Las Vegas!

We had a great time in Vegas! We got to go see Phantom of the Opera. We had great seats and now can't get the songs out of our heads.

The Bellagio flower display
Of course, we went to the Bellagio and had a lot of fun showing the water show to Spencer. I wished we had captured his face when the show first started...it was hilarious! His eyes opened really big and his jaw dropped!

Viva Las Vegas!!! Or as my Dad says, Viva Lost Wages!! Thanks to my parents and brother Spencer for a great weekend!!!

Six months already!!!

Spencer got a high chair for his six month celebration! (Well, it just happened to come in the mail today...) But he likes it, and feeding him is much easier. The chair turns feedings from a two person job down to a one person job (allowing us to capture his facial expressions on video!).

As I was hoping to show you with video (the video is ridiculously big and was taking too long to upload and I don't know how to make it smaller), he is not quite used to applesauce yet (he pulls some pretty funny faces), but he has warmed up to peaches and he loves green beans (just like his mommy--except for I don't care for mine puree'd.) We love our little guy and have loved these past six months with him!!!!

Rolling over

Awhile ago, Spencer did a magic rollover but I couldn't get him to do it again. Well this past week, he has been doing it again and has gotten pretty good. As soon as you put him on his back, he goes to his belly. But he is not as good going from belly to back, though we know he can because he has a few times. Anyway, today I finally was able to capture it on camera!

What a perfect day for grilling!

Spencer is hooked! He LOVED grilling with Jean and wanted to help hold everything! It was pretty darn cute!

five months ago...

this little guy joined our family.

Bet this is the youngest grandpa you'll ever see...These rompers are easy and cute, but they do make Spencer look like a grandpa to me! (Maybe because my grandpa wore those mechanic coveralls or whatever they are called, you know the ones that zip up the front and have sleeves...) Anyway, happy five months little guy! Crazy how time flies.

Recent pics of our cutie for you out-of-towners

Check out that bald spot...

I swear that he really does smile! He was just enamored by the red flash light shining in his face...
Mom, this is the little polar bear you bought him that he likes to hug and kiss (well, chew on). It is cute when he tucks it under his arm or takes naps with it, as you can see. Big hit, thanks!

I told you he has got quite the bald spot. It has proven to be quite the conversation starter with random strangers.

Lastly, he is closer to learning how to breathe in wind/gusts of air than he is to rolling over...work in progress! =)

poor baby...

So Spencer has been sick since Sunday. Poor little guy, he hasn't been eating much, has been sleeping a ton, even more than usual, and has had high temps several times. Yesterday they did all kinds of tests, which he hated. He kept looking at me, while wailing, and saying with his eyes, "Mom, make them stop, why are you letting them do this to me?" Breaks his momma's heart. But today he is feeling much better, YEA!

This picture is from a few weeks ago, Spencer has to endure all the hairstyles we give him. But in our defense, we must do something with his baby hair, because most babies don't have any...

Marvel!

I just have to say that we are blown away all the time at how blessed we are! Everything works out so well for us all the time, that you would think that we would stop worrying about things (guess that is just human nature). We do our best to have faith though, and everytime we get what we need and more, we marvel at how much our Heavenly Father loves us, how much He pays attention to the little details and all the tender mercies He shows us. Anyway, I am feeling really grateful for all my many blessings, especially Jean and Spencer!

.25 years old...

or more commonly known as three months old.

He is really not sure what to think about this little outfit, well actually, he made up his mind, he does not like it, good thing we got it on sale!
Please notice a theme, he likes to sleep a lot. If it is nearing bed time he will sleep in any position.

Besides the little guy, not much else is new. We spent this last weekend putting sprinklers in our back yard (Michelle dug all the trenches...ok that is simply not true, Jean can claim all that hard work) and will hopefully get the grass seed down this week. That has been a lot of work, but I will be happy to have a back lawn come mid summer! Anyway, so long for now!

Photo shoot

Spencer is about 10 weeks old now and keeps us busy busy busy!

Falling asleep...

This video just makes me laugh!

another month down...

Here are some recent pics...

Discovery

This morning I was cleaning around the house and Spencer was doing his own thing. I caught him discovering that his hand/arm is under his "control". In this first video he is trying so hard to get his hand up to his mouth and getting frustrated when he can't quite get it where he wants. Then this evening (second video) he was working at it again, but was more successful in controlling his hand. It is fun to watch him learn new things!

And I just thought he was cute in this video!

We love our cute, cute boy!

Do I dare say

that this cutie slept for 8.5 hours last night and 7.5 the night before?!?!?! Keep up the great work little kiddo!!!!