Mayhem in the Making: 7 weeks and getting big!

The past 2 weeks have been busy but so much fun! Week 6 brought some amazing warm weather! We had highs in the 70's so all the doors and windows were open. I also had to figure out how to dress Everett with it being so warm. I was used to putting him in long sleeve onesies and jammies so trying to swaddle him and not have him roast was a struggle.

Had to get Everett a hat. Just a little big :)

Andy and I got out to ski for the first time together this year! Our friends Brendan and Alyssa were so nice and offered to watch Everett so we could have a ski day at the Canyons with Sara and Zane. It was really cold in the morning but the sun came out and we actually had some pretty good snow! We even got a chocolate stuffed belgian waffle, aka The Torpedo. Sooo good!

Little nugget

Our little lumberjack

Week 6 also brought another growth spurt...which means no sleep and an unhappy baby. Everett is usually pretty content to just hang out and play for 30-60 minutes after he eats before he gets tired. When he's not sleeping well he doesn't want to play and just cries because he's over tired. Poor little guy. Thankfully it only lasts a couple days and then we get our fun and happy, good little sleeper back. He also likes to spit up a lot! It's like a sneaky volcano as the video from the last post shows. Most of the time he's completely happy and then, surprise! Thankfully it's getting better and not so frequent. Lots of wardrobe changes and dirty burp cloths!

Andy's hockey season came to an end. We met our match in the Semi-finals. It was a lot of fun to be back playing hockey again, lots of fun guys on the team. I'm signed up for a summer league that starts next month, looking forward to a little more low-key "bar-league" type setting.

We also found daycare! So nice to have that taken care of. We had been given a recommendation from some friends in the neighborhood and she happened to have an opening. Our interview went very well and I think we'll all be happy with her taking Everett. He'll be within walking distance which is great and she only takes neighborhood kids. Not excited about leaving him in a month but having some place we are comfortable with helps a lot.

Everett is also now sleeping exclusively in his crib. He makes lots of noises when he's falling asleep or when he stirs in the middle of the night so now we only wake up when he really is awake and is crying which helps all of us keep our sanity. He really does sleep well for how little he is. Most of the time we'll put him down when he's still awake but sleepy and he'll fall asleep on his own and sleep about 3 hours.

Still in newborn onesies but starting to bust out!

Much happier as a 7 week old!

We have a little man!! I have no idea how he got so big so fast! No real smiles yet but he's trying! It's amazing how 1 week can change so much. His eye contact and focus is sooo much better.

Lots more pictures with a happy baby!

Our friends Matt and Cassie Yehl came to visit this past weekend! They got to meet Everett for the first time and we had lots of fun! Cassie is 22 weeks pregnant with their first baby so we were hoping E didn't scare them too much :) Kind of ironic but I was the same number of weeks along the last time we saw them. The weather was gorgeous again and we got out for all types of activities. We went hiking, snowshoeing/skiing, played lawn games and grilled out. Can't wait to meet Baby Yehl due August 1st!

Definitely got our first sunburn of the season on our hike

First time snowshoeing! Getting lots of use out of the Baby Bjorn :)

All 4 of us went up to Alta for the winter activities. Cassie and I went snowshoeing and Andy and Matt did a backcountry tour. It was so fun and great to get out. It was beautiful! The temp was about 50 and even hotter in the sun, even at 9000ft! Everett had a good time too. He was so good and slept the whole time. He got lots of attention while we were out.

The boys babysat while Cassie and I went out to look for fabric for Baby Yehl's quilt.

Yard games and beers while Everett sleeps :)

The Yehl's left on Sunday so Andy and I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and try out our new "normal" life and go mountain biking. There are some great trails 5 minutes from our house that we ride quite a bit. Our new normal consists of 1 of us biking while the other sits in a lawn chair at the car with Everett and then we switch. Not ideal but it allows both of us to get out and do the things we love and at the same time not abandon our child. Everett didn't even notice because he slept the whole time! We are sad that we aren't going to be able to do as many things together but happy we can still make it work.