3 Month Baby Update ||

Three months have already flown by since this little Mister joined our family.  Three months of being a mother, three months of my life being changed for the good, and three months of fun.  No one really can prepare you for motherhood, you just kind of jump in and go with the flow.  Sometimes you end up sitting on your knees in the Men's Warehouse store trying to change a massive blowout diaper that exploded all over you and your son.. but hey, just go with it.  Which reminds me- I despise places that do not have a changing table or a baby sling.  Like what do you expect moms to do when they need to change their baby? Sit on the floor?... Well yes, that happened yesterday to me.  We were shopping for suits for T with my mom and I smelt the worst smell.... Archer had pooped.  The man showed me to the restroom and when I got inside there was no changing table.  My mom sat down on the toilet, I held up Archer and we used some very intense teamwork but we got him changed luckily.  He had exploded his diaper and poop was all over him, myself and the sink.. but hey thats what they get for not installing a changing table. c'mon now. Anyways back to my post,

Archer turned THREE MONTHS old on the 24!  So here's a little update on this babe of mine ||

Size | (diapers, clothes, etc.) Archer is currently in a mixture of 0-3 & 3-6 month outfits.  He is wearing 6 month sized pajamas because of those loooonngg legs of his.  His diaper size is a size 2 in the honest company and a size 1 in Huggies but face it, he prob could be a two in both but I have a huge box of size one diapers left so his chunky bum is squeezing in those for a bit. Archer weighs about 16.5 lbs and is about 25 inches long.

Hair | His hair is still pretty much the same, it has gotten a touch lighter but for the most part it is the same.  Not bald, but not super thick. Just kinda average.  We do our annual Mohawk for the day or for church a cute little come over.  T was blonde when he was a baby and I was dark but turned blonde, so I am excited to see if Arch will turn or stay dark!

Eyes | His eyes are blue, and I am 99% certain that they are going to stay blue or get bluer.  T has blue eyes and so do I so the odds are high that he will have blue eyes.

Sleeping | Archer slept in his own crib/room last week for the first time.  He is sleeping from 11:00 PM to about 6 or 7 AM depending on when T has to go to work.  He takes his annual two naps during the day and a couple cat naps here and there.

Eating | Archer is on formula now because I ran outta milk, but he is drinking between 6-8 OZ about every 4 hours.  We will start him on baby food and rice cereal next month!

Milestones |

• Archer is almost about to roll from his back to his belly he tries so hard! 
• He smiles whenever somebody makes eye contact with him. 
• He does a high little giggle every now and again but we haven't heard his full on laugh. 
• He is taking a bath like a big boy, he lays on his back and splashes like crazy! 
• He rolls from his belly to his back every now and again, but he loves his belly! 
• He uses his jumper and he loves to sit in it, play, etc. 

Loves | 

• His jumper
• Bath time
• Laying on his belly
• Stroller Rides (facing out.)
• Smiling & Talking 
• His elephant toy 
• Looking at himself in the mirror or on cell phones. 
• To stand up, hold himself up, etc. 
• Sounds, he has to have some type of sound or he gets all cranky. 

Nicknames |   Archer has a couple different nicknames that we call him.  Archer Roo, Archer Poo, Arch, Archie Boy, Archie, Little Yardley, Archeronie, & Archie Bunker (Grandpa.) 

He is the happiest baby, and I am not even joking.  I got so lucky with him.  He is going on his first plane ride tomorrow and is growing quicker then we can imagine. We are blessed with this little guy. 

Look at how much he has changed! It is so unreal. 

Weekend recap || May 23-25 and Memorial Day

I'm a bit late with this weekend recap. Life's been crazy insane, Archer turned three months old on the 24, watch for his three month update after this post! 

Anyways, this weekend was Memorial Day weekend. I love Memorial Day, it's a day where we remember those forgotten and thank our fellow military men and women.  We eat good food, spend time with family+friends, and most the time enjoy the nice warm weather.

T had to work on Friday & Saturday morning. We cleaned the house and ran errands after work on  Saturday and then we headed North to Beav town. One of my classmates was coming home from his LDS mission and we had his homecoming.  We went to that bright and early at 9 AM and then I had picture sessions all day and T hung out with his family.

Monday came which was Memorial Day and we hung out with both my family and T's. We went to the cemetery and spent some time At my nieces grave.. She passed away in Decemeber and life hasn't been the same since.. We had a family BBQ that day and then we went go T's family BBQ. We spent a good amount of time with both families and everyone got to play and see Archer.

I'm so grateful to be married to a U.S. Soldier and that he chose to protect our

Country. It's a scary occupation but I know that it is what he was meant to do.  He plans on staying in the military till its time to retire.  He loves the service. 

I'm so excited for this next week. We originally were going to drive to NM but instead we decided to fly to Dallas and then take a short road trip to NM to see our friends. We leave tomorrow (Friday) at 1:30 AM. I'm excited but nervous to fly with Arch but he's literally the best baby and will do so awesome.  We haven't seen Skyler & Aspen in about five months and they haven't met Archer yet!  We cannot wait to see them in about 24 hours!! 

I am so proud of T. He has been working so hard to get the malcestic priesthood this last year and the hard work has paid off. He will be ordained next week and will be able to bless Archer on the 14th of June..  We both have felt the spirit so much these last couple of weeks. We went and bought T two new suits and started planning the blessing.  I cannot wait. 

We still haven't decided where we want to go in life, but T has put his applications in for linemen school in 4 different states! So nervous but so exciting. I can't wait to see where we end up. We continue to pray about where we need to take our family and what's best for us and I'm ready for everything to fall into place.  This is such a long post and I blogged of my cell phone but I have so much on my mind that I'm making it all into one big one.

Tonight on the drive home we talked about our future and our relationship and it was so nice to have a deep talk together.  Archer was sleeping in the car and it was quiet and we just discussed life and where we wanted to be.  I love Saint George and I wouldn't mind spending my life here, but I feel that we need to experience other lifestyles before we settle our roots. It's so hard to want to pack up and move to a new town, new house maybe even a new state.  But if we just trust the lord I'm sure he will guide us to where we need to end up. Maybe we will end up staying in Saint George, maybe we won't.  At this point I'm clueless but I feel it's time for a change.  

In so grateful I was given T and Archer. I dunno where I would be with out the two of them. I have to get surgery in the next couple of weeks and I am nervous but I know that T will take care of Archer while I'm recovering and will help take care of me too.  T is such a great dad to Archer and helps around the house more then ever.  We are always on the same team, we hardly ever bicker anymore (not that we did much anyways.) But we spend our days laughing through text messages while T is working and then we spend our nights laying in bed watching netflix, TV or some type of movie.  Life is good right now and I am so excited for summertime.

I'm going to attempt to post archers 3 month update tomorrow if all goes as planned. I have to pack and prepare for our mini vacation.