Akumal Mexico

What a week! We had a wonderful, busy week in Mexico. The wedding was beautiful, the weather hot, and the sightseeing amazing! August did so wonderful on the trip. He went along on everything with us. I think that we wore the poor boy out. He was so exhausted when we got home....along with his parents! Vacationing with a 2 month old is not the same as vacationing as a couple :) Here are some snapshots of the highlights of our Mexico trip.

Taking a scooter ride around the island of Cozumel. August really liked the ride :)

Uncle Kevin babysat August while I got to swim with the dolphins...a life long dream!

All dressed up for the wedding

Xel-ha.......a great place

The look on Tyler's face when he saw Dana!

The Mayan celebrate that married Tyler and Dana

This is how we carried August around

The view outside the condo's......it was like looking at a postcard!

Priceless.......:)

Turtle Bay. Famous for its turtles. We saw a few of them while we were snorkeling

Cenote....an underground cavern. How we got down into the Cenote.

Drinking coconut milk

Stephano and Eugene

TulumTyler and Dana

Elle and Curtis

Amanda and Anunth

Ancient Mayan ruins at Tulum

At the airport all ready to go to Mexico!!

I'm 7 Weeks Old!

7 Weeks already! That is almost 2 months old!!!!! YIKES! August is going to be 16 and asking for a car before we know it :) He is really starting to hold his head up good (see pictures) and is almost laughing. He gets excited and squeeks instead of laughs right now. He LOVES to listen to singing. Whenever he is upset we just start singing and he just starts singing with us....his version of singing anyways. He loves the hymns and it is quite comical in meeting to listen to him singing along. The other new thing that he has learned this week is how to kick in the bath! I somehow seem to be soaked after his little kicking session in the bathtub. Oh, I don't know if I should mention this and jinx us, but....the last two nights August has slept for 7 hours straight! Wow! As always...we are having a blast around here!
Laughing at myself in the mirror on the swing

Daddy just THOUGHT he was going to try to relax with me. My relaxing days are over...I wanna see what's going ON!

Showing off my dimple!

See how good I hold my head up? If you could see my legs....I'm doing a pretty good impression of body surfing!

This picture was taken at 3:45 in the morning. I had put August in his bed straight and when I went to go check on him 6 hours later this is how I found him. He is a little wiggler. He wiggles his way over until his head is touching something.

I think there was a squeek behind this smile :)

6 weeks!

Well, here I am, posting 6 week old pictures and August is almost 7 weeks. This past week went a little too fast for me, I guess. August is really cooing and smiling a lot now and we MIGHT have heard a little giggle the other day. He really gets excited when we lay him on the floor and he just kicks and kicks. He has also discovered himself in the mirror. We have a mirror on the back of the seat where his car seat is and everytime we go somewhere he just talks and talks to the "other baby in the mirror." It is very entertaining. We just wish that we knew what he was saying :)

That was funny!

Aunt Sandy gets to meet August for the first time.Me and mommy before Wednesday night bible study. Dont I look spiffy in my first pair of shoes?

Darren reading the Wed. night study to August.

No, don't take my picture!!!

Another one of my great great Aunt Sandy

August is 5 weeks old!!!

Another week has already gone by and August is now 5 weeks old! Wow! I know that I probably say this a lot but...where does the time go??? I am still amazed by how many new things August does each week. His cooing and "talking" is getting more often and louder :) And smiles are getting bigger! He loves music and looking at shiny things. We are having so much fun around here, even with our lack of sleep :)

I was eating lunch and August was in his swing just talking away!

Sorry, I have no idea why this picture loaded this way. Weird.

The little monkey is fast asleep :)

August loves diaper changing time. He loves to look at the shiny metal on the wall and just talk and talk while kicking his legs a hundred miles an hour. Someone (Craig) mentioned that this was just like his daddy :)

Ok mom, lets go shopping :)

Taking a nap in my "big" bed. Last week, we put August in his crib. He loves it and the first night we had him in there he slept for 7 hours!!!

More fun diaper changing pictures!

Cripple Creek Ice Festival

This past weekend we went to Cripple Creek for the Ice Festival. Brrrr...it was a cold day. We had lots of fun with Adam, Sherry and the boys and Dan. What a beautiful drive up there and a very interesting town :) We had as much fun people watching as we did ice sculpture viewing!!!
All bundled up with Daddy! I think that August was the warmest person there!

All bundled up and ready to face that 19 degree weather! Brrrr!

The ice sculputre slide. Brandon and Jordan had a fun time on this!

Jordan

Brandon

4 weeks old!!!

WOW! Where has the time gone? We can't believe that August is four weeks old already. It seems like yesterday that we brought him home from the hospital. Everyday is a new adventure around here. August is giving us his first real smiles (not gas smiles) :) Yesterday I was able to finally catch them on camera. In fact, he was smiling so much I just kept snapping pictures and I think that I have about 20 pictures of him smiling. He is starting to coo a little also. It's funny because he will coo and then give a look like, "where did that come from, who was that???" It is so neat to see what new thing he will do each day.

August at 3 weeks

Napping on the couchAHHH.....it feels good to be cleanWhat are these people trying to do to me???!!!???

Smiling in my sleep....I'm three weeks old!

On the playmat for the first time. I LOVE the mirror.Ambra came to see me!

Me and daddySitting with daddy on the chair that we ordered ONLY 13 weeks ago!!! It was worth the wait :)