First Mothers Day

I had no idea how blessed, grateful, and overwhelmed I would feel. I have dreamed of this day for years, and now I get to enjoy this sweet boy everyday! I LOVE being his mommy. I love seeing him grow and learn new things, I even love getting up with him at night. He is such a miracle baby and such a blessing. 

Three Month Photos

Three months! I thought we would do a quick photo shoot to capture our growing boy! I am still trying to figure out our lighting so some are a little dark, hopefully the next set will be better.  

Thatcher and his bear we got him for Valentines Day

Whats a photo shoot without a photo-bombing weenie dog?

McCall

The weekend after Lara's graduation her in-laws invited us, Lara and Mike, and our Mom to hang out with them for the weekend at their time share condo in McCall. It was a fun weekend away and we love traveling with my family. It was a short two day trip but it was just what we needed. 

(Thatcher and Daddy all buckled up) 

(Our spacious kitchen) 

(Lara and Mike) 

The Condo had a semi-heated pool so we decided to let Thatcher take a little swim with us. He didn't seem to mind much, but he got cold quickly. I think if the water had been warmer he would have loved it. 

(Thatcher after swimming- all wrapped up in his towel to walk back to the condo) 

(the partly frozen lake)

We had so much fun and hope to spend more time in McCall as a family. Thanks to Lara, Mike, and the Feik family for inviting us!

Baby's First Road Trip- Rexburg!

Easter weekend my sister Lara graduated from BYU-ID in Rexburg. It was Thatcher's first road trip! Luckily we had Grandma as the backseat entertainment committee and planned to stop about half way at Grandpa and Grandma Fullers for lunch and to spend about an hour outside the car. We left Boise about 7:30 in the morning and made it to Pocatello around 11:00 and then to Rexburg a few hours later. Thatcher did great in the car and slept most of the way. Hopefully that continues as he gets older. 

Graduation consisted of two events- the first one had a few speakers and musical numbers, then we had a little break and headed off to another building on campus. Each college was in a different smaller location to have student speakers and to watch them walk and receive their diplomas (or diploma covers to be more accurate). Thatcher slept in the Moby wrap for most of the time we were on campus. 

Grandpa and Grandma Beal were able to sneak out of the MTC in Provo, UT a few hours early and attend the second part of graduation. Lara was one of the speakers from her college, it was fun to listen to her and be there to support her. Grandpa and Grandma were able to spend a few hours with us before they had to hit the road, over the following week they drove to Long Island, where they will be living for the next year serving their mission. (This might be one of my favorite pictures!)

Thatcher's first Easter was spent at Aunt Lara's and Uncle Mike's. The Easter bunny even found us there and brought him a new book, some fun spring colored binkies, and some new toys that attach to his car seat. One of the baby shower gifts we received was this cute onezie, bib, and hat set (notice he isnt wearing a hat? He hated it!). I wasn't sure if it would fit but it was pretty darn cute! The pictures are little chicks popping out of decorated eggs and it says "little peep". :) 

We decided that we needed to decorate eggs for Easter -but I didn't really want to travel with a bunch of boiled eggs or get messy with dye... so we made egg shaped sugar cookies and decorated them with Mike's nieces, they were visiting for the weekend too. It might be our new tradition- so yummy!

I am so proud of my sister! She has worked so hard to get through school. I cant wait for them to move to Boise this winter!

Spring!

Happy Spring!! We are so excited to have such B E A U T I F U L weather lately!! It has been so fun to get out of the house and enjoy things with our sweet boy. We have made a few trips to the Saturday Markets around town, it is fun to walk around and see all the things people are selling and to show Thatcher all the fun sights and sounds. 

 Spring also means LOTS of yard work. Being pregnant in the fall meant that we didn't get the yard as ready for winter and spring- so now we get to make up for it. UGH. I love to see the yard coming together and getting more green every day. We have planted our lovely garden boxes with tomatoes, peas, beans, lettuce, herbs, and onions. The potato box was over run with ants last year so we decided to take a year off from potatoes and try to evict the little monsters. We have also borrowed some garden space at Grandpa and Grandma Beals to plant some squash and pumpkins (with visions of making them into baby food!). We started some raspberries at our house too- hopefully they will like where we put them and next summer we will have a great little patch of raspberries.

Doing yard work with an infant has been a bit of an adjustment. We try to do as much as we can between feedings and luckily the lil guy likes being outside. We just bundle him up in a few blankets and put him in the stroller to help keep the sun off of him and he usually falls asleep, or he will just lay there and coo and jabber while watching us work.