Hair

Our little guy is growing quite a thatch!

He made it!

Congratulations to Michael for becoming part of the BYU college of communications! Public Relations is a very competitive major-- BYU has recently been named one of the top five PR programs in the nation! Xander and I are so proud of him. Stay tuned for more updates about tentative graduation dates!

PICS!

I just love baby staring contests!
Adorable toesies!
My two guys
Momma and baby (I realized I didn't have any pics of me and Xander up yet!

One of us

Well, it's been 6 weeks now, and it's official.

This baby is one of us.

Michael and I can imagine life without him, but it's not the sort of thing we like to do. It's like imagining life without something both extremely enjoyable and utterly ubiquitous, like the pillows on your bed.

He's part of the group, now. No longer is his presence a novelty. Rather than the begged-for, brand new Christmas present, he is already the cherished favorite toy in our lives. We'll sleep with him, play with him every day, and secretly put him in our luggage with us when we go to college. He's that special.

He's like us. He loves snuggles and games. He enjoys noise and fun, and detests being alone in the silence. He wakes up slowly. He laughs often, and only cries when something's wrong. When the problem's gone, he's all smiles again.

We are all very happy-- together.

An Exciting Development!

Presenting: Xander's belly button!

Night Owl

In my opinion, few things are cuter than sleepy babies trying to stay awake. Xander thinks we wait until he's asleep to throw really fun parties. Actually, we just go to sleep, too.

First giggles

Think about it. There was a time when you didn't know what it was like to be warm and dry. You'd never really been happy or sad. We were all like that once, but we had people who cared enough about us to show us the good things in life. One of those things for Alexander is being tickled by Daddy. He sure looks happy to me!