty sad about this as this is the only time he will sit still long enough to hold and cuddle.

This is how Foster sits in his bumbo. For some reason he pulls that right leg in and hunches over, even if there aren't any toys on the floor.

This was Foster's reaction to cousin Hazel's spit up. We were trying to get them to smile and Whitli caught this on the camera. Foster is a little grossed out but as you can see Hazel is all smiles under that yummy stuff.

Brennen will not like that I posted this one, but wanted to have it in the books, its not the first time its happened, but I have warned him time and time again to let Foster chill after he eats instead of standing him up and letting him move around. Needless to say the mush has made the throw-up a little more chunky. EEW!

Foster loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, if I can't get him calmed down when he has a tummy ache, this works every time. Don't worry I don't do it often, but as you can see his eyes are glued and he is very relaxed pants off and all.

Foster was fascinated by the lawn mower and watched his dad mow almost the whole time. I was actually able to get some laundry folded and put away. Which rarely happens when he is awake since his attention span is not much at this point, he usually needs a new toy every 30 seconds. But this day the Lawn mower did the trick. Thank heavens for the glass doors I have on the front and back doors.

Foster has really taken to Champ over the last few weeks as well, he loves to watch him fetch the Frisbee and gets a grin every time Champ brings it back to us. I tried to video it but got a little too much of my double chin so try to focus on Foster.

We went to St George last week and had a great time with the Family. Lots of fun and so glad the cousins could meet us there. I will make a post of just our trip next but here are a few shots of Foster. He loves being outside, wasn't so sure about the colder water though.