Utah Trip!

Ethan had his spring break a few weeks ago and we jumped on the opportunity to visit family in Utah. We spent more time with my family over Christmas break so we thought it would be fair to spend some extra time with Ethan's family. But since my family was only 6 hours away and my Grandma has an apartment in Salt Lake, they decided a road trip to Utah would be fun. So we got to spend time with both families. When the time came to go back home, Trey and I were having too much fun and didn't want to go so we extended our vacation another week and a half. Ethan headed back to school and we kept on playing. It's hard not having any family around so any chance I have to visit with them I am going to take. I really want Trey to know both sides of his family and be comfortable with them. To help this process we also try to skype regularly with both families. Here are a bunch of pictures of our Utah trip.

The Huntington clan at our favorite place - Olive Garden!

Family picture - I wish that my Dr. Pepper wasn't taking the spotlight

Mommy loves her baby boy!

All the girls plus Trey

Trey with both his Grandmas. What a lucky boy

My mom with her first Grandson. My sister in law has a boy on the way and we are so excited!

Trey with his Aunt Courtney. The two hoodrats!

Hanging out with the boys!

My sweet little bumbo boy!

Cuteness!

Ok yes we are first time parents who get a kick out of pretty much everything Trey does! And yes he really is this cute!

Giggles

Even though this video is horrible quality and shows my lack of video taking skills, I couldn't resist putting it up. My parents will be mad because they got me an amazing video camera for Christmas but my camera was on the couch when he started giggling so I couldn't risk running off to get my nice camera...sorry guys. Trey is doing the cutest big laughs but of course I can never catch those. Luckily his small giggle noises are pretty cute too. Enjoy!

I love this little face!

Family Pictures

While we were in Vegas spending Christmas with my family, my super talented super cute cousin Jennie took some family photos for us. It's funny because I look at the pictures and look at Trey now and he looks totally different. It's crazy how quickly babies change. He is growing and learning and doing something new every day and I love watching and being there to help him and play with him. I'm so blessed to be home with him - even on the hard days. I keep trying every day to get him to nap without me but with little success. Even though that has been tough, I'm so thankful that he does pretty good at night. He usually sleeps about 9 hours and wakes 1 or 2 times for 10 minutes each. Not too bad. He is my little stud and I can't imagine life without him :)

My little angel face

Our happy little family

The whole family...now with 2 grandbabies and 1 one the way! Becca you're up next :)

I love this picture of my dad holding his first grandson. So sweet

Trey was fast asleep

The proud pappa!

2 months and lots of smiles!

Well my baby is 2 months old already. It's gone by fast but at the same time I feel like i've had him for forever. He is such a sweet little guy and Ethan and I are truly so blessed to have him in our lives. He has me wrapped around his little finger and I don't mind one bit. We went to the pediatrician last week and learned he is in the 50th percentile for height, weight, and head circumference. Completely proportional :) He had to get his shots and did pretty well with them. He only cried for about 2 minutes after it happened and was fine for the next 4 hours. Then he woke up from his nap screaming and we got him some baby tylenol to help soothe the pain. It's the worst feeling as a mom to hear your baby in pain and not be able to make it go away but luckily he only cried for about 30-40 minutes. I've had friends whose babies cried for 3 hours straight after their shots. He is a champ. Here are some pictures of my little stud.

Here we are at the pediatricians office. Such a cute little pot belly

My happy little guy!

So happy that his Grandma Thomas came to visit!

Enjoying a night out on the town

Enjoying some daddy time

Late Christmas Post

I know this is so late but it's hard to get a lot done when you have a baby who will only nap during the day if he's in your arms. I think he got spoiled his first few weeks of life by being around a ton of family who all wanted to hold him. Now I am paying the consequences but it's alright because holding a sweet sleeping baby really is the best thing in the world. Anyways, once Trey had his 2 week appointment we hopped on a plane with my mom and headed to Vegas for Christmas - Ethan met us there a week later. Trey got to meet all of his Vegas relatives before taking off for Salt Lake to meet his Utah family. Luckily he liked being on the move and does really well with lots of noise. He was the hit of the party and everyone loved this kid - who could blame them? Here are some pictures of his travels!

Here his Uncle Davis is trying to teach Trey's cousin Piper to touch babies softly :)

Trey's first meeting with Santa Clause - he slept through the whole thing!

Christmas Day...I love how he is pointing his finger at the camera.

Trey's blessing day. I don't like the old man stuffy white suit look on babies so I opted for a white collar button up Gap shirt with black corduroy pants. We had a tie for him but we couldn't button the top button of his shirt so unfortunately it didn't work but he looked adorable anyways

Trey spent a lot of time in his Aunt Becca's arms and also in the arms of his Aunt Ivy, Aunt Courtney, and Aunt Jessica

His Grandma and Grandpa Thomas loved spending time with their first grandchild

He even got to meet his friend Crew who was born about 3 months earlier

The Nursery

I'm way late posting these pictures but better late than never. And I promise the nursery did get done before the baby was born...only a few days before but thats ok. So when I was trying to plan for the nursery I wanted something modern and wanted to use greys and yellows. I did NOT want a themed nursery. I looked everywhere for bedding and was even willing to make it but couldn't even find fabric that I liked. Every time I went looking and came home disappointed Ethan would say that it would be cool to have a sports theme in the nursery. Ethan is a sports fanatic for those of you who don't know. I kept saying no, I don't want a theme like that plus all the sports bedding I've seen has been so cheesy. I kept looking but couldn't find anything like I had pictured in my head. My mom and I went to pottery barn kids and there was a sports bedding that I actually really liked. I took this as a sign and decided to go with it since my husband would love it and Trey probably will too when he gets a little bigger. So it wasn't what I originally wanted but I think it turned out cute anyways. Here are the pics:

Here is a close up of the name sign. I'm proud of it because I made that frame by myself. I bought molding and a miter box and paint. I would have gladly bought a frame but I couldn't find one that were the right dimensions for the size of wall letters I bought. It was a lot of work but I like the way it turned out.

I think these sheets are so adorable. Again, it is hard to find sports bedding that isn't totally cheesy.

I ordered toddler jerseys of Ethan's favorite teams - The Utah Jazz and the BYU Cougars. I know Trey will be a fan too. For the middle piece, I bought a frame and took out the glass. I sprayed the glass with chalkboard paint and then I wrote the Jazz game schedule on it. In the fall it will change to the Cougars schedule.

The sports balls above the dresser/changing table were actually purchased at Hobby Lobby. I looked for forever for some type of sports art that I liked but I didn't want anything in frames since I already had so many in the room. Everything I found was super expensive. Then I found these antique looking metal sports balls and I loved them and loved the price at 50% off!

And here is Dexter enjoying my awesome rocking chair that I love. It actually fits my little body so I can reach the floor! And thats the nursery. I know Trey doesn't appreciate it yet but I like having a nursery that's put together and that I feel good about. Oh and Ethan likes it too :)