How to fit 7 people in a 1 bedroom apartment!

So my sisters Amber and Megan visited with Amber's son Trey, and then later my mom also came to visit. It was a lot of fun and a little crazy because we were cramped on space. It will be nice when we have a home and everyone doesn't feel claustrophobic. We bbqed hot dogs and had shishkabobs, we went to the zoo in Idaho Falls and the Mall, we went on walks, went to Perry's Basketball Game, and visited the little stores around town. Simple yet fun. It was also a bit of a juggle allowing both kids to take their naps. I learned online that baby sleep schedules get a little wacko when there is any change in their environment such as when family visits and boy did his change. He hardly slept the first night and then each night it got a little better and then he was back on track the last couple days of their stay. Also Grant isn't used to any noise when he nurses and his little cousin Trey kept talking to me and playing loudly as I nursed so Grant was slightly concerned. Luckily our next one will be used to all the racket that Grant makes as a toddler.

Here we are at the BBall game... by the way.. GO CELTICS! (Beat LA!)

Quality time with Grandma Flora!

Cousin Trey really wanted to hold "Beebee Gwat"

My family (Meg is cleaning dishes in the background) was so considerate and cleaned our whole apartment before they left. It made life so nice and stress free when we were just the 3 of us again. Oh yes and Grant in his Bumbo.

And of course Bathtime!

Shopping

So Perry and I are dejunking our apartment so that we can move to Vegas with the least amount of stuff. We are selling a lot of our furniture as well. So as a part of dejunking I went through my clothes and pretty much got rid of 3/4 of my wardrobe because they were too small for my big nursing boobs. So my sister in law took half of the clothes and the rest I have waiting to sell. So in leui of this little adventure I got to go shopping for new pants, shorts, and a bathing suit. Bathing suit shopping sucks! I got some pants from AE, long jean shorts from Old Navy, and just bought a swimsuit from this site! I was excited to find this site and choose my swimsuit. I was trying to post a picture of it but the computer won't let me put it on. If you want to search for it is the "Bowtie Tankini" in the "Teal Starburst" color. And the bottoms are the same print as the top. I sure hope it is modest. My problem is that whatever suit I tried on my cleavage was showing. They all had support but as my sister in law would say, I almost look like a porn star. So the swimsuit I chose is V neck but it is like there is an undershirt under the V which is sweet. Hopefully it works out. We also bought grant some swim trunks for our summer vacation to Redding.

Finished!

So yesterday was my last day interning for Head Start! I'm so excited to be finished. All I need to do now is write a couple thank you letters to the company, send them, write an essay evaluating my experience, and turn in my daily time log... oh and of course write my last daily journal entry and submit it. I know that may sound like a lot but really it won't take me long to do. So now I am officially a stay at home mom! No more getting a baby sitter unless I go on a date with Perry or go to the temple or something. Also I will be able to spend the afternoons with Perry! I will graduate in July but until then it is just chilaxin! My sisters and mom will be visiting next week. In July will be my niece's birthday, 4th of July celebration, Graduation, my birthday, Redding vacation, moving to Las Vegas. It seems like a busy summer but I think it will be pretty laid back.

Roll over Fred!

So Grant is learning to roll over. He hasn't quite got it down on the floor but when he is in our lap on the couch on his belly he has learned to push on the couch to roll over. Its great to see our little one learning new things and progressing and growing. I'm one of those parents who love to seem him grow. I miss the little infant stage but you know there will be more to come and plenty (5) of babies for that.

Handy Lady!

So our garbage disposal broke last Sunday and this has happened about three times since we have lived here. We have lived here almost 2 years. Anyway, I had just been thawing some chicken in the sink and we pulled the plug and some chicken fell down and also some strawberry tops because I had forgotten about the broken disposal, but not things were getting messy and water was pooling in our sink! Not good and pretty gross too! We thought, "Oh no! Its Sunday and we can't even put in a work order for this to be fixed until Monday! Arg! Plus the fix it guy doesn't even come for a few days after the order has been placed. Usually it wouldn't be a big deal but you know, the circumstances caused for some worry. I decided to look up online to figure out what people do in real world about that problem when you don't have a fix it guy around to help. There was a website that stated the type of problem using physical example to be able to tell what it was and then it told you how to fix the problem. Ours was apparently an electrical issue. And also apparently most garbage disposals have a "reset" button on the bottom of the motor. I told Perry to look for that and push it and then try the switch. It worked! I was so proud of myself and Perry. We did a high five and felt very handy and self sufficient. I know it was an easy fix but it was our first time trying to fix something and it felt awesome. Its not like I will look forward to owning a house and fixing problems but it was sure satisfying to do it ourselves!

8 Hours

Grant slept 8 hours straight last night! I woke up 8 hours after he went to bed and thought it was probably around 4am. I usually wake up around then because it has happened so often I think my biological clock will just wake me up. Well I'm glad it didn't last night and it woke me up later because Grant wasn't even fussing yet and then a couple minutes after I was awake I heard him. He wasn't awake yet but was getting there. He always fusses a little and then is quiet and asleep and keeps doing that for about 10 minutes before he actually wakes up. Anyway.. I was amazed when I looked at the clock and it was 6:45am! I fed him for about 15 minutes and he was out for another hour and a half. Soooo goood! I got the kitchen clean and got to take a shower without worry! Here I are some pictures of his latest photo shoot of smiles!

3 Months

Grant is finally three months which means he is now to sleep in his pack n play. He had a slightly rough time with the transition but that was to be expected... it was probably also the fact that he was having his three month growth spurt all at the same time. So he is now getting more used to it. I put up some checkered material that would make him feel more comfortable in his new bed because his other bed had checkers all over it. He stares at it. He now sleeps really good at night most of the time in the pack n play, but won't take naps for the life of me. We try rocking him, walking around, nursing him...etc.. so we have decided its okay to just go on walks at nap time so that he can get used to the time to fall asleep and he does and then maybe we can transition him to his crib. I worried about the sleep-carseat association but since he sleeps in his bed at night I don't think it will be a problem later in his development.

We also bought him a bumbo at a garage sale and a bunch of 3-6 month outfits. He is almost out growing them too! He is getting so big and cute of course!

Grant also loves to suck on our fingers and laugh while changing his diaper.