Our Little Angel

Last Friday was Dylan's 'half birthday'. He is now 6 months old. I can't believe how fast time has passed, it seems like just yesterday I was pregnant. People always say that they never knew they could love someone as much as they love their kids and that it is a different kind of love that you don't experience in any other way. I never quite understood what they meant until I became a mom myself. The last 6 months with Dylan have brought so much love, happiness, and joy into our lives it is hard to put it into words. There is nothing sweeter than walking into the room and seeing his little face light up with a huge smile just because he is so happy to see you. It is so fun to watch him learn new things as he explores the world around him. He is sitting up pretty well now and is in that stage of picking up anything within his reach and putting it straight into his mouth. He loves to play with little toys and I think his favorite time of day is bath time! He is such a good baby, pretty happy and content most of the time. My days are always filled with lots and lots of smiles and giggles - being a mom is the best! It doesn't matter how tired or frustrated I feel at times, the second I see him smile my heart melts and for that moment in time the world seems perfect. I am so grateful I am able to stay home and take care of him. I would not want to be missing out on all the cute things he does all the time. I am trying to savor every moment of every day because I know that before I realize it he won't be a baby anymore. So right now I am loving each day with my sweet little baby boy. I love him so much I can hardly stand it! Life doesn't get much better than this does it?

Walk

I had a bunch of things on my 'to-do' list today that I needed to get done. But as I was eating lunch, the news was on and it said that the sun was shining and it was 61 degrees outside. So I thought I better put my other things aside and take advantage of the nice weather and get outside for a little walk. I got Dylan's coat on, put him in his stroller with his blanket and off we went. We got to the park at the end of the street, I stopped to take a picture of him and realized that even though he was bundled up his little hands, nose, and ears were so cold!! So needless to say we turned around and came right back home. I guess I will just have to keep dreaming of the days when it will be warm enough to spend more than 15 minutes outside!

Celebrating Love Day

We had a pretty uneventful Valentine's Day - on the actual day. I had asked Paul what he wanted me to cook for him that night, and I was so excited to make him a nice dinner and just spend the evening together. But I ended up getting sick and I was not feeling like cooking, or doing anything else for that matter. My poor husband had to come home to me laying on the couch about ready to fall asleep and of course no dinner to eat. So we settled for a couple of grilled cheese sandwiches, watched a little TV, and crashed. Fortunately we had some fun plans for the next night to celebrate the holiday. We got together with a group of friends from our ward for a catered dinner from Maggiano's (a really yummy italian restuarant) and an evening full of laughter, good conversation, and fun. We had to split up and go to two different houses because there were so many of us for dinner, but then met up at one house for dessert and hanging out afterwards. Where we had dinner we ate on nice china, the lights were dimmed, and candles burned on the tables. It was so romantic! :) We had so much fun. We took Dylan with us and he did pretty well. He lasted until about 10 pm, then it was home to bed for us. It was a nice way to celebrate Valentine's Day with Paul since we didn't get to do anything the night before. I am so lucky to have such a great guy in my life!! I don't want to get too lovey dovey here because I know none of you want to read about that. But I do want to say that I am a pretty lucky girl. I have the best husband that anyone could ask for. He is so sweet and thoughtful, and for anyone who knows him, he is so much fun to be with! My life would not be complete without him! It was a great Valentine's Weekend.
(The group picture I posted was taken after we left to get our little man in bed - along with a few other couples. So there were a couple of us missing.)

Baby Food. . .Finally!

This week has been fun introducing Dylan to 'real food' (if you can call it that). We have tried oatmeal cereal and sweet potatoes so far. He always makes a funny face when he takes the first few bites, like he is totally grossed out. But despite the facial expressions he gobbles it all up. He hasn't been too bad at spitting it out either. We don't have a high chair yet, so I have been feeding him in his Bumbo seat. This works well except that it doesn't have any sort of tray on it to catch anything that falls. So he can get pretty messy!