twinnerz?

i think everton looks like brett the most.

it's been a little bit of a puzzler for everyone as to who everton looks like the most.  some people thought he looked more like me when he was born (maybe it was the swollen face and squinty eyes) and that everton now looks more like brett.

i'd say that's totally true.

i mean, that is why i married brett, so i'd have a little boy who looked just like brett when he was a little tyke.

a reason for the season

a sweet video one of my friends shared on fb. this is what Christmas is all about.

weight check

took everton back to the pediatrician for his weight check to really see if he's gonna be skinny dwarf.  they weighed him and he now weighs 15 lbs and grew to 27 in.  hooray he actually grew!  it's a small increase but the doc said that as long as he's growing, it's allllll good.

phewwww.

it's now OFFICIALLY OFFICIALLY winter.

for a while there the weather was pretty nice in november.

but of course, it was too good to be true.

seeing it snow today got me excited for only one thing, putting everton in his marshmallow snow suit.

WINTER IS HERE.

and check out everton's little teeth!

all 6 of them.

when you catch his smile at a certain angle he looks like a snaggletoothed hillbilly.

it's really scary to put your finger in there.

while daddy went to the temple....

pinkies up!

which of these animals don't belong?

a barrel o fish.

7 months

everton is 7 months!

he's such a doll.

-he's sitting up a lot better now.  he still topples over but not as often anymore.  and when he's on his back he works his little AB muscles so hard to sit back up.

-he is SOOO close to crawling!  in order to get around he just rolls around till he gets to his destination.  he can get up on his knees and thaaaaat's it.

-the young man has been busy growing teeth.  his bottom 2 teeth have popped out and he's currently growing 4 on the top!  holy cow.  when he flashes his sweet grin we can see 4 white nubs peekin through his top gums.  and surprisingly he still sleeps amazingly through the night.  he'll get really fussy at times but other than that, he's been a really good teether.

in other news, thanksgiving was great.

i ate so much food i started to feel dizzy, everton peed on brett during dinner, and we relaxed while eating multiple kinds of pie and chatting it up with family.

and i became even more grateful for the fact that i have a ton of nieces.

brett and i feel like we hardly held everton the whole day due to my darling nieces wanting to play or cuddle with him.  and it definitely felt amazing not having to play "pass the baby back and forth while the other tries to take a few bites of the meal before it gets too cold" game.

also we took everton swimming for the first time!

brett's co-worker had a little birthday party for her kids at the indoor pool and at first i was like, "swimming in winter?!?!?!?!"

then the invite made us go on a frantic search for lil swimmers diapers and swimming trunks for everton, cuz those things are definitely not what we would have on hand in november.

but another one of brett's co-workers hooked everton up with the swimming necessities and everton seemed to really like swimming.  i think he'll be a water baby like brett and not a swimming wussy like me.

happy 7 months my little gentleman!

thankful for life

life is truly precious.

tomorrow is thanksgiving and we'll be spending it with my in-laws' in-laws.

which means, brett's brother darren's wife's family.

as much as i LONG to go home for thanksgiving (and we have yet to do that since being married) i'm so grateful for the family we have nearby who invites us over for the holidays.

i'm excited that we'll be bringing our latest addition to the family along with us for thanksgiving.  even though he won't be able to partake of that beautiful turkey i'll be bringing his favorite pureed sweet potatoes to the gathering.

i've been reflecting throughout november as to what i've been thankful for.
in addition to my previous posts of thanks i shall wrap it all up.

i'm thankful for a husband who supports, cares, and loves me
and i'm thankful for that same husband who became an amazing father to our son everton and is my teammate in the parenting adventure.
thankful for my everton who makes me laugh every single day and has truly taught me the meaning of patience.
i'm thankful for parents who are there for me anytime i want to talk/skype with them and are there to give me wise words on parenthood and have become such cute grandparents.
i'm thankful for in-laws who are not like the parents on everybody loves raymond and who are just so kind and caring and loving.  they too are such awesome grandparents to my everton.
i'm thankful for all of my extended families who have shown us such love throughout the years.
i'm thankful for friends who are always there for me, to laugh with or to console with.
i'm thankful for the beautiful church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that i belong to and how the gospel has blessed my life in infinite ways.
i'm thankful for a roof over our head, food in our bellies, and for our health.
and most of all, i'm thankful for my life.

we hope everyone has a splendid thanksgiving tomorrow, full of food, family, friends, laughter, and love.

and i'm especially gonna be loving on this little turkey!

can i have it?

can i have it?

i'm also thankful for everton's feet.  i'm obsessed with them.

happy thanksgiving folks.

everton's new hurrdo

well it's happened.

we cut everton's beautiful long hair.

i REALLY wanted to wait till he was a year old but his hair was seriously getting out of hand.

it was crawling into and over his ears and over his big brown eyes.

it was also getting really hard to brush, when we would give him baths he'd have a ton of tangles!

but one thing i got so annoyed at was how many people think he's a freaking girl.

i would tell people who think he's a girl, "if i had a girl with this much hair, pretty sure there'd be like, 3 bows/flowers in her hair."

and the fabulous JILL cut his hair.

brett and i need to learn how to cut little boys hair...

tracing back to his West Virginia roots.

and after a few tears from everton (and from me of course) he was a changed baby.

it's so cute how we can see his ears now and they seem to stick out a little bit.  he looks a little chubbier to me and definitely looks a lot older.  he's pretty much a man now.

we couldn't believe how much lighter his hair was underneath the dark layers that jill cut.  he officially has brett's hair.

i am glad we cut it this short so that when it grows again it'll all grow in evenly.

rippin the air guitar

but i REALLY miss his long hair though, i miss how shaggy and soft it was.  i feel like it was the last thing that really made him a baby.  

after the momentous haircut we gave him a bath, fed him, and put him down for a nap.  i think he was traumatized as i was by the whole thing and went to sleep right away.  and when i went to get him after his nap i thought, "holy crap whose kid is this?  he's almost bald!"  i felt like i was babysitting for a few moments.

so what am i thankful for on this day?

my babe of course.  he's such a trooper.  we cut off a thumb and some hair and he still loves us.  he's actually now cutting his top two teeth!
did you know that the name everton means brave?

yup.