Sunday, December 30, 2018

seven months old || traveling baby

2016
march 31 (thursday) : you were born at 1:30 am. happy birthday my dear. aunt hilary came late wednesday night for your grand delivery and stayed til friday. aunt hannah arrived a couple hours after hil left and stayed til sunday night.
april 4 : went into the nicu for high bilirubin, golda arrived late this night to hang out with us for a week
april 21 : first trip down to utah for the weekend with grandma and grandpa. dad met us there saturday to drive us home
may 6 : drive to nyssa/caldwell for your blessing. dad drove back to rexburg for school, you and i flew to tree farm with gramps hoyt to hang out with grandma marsh for a week after her surgery. 
may 27 : dad drove us to salt lake in the middle of the night to fly to tree farm for marsh's surprise birthday party. drove back with hendricks (your first biiig road trip), cousin asher sat next to you reading his Lego magazine to you and chatting with you
june 17 : drove to nyssa for dad's floating trip. aunt hannah met us in rexburg on wednesday to hang out with us while dad was gone
june 23 : you and i drove down to utah to spend the night with gramps, golda, aunt hailey, and aunt hannah 
july 1-4 : Meyers family reunion in heber city, ut. you, mom and dad
july 29 : packed up for the summer + set off for nyssa for a couple weeks
august 5-7 : baxter family reunion in union, or. (first time camping!!)
august 7 : drove to tree farm for 3 weeks
august 24 : overnight backpacking with mom, dad, + grandpa hoyt to boundary camp, hanegan pass trail. you were in heaven, our little nature boy!
september 4 : set off to cannon beach for one night, uncle darryl + aunt krista's in white salmon for a night, and medical springs for a night. stayed in Caldwell for a few nights and then back to rexburg for the new semester
september 30-october 2 : went to dad's mission reunion and spent general conference weekend with hendricks
october 20-26 : road trip with mom to surprise aunt hailey + grandma + grandpa for hailey's birthday weekend. stayed a night in medical springs, four in tree farm, and one in fruitland, then back to rexburg
november 22-26 : you, mom + dad flew with hendricks + JB for hoyt family thanksgiving


october 26 : sat up on your own (to play guitar)
november 2 : cut your first tooth (bottom, front right tooth) while mom was showering. had a cold for a couple days, but was just as happy as always
november 23 : cut your second tooth (bottom, front left)

sometimes i cry

november, 2016
thank you post pregnancy + nursing hormones. i've been so emotional lately!
+ my baby boy is growing up. six months hit me hard, but i blinked and all a sudden the boy is SEVEN months and growing fast! 
+ i cried tonight (and really every night) as I was rocking my baby to sleep. his calm, peaceful beauty overwhelmed me. 
+ i cry in the store everytime i buy the next size diapers. how is this boy growing so fast?
+ i cry singing lullabies to my baby cuz someday he'll be a teenager and be way too cool for his mom. 

+ i think i had this idea in my head that i'd have a baby and he'd stay a baby forever but he just keeps growing so I cry about that. 

december 30, 2018
+ time fliiiiiiiies
+ baby boy got a new sister in 2017
+ we did some traveling mostly to see family
+ we’re navigating life with two babies and finding so much JOY along the way