5 Months = Fun!

Austin is now almost 5 1/2 months. I've decided that this stage is sooooo fun! I've heard though, that it only gets better. This was one of the pictures for his 5 months. As you can see he is trying to cheat. His legs are so strong. He loves to push himself up to standing.


He rolls over all the time. He likes to roll from tummy to back. When he's on his back he likes to keep it that way. He does turn on his side and move around the floor.


He fits in his jeans! Wahoo. He looked like such a grown up.


He gets the giggles. It's so cute how he finds random things so funny. This is one of the nights that he was sitting and just laughing.

p.s.

If you read the new post below you know that Austin was close to rolling over. He must have known I posted that because the minute I published the post we went out into the living room. I put him on his tummy and he rolled over. I sat there for a second just staring at him and thinking...huh...he's on his back...that means he rolled over, right...wait he rolled over!! Yeah! So I clapped and smiled and he smiled and giggled. I hurried and called Daron and then put him on his tummy and he rolled over again. Wow. So fun!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

What a wonderful time of year we just celebrated. I know this is a little late. We had a wonderful Christmas, full of family and friends. We were able to spend Christmas Eve with the Barlow Family where we ate yummy food and opened some presents.
This is my Nephew Jaden. My dad was in charge of getting the two grand kids their gifts. If any of you know my dad then you would know that he is very much a computer guy. So, Jaden and Austin received their first laptops. This is Jaden playing with his. Cute boy!

On Christmas we went over to the Bergstroms. Where we, once again, had yummy food and opened presents. Austin truly got spoiled this year. For some reason pictures are not downloading into this blog. So I will have to get more later.
On December 25 not only did we celebrate Christmas, but Austin turned 4 months old! We had so much fun with him during this holiday season. He has grown so much and we are loving the changes that happen. The stats for this month are:
Weight: 16 lbs (80%)
Length: 24.5 (40%)
Head: Big (90%)
4 Months Old:

Once I can figure out why the pictures aren't downloading I will post a video that I took of Austin moving around. He is so close to rolling over. He found out though, that if he is to arch is back and move his legs real fast that he can move in circles on his back. He is hilarious to watch. I have to keep moving him back to where he started and then he just moves around again. What a fun little boy.
We also had tons of fun with our annual high school friends reunion at our home, and a night of games on New Years at the Bergstroms. We loved getting together with so many people this season and catching up.
Happy New Year to you all!!

It had to happen....sooner or later...

Our baby went from this:



To this...

So Cool

This last weekend Daron and I found out how truly cool we are. Let me explain...

#1 Reason why we are so cool
Friday night Daron came home to a wife and son who had a long hard day. He gets the idea that we should order Cafe Rio online, get it to go, and rent "UP". Sounds great! So we order online our Cafe Rio and order our video from Redbox online. We go get the video which is all ready for us. Then we head to Cafe Rio where I go inside. It is PACKED!! I go to the "To Go" cashier where I hand them my printed out order which states it should be ready at 6:30. It was 6:30. The nice cashier looks on his nifty difty computer for our order....searching...searching...nothing. He smiles, then leaves. Hum. He comes back with his manager and they start searching...searching...nothing. I am then told to wait for a minute...five minutes....ten minutes.... at that point they say "order for Daron". Yes yes that's me..."Sorry we are out of wheat tortillas". Okay I'm thinking, give me the only other kind you have. So they have to go do that. Finally they have our order ready. This is where the cool part comes. First I have a coupon for a free dessert (key lime pie!). Then I have a buy one get one free. Next the manager asks if I would like a free dessert for the inconvenience. I tell her I already have a free dessert. So she gives me chips and salsa and a free drink. Yes I get all of that for 8 dollars. I didn't even mind that I had to wait 15 minutes. Who can pass by free food. So cool!

#2 Reason why we are so cool
On Saturday Daron and I didn't have any plans. We basically stayed in all day. We decided that we wanted to make some yummy pumpkin rolls. So I found a nice step by step video online and we start making them. I must say that before we started I saw pictures of pumpkin rolls that other people made and they did not look very professional. They all said "Don't expect much your first time." So I didn't. Except they turned out so good!! I must say we are definitely cool.

The Roll


Close Up


Ready to serve...yum!!


He definitely thinks we are cool

What I do when I'm bored...

I was looking through Austin's dresser and found all these cute hats. So I did what any other stay at home mom would do...a photo shoot:)


"Don't look at mom and maybe she'll stop"


"Um...these chubby cheeks make it hard to keep my head straight"


"What up homie?"


"Are we done yet?"

(The hat has a big "Y" on it. Brought to you by Daron's cute sister Katie and her husband Chris)

Then I took a picture of his big belly.


Yes that's what we do all day while we are home!


Halloween was tons of fun. We had a party with friends at our house. Daron and I love having parties. So thanks friends for putting up with a crying baby. We hope you had fun:)
This is Austin and cute little Grace all dressed up on our party night.

oh baby oh baby!!

What a way to start a post huh? This is Austin right after a bath. His hair is curly and crazy and his eyes are huge!! He enjoys baths for the most part. We can always count on him to set off a pee fountain when we set him in the tub. It makes us laugh.

Austin turned 2 months old which means we were able to go to the doctor and see how much he weighs! And oh baby oh baby he weighs 12 pounds!! He is in the 75th percentile in weight. But wait for it...he is 21 1/2 inches meaning he is in the 5th percentile on height. Yes folks he is short and chubby.

This past week we were able to spend time with my good friend Erin as she and Eric were married. They are such a cute couple.


I also have been obsessed with cooking Zucchini bread. I love the smell, the taste and the recipe is soooo easy. Yum..


And last but not least I'm totally obsessed with taking pictures. As you can tell Austin tends to take over the posts. Sorry but I think he's cute so I take a lot of pictures. Here are a few more of him smiling. He does it all the time now.