3 Months Old

Zander is 3 months old and his little personality is starting to come out. He was laughing and very wiggly while I was trying to take his picture this time. He is reaching all his milestones like a typical 3 month old baby. Here are some stats from this past month.

* Weighs 9.5 lbs

* Can hold his head up
* Calms down immediately when he hears
the shower or bath running
* Smiles and laughs

* Likes his diaper changed now
* Loves when I sing and move his hands to
paddy cake and popcorn popping

* Is starting to sleep through the night

Smiles

Zander is having fun with Aunty Kylie and his cousins today. I love to get picture texts while I'm at work - especially when it shows him so happy!

Devin's New Calling

Devin got a new calling at church on Sunday. He will be the new Assistant Deacon Quorums Advisor and Assistant Scout Leader. While he will miss all his kids in nursery, he is so excited to work with the youth in our ward. Kylie saw some of the deacons faces (including my nephew Mason) when they announced the change and they were pretty excited too. They probably think it will be PS3 and airsoft parties with their new fun leader, which will not be the case.  The new calling has a lot of responsibilities - mutual every Tuesday night, monthly over night campouts, trainings, and meetings - but Devin is up for the challenge. I know he will do great and the boys will love him. He has his first campout this weekend. I can't wait to hear how it goes!  

Look What I Can Do!

Although, sometimes he is lazy and just wants to lay down.

Or gets mad and I get to see that cute crying face.

LOVE My 2 Boys!

Zander is starting to get interested in toys. He loves to lay on this mat and wack the animals. It may be that he is just moving his arms and it happens to hit the animals, but I like to think that he knows what he is doing. Look how he is concentrating with that tongue sticking out!

Haircut

Zander was balding on top and had long hair on the sides and back. Now it's nice and even all away around. Thanks to Zander's Aunty Megan for cutting it for him. It looks so much better!  

Before:

After:

Finally...

We finally got Zander's hand and foot impression back. I absolutely love it!

Quality Time with Dad

Normally, this is how I find Devin and Zander when I come home from work. Teaching him hand eye coordination already.

I love how he is holding on to the remote cord.

Our Weekend of Fun

Devin and some of his friends went camping on Friday and Saturday. It was quite the trip and I wish I had some pictures. Devin, Jason, Geoff, and Eddie crammed into the Vibe and headed to Payson for a little male bonding time and airsoft playing. Devin forgot a blanket and sleeping bag and ended up freezing his butt off in the tent. After an hour, he decided to sleep in the car. For breakfast, the boys were excited for pancakes, eggs, and bacon. The cook decided to add maple syrup to the bacon and it was disgusting. After waiting so long for the pancakes and bacon, the boys decided to forgo eating the eggs and instead threw them at the trees. They joked that they should have invited us girls as we would have packed the camping essentials (like a sleeping bag!) and cook for them. Now that the boys had their weekend of fun, I think us girls need to plan our weekend retreat.

While Devin was gone, I got to spend some time with Zander and Alice. At first I was a bit afraid to take care of two babies, but it ended up being ok. Both babies went to bed early and slept through most of the night. This is how I looked most of the time with Alice at my side and Zander on my legs. I think the babies enjoyed their first sleepover.

Date Night

One perk of my job is that we can get free tickets to sporting events and concerts. I guess no one wanted to see American Idol Live since they looking for people to host the suite. I will admit this year wasn't as exciting as past seasons, but I did watch the show and know the AI gang - Big Mike, Casey, Crystal, Lee. At first I thought we could bring the baby. I was thinking that we'd be in the suite so we wouldn't be around a ton of people and if he cried we could sit in the lounge area with him. Plus after being away from him all day, I am always so excited and in a rush to get home and see him. In the end, we decided to leave him at home. Good thing we didn't take him because poor Zander would be deaf! He'll have to wait a bit longer for his first concert experience.  

It was our 2nd date night alone since having the baby and we had a lot of fun. We ate dinner at La Canasta, a restaurant that we've been talking about going to for a long time but it's too far from our house so we never do. It was alright, but not fabulous. It did give Devin bad heartburn and a trip to the restroom during the concert. When we were leaving the restaurant, Devin had something stuck in his pant leg and magically pulled out a pair of my underwear! I guess he grabbed his jeans out of the hamper. Kinda gross but we thought it was hilarious!  

We really enjoyed the concert and got to hang out with my coworker Patrina and her husband Oscar in the suite. It was hard for Devin to contain his excitement about the show as he was hooting and hollering after every performance. After Didi performed, it was dead silent and he shouted out "I love you Didi". We all laughed at him and then laughed even harder when she responded "I love you too". The concert started with Didi and counted down from the top 10 contestants down to Lee. There were also some medleys thrown in the mix and as we all know, it's not American Idol without some cheesy medleys.  

All in all, it was nice to have a night out together. We need to start doing date nights more often!

  

Yep - that's Lee Dewyze

Siobhan and all her weirdness. Patrina thought she was going to bring out a lamb and sacrifice it after her crazy performance.

Big Mike who should not try and sing JT songs.

He is one of a kind!

Aaron Kelly who sounded surprisingly good.

Crystal who was sporting her new smile.

Medley time - Devin's favorite : )

Some Things That Melt My Heart

When Zander grabs onto my shirt when I hold him.

Watching him sleep and hearing all his little noises

When he holds my fingers and won't let go.

When I see his pouty face

Mr. Mom

Since I started back at work this week, Devin has gotten to spend quality alone time with Zander. He feeds and snuggles with him while I am getting ready for work. He also dresses and gets him ready before he has to go to work. When I get home, Devin and Zander are always waiting for me. I love seeing Devin as a dad. He is a real softy and I know I'll end up being the mean mom who has to discipline our kids.

Today when I got home from work, Devin started telling me about his day. Zander spit up and was crying, so he decided to take a shower with him. I guess Zander loved it and calmed down immediately! Zander also peed on our bed and then later peed on his own clothes. The peeing happened when Devin was trying to change his diaper and he was naked. He needs to start using the pee pee teepee we got from Debbie.

Then Devin wanted to show me the cute outfit Zander was in after these peeing episodes. I looked at this shirt and thought to myself that I never knew the shirt had buttons on it. I quickly remembered the buttons were on the back of the shirt. Devin put it on the wrong way! There was even a tag on the back of the shirt, which was now in the front. Devin said he saw the tag, but didn't know how babies clothes worked. Too funny! I appreciate his effort in taking care of our son and got a good laugh out of it too. I'll have to post more Mr. Mom moments since I know there will be many. Love you babe!

Happy Birthday Babe

Happy Birthday to the love of my life Devin! I'm glad you came into the world 26 years ago. I can't imagine life without you!

Zander's Blessing Day

Today was a wonderful day! Zander was given a name and a blessing at church. Devin was so nervous, but did a great job on the blessing. Zander slept through the whole thing. We had so many family and friends there to celebrate the special day with us.

4 Generations of Merrills

4 Generations of Reeds

With Grandma and Grandpa Wasilewski