Happy Mother's Day!!!

So today we celebrated Nicole's first Mother's Day thanks to this guy.

Jay also turned 3 months old today so we took some pictures to show how big he is getting.

All Fun and Games

Here are pictures of some of Jay's favorite things. Jay loves to be naked. The cool on his skin makes him giggle so baths and getting his diaper changed often bring out smiles.

He also loves his swing. It cheers him up whenever he is a bit cranky. He'll even fall asleep in it.

Jay told me that these next two pictures were not all fun and games and that he is too mature for silly dress up pictures but we thought we'd post them anyway because Jay makes anything look good.

He also wanted to let all the ladies out there to know that "every kiss begins with Jay"

First Family Vacation

Over spring break we took our very first family vacation to Afton Wyoming. It is more popularly known as Star Valley and this picture is very near the location of the recently announce temple. The actual location is just to the left of the picture below.

Star Valley is home to Olympic Gold Medal hero Rulon Gardner. We stayed at a motel that had hos named attached to it and enjoyed burgers from his restaurant.

The motel was nothing special but it was very cozy.

Jay loved it so much he couldn't keep his hands down.

Jay even helped out with th e drive. It was only 3 hours from Provo which made the drive nice.

it was nice to get away and relax for awhile. Afton was a very relaxing place and made for a great vacation spot for a cheap and easy quick vacation.

Jay's Baby Blessing

On Easter Sunday we were able to bless Jay and had family and friends over for lunch afterwards. Jay was so happy to be there he just couldn't keep his tongue in.

Jay was able to spend a fair amount of time with Pa before they all headed back to Vegas, including receiving his first of hundreds of adjustments (video below)

Multiple Personality Disorder

So some of you may remember that I created a post last summer claiming that we received some old furniture and that it would be my new project to repaint it. After months of working on it, a long periods of not working on it, I've finally completed the finishing touches on the dresser.

So here are the before pictures

Stripping the paint took forever. Whoever painted the blue on the dresser had some spots that were very thick.

My plan was to do the dresser first and then do the accessory pieces later.

And here is the after for the dresser.

Since The Ohio State University and BYU are going to be a big part of Jay's life, I figured I'd paint the dresser to address those interests.

A lot of mistakes were made along the way so it didn't turn out perfect, but what can you expect from a non-artist. It fulfilled its purpose and I promise you will never find one like it.

Everything was hand painted, including the knobs on the drawers.

Now I have a few night stands and some cornhole sets to create and paint. Any suggestions on themes for any of it? All I've ever painted before has been OSU and BYU related items and I'm looking to expand my skill set.

Family

Jay has been lucky to live around family at this point of his life. His cousins Kylie and Ellie love to see baby Jay. They also love handing out kisses.

Jay also been able to meet his Ohio cousins via Skype and iChat. Thank goodness for technology. 

Here grandma is able to do 2 of he favorite things, read and spend time with grandchildren. Not sure what Jay is going to do without. I'm sure he thinks she actually lives here permanently. All three of us have enjoyed her company.

Rub a Dub Dub Jay in a Tub

At first, there were a few things that Jay. He almost never cried but when he did it was normally because of a bath, we were changing his diaper, or he was going through a growth spurt and was very uncomfortable. He now loves to have his diaper changed and is tolerant of baths. Growth spurts are still uncomfortable but who wouldn't be when you grow an inch and a half within 2 weeks.