Busy Summer

Our first summer with Layton is slated to be a full one. It has become more important to Evan and I to be more active and help create fun memories for Layton; similar to the ones we both grew up with!

Our summer activities include:
1. Co-ed Softball
2. Mommy and Me swim class
3. Lake House weekends
4. Spending time with friends and family at summer outings
5. Farming

We enjoyed our second and third b-b-ques this weekend. Memorial Day weekend started us off with a kbob cookout in Greeley, CO at Evan's Uncle Larry's and Aunt Patti's. We had a nice time and enjoyed the screened in porch; free from bugs! Memorial Day weekend also included a shopping trip - yeah for Layton, he spent most of the day in the stroller with us going through stores and never once complained!! Evan and I even got away for 2 1/2 hours to go and see the new Star Trek!

Back to this weekend; Friday night was a b-b-que pork at Lobmeyer's with a ton of their family it was a nice time. Saturday night Ty and Randy hosted a party for Randy's birthday; another fun evening. Layton does so well when we stay our past his bedtime, we take his jammies and get him ready for bed and put him to sleep wherever we are. He is then ready for bed upon arriving home!

Have a great week and more summer updates and photos to come!

Where has the past month gone! Layton is growing and changing and is the most adorable boy in the county (all parents say that but really he is!) He rolled over a week ago, held his own bottle and is learning how to make "new" noises. One of his favorite games right now is to mimick the noise you just made, he listens, ponders about 30 seconds, then tries it out himself - and is very good!

It's about time for the next round of shots, he will be 4 months old Sunday! He is still sleeping through the night and teeth are surly on the horizon as much as he drools and chews; nursing is still going well, we may start him on ceral over the next few weeks..more stories and photos to come with that!

Hope you all had a nice Mother's Day - we celebrated the weekend in Woodston with my family and made it back to Towner Sunday evening to share dinner with Evan's mom. Layton is one lucky little boy getting to see both grandmas, great-grandma and Mom all in one day!

Mother's Day 2009 - we were back with my family in Woodston.


Grandsons









4 Generations of Poore's! Great Grandpa will be 98 this fall and Great Grandma Venda will be 90. We are so blessed.

4 Generations of Sullivan's, another blessing!

Future Classmates Issac Splitter, Kinsley Williams, and Layton - 18 years from now, this photo may be shown at their graduation! We spend Saturday morning together at Kinsley's baby shower.

Catch-up

It has been a busy 10 days for us. Layton had his 2 month booster shots, going as well as can be expected. No major reactions, only 10 minutes of crying and little knots at injection site. Good thing we have another 2 months to gear up for the next round.

Last weekend we made our first overnight visit back to Woodston to see my parents and grandparents. Layton did so good! He slept through the night both Friday and Saturday (a new trend!!). Great-Grandpa Alvin and Great-Grandma Venda really enjoying having Layton as an overnight guest (us too), they loved holding him and watching him stretch, kick, grow and play. Grandpa Larry and Grandma BJ enjoyed showing Layton off at the Pheasants Forever Banquet (he even slept through the auction) and showing him around the farm on his first visit, even the dogs liked him. The trip was successful and went so much better than anticipated, Layton is a wonderful baby!

This weekend is fairly quiet. Today I spring cleaned house while Evan and Layton went to visit Grandma Cheri. This afternoon we folded the mountain of laundry, gave Layton a bath, and plan to spend the evening in together. We debated going out for dinner and having Grandma babysit, but it started raining....we might melt!! Tomorrow we have an Easter basket for Layton and will spend the day with Grandma Cheri.

Monday is back to the normal routine. Next week one evening we will go visit and take dinner to our friends Randy, Ty, and meet their little girl Kinsley she is a week old today. Layton's class now has 2 boys and 2 girls.

Have a Happy Easter!

April 1

We had our 2 month well baby check-up Monday, Layton now weighs 12 lbs 8 0z (75%) and is 22 3/4 inches tall (50%), our Dr was happy with his growth, personality, and overall well being. He is so full of personality and talkative (for a 9 1/2 week old).We are now working each night on additional tummy time to encourage arm use and pushing his chest off the floor. Layton is starting to sleep longer at night, we consistently go from 8 pm - 3:30 and a few nights he has stretched until 5:00 am! Yeah!!

This weekend we are embarking on our first overnight adventure with Layton. We are heading back to Woodston to visit Grandpa / Grandma and Great-Grandpa / Great-Grandma. It will be the first time since Day 2 Grandpa Larry has seen Layton, he is in for a surprise. Several weeks ago I began "The List" - all the items we would need / want / might need / might want for a weekend away, wow it keeps growing (plus we all know how the weather in KS will change 3-5 times in 1 day!). It might be easier to get Layton is own portable living quarter.

Hopefully we will get to see some friends this weekend at the Pheasants Forever banquet in Stockton, it will be Layton's first "big" outing since the baby shower in February.

More next week on how the first weekend away is and how portable crib sleeping is.

Back to Work

Sigh...Maternity leave is over. Layton and I started our newest routine on Monday; daycare and work. So far so good! Our morning routine starts about 5:10 with a shower, blow dry, makeup, breakfast for Mom by 5:40 when Dad gets Layton up for breakfast (we are still nursing several times a day and pumping in between) and ready for the day. We spend about 15 minutes every morning as a family, which is my FAVORITE time of the day, Layton is all smiles, giggles, coos and cuteness; then he naps on the way to daycare.

Work has been wonderful, it is great to be back and catch up is going well (thank goodness for good back-ups). I love the challenges of the communications industry, sales, and marketing, everyday is something new. My very wise boss advised me to work half days Mon-Wed this week then full days Thurs - Fri - it was the very very best advice ever. The half days have allowed me to ramp back up to working, Layton getting used to the babysitter, and the babysitter getting used to us.

We have no major plans for the weekend, laundry and family time are the headlining events.

Have a great rest of the week!

Random Happiness

Greetings!

7 Lucky Things to be Happy about

1. Borrowed Baby Swing
2. Visits from our best college far away friends (Jenny/Michael & Darin/Megan)
3. Girl Scout Cookies
4. Nice Weather - Layton loves the outdoors
5. Getting thank you's all written
6. Returning to work next week (mixed emotions, excited but sad to leave Layton, we love our days together)
7. Big Toothless Grins and Smiles