A few random thoughts from a fairly random gal...

Baby boys can be beautiful!

This is something I have learned since Max was born. We are told all the time..."he is so beautiful"! One mom even told us that her kids were good-looking, but Max was just so beautiful - her kids weren't this good-looking. Of course we love to hear people say that; but what makes a little boy 'beautiful' instead of 'cute', 'adorable' or 'handsome'? Tell me what you think! I have seen baby boys that I would say are beautiful and others that are definitely so cute and still others that are very handsome. My take on it is that Max has really great eyes and long eyelashes and we usually equate that to beauty in women. Sometimes, though, I think Max looks more like a guys' guy and he's super cute or handsome instead.

Becoming Mobile!

I think it's interesting how every milestone varies from baby to baby. My nephew, Cole, who is 8 days younger than Max is rolling all over the place and scooting around. Max, who is sitting up, hasn't given much indication that he is ready to start scooting anywhere. When we put him on his tummy and a toy just out of reach, he will only do some scooting if it means getting his face off of the blanket so that he can suck on the carpet. He rarely gives that much effort for a lousy toy! And he's still just rolling from front to back, but not from back to front. Max is a much better sleeper than my sister's and friend's little boys of the same age; for that milestone I am very grateful! We'll see how things progress over the next months, but what I know is that it will be at the little dude's pace and that's just fine by me! I like how individual these little people are.

The Dating Days

Just in the past month I have been feeling the importance of dating my husband again. I feel like we make time for each other and have good, quality conversation. We spend all of our free time as a family. However, I have been feeling the need to be courted and to do some courting of my own. I am finally more comfortable leaving Max with a babysitter and have enough confidence in some of the young women in our ward to at least stay with him for a few hours. We have just been so darn busy the past 3 or 4 months! Now life is more calm and as the dust has been settling, I have felt an absolute NEED to go on a date with my man. We are not a family with a lot of means now that we have a mortgage...so tonight we are going to have a Costco dinner (big piece of pizza for $1.99 - and you can even get a churro!) and then attend an adult session of some EFY speakers on 'Keeping Courtship in your Marriage". It should be great! I just have to imagine Max laughing and smiling and playing with Amberlie Seader the whole time and then I'll be fine. He weighs about half as much as she does, and is about half as tall. She's really great with kids, though, and hopefully won't carry him around too much because I think her arms will just snap in half! :) She is really tiny, but very confident.

Life is Grand!

I am very grateful, very happy, very humbled by all that I have. I really am so blessed! Halloween was great; we're looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Holidays are that much more fun when you've got little ones, I've found. Even if they don't have a clue what's going on... :) I feel lucky to be a part of this family. Love to you all!