2 months!

Yesterday Steven officially turned 2 months old. I cannot believe it has been that long since Steven was born. I know it doesn't sound that long, but to me it's just astounding.

He's about 10.5 lbs now (I'll find out the exact weight next week at his 2 month appointment). He sleeps through the night almost every night...in fact he'll sleep for about 8 hours, wake up, eat a bit, & then go back to sleep for another 3-4 hours. I am so lucky & so grateful that he is such a great baby! He's starting to smile at us more & the other day he actually LAUGHED for the first time! It was at absolutely nothing but it was so cute! I was able to get the last little bit on tape, which I am so grateful for. Yay for video cameras! I am so excited for the next stages to come & for him to become even more playful. :)

Mama didn't raise no fool! I wanted him to be able to take a bottle for babysitters & such but he quickly learned that bottle feeding is easier than breast feeding. He decided he prefered bottle feeding so here we are. Thank goodness I get lots of free samples of formula from work...

Just chillaxin

He's got his thinking pose on

Josh thinks this face is one of the funniest he's ever seen. He's been fed and is just falling asleep

Steven loves his daddy :)

He's got an "Alfalfa-esque" rooster tail on the back of his head
Super star!

Josh's birthday

In Josh's family, birthdays are not just celebrated for one day, they are extended over several days. This year on Josh's actual birthday (November 4th), the three of us went out to dinner at one of our favorite local restaurants. The next night, Josh's parents took us out for his birthday dinner. Josh & his parents really love sushi so we went to this new sushi bar they love. I don't like sushi (yes, I have tried it) but they had stuff for me as well. Plus, in two weeks, I get to choose my own restaurant to go to so I can't complain at all. This past Sunday (the 9th), we had his family dinner at his parent's house. Those are always very yummy! Steak, crab, lots of fruit, edamame...the most amazing chocolate cake for dessert! Aweeessomme!!

The night of his actual birthday. You can't really tell, but that's an excited look on his face. He was just seeing that I bought him the complete series of Seinfeld of DVD.
I think he was accusing me of something but I'm not sure what...

Checking out the DVDs

For his birthday, Josh asked his parents for money because there wasn't really one specific big thing he wanted. Yes, those are benjamins, and yes, they are real. Can you count them? ;)

Halloween

Josh & I didn't do much for Halloween. We never really have since we've been married. The past two years we haven't had many trick-or-treaters, if any at all. When Steven & my other kids get older I will definitely take them out. (and probably steal most of their candy ;) ) This year my brother & sister-in-law threw a Halloween/1st birthday party for their son the day before Halloween. We dressed up and went so that was pretty fun. Halloween night we stayed in & watched "The Happening". That movie is pretty disturbing. Definitely don't let your kids watch it!

Steven was a bear. That outfit is actually a really warm suit for the winter but it looks like a bear. Nice face, huh? ;)
Josh was a very bad surgeon & he killed me.

Don't you love Steven's face?

My sister & her family. L-R: Drew, Anna, Ashley, Ginelle, MandyMy nephew, Ethan, was a cow. I liked this picture because it's very fitting for his costume

My brother & his family. L-R: Dave, Ethan, Mary

My oldest sister, Heather, sent this outfit to Steven for Halloween. I got it on Halloween day. Good timing! ;)

Denise's baby shower

On the 25th of October I went to my friend, Denise's, baby shower. I've known her since the 4th grade! It's so crazy that I still know even one friend from that long ago, and I actually still talk to 4 people from way back then! Awesome. Anyway, Kim was there as well as our other friend, MeChel. It was awesome to see them all and I'm so excited for Denise to have her baby! She doesn't know exactly what she's having yet, which is a bummer, but they think it might be a girl.

L-R: Kim, me, Denise, Mechel, MaKenna's body (MeChel's little girl

Denise, me, Steven, MaKenna, Mechel

Steve with his Aunt Kiki

Kim, MaKenna, MeChel

MaKenna, Kim, MeChel

Old school chicas!

Scrapbooking

These are my first attempts at scrabooking. They're not great but I don't consider myself to be very creative so I'm pretty happy with them :) It's amazing how much time they take, though, and how hard it is to get much done with Steven around! He's worth it, though :)
This one is a little tribute to Steven's namesake: Josh's dad. I think Steven is already pretty close to being his favorite (if grandparents are allowed to have favorites)

I just wanted this one to be about when he was first born & his stats (date, time, weight, length)

Cindy's birthday

Last Wednesday (the 30th) most of the people from work went out to lunch for Cindy's birthday. She's the mom of the office ;)
Clockwise from front left: Michelle, Candice, Julie, Debbie, Cindy, Janine, Stephanie, Jessica, me, Steven, Joanna

Cindy's birthday dessert. It was yummy! (She shared with me :) )

It's ridiculous but I love these things...

7 things that attract me to my husband
.One of the first things that attracted me to Josh was on our first date. It was how he talked about his mission, going to the temple on his mission, & how he was looking forward to getting married in the temple :)
.His butt. Hands down, best butt I've ever seen (you can stare, it's okay)
.He is soooooo patient!! (He's taught me a lot of patience, too)
.He is such a great dad
.He is the one person I most want to spend my time with
.His spiritual side
.His smile & dimples

7 things I always say
.Ridiculous
.Josh!
.Your face
.Calm your face
.Crazy
."Okay let's get your weight...great now go ahead and leave me a sample & then I'll meet you in room 2" (I say that [or room 3 or room 4] pretty much about 75 times a day at work on Tuesdays)
.Baby talk to Steven. I catch myself doing it and wonder why, just because I am talking to a baby, that my voice automatically gets higher & my words get all kind of run together

7 things I Love to eat
.Hands down, the sirloin or filet Marsala from Carrabba's!!!!
.German Chocolate Crunch from the BYU creamery
.Dark peppermint ice cream from Cold Stone
.My mom's chicken noodle soup
.My mother-in-law's chocolate cake!!!! Mmmmmm (Only 3 weeks until I can eat some...)
.Sunkist orange soda with the GOOD ice from the hospital cafeteria
.Mango WATER ICE!!!
...I could continue to name many more things... :)

7 things I can do
.Cook/bake
.Take someone's blood pressure
.Raise one eyebrow (my right)
.Scuba dive
.Take pictures (and some of them turn out pretty good, too!)
.Plan things
.Sew

7 things I can't do
.Clean my kitchen (okay, I CAN, but I really don't like to)
.My visiting teaching (I'm so bad at that!)
.Keep my mouth shut when I get really irritated about something
.Speak any other languages
.Give up facebook or my blog (yes, Jess, I am addicted now!) ;)
.Fix my car on my own (I'd like to be able to do that, though)
.Eat sushi...ewww

By the way this is a taggy-thing again...now I tag Jessica, Arika, Rachel