Memorial Day and 3 months!

Hyrum is 3 months old today! He has changed so much in these 3 months! He can now grasp toys (like his baseball rattle above) and loves to suck on his fingers. He is much happier now and rarely cries compared to how he always seemed to be fussy before. He is talking a lot and moving more each day. We love our little boy! Now we see why people have more than 1! Below is a picture of Hyrum asleep in the stroller when we went for a walk one evening.
On Memorial Day Ben and I decided we needed to get out of the house and enjoy the 90 degree weather. We are tired of walking around our neighborhood so we drove down to the mall (aka downtown DC where the monuments/museums are) to walk around. We spent about 3 hours down there and enjoyed walking around. Hyrum was perfect the whole trip!
Here is Ben & Hyrum in front of the Washington Monument-notice not a cloud in the sky!
Here is me & Hyrum doing the same thing!
It was really neat to be downtown on Memorial Day. We walked by the different memorials and there were a lot of veterans walking around hugging people they didn't even know. Lots of people were saying thank you to the veterans as well. It made you greatful for their service for our country. Happy Memorial Day and thank you veterans!

On a lighter note, work went well this past weekend. Sunday we were extremely well staffed (everyone wanted Holiday pay) so that was nice. I saw a baby that is 6 months old (age wise not corrected gestational age) that made similar noises to Hyrum and as I was holding him I couldn't help but thank Heavenly Father again for giving us a healthy baby. I am so blessed to have a healthy baby and take it for granted daily. Being back at work reminds me how lucky I am and how hard it must be for those moms that leave their babies with us on a daily basis!

Mother's Day, Park, and Work

My first Mother's Day was a special one. Hyrum wore a new bib (thanks to dad) that said "I love mommy."(above) Below is a picture of Hyrum and I on Mother's Day after his nightly bath. I love being a mom!
The Saturday before I went back to work (May 17th) it was gorgeous weather so Ben and I took Hyrum to Lake Accotink (within walking distance of our house) for a picnic. We put Hyrum under an umbrella to keep him from the sun. Like his new hat? It's a little big!
Not the most flattering picture of him but he was facinated by the umbrella.
Here is a self taken picture of the three of us. Hyrum was screaming at this point and decided to hide his face from view.
My first night back to work was uneventful. Ben faithfully called after bedtime and each feed to let me know how things were going. Hyrum did great with the bottle (despite the two previous nights giving us trouble). Ben even got some sleep and said things went well. Hopefully he wasn't just saying that to make me feel better. I came home to a smiling baby boy and really enjoyed seeing him again. It was actually kind of nice to be at work. It was fun to socialize with everyone and show off my new man! It probably helped that we were well staffed and I had an awesome assignment. It did feel so weird to hold 3lb babies after carrying my 13lb-er around for the last 12 weeks. Overall, I decided working one night a week would be perfect-enough to get you out of the house but still able to be home where it matters most! It was nice to help other's people's kids for a change and I felt a little more experienced since I have just been through the newborn stage. Luckily, mine wasn't sick! I found myself talking baby talk all night to the babies as I would to Hyrum. We'll see how much I like work after working a full weekend this weekend. Luckly, Ben gets Memorial Day off so I can sleep some on Monday! I got two hours after work last Monday which was enough to make it through the rest of the day. Boy-bed felt nice that night though! It's been a while since I stayed up all night!

Note: Progress is being made on the job update but can't say anything official yet!

Rainy Friday

Nothing too exciting is happening for us right now. Ben has been in touch with the INL and they haven't said "no" yet so we are still hopeful to move to Idaho. They are taking their sweet time which is hard but they have given us encouraging updates. I head back to work Sunday night. After 12 weeks of no work it is really hard to head back. We kept hoping the INL job would work out before I had to return to work or at least shortly after so I could work minimally. Now things are still up in the air so I'm heading back. Tonight is our last practice run letting Ben get up with Hyrum and Sunday he'll be on his own and no me there to help. Hope he makes it! I'm sure he will, Ben is really good with Hyrum and as long as he hears him I know they will do fine. It's raining here today and I feel gloomy. My last Friday off and I just want to have fun. I'll be working every Friday and Sunday night so our weekends are over. It has been so great to be home with Hyrum and I look forward to being home more someday. Keep praying this job will work out for us and then my wish will come true!

New Shoes and 10 Weeks!

Here is Hyrum at 10 weeks! He was wearing a lion outfit that Grandma Breese gave us. So cute! He has been kind of a lion the last few days but we love him!
I don't dare say this but the last 4 nights Hyrum has been going to sleep at 8pm and not getting up until 2 am and then at 6:30 am (which is when I normally get up). It has been great! It's so nice to have a few hours to ourselves in the evening and to get some chunks of sleep! Hope it lasts and I didn't curse myself!
For weeks I have wanted to put the above shoes on Hyrum and he has big feet so I finally tried again this week and they fit (with a little room to grow). These are his tennis shoes!
Here is a picture of Ben & Hyrum from last Sunday. Hyrum is wearing his new denim sandals we got him on Saturday with his golf outfit! I just can't stand his feet to be barefoot and he doesn't like his socks on very long!

Long Night

What a night after a great day! Yesterday I enjoyed getting showered and ready by myself while Hyrum took a 2.5 hr nap until 10:30. Then we went for a walk and to lunch with my friend Cari and he was delightful! We attempted to go to mutual but that was where it all began! It is so hard to have Ben & I having to go to mutual because who is supposed to stay home with the kid! I found myself walking the halls during mutual and decided that it was pointless for me to be there. I was supposed to be focusing on the girls but my baby wouldn't allow so I left early (thanks Traci). I came home and fed my hungry baby and then gave him a bath. Then we got ready for bed. About 1/2 hr after we all settled in the screaming began. For about 1/2 hr he screamed bloody murder and was inconsolable. I'm crying because I have no idea whats wrong. I checked his temp and all his parts to make sure nothing obvious was hurting him. I called my mom out of desperation or else it was to the emergency room and just as I did so he stopped crying! (of course) Ben & I calmed down and put Hyrum back to sleep only to be awakened 1 hr later for the same process. Poor baby! Ben gave him a blessing and I ended up having to hold Hyrum until 3am to get him calmed down! Yuck! I don't know how this is going to work when I am back at work! At 4 Hyrum decided to scream some more and finally at 4:30 I stopped worrying and fell asleep. Hyrum did sleep until 8am which was nice but not nearly long enough. Of course, this morning he is all smiles and has been the normal baby he is. What a weird long night! Boy are we tired! Hopefully tonight is better!