2 MONTHS!!

Xander is two months old!! We had his two month check up today and that went well (minus the shots he had to get... poor little guy). He is growing right on track, but is still small for his age. But, he was 3 weeks early.

Weight: 9lbs 4oz

Length: 21 inches

I was SHOCKED when I saw how much he weighed... I thought maybe he was in the mid 8's... good job little guy! Keep growing big!

He is getting to be so animated now. We love just talking to him about anything. He loves to smile at us and talk to us.

More of Xander's likes:

Music, he loves music!

Brittney Spears

(we think he thinks it's me on the TV)

Lights, he can't get enough of lights!

Ceiling fans... whether they're moving or not, he stares at them

Car rides... he was driving with Justus and he stopped at a light and Xander wigged out, but as soon as he started driving again, Xander got silent. What a silly boy!

BATH TIME, he loves taking baths!! I can't wait until he starts splashing in the tub!

Cuddling. He is a cuddler. He loves us to hold him or snuggle with him.
We are starting to introduce more toys and things to him now that he can grip things better.

He is definitely the highlight of our lives right now!!

Deseret News Article

This LINK is to a Deseret New article about a dad of one of the boys that Justus coaches... Holy Cow Bob!! Switzerland????!!! Good luck!

Easter

So we had Xander's first Easter! He was so adorable! I got him the CUTEST Easter outfit from Carter's. His little footie's looked like fuzzy bunnies... so adorable! We went to my parents house for Easter brunch and did an egg hunt for Connor and Christie's girls. Then we played some board games and other's played the Wii.

After being at my parents for 5 hours, we went to the Koelliker's for Easter dinner. We also did an egg hunt and might have lost two hard boiled eggs somewhere around their house! Guess we will find out when they start to rot! We were also able to see little Jack-Jack... little... I mean HUGE! He is so big now... I'll have to get our pictures of the two of them together, Jack is ginormous!

Our Poor Yard

So my mom drove out to my house yesterday to get my mail... and this is what she found when she pulled up!! At least they're getting our plumbing problem fixed right? Our poor yard though... Well maybe... they have to relandscape our yard now! Hooray! New yard!!

On a side note... I'm staying at my parents while Justus is in Dallas. Here's a cute picture of one of the many things he's done while we've been staying there.

Grandpa, Uncle Connor and cute Xander!

Flooding...

So, Justus is in Dallas for a week. He left Saturday morning. Friday night while he was packing he went in our basement and discovered it was FLOODED!!! Our main drain is backed up; the drain from the basement out to the sewer. So he called his dad (after 10pm) and he came over and helped him clean up the water. We tried to call our builder to see what they could do, but the emergency number girl was no help... she said it was only for "life threatening emergencies..." if I'm having a life threatening emergency I'm going to call 911, not you!!! It was a rediculous night. So at 3am we drove over to my parents (since we couldn't use our water) and Justus was able to shower before his flight. I'm staying at my parents this week, so I have to go meet our plumber at our house this afternoon to get it all fixed.

My mom and I went through boxes that got wet and there wasn't much damaged... but there were some photos that got wet, luckily not ruined. Our temple blanket Justus' grandma had made us got wet, but I got that washed and will store it in a much better place now (like a closet). Oh...and our carpet at the bottom of our stairs got all wet too... so they pulled that up so it could dry out and we will have to get my parents carpet cleaner and clean that.

What a fun Friday night we had!! Oh... and Justus' phone broke yesterday in Dallas! What else can go wrong for us right now????

6 Weeks!

Our little Xander turned 6 weeks old on Monday (I know it's Friday, this is a very delayed posting...) but he is so adorable!! He finally fits into this cute Naartjie premie (yes premie) outfit that I got for way cheap since it was on sale, on sale... But he looks so adorable in it!

Pictures?

So... our little Xander is almost one month old!! I cannot believe it! We are hoping to get scheduled to get his pictures taken in the next week or so... that way we can send out some birth announcements to all.