Lake Powell Trip

We needed to get one last break from life in before I head back to work on Wednesday (ugh!), and we were lucky enough to be invited down to Lake Powell to stay on James's aunt and uncle's house boat for a few days. We had a blast, and I should have taken way more pictures, but that's a little difficult to do when you're in the water most of the time, so here are a few of the pics I did take.

P.S. Even if he did look adorable in it, Mclain hated his lifejacket!

5 Month Old Stud

Mclain turned five months old on Sunday.   At his check up last month he weighed 12 pounds and was 25 inches long. Yeah, he is in the first percentile for his weight, so we've been trying to fatten this kid up. We'll find out next month if it has been working.  

At five months Mclain...

loves to play with his favorite bird toy, or just chew on his toes.

He likes to hang out with dad while he works on his Samurai.  

He likes to try to eat my phone.

He is a sleepy little guy.

He had fun watching all the fireworks this last month. Ok well, sometimes he loved them, sometimes they made him cry, most of the time he slept through them. 

I'll really miss hanging out with him every second of the day when I go back to work in a few weeks!

4 Months Old

Can you believe this kid is 4 months old already!

 We've done a ton in the last month, trying to live up our summer together before I go back to work. 

  We took Mclain on his first camping trip.

               I've taken him swimming.

Mclain is starting to figure out how to eat better, loves to watch movies with his dad, and is trying to roll over. (If he could just figure out how to get that arm out from under him.)

And, he has just been being pretty cute in general. 

He is growing up so fast and slowly but surely getting bigger ( his is kind of a wee little guy). We love him so much!

Dinner Time

Mclain turns 4 months old next week, and since he has started to sit up so well in his Bumbo I decided to start him on some rice cereal this week. 

              It started out pretty well.

 

                But as he ate more ...

  Well, I think the pictures speak for                       themselves.

Just Cuz this Kid is So Dang Cute

3 Months Old

Mclain is 3 months old already! We've always thought that he was adorable, but it seems the older he gets the more adorable he becomes. I pretty much attack his face with kisses all day long, and I'm sure he thinks in his head, "Not this again, mom! 

 

At three months Mclain. . . 

                loves to eat his hands

       is getting pretty good in his Bumbo

    loves watching tv, like REALLY loves it

          finally sleeps in his own bed!

  is just starting to fit into his 0 to 3 month  clothes, like his cute overalls 

             and my favorite footie pj's

    always sleeps with his hands in the air, like here 

   and here

   and well, this one is just funny

   and gives the best smiles ever !

Grandma Wheeler

Yesterday we attended my Grandma Wheeler's funeral. From the time James and I found out we were pregnant with Mclain to now, we have lost three grandmas  (Grandma Lloyd, Pitts, and Wheeler) and also my Grandpa Wheeler. We are down to just James's Grandpa Pitts now. 

It's sad that Mclain didn't get to know any of them here on earth. Luckily, he did get to hang out with Grandma Wheeler a few times, and she loved him! 

         We will all miss you, grandma!