neglect.

i have neglected the blog and in turn have failed to post our lake powell trip, bebe roe rolling over, fourth of july weekend celebrations, grammy's visit from portland and bebe roe hitting the fourth month milestone. ah well, all in good time.

for now, a few shots of me and rodeo in lake powell.

family stroll

aaron and a took the bebe on a stroll up to bridal veil falls the other evening. it was a fabulous & relaxing evening ever reiterating what a beautiful place we live in.

{nevermind the fact that we had a little excitement on the way home, plowing over a deer who left our car majorly jacked!}

jowels.

need i say more.

chilly waters.

in true form, we applied our sunscreen. obviously, bebe is not quite sure about this one.

then proceeded to get on our gear. still . . . unsure.

and then went for a little dive. as if the frigid water was not enough of an adjustment?! bebe was quite a trooper.

monumental.

today, roe said "hi".

three times in a row.

he was sitting on my tummy this morning while we still lay in bed and i said, "say hi to daddy!" and he turned to aaron and said, "hi". did i mention he did that three times un a row? i dont care what you say, i am raising a boy genius.

oh aaaaand he rolled over. all by himself. of course aaron was going to the bathroom and i ran to get his jammers and lo and behold we arrived in the living room to a baby on his tummy. and of course we tortured the poor child trying to get him to do it all again, so we could capture it on camera, to the point of tears {on his part}. no luck.

for the record though this kid brings us more and more joy each and every passing day <3

we're baaack.

this last week we spent in lake powell on the oldham family house boat. over the next week i aim to tell our little story through the zillion pictures that i shot.

the nights were rough . . . as always though, the nugget was quite a champ.

as of late.

today marks the third month that our buddy roe came into this world and made our family complete. it feels like ages ago that he arrived because i can vaguely remember life without him. although errands take ten times longer and our house is constantly in disarray i can say that i have more joy in my life than ever before.

to: roe-deo

three months has whizzed by, but you have accomplished so much during that time. you are sleeping through the night in your own crib and in your own room. the first night that we left you in there all alone i about had a panic attack that someone was going to come in the back door and steal you and so, needless to say, i didn't get much sleep, but you were {obviously} wonderful. now when you wake up around 6am when your daddy or i come to get you, you are so excited to see us and give us the biggest grin and start wiggling your little body in your burrito sack {which you will not sleep without!}. as soon as we let you out of the little straight jacket to feed you, you stretch your little arms and legs so tall and then sigh with the relief of a good nights sleep.

you have always had an affinity for sucking on your hands and i am sure that one of these days you will figure out how to suck your thumb because that affinity has not passed. at times you will even gag yourself trying to stick all of your fingers in your mouth. you have gained more control over your hands and your arms and can now pull down the toys we have hanging from your play mat {a lesson you learned while i was doing dishes, only to come in the room to a fussy baby because you had hit yourself in the face - boo}.

you are so talkative these days. we have full conversations and at times it feels like you know what we are talking to you about. when you are not blowing bubbles with your lips or spitting, you are trying the tricks that dad taught you with your tongue and making tons of noises. i laid you down for a nap the other day and you just laid in your bed staring up at the ceiling laughing, talking and cooing to yourself. i like to think little angels were there hanging out with you.

you are sitting up so much better now - we are sorry you inherited an enormous head, but you are not letting that hold you back from the adventures that you want to have. in fact just today you actually enjoyed tummy time and i laid on my tummy with you and cheered you on. i think you felt proud of yourself.

you LOVE being outside. dad's new trick for getting you to fall asleep is to take you out on a stroller ride, to which he has calculated, you fall asleep after two blocks. you love the wind in your face and although it takes your breath away {literally} you seem to want more. there are so many colors and sounds around us, now that it is finally spring/summer, and we can just see you soaking it all up with your big blue eyes.

you want to be apart of everything and you are a very social baby. you are at your happiest when you are laying on your back and both your daddy and i are talking and playing with you. we could not ask for more. you are such a fun, cheerful and happy baby. we really got lucky with you buddy.

love: mommy