I have to jot down some of my favorite moments or I will only remember being sleep deprived and hungry hahahaha.

• When G burrows his head in my shoulder
• When he falls asleep on my chest or in my arms
• When he’s crying and someone hands him to me and he instantly settles down
• BIG stretches and yawns after naptime
• The way he scrunches his face when he’s tired or lights are too bright
• Baby smiles while he’s sleeping, or when he’s awake
• Little coos that melt my heart
• The way his eyes get SO BIG when something startles him
• How his arms FLY up when we unswaddle him
• How he puts his hands by his face when he’s overly tired
• His fascination with the outside lights or ceiling fan
• How he recognizes Randy and my voices
• How he looks like a little old man in the mirror while we’re driving in the car
• How he grabs my shirt when he’s overly tired and just wants something to hold on to and sleep
• His tiny newborn scream
• How much he hated baths and now how suddenly he loves them
• How he grabs your hand to help him keep his binky or bottle in his mouth

This weekend was insanely fun! G got to meet his Uncle Jon who came in from New York to visit. It was a blast to see G with him and to have everyone (but our sweet missionary) together.

We got these darling pictures of G and cousin Charlotte! Their shirts say “Cousins make the best friends” and they were SO silly and sweet getting their pictures taken.

My parents got back from Europe and it was so awesome to see them again! They have so many fun stories to tell and we have had a great time hearing about their adventures, and they’ve loved seeing Graham again.

On Saturday we went to this amazing exhibit in SLC called “The Hall of Breakfast” and it was out of this world! It’s part art exhibit part interactive museum and all of it centered around breakfast food so it doesn’t get better than that. Graham was so well behaved and we had a great time with Bethany and Jarem hanging out. There was “Pop Art” – real art pieces like Starry Night recreated on TOAST. Real bread and everything. There were giant donut swings, a voting booth to decide of pancakes or waffles were better, and a giant freezer door that let you into the whole thing. We had WAY too much fun, and even though Randy killed his leg in the ball pit, it was still a great time.

G is starting to smile which is sincerely melting my mama heart. He’s getting better at night sleeping thank HEAVEN and is overall a really happy kid.

Sweet little Graham is ONE MONTH OLD!

•at his last appointment he weighed 8 lbs 10 oz
•he is 21.5 inches long
•he is a champion eater and sleeper
•he is starting to smile which makes Randy and I melt
•he loves dance parties and reading stories
•he’s still in newborn clothing and diapers but I get the feeling that will change soon
•he used to HATE getting a bath but now he absolutely loves it
•he has the sweetest temperament, doesn’t fuss a lot, and is just the absolute best baby – we are so lucky to have him in our family!

Some of my favorite memories of this first month have been his birth (obviously), having all our friends and family meet him, seeing him start to smile, giving him baths and watching as he starts to like them more, going on long walks, hitting up the mall and restaurants and how mellow he is, getting to eat all the candy I want since the diabetes is gone (I get a check at my six week appointment to ensure it’s gone, but since they can’t check until then I get to eat whatever I want!), taking photos and watching him pose, cuddles in the morning, getting to put his cute newborn outfits on him, realizing he recognizes Randy and my voices, and so much more!

Happy Father’s Day to the best dad I could have asked for. He came to every ballet recital, track meet, bought us dolls and toys to have on Christmas morning or our birthdays, worked so unbelievable hard to give us vacations to Disneyland and new shoes for school. He has taught me so much about love, dedication, and having fun. He always answers the phone for my questions about the most random things, from insurance to sports, and he’s the best grandpa to little G. I love you, Dad!

We’re SO busy all the time over here!

Here’s a little update:

Graham is still the sweetest baby.

We’re trying to figure out how to get on a routine (Check out our YouTube video about it) and it’s proving difficult but last night, Graham only woke up ONCE and only for five minutes! So we’re doing great!

I’m back taking on freelance clients and it’s busy and crazy, but so good.

Randy’s parents went to Japan and are heading to Disneyland this week, my parents are in Europe, and my sister is in New York.

Randy is loving his kickboxing classes, is kicking school’s BUTT and is the best daddy in the universe.

I’m SUPER tired, and it’s been hard to be here and try to do everything, but not be able to go places or be stressed about going places. But we’re doing good.

Graham is super strong, doesn’t mind tummy time, LOVES being cuddled, is pretty good at napping, and is pretty much a mommy and daddy’s boy, he likes being with us more than anyone.

I’m blazing through The Great British Baking Challenge while working or nursing.

Graham loves it when we sing him songs, read stories, or have dance parties.

We’ll be doing Graham’s one month update in just a few days and I can’t BELIEVE it. I will probably cry about it.

Note about those photos ^ I took them on a Sunday and Randy and Graham were in that EXACT position at the EXACT same time. It was too cute.

A couple weeks ago we had a baby shower for my little sister and their darling little GIRL coming in October!!! I’m so excited Graham will have a cousin so close in age, and it has been so fun to have my sister right behind me in pregnancy.

I got lucky and found Basic Invite which has EVERY kind of card imaginable.

I may have gotten distracted and found a dozen cute baby shower invitations for boys too. I’m just totally in boy-mode now! They have  so many adorable options like this ones:

The perfect fit were these nautical baby shower invitations templates, HOW CUTE! My sister and Matt are heading to Florida for work before their little nugget is born, so a “bon voyage” “anchors away” type theme was just perfect.

I loved that I could convert my favorites from “boy” to “girl” so easily, because Basic Invite has almost unlimited color options and lets you customize your samples so you know exactly what you’re getting. There are also tons of envelope color options and address capture connected to social media. This is SO convenient so you don’t have to hunt people down to ask for their address, you can simply connect your invitation to social media and get their address through that. SO easy.

I also am DYING over the baby announcements at Basic Invite. I wasn’t together enough to send out any for Graham but I am totally going to now – even though it’ll be late! I’m also totally using them for my Christmas cards and for all the shower invitations I have coming this summer.

Go on over and check them out – I’m such a HUGE fan of being able to create something beautiful and get it exactly the way I want it.

As some of you know, we are living in my parent’s basement (we’re winning at life) for the time being while we house hunt and save for a down payment! It’s been super nice, and we are so insanely lucky!

Because we’re living there, Graham’s room is also the basement playroom! Which I’m sure he will LOVE when he’s a little older and there are HUNDREDS of toys for him!

Because of that, his nursery is kind of on two walls and the rest of the room is full of toys. BUT I’m still a huge fan of how it turned out and couldn’t wait to show some photos!

We decided to do a music nursery (because Randy is this kid’s father and music is more important to him than just about anything!) and it turned out SO cute!

Let me know what you think, if we need to add anything to the nursery, etc!

Canvas: https://www.etsy.com/shop/thewoodedlane/items
Crib: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30248575/
Crib sheets: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J9CC6QK?colid=OQ86KYN31BQZ&coliid=ICH2PPUHFVAQD&ref=br_ADD_TO_CART_image_link
Sofa slipcover: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0791LQVK4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1