Last Thursday, our little one turned the big four months! I swear last week alone he learned so many new tricks, he is turning into a real little boy and not just my baby- Boo!

Updates:
He loves to coo at me, especially when he is supposed to be eating, he just loves dinner conversation. Speaking of things he does when he is supposed to be eating- he can get very easily distracted. If Scott comes home, or I turn on the tv when he is eating, he totally forgets what he is doing.

He is still a great sleeper, he goes most nights from about 7pm-6am. However at night, and for his several naps during the day, he fights the going to sleep tooth and nail. He wants me to be laying down with him with my eyes closed. If not that, the least I can do is sit near him and hold his face in my hands, with one hand holding his binkie in for him. It makes it difficult sometimes, as he doesn't want to sleep much in his stroller or in the Ergo, so he can't nap when we are on the go. I usually try putting him down, and then he starts crying, and I let him go for a while before I come in to hold his face, and put his binkie in. At night I do this several times before he eventually falls asleep. But anyways, we could delve into the intricacies of my baby sleeping (or did we already?), but let's just say that he sleeps great ONCE he is asleep.

He also has learned to grab things! Scott's business partner Tammy gave us a few baby toys, and this one he loves! When I put it near him he gets super stoked and kicks both of his little legs up, then he reaches out and snatches it, and (tries) to shove the little wood balls in his mouth. For a week I had to place it in his lap and kind of guide his little hands to it, but then one day he was laying down, and I left the room for a second and -BAM- he had grabbed it from laying next to him and was playing away. Atta boy!

(The toy he adores)




(Excuse all the weird toy pictures, I thought they looked neat)

Our little B-Baller. Sooo cute. 



Kicking his feet up in frustration. 


A trip we took to Sai-Kung, a fishing town. 

You can stand on the pier and order your fresh catch from below, then they hand it to you in a net or bucket. Too bad we don't eat fish, and I found this disgusting. 






Can't do a month post without a close up of the fat rolls on his thighs and toes. I eat them up. 

Chaotic mess during nap time. 


He could be a Gerber baby. So stinkin cute. 

I love this little Noah's Ark/Giraffe outfit. 


What a babe. 





Semi-bum shot! 

And that is our whirl-wind update from the past month.
Today our little ray of sunshine is three months old! 
 We aren't sure of his weight currently, but on Saturday we measured him and he is 25 inches long- 6 more than when he was born! Maverick is still smiling and cooing, he loves to track his mom and dad with his eyes. This month he discovered that his fist is a great substitute whrn his binkie falls out. He is also very slobery, which I am praying does not mean early teeth. He has been a great sleeper, going beteern six and eight hours at night. He loves to sit up (holding onto your thumbs and you balance him). He thinks he is sooo big, the cute little stink. 
He isn't staring at me quite ad much, which was a little sad, but I sm pretty sure he still likes me ;) I love love love to see him smile. The newborn stage is so sweet, but there is nothing like knowing your baby is happy. I am constantly asking Scott if he thinks the baby likes me, and the smiles seem to be a yes. It is the same with his cooing, and I suspect it will be more of the same when he giggles, and reaches for me, or crawls to me. Selfishly, I hope his first word is "momma", because that would mean he knows who I am. We love our little boy so much, it always reminds me of country songs- like the "and I thought I loved you then" one, and the "you're gonna miss yhid" one. I am working on a playlist right now of songs from thid point in our life, and those are definitely the two theme songs. I love how every new stage he goes through is my new favorite. Do I sound like a glowing mother yet? 
Anyways, here are a ton of recent pictures, a small section of how many I have taken. 

New trick


I love that I caught his new expression of anger, the foot stamp and the foot kick

Working on my depth of field here

What a thoughtful baby

Our little BYU football

Popping my collar

I love this picture! 


I couldn't get enough of these ducky jammies on him! 


That smile- heartbreaker

Easter Sunday




I adooore this one. Couldn't you eat him with a spoon?


I thought I should post a few photos of where we live, since a few people have expressed interest/concern ;). We love our little 'flat', it is about 350 sq feet, but it lives very nicely. It is much more clean and updated then we had expected(/feared). We really like our landlady, but with all of the messy paperwork that is living in a foreign country, it took us longer than I would have liked to get in. We have been in for about 6 (?) weeks now, and it has felt like home ever since the first night we were here. Just having our own place has been amazing, because it has been one year this week, since we had an apartment of our own (so we went about 11 months bumming off family- thanks guys!).
When we first moved in Sunnee's domestic helper, Lea, and her sister Gurlee, offered to come and clean before we put our things in. They are great ladies, and it was a giant blessing. So we moved in to a sparkling apartment, with the help from Sunnee's whole family, and several of the men in our branch here. Initially we mostly had our suitcases full of clothes, a sofa bed, a crib, a clothes dryer, a table, and a glider chair. Although, as I said, it felt like home immediately, slowly filling our apartment with things that made it more convenient to live in has been SO exciting. It really makes you appreciate the little things. I can distinctly remember each of our purchases- a tv stand, a rug, shelves, a wardrobe, towel hooks, a trash can, a dish drying rack, curtains, a ridiculously expensive and hard to find step stool, and most recently- a BED (all of about two weeks now). We are still short a few items ( I look forward to the day I can SIT at our table, instead of looking at it as I sit on the couch and eat off of a tv dinner table). But we have made some major progress. 

Welcome to our home. 
The infamous bed- only took us a month to get one ;)


Our bathroom. Many of you will be surprised to know that the thing between the sink and the shower is our washing machine.


Our kitchen. It is much larger and has infinitely more storage than any other kitchen in our price range. You can even have two people stand semi comfortably in it at a time, therefore I call it a '2 person kitchen'. 

Rest of the kitchen. 



Thanks for dropping by!
And for any of you wanting to come by in real life, we do have a sofa bed that is pretty comfy. We know, we slept on it for a month. 


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