five m o n t h s ||

Holy cow, how has it already been 5 months since A was born.  It really has flown by and been the best months of my life.  I love being a mom, and I love being able to stay home with A and take care of him.  I am the luckiest girl there is to have little mister A as my babe.  Archer is learning and progressing so much its insane.  I see a little man now instead of my little baby.  He is constantly changing & learning I can't keep up!

Size | Archer is in size 2 diapers & 6-9 clothes.  He is growing so fast its insane.  He is weighing at about 20-22 lbs even though he weighs so much he isn't chunky.  He is just a big boy, which is okay with this momma!  Bigger babies are much healthier & we already know he has a good future on his hands.  Football player like his daddy, motocross rider like his uncle Brody & Grant, medical field like his Uncle Colten, and anything western for Aunt Jaycie & Grandpa Brett!  Our little guy is going to be such an awesome kid I can but I cannot wait to see what he grows into.

Hair | His hair is getting thicker on top!  Its still kind of a lightish brown color and is SO cute.  We do a comb over, mohawk, spikes, etc. I love it!!

Eyes | Oh baby they are blue!!

Sleeping | Archer has been a great sleeper since day one.  He goes to bed about 9ish and wakes up at 7ish then back to bed until 10:30 AM!

Eating |  Archer is eating food like a champ!  Our pedi gave us the okay to feed him anything we eat as long as it is pureed.  Every morning he eats a fruit+rice/oatmeal+yogurt and then he has a small lunch time snack, and then for dinner he has whatever we are eating (pureed of course) + some type of baby food.  I am still making all his baby food from scratch and I love it! I feel so good being able to make the food for my baby and not have to feed him store bought that I dunno what has happened to it!  We had to change his formula because he kept throwing up!  So we are good to go and he is still eating his bottles during the day, along with apple juice in his sippy cup!

Milestones | this month has flew by!  Archer has been learnings so much and I love how he is his own little person with his own little attitude.

• Sits up on his own (falls over here & there)
• grabs his toes
• fell off the rocking chair (idk if this is a milestone but I want to remember it.) .. I felt like a horrible mom
• Had his first 4th & 24th of July
• Went to sand hollow boating!
• Stayed with grandma Lane for 24 hours while mom+dad went on an anniversary trip!
• Stayed at Aunt Jaycies 
• drinks out of his sippy cup SO good!!
• wants to crawl so bad, he gets up and then falls down.
• been to his first waterpark
• been to the zoo
• saw fireworks for the first time!

Loves | 

• TV. He is addicted to it.
• his toes!
• Splashing & playing in water
• blueberries & green beans (not together.)
• apple & pear juice
• bath time in the sink
• Ozzie & Grandpa Bretts dog, Mo!
• napping in his crib
• balancing with dad!
• playing in his teepee
• watching the rodeos!

nicknames | Arch, Archie, A, Bubs, Bubbie, Mister, Wild. 

This month has been fun with Archie boy!! We have traveled, took him swimming/boating/fishing, etc.  We have enjoyed the sun and also got a bit sunburnt!  He has been such a happy turd and has started to get a bit wild (falling off the rocking chair) and climbing up you! I cannot believe that next month you'll be 6 months old! I am dreading it, but am so excited to see you grow into a young man!

What if I told you how easy it was to get whiter teeth? |

You read that right.  Getting whiter teeth was on my list of summer goals because face it, your teeth aren't white. (well mine weren't.)  Pregnancy did a number on my teeth and I mean that in a bad way. My body didn't accept pregnancy well, and my teeth suffered it.  I guess that is what happens when you puke daily for 25 weeks.  At least, A was worth all that but still.  Anyways I stumbled upon a product on instagram call Smile Sciences.   I ordered one and started to use it and I saw such a huge difference in my teeth color.  I went from the shade 3.5 to a 2 within a week!  It worked SO well that I am ordering one for T and my mom.  I feel so much more confident in my teeth and having them be whiter.  They are normally $299 but you can grab yours for only $29 with my discount code: SHALYN

All you do is brush, then put a bit of gel into the trays, pop into your mouth and pull out the light and put in your mouth and I keep it in there for about 30 minutes.  Then I pop it out, brush and move on with my day!  It makes me feel so much better about my smile and not so self conscious.  You can choose from mint or bubblegum flavoring!  I have the mint but I will prob order a bubblegum just for the fun of it!  It comes in a box, with a teeth shade marker, the trays, a touch up pen, and the gel! 

With school starting you are going to want to get your teeth whiter, so head over to smile sciences (follow them on instagram as well) and pick yourself up a kit.  I promise you will not regret it and will love your new pearly whites just as much as I do! 

p i o n e e r day || 7 years ago

In Utah, we celebrate the 24th of July as a holiday.  Actually one of our bigger holidays in our lovely state.  We call it the 24th of July or pioneer day.  This year we were with the Yardley's so we stayed at T's sisters house.  We went to the parade, ate good food, saw the horse races and spent time with family.

We got into town Thursday July 23, and got all unloaded. I think the worst part about traveling with a  baby is everything you have to take with you.  We unloaded it all and went straight to bed because we were tired.  T had to be in the parade the next day with his unit so we were up early.  I love that my husband is a soldier.  That he will protect our country.  It makes me so proud of him and I know Archer will be proud of his dad one day.  The next day we went to the parade and then down to the park.  It is somewhat a love/hate feeling when I go back to Beaver.  I get to see all my classmates that just returned home from their missions, but I also get to see the people who I don't care to see.  Anyways, we went to the horse races with the Yardley's and got to hang out all day.  We got all ready and went to the rodeo!

Speaking of the 24th of July rodeo, 7 years ago I met this cute boy.  We hit it off like no other and we started dating each other.  2 years ago he became my husband.  I cannot believe that I have known T for 7 years.  IT doesn't even feel real, I would be lost without him by my side and in my life.  He really is the best guy out there & I am so glad he is all mine.

The next day we hung out, Arch went swimming with Uncle Colt and we went to the rodeo again.  We always have so much fun when we are with the Yardleys!  We had a blast this weekend spending it with them!  It is crazy to think next year that Archer will be walking, and will be able to pick up candy from the parade.  We came home on Sunday and went down to Vegas (details in my next blog post.)

I love July, warm weather, parades and everything about summer time.  I am so sad that August 1 is quickly approaching us.  We have had such a good summer with our little babe & I am so sad that it is ending.  Our life is chaos and we are stranded on options for our little fam. This blog post was short & somewhat lame, but the pictures are cute so enjoy them,