4 Months

Tavvin is 4 months old today! Lucky for us he's gotten easier the older he gets. I was a little bit freakin out when he first arrived and he turned our world upside down! We started him sleeping in his crib last week and he has been sleeping really good so far (crossing my fingers it continues!). Hooray! 

Check out that handsome guy!

He is 62% for head circumference, 28% for weight (14.6 lbs.), and 87% for height (26 in.). Still a tall skinny little man!

His personality shines through more every day and he is getting happier/more smiley all the time. He started laughing this past month and we're always trying strange things to get him to laugh haha.

He can roll from his back to his tummy with a little help. I need to help him work on that and give him some more tummy time..

He loves sucking on his hands and I've caught him singling out the thumb a few times. I'm pro-thumb sucking and Shad is anti, sort of funny.

He loves to 'talk' and is especially talkative in the mornings.

He loves his daddy and loves playing with him.

Some photos from this past month:

 Making a stink face

 Cute!

 With Uncle D

 At Grandma's

 With baby Ella

Bath time!

Love is in the Air

It's Valentines Day soon! I've been passing the time at my house with Valentines crafts. Some of them turned out a little 'homemade' looking (my camera doesn't help), but I had fun. Happy Valentines!

Winter Blues

I've said it before, but I'll say it again. I get a bad case of the winter blues! January is when it really starts because Christmas is over and there's just a whole lot of bleak, freezing winter until about May. I do a lot to try and overcome this. This month I've been diving into crafts, particularly Valentines ones, and I'll show them off when they're all done. But this post is about a little sunny vaca I took with Tav and my mom. I planned the trip back in December. I knew the blues were comin, so I had to be prepared, ya know?

We headed down to St. George last Thursday and came home yesterday and we were blessed with some beautiful, warm sunshine! I wonder if UV light could be considered a drug? Because I swear it makes me feel so happy. 

We didn't do a whole lot down there, but that's what made it so great. Just nice and relaxing (minus a the craziness dragging a baby around and feeding him all night....).

It started out with a long walk

 Followed by some delicious eating out

 Then a movie

 The next day we cleaned up

 Went on a long walk

 Followed by eating out and a movie!

Thanks Grandma Linda for the enjoyable weekend away!

BB Cream

I don't do many beauty posts. I absolutely love doing hair, but sadly I haven't been able to work in the type of job I was hoping for since going to cosmo school, and so I haven't had a lot to post about. But today I have a beauty post of sorts because I want to share a great product I found.

In hair school, we were supposed to learn makeup, but my school didn't have a good makeup program, so I just got the textbook basics. It's a bummer because I really really love makeup. I never really learned how to do my makeup so a lot of my knowledge I've picked up from here or there or learned from trial and error. 

I never really wore any foundation in high school, but decided it would help me out once I got to college, so I've been trying to find the perfect affordable moisturizer/foundation combo for years. I have dry skin in the winter, and a bit more oily skin in the summer. I have mild acne, so I try to avoid anything too oily. I also am really sensitive to sunscreens or strong fragrance, so it's hard to find the right thing. I eventually resorted to mixing different things and it has been my daily routine to just mix different moisturizers, foundations, and sometimes self-tanner for the past several years. 

I started seeing commercials for BB cream in the past couple months and wondered what it was or why anyone would want it. I really wanted to try it, but I hate spending money products that end up not working out! (They should sell tiny sample sizes of everything). When I saw a post about BB creams on this blog that I read last week, I decided to give them a try. It's always more reassuring to buy a product that's been used and recommended.

I bought the Garnier brand (for $9 on Amazon Prime-vs. the $11 at Walmart) and tried it for the first time today. It is awesome! It really does do what they say on the commercials. Blends, illuminates, has sunscreen, and moisturizes. It's like my daily routine mixture (minus the self-tanner) in a single bottle, which is way more convenient. The coverage is somewhere between straight foundation and a tinted moisturizer. I definitely have an uneven skin tone plus blemishes and this took care of it. I just added a light second layer to my problem areas. It also had enough moisturizer in it that I didn't feel dry, even after I applied my powder, and it gave my skin a nice glow. 

So there you have it. It's been recommended. I am super embarrassed to admit my lack of makeup knowledge, but maybe it'll help you understand any mistakes you've seen me make. Or maybe it'll promote you lending me some tips and tricks! Hopefully I'll get some more beauty posts up here one day on hair-related topics, something I actually know a bit more about!

Occasionally, I Wanna Talk About Me

... I mean Shad (that quote comes from a song by Toby Keith, which I am ashamed to admit that I know, just for the record).

You may have noticed this blog is sort of all about me, me, me. But.. that's probably because I'm the author. I think Shad made one post about our cookie train like 2 years ago. So I think I should do a little Shad post, just so you get to know him too. (Or maybe I have nothing to write about, but want to do a post, so I'm digging a little).

Here's a little Shad 1. 2. 3.

1. Most of the time, Shad's out makin the dough for our little family. He works super hard and he loves his job. If you don't know, Shad does commercial real estate with Coldwell Banker. And if you still don't know, that means he's a real estate agent who shows commercial space (warehouses, offices, etc.) to people looking to by or rent it. I love that he loves his job.

2. Shad's all time very favoritest most funnest thing to do is this:

Play Halo or Call of Duty on the x-box. Preferably 'live' with his friend Nick, shown here, or my brothers, or lets be honest, any friend with some skill who's willing to play with him. I'm not going to lie, I have something deep inside of me fiercely against video games, but I have tried my darndest since we've been married to just let it go. I have things that I like to do in my free time and he has no problem with them, so I need to chill on the video games. He seriously loves this so much haha.

3. When Shad's not bringing home the bacon or playing x-box, I can usually find him doing this:

 or this

 or this.

I think he is almost a little more obsessed with Tavvin than I am. He is so good at entertaining him and making him smile. And he loves to get it on camera. We have about twenty videos of Shad and T just having 'conversations' haha. He's such a sweet daddy I love it.

So there you have it. Now I can say I post about Shad! Occasionally... :)

Happy 2013

I'm not a big fan of New Years Eve. I guess I just think what makes it different than any other night? Technically you could start a new year and make resolutions any old time you want. Also, I'm not a partier and it seems like a partier's holiday. Blah blah blah, bottom line is I'm a party pooper haha. 

This New Years Eve we didn't do anything too crazy, but I tried to have a better attitude anyway. I wore my "New Years Eve" shirt (just a sequined shirt that I deemed so this year haha). We went over to Shad's parents house and played wackee 6 with the family all night. I'd never played before but I got way into it and Shad and I won! Woo woo! I also played sequence and we all stayed up until one just talking. It was fun.

There is one thing that is a must for me every New Years Eve, and that's toasting sparkling cider at midnight. I love sparkling cider, yummy. 

I got a little excited and drank mine early, so its a bit less bubbly. Also, please notice my sparkly shirt :)

I'm definitely not a resolution person. Honestly I think they're dumb and no one ever sticks to them. We do set goals every year though. And yes, goals and resolutions are different. Also, this year I saw a show where people were coming up with one word to sum up what they're working on. My word this year is spirituality. It's something that has increased in importance to me since having Tavvin and so most of my goals are geared towards it. What word will define your 2013?

I hope you all had a fun New Years Eve and I wish you all a wonderful new year!