He's Ticklish!

That's right, he takes after his mama and his dad!

My Birthday!

Today is my birthday and I'm 23! Mike says I'm old now and he might have to take me in and get a newer model, but I'm not sure about that. Haha!

Thanks for the happy birthday wishes, it's been a nice day. :)

We went out to dinner and are now settling down to watch "The Avengers." I haven't seen it yet, but I've been wanting to, so I'm pretty excited.

Oliver and I in our new duds! Sarah gave me this cute shirt for my birthday and Kelly and Sara got the Saint's onesie for Oliver when they came to visit and he just grew into it.

Here's my birthday cake. I made it the next day and it is quite delicious, if I do say so myself!

Love you all! Have a great night!

P.S. We're also keeping up with the election... it's so close!

The Best Husband Ever...

I have one of the best straighteners ever, it's called a Solia by Folica.

This morning I was putting it away in it's heat proof pouch when I accidentally dropped it. Upon investigation I found the once oscillating cord now did not oscillate! NOOO! So, with much sadness I made my way to the living room to see if my sweet husband could fix it.

Of course the cord could not just be popped back into place. The iron needed to come apart, so he got out the tools and began to pop things apart. Then he had to undo a difficult screw by the spring, then the pin wouldn't come out, and the problems persisted.

Finally, after much perseverance, my amazing husband got it apart, the cord back in place, and back together. Plus, it works and the cord oscillates! YAY!

Thanks sweetheart, you're the best! Who knew a music major could fix a straightener?! :)

How are we growing?

Little Man is already 2 months old! We can't believe it!

This means that it's time for his 2 month appointment, which we had today.

Drum roll please...

He is 12 lbs.

and

23 1/2 in.

He's getting so big!

We think he's going to be nice and tall like his dad!

Here's a cute picture I took last week. We went down for a nap together, and this is what I got to wake up to...

Isn't it so cute?! I love the face resting on his little hand... just thought I'd share.

Halloween

Thanks to Grandma Piper and Grandma Lynnie and the cute Halloween outfits they gave us, we got to celebrate Halloween for a couple weeks!

Here's one of the cute outfits Grandma Piper gave us...

We're so glad Oliver's already pretty long, so he fit into the 3 month outfits great!

Here's the outfit Grandma Lynnie gave us. And a smile, sometimes those are still a little elusive, but getting more frequent everyday!

On Saturday we went to our ward's Halloween Party. It was lots of fun. We dressed up Oliver, he was a cute little green monster, and decorated our trunk for the Trunk-or-Treat.

Here's our little monster, I think he might be hungry...

Good thing he had the cute little beanie, it was chilly for the first time that night!

These are the ghosts I made to decorate our trunk with. We pinned them up so they looked like the were flying, it was cute!

On Halloween, Little Man was first a monster, then a monkey...

What an adorable monkey! :)

Thanks for the cute Halloween costumes Grandma Piper!

Happy Halloween!

A Lizard?!

One morning last week I woke up to find a lizard in our bathroom! I was so stunned and sleepy that I couldn't think of what to do before he scuttled under the door to the water heater closet. Usually I'm pretty tough when dealing with small creatures, but a small reptilian creature? Apparently not, because I had this silly fear of the little guy! Mike was at school until afternoon, so I shoved a bath mat under the door to block the lizard in until he got home to take care of it.

 Mike found out that they just come in sometimes as the weather starts to cool off, and if you just whack them with a newspaper it stuns them so you can take them outside. So, after he got home we unbarred the door and waited for our lizard friend to come out of hiding. Mike then caught him in the dustpan and let him go outside. It was quite the eventful day!

I couldn't bear the thought of him scuttling across my baby, so Oliver took his nap in the swing that day.

Here he is. He changed color depending on his background.

Here he is after Mike let him go outside. He looked a little smaller when Mike caught him then he did when I saw him in the bathroom that morning, lol!

Dad and Overalls

Dad napping with Little Man, or Little Man with Dad, which is it?

One of his favorite places to nap, on Dad. :)

Little Man loves his Dad. They play and talk all the time, and he's always happy when Dad gets home from school or work. Two of their favorite things are tummy time and bath time!

Everyone needs a good pair of overalls!

We're getting so long...

 Our neighbor in Idaho gave us these cute overalls and he looks so big in them! They are so cute on him, I just love them.

Smiles...

Almost...

There's a sweet little smile!

Uncle Kelly and Aunt Sara

 At the beginning of October Uncle Kelly and Aunt Sara came to visit. We mostly caught up and stayed out of the heat, but we did visit the Botanical Gardens and the Mall of Louisiana. It was so fun to have them!

Oliver loved Uncle Kelly and playing with him for a couple days.

He also loved Aunt Sara and spending time with her!

Thanks so much for coming to visit us, it was so good to see both of you. We're excited to see you again at Christmastime!