Eli's Blessing

Eli's blessing was so joyful. It was filled with family & friends who came to rejoice in our baby boy. Thank you to all who attended, it was a special day!

The Whole Family is Back Together Again!

My family kind of lives all over the place. When I moved to Utah, I was the only member of my family here. I thought I would eventually move back to California to be near my family, as I am so close to them. But, that was not the case as I LOVE living in Utah! I miss my family extremely though and it has been so hard being away from them. My mom, sister and niece moved here a year ago and that has been so incredible. But, I still have family in Southern & Northern California and in North Carolina. We are not all together too often, but my whole family came together for Eli's blessing. It was so awesome having my family come to celebrate my beautiful boy. I loved having them here and I miss them all more than they know. Pictures from Eli's blessing to come...

Eli is 2 Months Old

I can't believe my sweet boy is already two months old. He is such a good baby. He is on a good schedule and he is so easy going. He is finally smiling, laughing and cooing. We just can't get enough! He is 11.7 lbs (50%), 23.75 inches (79%) and his head is 15.5 in (31%). He is pretty much like Lucy, thin and tall with a small head! He is just not as petite as Lucy is. I love it because he is such a good eater/nurser and I don't have to worry that he is too skinny, like Lucy. He eats well and is gaining weight, just that makes my life a lot easier. For the first few weeks of his life, the sleeping part was really rough. Once we put him in his own room, around 4 weeks old, things got so much better. He started sleeping pretty well through the night at about 7 weeks. I put him in bed around 9pm, I do a sleep feeding before I go to bed and he sleeps until morning. Scott feeds him (pumped milk or formula) whenever he wakes up in the morning, which is so awesome for me. Scott is such a great dad and husband. It is so amazing to sleep through the night again! It is incredible how you feel after 8 full hours of sleep! He is such a happy baby. I love when he wakes up in the morning he just looks at me and smiles. I un-swaddle him and he does a big stretch, it is so cute. He brings so much happiness into our home. I'm so blessed to have this little boy. I was scared that I loved Lucy too much and didn't have enough love for this little man, but I was dead wrong. I am so in love with both of my kids and I feel like the luckiest person to have such a sweet little family.

Lucy just loves her baby brother so much. She gives him kisses and tries to comfort him when he is sad. Every morning when I get her from her crib, she asks for Eli (after Daddy, of course!). The other day she heard him crying upstairs and she said, "I'll go get him". It was so sweet. I love my two angels to the moon and back.

4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July this year. I loved that it was in the middle of the week, it was awesome having Scott home. We took Lucy to the Gateway for lunch, shopping and fun at the splash pad. Later, we had a BBQ in our cove as well as fireworks. Lucy loved them! Eli was such a good baby, he slept right through them! I love outings with our little family. I'm grateful to live in this beautiful country. We have freedom and we are truly blessed for that.