A Quick Trip to Austin

A few weeks ago Chris found out that he had to be down in Texas to train some people in a few different cities. We quickly took advantage of the situation and found me a ticket down for a quick weekend of house hunting. And by house I mean apartment. Hooray for a return to student life! But in all seriousness we are really excited. And we found an awesome place super close to campus! Even though I was only really there for 48ish hours, it was fun to drive around and explore our new home to be.

Jax and I did great on our first solo flight despite a blowout at 30,000 feet but boy, were we glad to see Daddy.
Chris took us to the edge of campus for a stop into The Co-Op. Holy moly. Imagine anything that could be branded with a Texas logo and then multiply it by ten. Everything from every kind of piece of clothing to Texas duct tape and Texas Yahtzee. Amazing.

Chris's friend from his intern days with the Houston Astros was nice enough to let us stay at his family's lake house on Lake Austin. It was a gorgeous place to enjoy some beautiful Texas spring weather and it was fun to see him again and meet his sweet girlfriend.

Jax was a trooper and slept in his car seat the two nights we were there. He also enjoyed some quality outdoor time (quickly becoming one of his favorite things) and we had fun watching daddy try to hit some golf balls across the lake.

Before heading out on the rest of our house hunt, Chris took me out for Mother's Day brunch. We ate at a fun place downtown and even got to sit outside.

Moving is hard. As excited as we are for our next chapter, we both had separate moments of sadness where it kind of hit us that we're really leaving Denver. Luckily it's an easy flight and we have friends and family that have promised to visit. And we'll all be together. And that's whats most important.

Jackson's First Baseball Game

Warning: This was a BIG DEAL to us so there are a lot of pictures of pretty much the same thing coming up. But they're all adorable so come on!:)

We are definitely a sports family - that's what happens when your husband knows everything about everything (and I mean everything) going on in the sports world and has even worked for two professional baseball teams as well as one minor league team and one college team.

So, naturally we've been very excited to take our little American boy to his first baseball game. Lucky for us we got to go with some of our great friends and also lucky for us, we saw an amazing game!

The night after our red eye back from Hawaii we met up with the group (plus Dane and Aimee in from Boston - hooray!) for dinner at Cafe Rio (of course) and a game on Blake Street between the Rockies and the Rays.

Jax ended up sleeping most of the game and being a tinnnny bit cranky for the rest of it - poor kid was jet lagged and confused about why we went from extremely warm to annoyingly cold in 24 crazy hours. The game was a great Rockies win complete with two home runs, a grand slam and a final score of 9 - 3. Can't wait to go to another one soon!

Four Months

Behind again... Or right on time? Two weeks late seems to be the new normal, at least I'm consistent! Jackson turned four months old on May 1st while we were in Hawaii (post to come soon hopefully!). Time is going wayyyy too quickly but I think this age has been my favorite so far. Over the past several weeks Jax has become tons more alert, interactive and vocal. His little personality is shining though and he is such a happy and easy baby. In his fourth month Jax took his first flights and traveled to Utah and Hawaii like a champ. We are both so obsessed with this little person and miss him when it's bedtime every night. I just can't get enough.

At Four Months Jax:

Weighs 12lbs 8oz (TINY!)

Is 24 3/4 inches long

Rolls from back to front with ease and then sometimes continues back onto his back the other way

Laughs out loud

Blows lots of raspberries

Sleeps consistently in his crib

Loves looking in the mirror

Smiles at everyone

"Talks" all the time

Loves sucking on his hands but has chosen his left thumb as his favorite finger

Reaches for and grabs things given to him

Loves to put everything in his mouth

Drools a LOT

Enjoys chewing on our fingers
Has eyes that have almost turned all the way brown
Has hair that is looking more and more blonde

A Utah Weekend

About a month ago we jetted out to Utah (baby Jackson's first flight!) to celebrate Tyler going through the temple for the first time before he goes on his mission in July. We had a blast getting to spend time with family and just being back in Utah for a few days. Here are some of our trip highlights:

Jax did great on his first flight and it was so nice to have it be such a short and easy one. We also lucked out to be at the airport at the same time as my cousin Michele who was passing through from California.

As soon as we got to Utah we headed to a huge family dinner at a delicious Italian restaurant in downtown Salt Lake.

We had to hit up J Dawgs of course. Even yummier than I remembered. Fun to visit their new (to us) brick and mortar store too.

Showing the little bug around BYU.

On Friday night we met up with a bunch of the cousins at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building to celebrate my Great Aunt and Uncle's upcoming 50th Anniversary. It was great to see the whole crew again and for them to meet Jax.

After dinner we wandered around Temple Square and then headed over to check out City Creek.

Saturday morning was beautiful with Ty at the temple. I'm so proud of him, he will be an amazing missionary!

Post temple celebration at The Red Iguana = Food coma

Jax with Uncles Justin and Tyler, a yummy stop at Zupa's, and watching the Masters with Uncle Ryan

Until next time, Utah!

Hook 'Em Horns!

***UPDATE: Chris got an email letting us know that he was selected for a pretty hefty merit scholarship! Did I already say he was awesome and I'm so proud of him? Because he is and I am:)***

Time to brag on my amazing husband - Chris was accepted to the University of Texas MBA Program this week! We are so beyond excited and I am so so proud of him and how hard he worked to get in. We know this is the right thing for our family at this time and couldn't be more grateful that everything has worked out the way that it has.

We took this picture back in November of 2011 down in Belize. A trip down to the Lone Star State for a few years of grad school was always something we talked and dreamed about.

We celebrated with Longhorn sugar cookies, lots of hook 'em signs and some delicious homemade healthy BBQ.

So this means we will be moving to Austin, Texas sometime this summer! We are both really bummed to be leaving the Denver area and mostly all of our awesome friends but are planning on living it up Colorado style until we pack up and head south. Chris served his mission in the San Antonio, Texas area so he is familiar with the region and has a deep love for Texas and the school. I love the south and am always up for a new adventure! Woohoo! Texas forever ya'll.

Three Months

Well I'm behind again! That didn't take long. I guess it's because I have such a cute little bug to keep me busy! Jackson turned three months old on the first of April. Being a mom is rad. That's all I have to say about that.

At Three Months Jax:

Love love loves sucking on his hands

Loves kicking his feet and listening to music with momma

Really enjoys exercising and having fun in his play gym

Smiles all the time
Talks to us and tries to mimic the sounds we make
Reaches for our faces

Is fascinated by sports on the TV (like father like son!)

Sleeps in his cradle

Loves to cuddle

Is rocking 0-3 month clothes like a champ with the occasional 3 month

Wears size 2 diapers

Over the Weekend

Soooooo I know it is now WEDNESDAY but I have to have to blog about our weekend because it was one of the great ones. We hosted a "wild" party (or at least the neighbors beneath us thought so...whoops!), went on several walks, took in amazing messages from our church's leaders during General Conference, ate yummy food, kissed yummy baby cheeks, ran fun errands and caught up on some much needed sleep. Three cheers for the weekend!

We started the weekend off right with a lunch date at Pho 888, one of Chris's favorite spots. I had never been or had Pho and I am a major fan! Where has such a warm and yummy bowl of goodness been alllll winter??

On Saturday we ran out between sessions of General Conference to take advantage of the beautiful weather and walk down the street and grab some frozen yogurt from one of our favorite places. Have you seen the dividers some places have now?? Holy best idea ever! Perfect for sharing.

After conference we ran some fun errands and visited one of our Saturday standards - the golf store. I'm a pretty good putter and Chris is a pretty good teacher. As it turns out, Jax is a pretty good watcher.

On Saturday night we decided to try the unthinkable and put Jackson down to sleep in his crib. Up until now this kid has loved lounging in his bouncer to sleep with the occasional stint in the cradle so I was not holding my breath for a successful evening. He did great! He slept in the crib all night and was the happiest little camper Sunday morning. Woohoo! Sorry for the crappy photo but I had to have proof. Now to just get him to sleep through the night...

Sunday we hit the sidewalk again between sessions for another beautiful family walk. Colorado is so pretty, we love it.

Having so much fun is exhausting:)