8 Weeks :)

Grant is officially 8 weeks old in approximately 12 minutes. He had a WIC appointment today and he weighs 10 lbs 10 oz and is 22 inches long. He is in the 25th percentile for both and 50th compared to himself. He is supposed to gain 4-7 oz every week. He has gained an average of 8 oz a week so he is doing just fine. He has seemed heavier and he has grown out of his newborn outfits. We need to go to DI today and buy a few 0-3 mo pajamas to hold him over for the next month. I'm so proud of our little guy smiling more and cooing a lot. He still likes to be held most of the time and sometimes he enjoy laying on the floor on his boppy. It is weird to us because he usually never likes to be alone or what not. Here are some pictures we took of him today.

Glasses!

They are juicy lol, if you can see the blur. I think it is funny.

So I got my eyes checked at the doctors a few weeks ago and my prescription was different and I had developed a stigmatism. The doctor gave me contacts that you can wear constantly for a month. I hated them for one because since I had a stigmatism the contact has laser things on it that I could see. Only a fraction of the lens was actually prescribed and the rest was nothing. Anyway that bothered me and when I closed my eyes they would burn. Anyway I had my eyes checked again after two weeks. At this appointment he said that my prescription hadn't changed and I didn't have a stigmatism great enough to need stigmatism lenses. He wasn't sure how my eyes were different this time but apparently my eyes haven't changed for 2 years at least! Awesome. So I'm excited about my new glasses. Since my prescription hasn't changed I can wear my glasses for a long time with out needing to come for an appointment. I won't have insurance most likely until Perry gets a steady job out of college. Oh and the laser lines were there because they were stigmatism lenses.

The interning days

So far I have gone to intern twice. The first day was a prep day and the second, yesterday, I met the kids. They are from 3-5 years of age with mostly 5 year olds. When I did my practicum the children were all 3 so this is much of a change. The kids are either more obedient or more honory. Not sure which. But it was fun. The kids are very rambunctious and have attitudes. I think I will enjoy my time with them. The most tiring part though is keeping a couple of the kids either at circle time or to stay there when they get there. Some of the kids were shy and afraid of me but by the end of the day the ones who acted like they most hated me, they warmed up to me and liked me the most out of all of them. One girl really wanted to sit on my lap during circle time. She isn't allowed so I told her she could sit in front of me. She did and then turned around and gave me a big hug and did everything I told her to do. I think this was brought on by the fact that I wouldn't let her color with markers because we were all coloring with crayons and I sat down and helped her color her picture with her. Another child is really funny and he hated me but really liked me by the end. They would call me to watch them do something or would grab me and play. I can't divulge much because some of it is confidential but it was overall a good experience and a lot of fun. I'm excited for when I won't seem too new and they will listen when I tell them to do something. I don't think it will take long.

Happy Late Easter

So Easter Sunday was a great day. We listened to conference on the television and enjoyed our time spent with each other and Perry's sisters and mom. Grant enjoyed making funny faces at the camera. Easter is also the only reason Grant isn't wearing his pajamas. There is a bunny on the left of his outfit. That makes it eastery right? Plus the pastelishness adds to it as well.

We decorated eggs.

Grant is a stud muffin!

So we bought a couple of church outfits for Grant he wore one of the outfits this last Sunday to Sophie's Baby blessing. He was a stud! Here are some pics we took of him after the event.

He is exhausted from the whole day. And stayed down for the nap too!

Momma loves her stud! But he's not quite sure what kisses are for.

Yep he's a model.

And a family photo. Perry got me that shirt for our anniversary.

Happy 2nd Anniversary!

So Saturday the 1oth and Sunday the 11th we celebrated 2 years of wonderful loving marriage. Our anniversary was on the 11th. We went to see Alice in Wonderland and ate dinner at Hard Hat Steakhouse and Grill. Delicious. I got some St. Louis Ribs, which are comparable to baby back ribs and I asked for a half rack. They accidentally gave me a full rack with out charging me! It was awesome. We originally went there because we love their scones and cinnamon butter, however, apparently they are under new management and instead they do corn bread, which was pretty good, but I kind of wanted the scones for a reason. Sunday we made a wonderful Italian dish. It was garlic parmesan pasta with chicken in marinara sauce with mozzarella cheese and zuchinni slices. Soo good! We ate this as a picnic in our family room with nice wine glasses of apple juice. Oh and some garlic bread sticks. And then of course the rest of the night is history. Let's just say Grant went down at 9PM. Anyway, enough about what we did. The last two years have been wonderful. Perry and I love each other more and understand one another better every day we are together. I love Perry so much and couldn't ask for a better husband. He is my match. I'm glad I found him. Oh and the picture is actually just of a walk we took a couple of weeks ago.

Grant's Baby Blessing Day

April 28th Grant was blessed and given a name: Grant Ryan Stotts, of course! So I have beaucoup de pictures of him in his handsome stud muffin of an outfit. It was special for Perry to have his dad, Brent (Brother-in-Law), Zuriel (our neighbor), and the Bishop all in the circle to do the blessing. Perry was nervous but after he did it he was so happy and loved it and can't wait to do it again. There were a couple of things he felt impressed to say in particular which is always a cool experience. The Bishop asked me to come and bear my testimony of motherhood after the blessing was given so its a good thing I did my hair and make up and tried to look good that day! It has been a couple years since I formally boar my testimony. I enjoyed it. I wasn't nervous, it was actually just a different type of nervousness. Anyway I also felt impressed to talk about the covenants made in the temple sealing ceremony as well as how Grant has been entrusted in my care from God and he is God's child and I am his steward. We have an immense responsibility to raise him righteously or to our best knowledge and ability. So here are some cute pictures! Soon I will post some we took when he was officially 7 weeks old, with his 3 week old cousin in her blessing dress.