4 months old

How is it humanly possible my little baby is 4 months old?? Maybe it's from a severe lack of sleep that I'm having a hard time believing it.

Jack is CRAZY! He is giggling so much and making the craziest noises. Recently he growls and comes at my face with an open mouth. A version of kisses maybe?? He is always always always keeping me busy.

He is now 25 1/2 inches long and 13 lbs 6 oz. A true string bean. We love him and I am looking forward to him crawling and becoming more mobile. He gets very frustrated with himself that he can't be a big boy and grab and go to things he wants. I think mobility will make him happy!

We got him a "jumper" and he loves it. He also loves looking at himself in a mirror... He giggles and smiles. He cracks himself up :) we love our big boy!

SOD!!!

Disclaimer: These are just the pictures I took on my phone... I've been too eager to post about this to upload the photos from my camera, but I will add them soon!

First of all- I have to make a public apology to my sweet husband. There have been so many days I was so mad at him for being outside for hours and hours... because I'm a brat like that. However, he is amazing and I could not be more proud of him for all his hard work. He did our entire fence by himself, the sprinkler system, dealing with weeds from hell (seriously those things were OUT OF CONTROL) and now laying grass. (Although... I did help with that, and I got to lay the first piece down!!) Kyle - YOU ROCK! I can't wait to see how the pathway comes out next... hehe. I love you honey!

I'll start with the pictures on my phone of the fence as he was building it. We did redwood posts with cedar pickets. He painstakingly stained them all before putting them up. We chose a "shadow box" style to help with the wind. We don't want this bad boy blowing over!!

 Evil weeds!! We had them sprayed by a professional, and they still wouldn't all die.

 Kyle and our awesome neighbor Ethan, went in on a harley rake together. For those who don't know.. I liken it unto a hula-ho (remember those?!) but on STEROIDS. It tills up the dirt and gets those suckers out. But, we still had to hand dig way too many. BOO

 Weeds be gone!

 

Staking out for the pathway.

 

 Sod arriving! I think I squealed and ran towards the truck. The driver probably thought I was insane.

 Watering it down! It had dried out a little from the ride over.

 And that's where the progression pictures stopped because I was helping and no one was too concerned about taking pictures. But way in that back corner by the house is where I laid the first piece down. Boo-ya!

 Had to throw in some pictures of Mr. Blue Eyes. This picture looks like he is trying to eat me.

 I look so cute, but I'm SOOO naughty!

 This is our crazy neighbor Brady, who insisted he help while wearing his rugby attire. I told him he is going to be the neighbor we joke about to our grand kids someday. He is so nuts! But we appreciate his help!!!

 And this is a messy last picture. It looks soo good! And the sprinkler system works like a champ. We get our brick delivered in two weeks. So, in the meanwhile we have to dig down the pathway... and the rock and sand will be here this weekend!

Our house is finally looking like a home!!! Way to go Kyle. You sexy handy-man, you.

Going back a little

Kyle and I took Jack to "Storybook Island." Which an adorable FREE place to go hang out when you need to get out of the house. We realize Jack was too little to care, or know what was going on.. but we had a good time anyway. It will be so fun to take him when he can run around and play. It is EVERYTHING story book and disney. Way too cute for words.

as you walk in..

 Thanks Aunt Jennifer for the cute little outfit. This is still the the only "hat" that fits him for when we go outside. One thing is for sure.. this kid didn't get the McClintock "big noggin."

.. he is such a proud Daddy!

 This is supposed to be me as Snow White with Jack as my Prince Charming.. but Kyle did a poor job of directing me as to where to hold J's head... you get the picture.

he thinks i'm funny looking ;)

Moby wrap!

My sweet sister-in-law, Erin, sent me a moby wrap and I really honestly just now tried it today!! I had tried when Jack was a newborn but couldn't really figure it out and kind of gave up on it. After watching a million YouTube videos of how to tie the thing.... Success! I'm super excited to try it out on our next shopping trip. J HATES his car seat! Ever since we did the marathon trip to Utah to visit my family... I'm pretty sure he has PTSD from it. Poor baby! Anyway, if you don't have one and you're interested in a comfy wrap. I recommend it!

Blogger App!

Ok, I am a fool. Has this blogger app been around for ages and I just now decided to get it?! I stink at updating this because my computer is older than dirt and it leaves me cussing at it when it won't upload pictures. Now I have no excuse!

Life is so so busy with Jack. I absolutely love being a Mommy. I can't believe I haven't slept in 15 weeks though... Time is of no meaning to me these days. Jack's endless crying has come to a stop and now we are moving on to the fun baby stage. In just the past 2/3 weeks.. Mr. Blue Eyes is giggling, sitting up, rolling from back to belly and grabbing at everything. He has so much energy... Always wiggling! And he usually has a huge smile plastered on his face.

I'm finding it a bit easier to do chores and am finally cooking (more importantly... Baking!) again.

I will need to hop on the dinosaur computer to do some updates of the past two months... But this weekend our awesome Grandpa Brad is here! He helped Kyle put the sprinklers in and we were able to go to Mount Rushmore yesterday. I love living only 40 minutes from there... Easy guest entertainment!! Not to mention the gift shop sells this killer taffy (my butt and thighs can prove it!)

Super excited I'm out of the dark ages now with this app. I'll be posting a lot more now! Lucky you ;)

Ps. Anyone know how to arrange the photos on here?