One Month Old

Our little "J-Man" turned one month on Monday.  I can't believe he's already a month old!  Here are a couple more photos I took of him.

In the month that he's been with us, he has grown so much.  He's starting to actually get some meat on his bones, he's already rolling over and is starting to hold his head up (even if it is only for a few seconds).  He LOVES being held and staying up late....like father, like son, hates dirty diapers (WHOO HOO!) and his pacifier.

We all just love and adore the little man!

Pergola Progress

The last couple of days, Brian has been doing various things around the house to get it ready for company for our son's baby blessing.  He started working on the pergola again and now it is almost done!   Whoo hoo!  OW! OW!  Check out that sexy man!.....Oh wait. On second thought, never mind!

My handyman showing off.  He built the pergola completely on his own.  My honey has got skills!

Look out below!  Don't worry (Ma).  He's just posing.  He's not really falling....all though if he was, at least he's wearing a helmet right?

And of course Tali wanted to be like her Daddy.  She stole Daddy's glasses (she's turning into quite the little klepto) and put them on.  That's okay though.  At least she looks cute.

Silly girl.

IT'S DONE!!!!
Here is a picture of the finished pergola.....well other than staining it anyway.

My husband is totally AMAZING!

Flour Patch Kid

All you mothers out there know how exhausted you get after having a baby and then having to chase an energetic toddler around pretty much just wipes you out (I seriously wonder how you mothers with more than two kids do it!  Kudos to you!).  Well, a couple weeks ago our little man had fallen asleep and I was so tired from not getting enough sleep the night before that I had fallen asleep myself......thankfully it was only about 5-10 minutes.  FYI:  Don't ever fall asleep when your toddler is wide awake!  You may wake up to find this:

I had woken up to this crinkling paper noise.  When I went to go inspect it, I knew Tali had gotten in to something she knows she's not supposed to.  She had got into our bread flour.  Oh goody!  My first reaction was to get mad at her, but how could I get mad at that face?

Monson Family Party

This past Sunday, Brian's and his siblings threw a combined surprise birthday party for both his mom and dad.  It was great because Brian's brother and his family were able to come in from out of state. 

We had so much fun hanging out with the family!  There was great food (thanks Kristine & Trent!), great company and lots of happy wet children.

We didn't really think to bring Tali's swimsuit because I wasn't planning on swimming and Brian is not all that keen on pools.  Luckily for Tali, her uncle Mitch gave her a swimmer diaper and got a small t-shirt from her uncle Trent and was still able to go swimming in the pool.  Tali LOVED it!  She was really attached to her uncle Mitch.  Here are some cute photos I got of the two.

Tali would jump from the trampoline to her uncle Mitch in the pool.  She thought it was the coolest thing ever!  She then chased her cousin Eli around trying to hit each other (just playing around of course) and Mitch.

Pappy must have gotten so worn out just watching the kids run around that I was able to snap this photo of him.

We love our pappy!

I of course had to get a family photo too.

Good times!  Good times!

Roll-ie Poll-ie

Today I was sitting on our couch with the "J-Man" and decided I should do tummy time.  I laid a blanket down on the other cushion next to me and put him on his belly.  I turned my head for a few seconds and looked back to find the "J-Man" on his back.  I thought "maybe I did put him on his back."  I then put him back on his belly and watched him.  He actually rolled over!  He was screaming when he did it, but he actually rolled over and he's only three weeks old!  Here is one of the videos I took of him rolling over at Grandma & Grandpa Monson's house.

Whoo hoo!  Way to go J-Man!