4 Months!

My baby's four months old! Craziness, eh? He's just so cute and cuddly. I love having him around. He keeps me laughing. I don't know how much he weighs or how long he is; we'll find out on Tuesday when he has his well baby check up.


He still doesn't love riding in the car. He tolerates it when someone is in the backseat with him. When it's just the two of us in the car, he usually screams until I reach back and put my hand on his cheek. Then he'll quiet down for a few minutes. The other day he fell asleep on the way to pick up Bree from school. This is how I found him:

Isn't that one of the cutest things you've ever seen?

Here are some of the things he's up to these days:
He loves to growl. It cracks me up. He also blows raspberries and is testing out his range and lungs with screams and yells. He sings along with me. He rolls over from tummy to back and from back to tummy. He holds his head up really well. He takes him binky out of his mouth and can usually put it back in. Sometimes he'll have it backwards or sideways and get frustrated. He loves to play with his feet. Most of the time they end up in his mouth. He likes to put everything in his mouth now. He thinks it's pretty funny when I brush my teeth. He loves to take baths and kicks and splashes his "Michigander" duck. His favorite songs are "My Heavenly Father Loves Me" and "Popcorn" by Laurie Berkner. He gets the hiccups almost every time he laughs. He has an enchanting laugh. I can't get enough of it.


Do you see what he's got there? Daddy gave him a french fry to play with. He loved it. He squished it up really good. Silly daddy. Silly Derek.

Tyler Ate a Really Big Hamburger and Some Other Stuff

Mom and Woody took us to Porter's Place awhile back. Woody ordered a 1 pound hamburger called, "The Destroying Angel." He didn't finish it. Tyler later made the comment, "I think I could eat that." I told Woody and Woody just had to let Tyler try. So we went again and ordered Tyler a really huge hamburger.

And he finished it! He also ate every one of those beans and fries. He cleaned his plate.

We had a lot of fun with them while they were here. We always do. We saw, "The Proposal," which was, in my opinion, hilarious. I really liked it. It was the first movie we've been to since Derek was born and the first movie we brought him to. He was fine as long as I was standing up with him. I was very tired by the end.

I got sick the day that they left. We went out to eat and I just didn't feel right all day. It really hit me the day after they left. I was so sick I could hardly move. I woke up with a temperature of 100.4. How do you take care of a baby when you feel like erping every time you move? It was very difficult. We took a nap together and Derek woke up so I fed him. Now, normally, I change his diaper as soon as we wake up and then again after he eats, but because I was so out of it, I had only changed it once since we got up. He was eating and he wouldn't stop crying! I tried cuddling him and realized we were all wet. His diaper had leaked all over us. So he was crying and I just couldn't take it. I started crying too. I texted Tyler and told him that I needed help. I somehow mustered up some strength and gave Derek a bath. I even changed my shirt. Tyler came home to me walking around in a daze of sick and tired. I then took a very long nap and felt much better the next day.

On July 3rd, we got to walk through the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple with Tyler's family. It was absolutely beautiful! The lighting is my favorite. I love the chandeliers!!

I tried to give Kensington a jelly bean and she would not have it. I couldn't believe she didn't want candy! She asked for a piece of gum and I gave here a watermelon flavored piece. A few minutes later, Shanda came by with the unchewed but moist gum I had given Kensington. She didn't like the flavor so she just kept it in her mouth without chewing it! Silly girl! It made me laugh.

Dad came up for the 4th of July. (Happy Independence Day, by the way!) It was good to have him up here. Bree didn't want to watch fireworks, so we went shopping and saw a movie instead, "The Proposal." It was even good the third time we saw it. We also found a new favorite (one of my favorites) hamburger joint. It's called "Five Guys" and it is yummy.

Derek is doing really well. He's such a little cutie. My favorite thing that he does right now is singing along with me or the piano. He hums along in monotone grunts. It cracks me up.