my little crab...

now how precious!

my sweet boy!

nana bathed him in the pedi sinks at fingers & toes...too cute!

Popop and deige on father's day....DENVER ZOO

reception area

fingers and toes...

baby's pool

my new nail adventure...

so, my mom and i opened up our own nail salon in denver =) it's thrilling, really. we can't wait. the doors actually open on may 16th. a lot of work and dedication has gone into the place and we are so excited to have friends and family come see the finished product. come see us! you'll love the experience. check out our website at www.fingersandtoes.net.

and no, i'm not moving to denver =) i married a fish!! can you imagine my micah with no ocean? that would be a sad day. so...we'll just fly to colorado more often now that the business is there =) xxoo

my sweet little one!

@ daddy's surf contest... hanging on the beach w the guys...

uncle shalen, daddy & deige

baby mommy and "hunners" at easter lunch...

you think this is a big boy...wait til you see his easter pictures! tomorrow is his 6month check up at the dr. we can't WAIT to see his charts. how much he weighs, his percentile...etc. big growing baby boy! happy and healthy! Praise God!

Colorado...

So deige and I took our first airplane flight to colorado in february. it was so much fun! we had a blast! my parents had so much fun with us and we with them. it was really really nice and refreshing for us to get away. and he did SOOOO well on the airplane! he loved it, actually. stayed awake the entire time, talking to people around us! very sweet.

we were able to surprise deige's godmother Molly while we were there. she is my best friend in the entire world and we had been missing eachother like crazy! she kept saying, while micah's in samoa, you should come here... well, i planned on that without telling her. so, on monday morning, we showed up at her work with flowers and balloons. it was so fun! i've never really kept a good secret before. i am the girl who tells people what their christmas gifts and birthday presents are before they open them! naughty! so, it was a big deal for me to have actually surprised her! the look on her face was CLASSIC! she was truly surprised. and it made my day! =) i cried the second i saw her. it was so much fun!

i spent a lot of time with my mama, too, on this trip. she took the week off of work so that we could hang out. she played this game called "open the envelope"...=) well, i don't know if that's what it was called, but...that's what we did! =) she had an envelope for every day of the week. and in the morning, deige was allowed to pick an envelope out of her hands. whatever envelope he chose, we opened. so, one day it had $50 in it, and so that's what we were "allowed" to spend that day. =) so fun! one day had a shopping spree for deigey in it! so fun! we went to castlerock where the outlet malls are and had a hay day! =) so much fun! he got an ENTIRE summer wardrobe! it was so much fun! my parents really spoiled him, and me! =)

we had a lot of fun....thanks, mom and dad! (nana and papa!) and molly. =) can't wait to see you all again asap! xoxoxo

belly laughs

so, deige LOVES when his daddy, or mommy, kiss on his belly. he thinks it is the funniest thing in the world!!! so cute! so sweet! the best sound in the world is my baby laughing. xoxox

yay for new bottles

i used to use the avent bottles. the 4 ozers...they were good. but the new ones i use are GREAT!!! any new moms or moms to be need to buy these! they are called "the breastflow technology bottles" by the first years company. i bought mine at target. they are awesome, and they litterally look like a breast. they have two layers of nipple and the outer part is soft and forms to their mouth. deige has never taken a bottle so well as he did today! so sweet. i love love love this bottle! i swear by this bottle! you should ALL trust me on this and get them for your little ones. so worth it~! =)

okay! that's all for now...

daddy is in samoa!

so this week has been different only because micah is in samoa. i really miss him. i get lonely for him. its not that i'm lonely in general, its that i'm lonely for him. he is my world! definitely makes me appreciate all micah does around here. like, the laundry. =) micah does ALL the laundry and i take that for granted. but its so nice and helps me out so much. its been hard juggling all the household duties plus deige and ava. but, its not too much longer. he will be home in a little less than 2 weeks. it will be fun to have him home. i'm hoping to get deige crawling by the time he returns. we'll see if i can do it! xxoo

yay! good work, baby!!!!

first day at zoo

we took deigey to the santa ana zoo on friday last week. so fun! my parents were in town so they were able to go with us. deigey didn't really notice many of the animals. but, he loved being outside. we walked and walked and he did so well. he loves the outdoors. its so fun to take him places. we walk all the time. which is good for me too! and good for ava, our dog! =) today we walked to blockbuster. which is pretty far! anyway, this is baby at the zoo! xoxo

-ALLI

auntie anna

my boys and their blue eyes...

my boys have GORGEOUS eyes! both of them! they are so beautiful and blue. sometimes micah's are more green. but deigey's eyes are killer blue! i love this picture because their blue outfits make their eyes seem more blue in color =) so precious!

green beans!

deigey eats green beans now once a day! its my favorite!!! so cute to feed him cause he LOVES them and he makes such a mess! so sweet! i love love love this time of day!

me in the crib...

my sister, anna, caught me taking a nap with deige and ava in the crib! how all 3 of us fit in the crib is beyond my imagination...but, it worked and it was fun! =)

baby deige

deigey isn't so "baby baby" anymore. he's a big baby! yay! getting so big. he's growing up right before my very eyes. i get sad every now and then because it really does happen fast! i always laughed when moms would say how quickly their kids grew up...but it's true! and now i'm one of the mommy's who says it! =) deige is such a good boy. he eats green beans now and rice cereal along with breastmilk and formula. i've been home a lot and my milk supply is really strong again because i've had more time to breastfeed him. i enjoy that more than anything. its such a special bonding time with little deige. he looks up and giggles while he eats and it melts my heart!

the little man started getting teeth. none have popped through the skin...but they are coming. he's a little fussy from it, but nothing major. baby and i take walks every day around the neighborhood with ava our dog. i think ava loves it more than anyone else. but deige enjoys being outside a lot. it's been rainy lately so i've taken deige to target to walk around when it was raining outside. he loves being in his baby bjorn. so cute! my sister, anna, brought him to the salon to see me on saturday. and she walked in with deige in the baby bjorn. it was adorable! everyone stopped working to come see her and the baby.

a few big changes happened for me this week. i learned how to "let go" a little bit. i allowed anna to drive deige in the car without me. before now, i've been REALLY cautious of anyone driving him other than micah or myself. but since anna is the nanny while i am at work, i had to let go of that a little bit. otherwise anna and baby would be house-bound every day. and deige loves getting out as much as any of us. so...big step for mommy alli~ =) i know it sounds silly, cause its not really a big deal. but to me it was.

also, i have deige sleeping in his crib about 5 hours each night. i know a lot of you may be saying, "what? he doesn't sleep in his crib?" well, no! he doesn't. he has always slept with us in our bed. when he was really little that was the only way i could get even 2 hours of sleep each night. as his crying spells lessened, i was able to grab 4 hours, then 6 hours. now we sleep solid 8-10 hours a night with him in our bed. its nice. everyone is happy because we all get to rest at night. but it has created this sleep pattern for deige where he can't sleep all night long without feeling me next to him. hearing me breathe, hearing my heart beat...all of that good stuff. so, he now falls asleep in his crib around 8 or 9. and sleeps okay...not soundly. he will whine a little and he moves a lot. but he sleeps until around 12:30. i usually can calm him down and get him back to sleep until around 2 am. then, its over. he HAS to be with me. so, one night at a time. 4 hours last night, hopefully 6 hours tonight. we'll see... but, while some of you look at this as a set-back. it's actually a big step forward in our home. so yay deige! learning the stillness of the crib is his big challenge right now.

anyway, that's our update. more later. i also have really cute pics to share. look for those! =) xxoo

LOVE,
alli

grand junction, colorado

on the way to denver to see my parents for christmas, we were able to stop in grand junction, colorado! that is where my grandparents and my auntie and her family live. it was nice to see them with deige. it's the first time any of them have seen him! so special. this is my papaw and my bamma with deige. so sweet.

XOXO,
alli

nana and grandpa w deige

17 pounder!

my big boy is now seventeen whopping pounds! can you believe that? he is ginormous! =) i am so thrilled. he is truly thriving. he is such a good boy, too. he is now eating rice cereal in the morning, mid afternoon and evening. its adorable but absolutely disgusting and messy! rice cereal gets EVERYWHERE! i think its adorable until i have to clean it up. =) but even then, i still love every minute of feeding him actual food! he also sleeps much better with a completely full belly. i love that! but the stinky side of that is literally STINKY! his poopy is soooo stinkly its mind-blowing! i heard it only gets worse from here! looking forward to the many nasty diaper changes to come...

so we survived our road trip to colorado for christmas. it was a long haul. but so worth the trip. we had a great time seeing family and friends. and deigey was of course SPOILED rotten for his first christmas! my family and micah's family went ga-ga over buying deigey christmas gifts. we were so stuffed with presents that our car ride home felt slower because of all the extra weight! =) anyway, it was a nice time. i will post pictures...look out for them!

i've been awful at writing. but i will PROMISE to write more later. mark my word! =) talk to you all then...

XOXO,
alli