Happy 24th!

Tristan was soo excited for my birthday, he woke me up screaming at the top of his lungs at 5 in the morning.  Then he fell asleep with me after eating, and we slept till 10….oops, church is at 11!  so we hurried and got ready to go, locking ourselves out of the house when we left……other oops…..

Yesterday!  Nick was nice and took me out for my birthday.  I had some birthday money to spend from his mom and grammy and grandma and grandpa, so he said we could go any where I wanted.  His mom also sent me a cute dress, sweater and shoes that I wore when we went out.  So, with grammy's gift, I got some new scrapbook paper, ribbons and pictures to make more Tristan pages.  With grandma and grandpa's gift, I got dragonfly earrings to match my mother's day necklace and a belt.  With mom's gift I got some figurines, a pegasus colt and a unicorn.  At that same store,Nick got me a Lynx mom and baby and fox mom and baby as well.  In case you didn't know this about me, I love toys, haha.  One year on my birthday, nick got me a fairy riding a horse, and I loved it.  Then we got Nick some sushi, a new battery for the car beeper, and some groceries for birthday dinner: ratatouille!  Nick still wants to take me to Allens photo for some film for the Nikon from my daddy, so we'll do that next week.  And when we got home, two boxes of smoked salmon fillets from my daddy were waiting on our doorstep.  Mmm mmm!

So back to locking ourselves out….that stunk.  But church was great, married student ward.  Only, Tristan was one of three babies….I was kinda hoping there would be more mommies like me.  And, halfway through Sunday school, he had a melt down.  So I took him out and tried to make him happy.  Of course, he spat his binki onto the floor.  Nick had already taken him out of Sacrament meeting cuz he was fussy….so we went and sat on the couch in the foyer; I tried rocking him to sleep with the rest of his bottle, but he wouldn't hear of it.  He started squirming and fussing, and then, the blood curdling scream.  Everyone in the chapel went silent and stared at us.  So, mortified, I tried picking up the diaper bag, the carseat and Tristan to go hide in an empty classroom.  Of course I dropped everything in the attempt, looking even more stupid.  Finally, we found a  room, and I tried to feed  him again, but he just kept screaming,  Frustrated, I laid him on the floor to get a break, and he stopped crying.  All the silly thing wanted to do was kick around on the floor…….goodness.

Once we got home, Nick got in through our bedroom window, while Tristan had another meltdown and spat his binki from the landing into the grass.  I was about ready to sell him to the circus at this point.  But we got him inside, and I went to feed him in our bed, and the little booger fell right to sleep.  Ahhhhh, soo nice!  Nick also took a nap with us, so it was a nice relaxing afternoon.  I got to talk to Nick's dad and diane, my parents, my sister Faith, and we skyped with Nick's mom and Roger.

Then, I made cakemix cookies and ratatouille.  Nick said it was probably the best meal I've ever made, and it was amazing!!  So tasty!  And all veggies.  I've been wanting to make it ever since I saw the pixar movie.

So, all in all, good birthday weekend.  24 years old….crazy!  But I'm loving it.  I have a great husband, an adorable baby, and an amazing family.  Life is good,

Playing on the floor at church

yes mommy, I'm a pill

my new toys

Dragonfly earrings

Sweet shoes

my new belt from kohls

mmmmm salmon!  Nick ate some with crackers 

and cream cheese, so tasty

Baby boy scrapbook paper

my ratatouille

with special sauce for Nick

all blended for me

getting chunkie

happy after his nap

contemplating his next meltdown I'm sure, haha

Tummy Time

During tummy time, Suki got curious

So she came over to play too

I had to keep pushing her away, she loves Tristan so much that 

she tends to roll over onto him….silly kitty

Tristan didn't seem to mind, he loves the kitties

Bastian just watched from his tower

Happy 3 Month!

Happy 3 month birthday to my little guy!

Moved in!!!

So we are finally settled into our new place, and it feels amazing.  I love not having to worry about the neighbors, not having stinky dishes pile up in my sink, and having amazing view from my window.  Today was also my first day as a stay-at-home mom.  And Tristan did very well, surprisingly.  After all the horror stories from Nick, I was prepared for the worst.  Maybe he just needed some mommy time.  But I can tell its going to be a lot of fun.  This week is going to be spent organizing and putting the house together.  Today, I got all the pictures up on the wall so now the place looks more homey.  And in other news, Tristan is starting talk a lot more.  He smiles and giggles, and sometimes won't eat because he's got way too much to say.  At the same time, becoming more vocal also means louder screams.  Haha he will scream himself silly when he's hungry or tired.
So hmm, I need a hobby.  My sister-in-law Andrea told me about digital scrapbooking, which sounds like a lot of fun.  Nick thinks I should get into photography because I like it soo much.  Like actually take classes and stuff.  I would need a way nicer camera than my little cannon.  My dad gave me one of his old Nikon film cameras, so I'm going to try my hand at that.  And I've actually had time to make dinner again.  Like real dinner, not velveeta and sandwiches.  It's hard to find the motivation to cook when you don't get home from work until 8 at night.  But I do miss my job already.  I'm going to miss the adult social contact and having patients tell me I'm the best phlebotomist they've ever had.  I told one patient on Friday it was my last day, and she got super sad and gave me a huge hug.  One day I'll get back into the medical field because I love it so much.  Maybe I'll be a mother/baby nurse, I think that would be a lot of fun.

Anyhoo, here are a couple pictures I've take in the last little while of Tristan, they are pretty funny, enjoy!

The kitties loving their tower

Sour patch

Those are some biiiiiiiig eyes

Blowin raspberries

Hanging out with winnie the pooh

Sitting in daddy's computer chair

Will, Nick, Me and Tristan went to the park and played badmitton and arobe

And Nick got it stuck in the tree

They finally got it down with a soccer ball

After and long day of moving the boy's were sleepy

Tristan in the middle of moving

Had to lay him on the floor cuz we forgot to leave the 

bouncer at the old place, but he didn't seem to mind

Just waking up

Me and the rest of the night crew

Last day of work

He didn't know what to think at first….

But then figured he must be a friend

Cousin Katie holding baby Tristan

Loving uncle Ron

Mommy I went poopoo again

The new place!  still a mess, I'm working on it, Phil was hanging out

Our amazing window!

Moving!!

So, let's count out loud…..1..2..3…4…….5……5!!  I can't believe it, we are moving as many times in our first three years of marriage as  some people move in a lifetime.  A problem?  Hopefully not this time around.  We got a beautiful 3 bedroom apartment with *gasp* a dishwasher!!!  And bathtub, and disposal, and windows!!  Sweet sweet windows.  Do you have any idea how excited I am?  We just signed the contract and can move in next Tuesday.  Soooooo happy to be leaving the dungeon with the elephants. The last straw was last weekend…..they had a rambunctious party till 2 in the morning.  But when we texted them enough! they pooped their pants, told us we were cramping their lifestyle, and turned on the heat.  Ummm, hello!  Middle of summer, no AC, no WINDOWS and a baby.  Acceptable?  I think not.  So we informed the land lord enough was enough and he agreed.  Super nice guy, he just bought us a new fridge too.  Oh well, like I said, much better deal in this new place, especially since Nick's twin Will is splitting rent with us.  Thats how come we got all the good stuff.

Ahh!!  So excited!!  Well, gotta get ready for work, only 6 more days!!!

House 1

House 2

House 3

House 4

House 5!!

Change

Change is good most of the time…..right?  I mean, I'm the sort of girl who likes getting her hair cut, painting the house, cooking something new everyday.  But some change, well, some change is hard.  Nick and I decided it would be best for me to stop working.  It is strange, I never imagined myself as a stay-at-home mom, but I  guess that's what I'm going to be.  It's just been so much harder than we thought with Tristan, not sleeping at night, Nick not getting the hours he should be at work because he has to watch Tristan while I go to work.  So we weighed all the options, and realized it would be better and easier both physically and financially on all of us if I just stayed home.

I'm actually very sad about it.  I have worked at Grandview Family Medicine for the past 3 years, and I have loved it.  I am very good at what I do and I love doing it.  I love helping patients, even if they are crazy sometimes.  I love the other MA's I work with, and the providers.  I have learned so much from my experience there, and it's kinda depressing to think, I'm not going to be drawing blood, or giving shots, or assisting with procedures anymore.  I walked out into the kitchen this morning and said, but Nick, I love my job.  And he pointed at Tristan and said, but you love him more.  You have to realize your priorities in life.  For me, it's Nick and Tristan.  And now I won't have to worry about missing any part of Tristan's childhood, because I'm going to be right there with him.  I won't be seeing Nick as much anymore, but it's what he wants to do.  He wants to be the provider for our family, and I need to let go of my pride and let him be happy doing that.

Even though it's going to be difficult, I'm excited for the road ahead.  I will always be grateful for my time at Grandview.  For my employers who hired me with virtually no experience, and let me grow as an MA.  They trusted me with so much, and I really appreciate it.  I'm going to miss the Christmas party and dodge ball, and I'm actually sad Tristan is going to miss Santa at the Savages.  At least I'll still be able to be a patient (haha it's going to be weird being on the other end) and be able to see everyone still.

So here's to change.  May it take my family where we need to be.

Stinker

I'm pretty sure Tristan has made it to bratty stage.  In other words, the period of time where babies just cry for no reason.  It's actually kind of funny.   He was laying on the bed with Nick yesterday morning, and Nick was talking with him all cute like.  Then he laid down next to him, and Tristan freaked out.  he just went beet red and did that screaming so hard I'm not making any noise bit with all his limbs shaking.  The best one though was when he was eating, and Nick sneezed super loud a scary in the kitchen, Tristan got startled so bad that he started crying.  So I was like, Tristan, it's ok! And he made this dopy grin at me through his tears.  What else……?  He's trying his hand at laughing, but he's not too great at it yet.  It sounds more like he is dying, but he makes a huge smile, so we figure it's his attempt to giggle.  He also amuses himself by cooing at nothing in his crib in the middle of the night.  Maybe he's talking to his mobil.  He just keeps getting cuter and more fun by the day.  And when you go "hi" all baby like at him, he responds the same way, it's funny.

Binki?

I pooped!  yeay!

Hi

What are you looking at?

Daddy's boy

Give 'em the laaaazy eye!

Just ate and so happy!!