Cutting the Doo

I apologize for the many pictures but I end up taking 10 in hopes that I'll get one cute one where he is smiling instead the non-smiling faces he makes just crack me up! Also this one is for his Grandma's because they like multiple pictures of the boy.

These are all the before pictures

 wait... mom what are you doing

 This face made me giggle for a good half hour

Baby pattern baldness

all his crazy little straggly hairs

This one had me chuckling quite a bit too.

I just can't get over how sweet his face is!

All his little baby fuzzys :(

After!

Obviously because he is a boy the difference isn't THAT noticeable but I have see less of his little hairs around the house since his little trim.

I cut his hair while he was in the Bumbo and initially he was good with the trimmers but about half of the way through he was just shrieking. I kept turning them off and giving him a break so he could calm down and maybe get a hold of himself but after about 5 min of that with no improvement I just went for it while he cried. Haha, poor boy was drooling and getting hair all over himself.

Can't make me look at you 

Uhhh! Are you done yet?

This face right here is generally how he feels about taking pictures.

If you are wondering what he is staring at in the last picture it's the entertainment center, he is in love with it, has been since he first laid eyes on it. I predict the entertainment center is sure to be a favorite place of havoc in his near future.

It's Getting Humid

This is our sweltering Memorial day weekend. I should also note that where we come from it is completely common if not expected for Memorial day to be pretty cold and rainy.

Our neighbor Joy with Davie. The poor boy was so hot and I love how red his cheeks are in this picture.

three little ladies all under 3 playing in the swimming pool, very entertaining.

We had a cook out with some friends

And David tried his best to be social after studying most of the day.

Thats us!

Not Interested

A couple of weeks ago Davie had his first taste of rice cereal.

He enjoyed it soooo much

We decided to wait another month to try again.

If you watch closely you can see him do the "thats disgusting" head shake. The whole thing made me laugh especially since it was essentially thick milk so there is no way it could have tasted too different from what he usually eats and I accidentally mixed it SUPER thin. Silly boy.

3 Years

This time three years ago I had my first baby. Three. Years. That doesn't even seem possible! Since I had millions of things weighing on my mind when he was born I realized I never shared his birth story, so here it is.

When I first found out I was pregnant with Colin I was happy that he was due in May and not any later in the summer. As my due date came closer and I slowly lived through April I was wishing he had been due April 1st. I can remember being so hot and uncomfortable! Not to mention rather large. Nothing fit and even my skin felt tight.I was at 3 cm by 38 weeks and even though I knew that didn't really mean anything it made me hopeful. That was also when they stripped my membranes. I had my last doctors appointment on Tuesday the 26th and they stripped my membranes again. Nothing had happened the week before so I did not get excited. I had a normal day I even cut some hair that evening. Then around 7:30pm I felt my first contraction. I didn't know that was what it was at the time but I still remember looking up at the clock.

As the evening went on I had more and more and closer together. To keep me occupied around 9 pm I decided to curl my hair. No reason to have a baby without good hair, right? By midnight my contractions were about 3-5 min apart and I was in PAIN! So my mom drove with me to Mountainview hospital. By the time I got there and was checked I was at 6cm! I was shocked, but in a very good way, all the stories about how slow first babies can be had me thinking I would be in pain like this for days. I hadn't really "planned" on anything besides not having a C-section so when I got there and I was already far enough along (and in plenty of pain) to get an epidural I decided to get one. I would say that my pain level at this point was pretty darn bad. It was the kind of pain that every time I had a contraction I felt like I wasn't going to make it through. At my birth class I remembered them saying that when you get an epidural you can sometimes here a crunching noise as the put the needle in. So as the anesthesiologist put the needle in I started humming REALLY loud. My mom probably thought I was going nuts! Haha but I had NO desire whatsoever to hear my own body make a crunching noise. 

My epidural took complete affect within 45 min and when they checked me again I was at an 8! From then on it was pretty much smooth sailing. I probably would have delivered by 3 or 4 am without the epidural. It was about 3 am and I took a nap until about 6 ish. That was when things started picking up again and not just in my room. Some poor lady in the next room over started yelling and screaming. It was funny but only because it was awkward and not happening to me. She sounded just like the women on TV sitcoms when they have babies. I had to wait for the doctor to deliver her before they would break my water. Once that was all done they broke my water, I slowly started pushing and at 7:11 am Colin was there! That was probably one of the most bittersweet moments of my entire life (even now). I cannot explain the wealth of emotions I still feel when I think about it. I felt instantly relived physically, overwhelming sadness and happiness all at once that my trial was almost over. 

Right after they got him all bundled up

Meeting Colin

For as difficult as the whole ordeal was my stay in the hospital was so peaceful and the nurses were so amazing!

Beautiful boy

Look how fluffy my face was! Whew, yuck!

Now that I have Davie I think that day means even more to me.In my life I had always said that if I ever have a baby and was not married I would give it up for adoption. I never imagined I would ever do it. I am one of the few people who have said something like that and had the opportunity to put my money where my mouth was. I was always such a goody goody. I didnt have my first real boyfriend until I was 15 and he broke up with me by reading a scripture about choosing right from wrong. I didn't get my first kiss until my senior year of high school (I was 17) and I never smoked or drank. The chances of me ever being in a situation in which I would need to give a child up for adoption were slim to none. And yet here I am three years later and I made it.

On his first birthday

The day I got to meet him was the day before his 2nd birthday.

And his 3rd! Sorry for stealing this one Darcy but I couldn't resist his cute-ness!

 I'm still not sure if I can say I'm happy for the entire experience (it is going to take a while) but I am happy where I am now, happy for Colin and I am happy for his family. 

Davie is a Bear

These photos don't need a lot of dialogue, but my baby is stinkin' cute! I hope his grandparents enjoy. Also this is the same outfit he wore on his trip home from the hospital that he was swimming in.

Tiny baby bear

 

Its not a good kiss until you get a good squish 

Towards the end of the video if you listen really close when I say he is a cute bear it sounds just like Davie is says "uhh yaaa" and agrees with me. Babies are the best toys :)