Nixon-5 months

Nixon turned 5 months old on 12/25/13, Christmas Day. I had been so good to take the pictures of him on the exact month mark up until this point. Christmas day was way to busy and then the week of New Year's Nixon was so sick (runny nose, cough, congestion, watery eyes) so these pics are a little closer to 5 1/2 months, but I'm just glad I got some.

This month happenings....

 

*Rolled over from back to tummy for the first time and started to roll from tummy to back a lot more often.

*Turns his head when he hears your voice. He gets really confused when I talk to Trav at work during lunch on speakerphone. He can't figure out where daddy is.

*He tries everything out using his month.

*He always kicks his legs and smiles when his feet hit something that makes an interesting noise. So he especially liked the crinkling sound of this changing pad.

*He loves to rub his feet together and touch things with this feet. He will sit in his crib and watch the mobile while moving his feet up and down the wood bars and be content for quite awhile.

*He found his toes and loves to grab them. He especially likes them when he is in his jammies and they have cute characters on the like dogs, penguins, raccoons, ect.

*I've caught him looking at arm when he is wearing his penguin jammies. He is intrigued by the penguins.

*He loves it when you are up close face to face with him and you talk with him or give him kisses.

 

We love our sweet boy!

 

 

Nixon's First Christmas

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Because we were going to be in Utah on Christmas Day and we were flying, we knew it would be impossible to take all of our gifts to Utah to open on Christmas Day. So we decided to have Christmas the Sunday before we left. At the request of Travis, it was held after Christmas Sunday at church so we could be in the Christmas mood. Needless to say, it felt a little different than having it on Christmas...not sure why that really is...but we enjoyed opening gifts together as a family.

..Santa filled our stockings with care..

..Nixon liked ripping the wrapping paper..

..What we got..

I think this is the only year we can get away with doing Christmas, not on Christmas Day. 

Merry  Christmas!!

Random December Pics

..Nixon's First Christmas Ornament..

 

Each year we get an ornament that is from a trip or something we did that year. This year our only trips were to Utah, but the big event for the year was having Nixon. This is the cutest little radio flyer wagon. It has a little give bow on the handle with a tag that says Nixon on one side and 2013 on the other. I really wish I would have got a better picture of it. We also got another ornament with a momma and dadda owl sitting on the moon with their baby owl. It says, "I'm over the moon for you". This is to represent us becoming new parents this year.  

..Added another stocking to the fireplace..

..Family photo that was on our Christmas Card..

..Bear hat specifically purchased for our Utah trip.. (It isn't cold enough in Visalia)

..Love these grey skinny jeans..

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..One-on-one playtime with dad..

..Loving his new Snoopy stuffed animal from Auntie Joi..

Thankful for a family of 3-Trav turns 30

November Recap

It is kind of crazy because I hardly took any pictures in November. I think sometimes life passes by so quickly and we get caught up in the day to day routine that I just forgot to capture special moments. But what matters the most is that I try my best to spend quality time with my sweet little Nixon and teach him new things.

I didn't take any pictures, but Travis turned the big 30 on November 8. We had a get together with some of our friends on the weekend and had pizza and watched the BYU football game. Travis only request for his birthday was a Twix ice cream cake. I pulled it out when we were ready for dessert and when I opened up the box I found a frozen cake that had been melted sometime during transport to the store. So we pulled out back up chocolate creamies. Later that I night, I ran to back to the store to exchange the melted cake. Luckily Trav's only wish for a Twix cake still came true, and it was super good!

..Nixon loves when dad comes home from work..

..Thanksgiving Day..

 

Our friends the McKnight's were so kind and invited us to their families Thanksgiving Feast. The people at the party were the McKnight's, Erica's parents, Josh and Joanna Miller, and Joanna's father. We all brought different parts of the dinner and it was absolutely delicious. We had a great time chatting and celebrating together.

I'm so thankful for my family of three. We are so blessed this year to have Nixon join our family. He brings so much joy into our life!! Can't imagine life without these two.

.. Trav starting growing a stache/beard for "Movember" during the last week or so of the month. He still did pretty good.. 

..Nixon L.O.V.E.S bath time..