Catching up

Here is another video of my punk! ;) My little one turned 7 months this past Sunday so this video is actually not on schedule, we'll be publishing one more shortly then we'll finally be caught up. After he's a year old, I'll try to be a little more creative and just put the good pics of him up. :). Sam is such a good baby. Against much of my own mind's opposition, Aaron and I decided that we needed to sleep train Sam since he'd been waking up several times a night as well as not wanting to go to bed at night until after 10. Since I have to get up early to go to work, this was just not working for us. We took this past holiday weekend to put him to sleep right around 8pm and let him... cry it out! I know... I feel terrible just saying that! BUT he only cried longer than 20 min for the first 3 nights, and for the past 2 he's gone strait to bed in less than a minute. How about that! So... I guess I don't feel so terrible, just more rested ;). AND I more than welcome his screams and squeals at 6 in the morning. Yep, he's sleeping through the night too. It's pretty crazy!
Now all we have to do is get this going to sleep on his own to work with naps too! We're a little more lenient with that though.

Aaron picked out the fun song

Gold in Them Hills

I'm going to be playing catch up for the next few posts. Sammy's life as you know it will be in fast forward... and I guess the same is true for Aaron and I. Fast forward for us too. We just celebrated our third year of marriage on December 30th. I'll save that for another post though. Here's to the fifth month of the star of this blog- and a treat for those of you in my family who have asked that I make time to share Sammy with you. I like the song I've chosen for this video. It's about optimism, and seeing the good in all the bad. Our country is going through a recession, but we feel blessed. A few things I'm thankful for are:
1. a great husband (my best friend)
2. a healthy baby (need I say more)
3. a stable job (and I work for a university)
I'm thankful to the Lord also, who helps me see all the good, and gives me reason to have joy.
Love you all!

1/3 of a year old!

What? Sam turned 4 months today. I don't know why, but for some reason it seems like 4 months is so much older. 4 month olds can do stuff! Sam is beginning to do stuff! Thank goodness, I mean I've loved his sweet newbornish months (I say ish because Sam was always a bigger baby, and I've never seen him behave like those sweet innocent sleepy newborns I've seen around) but I really think Sam just can't wait to get around on his own! What can I say, he likes things to be the way he likes them. My family says I've already made him spoiled. Aaron's family and others say you can't spoil a newborn. My question is when is a baby no longer a newborn?
Regardless, Sammy is 4 months today and he's hitting those anticipated milestones we've been looking out for. He is so cute... if I do say so myself.
Love,
the Mom.

Already 3 Months!

On the 15th Sam turned 3 months old. We can't believe it's already been over 3 months since he was born, and already he has changed so much. I've been trying to keep track of the changes and skills Sammy is developing. I know some of these are so small, but to us, they're huge changes from the uncontrolled movements he was making just weeks before.

Sam...
Smiles in the morning when he wakes up
Hair is starting to fill out in the front
Is starting to grab onto things
Pulled my hair for the first time Sunday Sept 28th
Can put toys in his mouth

Every day we fall more and more in love with this little guy. It is such a blessing to have him in our lives!

Stay at Home Dad...

I was told I also needed to contribute to our family blog. Sophie threatened me she would change the name to Sophie's blog if I didn't post sometimes.

Being a dad is great. I now know what all the full time moms do all day and what they don't get to do. Sophie had to go back to work full time about a month ago, she makes way more working for BYU than I ever would if I were working so I stay home with Sam until she gets home. When Sam is awake I pretty much have to cater to his every whim. He doesn't sleep much during the day and when he does he doesn't like to be put down because he wakes up. I can't complain too much because He is a great night sleeper. I give him a bottle at 10pm long after Sophie has gone to bed and he is asleep no later than 11:30pm. He amazingly sleeps an 8-9 hour night. when he wakes up my day starts with the little guy, again, long after Sophie has gone to work. I don't know what other people's situations are here at BYU but I can hardly get any homework done. As soon as Sophia gets home I'm off to class. So If you call going to class a break I'll take it, even though it doesn't feel like it.

I know this sounds like I'm complaining a little bit but I am proud to be a stay at home half the day dad. Not a lot of guys get to bond with their babies like I get to, getting peed on, pooped on, spat up on, cried at, knowing your appreciated by a helpless being, seeing his happy face in the morning when he wakes up, making him laugh, making him smile. Its the greatest.

I truly love my wife for all she puts up with. She puts bread on the table and also cleans it. She is able to get more done than I am when I'm at home with Sam. She is super woman and a great mom.

de la vega

I'm blessed. I consider myself very fortunate because I married the love of my life, and because he is who he is. I think I sometimes get caught up in so much of the what ifs of life and the uncertainties of our future, that I forget to enjoy the present. There is much to enjoy in our small little BIG world right now. Aaron and I are living in Wymount Terrace -BYU Family Housing. Its very small accommodations, but its quite comfortable.
While I'm on the subject of Wymount, might I just say that I didn't understand what was meant by "rabbit hutches" until I was pregnant and while in Motherhood Maternity a presumptuous short woman who was checking us out asked our address and upon hearing "Wymount Terrace" commented "Oh, the rabbit hutches" Right… ok, so I was a little naive, but I get it, and I must say, ---How rude!
Thank you.
I'll post some pictures of our apartment when I can finally get it clean again. Life really is good. I have an amazing job with an amazing office, and I'm doing something that has nothing to do with my degree, but I love it. Aaron is in his final year of undergrad at BYU. Poor guy has been going strait since he got off his mission. Its been tough since school has consumed us, but we do see the light at the end of the tunnel. And we do have a lot of decisions to make starting next year, namely where to go after BYU and really that depends on where Aaron gets into PA school. Aaron and I both agree that Utah kind of feels like home… so we'll see :).
Anyway, Aaron's birthday is coming up and he is going to be 25. It kind of cheeses me out that when Aaron and I were Juniors in high school we made a deal that when we turned 25 if neither of us were married, that we would marry each other. In December we will have been married for 3 years! It's really gone by so fast! I just wanted to publicly express my love to Aaron. He has been the most amazing husband a girl could ever ask for. He's handsome, helpful, and healthy. Not to mention he is a terrific father. And he treats me pretty good too ;) Thanks for being so great Aaron, I love you!

The Babe!

Without further delay, here it is... finally!

Sam is already almost 2 1/2 months, but here is picture video from month 1-2. He is growing so fast! At his 2 month appointment he weighed in at a whopping 13.8lbs and was 23.5 inches long. I'll post more of an update on the fam in another post, but for now enjoy this babe :).