ok. first things first. we love our home in lincoln. but there is a small problem. when you move from a teeny, tiny apartment in santa monica to a 2 story house with a basement you need some furniture. we’ve really put it off for a number of reasons and our main level has been pretty void of any furniture whatsoever. so a month ago i started looking on craig’s list. now there have been some adventures. i’ve gone in some sketchy areas of Lincoln and texted dan and our friend maggie about it because i was scared of the people that are on america’s most wanted.and i’ve also met some interesting people that are let’s just say very unique.
but i also met this husband and wife couple who are just rad. that is literally the best word to describe them and what they do. they had 10 days off together at christmas and they decided to buy cheap, beat up furniture on craig’s list and make it nice again in their garage then sell it. and they do such an amazing job! and they have helped me with everything as i’m fixing up this furniture. they even came over the other night and reupholstered out seats at our kitchen table. they’ve inspired me to do stuff around our house. check out their facebook page http://www.facebook.com/BlueTrimInteriors
but my core inspiration was none other than uncle kenny and aunt peggy. they are both so freaking creative and do the most amazing work. peggy even helped me with all the painting instruction for these tables. but they were the real inspiration and whenever im doing a project i call it ‘channeling some kenny and peggy.’ (i hope i didnt just creep them out) here are some pictures of the updates we’ve done this past week and weekend. (when i say we’ve i mean it. wyatt has been so clutch. if he wasn’t napping or hamming it up in his bumbo none of this would’ve gotten done. he’s the man!) enjoy!
six and a half weeks old and tournament #1 as assistant head coach under his belt. wyatt and i came home on sunday nights as the champions of the silver division. (unfortunately, there was only a gold and silver bracket and only 8 teams but we won’t tell wyatt that.) he was in his carrier for most of the matches and as you can see he was very into each match. he called serving areas and ran the defense. he celebrated the tournament with a 4 ounce bottle.
yesterday was a pretty hilarious day for little man wyatt and his mommy. every other day is wyatt’s bath day and i was planning on giving him his bath right before dinner so he would be staying up for a long period of time in hopes of that helping his sleep at night. well, that plan was changed. it all changed when i went upstairs to change wyatt’s diaper and a volcano went off inside of it. this was the biggest poop i have ever seen from a baby let alone a 5 week old baby. it covered almost every inch of his diaper and somehow went up the front part of the diaper as well. it was so enormous it makes you proud in a weird way. so right when i’m finishing up wiping him and cleaning that present he left me in his diaper he has a spit up party on the changing table. it went all over his onesie, on his face, all over his neck and covered the top half of the changing table. i just start cracking up and clean that up and decide after this extravaganza it is time for his bath. so i strip down wyatt and we go into his bathroom and start the water in his bath tub. as i’m holding him waiting for the water to fill, wyatt decides he wants to give me one last present and pees on me. i just started to crack up and wyatt just looked at me with those big blue eyes. we were both fully entertained and wyatt had to be feeling pretty good because he got a lot of business done in a matter of 10 minutes.
so all you grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, family, beware…wyatt and i will be in town feb 17-21 and if you volunteer for a diaper change watch out for these diapers filled with love, spit up sensations and a little pee directly on you as the cherry on top. the funniest part of all of this is that was easily my favorite part of the day yesterday. i hope none of you are reading this before a big meal :]
dear wyatt,
so much has happened in your first month here with us. mommy and daddy swear that you change everyday. you have grown so much and you are look more and more like a little boy each day. you dominate at tummy time each day and you have the most adorable smile when you’re sleeping. (we can’t wait to start seeing it when you’re awake.) you do such a good job of holding your head up and you love your ‘bop bop’ kisses from daddy. you also took your first plane flight and you were an angel. you hardly cried and traveled like a pro. last night we got to go to daddy’s banquet for nebraska volleyball and you did such a great job. the mc, john baylor, kept saying how daddy and i were going to make a parenting dvd bc you were so quiet throughout the banquet. you didn’t make a peep until it was time to eat. after the banquet was over, daddy was so cute and was not ready to leave bc he wanted to walk around with you and show you off. you’ve gotten better each night with sleeping and 3 nights ago you slept for 5 hours straight. it was pure bliss for mom and dad. frank still thinks you are his child and loves to give you kisses on your head. you have started to enjoy baths and you don’t cry through them anymore :] we count your toes and fingers each time just to make sure you still have them all. we have fun each day but for the most part you just want to be held which keeps mom’s hands full. you are such a blessing and our love for you grows each day. happy 1 month little wy guy!
love you to the moon and back,
mommy and daddy
our little guy is 2 weeks old now! he’s now 9lbs and grew 1/2 an inch. he puts back milk like it’s nothing and cracks us both up with his gassy face. we’re all off to la tomorrow to see our mason man (who now prefers to go by biggies as he is the big brother) and hopefully we won’t piss too many people off on our plane flights with our 2 week old baby :] for how much wyatt traveled when he was in my belly he should be a pro. well, we’re hoping to see a lot of friends and family while we’re in southern ca and wyatt is excited to meet all of you and excited for you to help with diapers!
not only does our dog, frank, think he is an actual person, now he thinks he is wyatt’s dad. he is so protective of wyatt and follows whoever is holding wyatt wherever they go. it is a riot. when he hears wyatt cry he runs to find him and wants to lick him. when he hears him sneeze he is right by wyatt’s side. he is literally constantly checking on wyatt. it is too funny. whenever you see les, phil, melinda, or my mom ask them about it. they were witnesses to frank’s obsessive behavior.
he’s here! the man himself, wyatt philip conners! weighing in at 8lbs 10oz and 22 and 1/2 inches! we were supposed to go in at 7:30am to induce labor but at about 4:00am i started to get small contractions that continued to get stronger and closer together. we got admitted in and contractions were about 7-10mins apart. they broke my water and in 4 hours we had our little man. they didn’t even have to induce. wyatt was meant to be born on december 28th, 2011. no inducing needed! he couldn’t be more perfect and is just precious. he was opening his eyes and tracking people and voices within the first hour and he was also lifting his head as much as he could.
mason was just in awe of his little brother. when he first met him he told us, “he is so cute.” mason couldn’t take his eyes off of wyatt for the first 10 minutes. when we moved into our room mason got to hold him and he really enjoyed singing to him. his songs of choice to sing to his new brother were santa claus is coming to town, jingle bells, and misteltoe by justin bieber of course! and dan was just so amazing the entire time. i really am married to the best husband and father in the world. wyatt would just stare at his dad and dan had the biggest smile on his face. leslie, phil and melinda were there for the whole day and my mom, suzanne, landed later that night. they all got to meet wyatt on his birthday! it truly was a magical day and we will never forget it.
well, by the looks of the pictures you can tell that santa made it to our house in lincoln. mason got spoiled…actually we all got very very spoiled. we started off the morning with playing a bell ring tone in mason’s ears to wake him up. it was almost 9am and we were anxious to show mason the note santa left him and how he ate all the cookies. so oddly, we had to wake a 6 year old up on xmas morning. (i feel like that could be a first for man kind. waking a 6 year old up on xmas morning! arent they usually the ones up at 4am??) mason is one of a kind that’s for sure. he came down and immediately checked the plate of cookies and milk and saw that santa (dan) had a feast the night before. he only left crumbs! santa wrote him a note back and since it is 2011, he left a picture of himself on dan’s ipad for mason to see. (mason asked for a picture the night before.) then we started the presents….mason’s first present he opened was a book that santa brought him. he opened it and then proceeded to read it and then read it again and look at his favorite pictures again. his first present took a total of probably 12-15 minutes. dan and i had to beg him to get going on all his other ones. like i said, one of a kind.
santa also brought mason his own karaoke machine! dan is still a little confused if it’s his karaoke machine or mason’s. once dan put it together, mason rocked out to a few songs then got focused on his other presents. dan saw this as an opportunity to showcase his hidden talents. the first few songs i was cracking up and watching him and then it just continued….he just kept singing like this was a concert and i was begging for an encore. he sang for about 40 minutes. he is also one of a kind and i just love him more everyday.
and to top it all off….santa brought our whole family a new tv! he wrote us a card that said “we ran out of TV parts at santa’s workshop so i talked to my elves and they will have one ready for you at the TV shop. you just have to go pick it out!” so santa, that creative man he is, left us a drawing of the TV and what we can watch on this new TV. as you can see from the picture above, there is a live football game going on. this drawing was hiding behind a big bag and taped on the wall so it took a while for mason and i to find it. there is no way im getting rid of this drawing from santadan. it is priceless.
we hope everyone else had a great christmas filled with lots of laughter, fun and family….oh and good food!
mason left some cookies and milk for santa along with a personal note. it reads…
to: santa
from: mason
here’s your cookies and leave me a photo of you in my room because i don’t know how you look like
mason got to open one present tonight and it ended up being a game for his nintendo ds. so he played it for a bit and now it’s dan’s turn to play because mason wants dan to “beat all the levels.” mason sits right next to dan and watches him the whole time and tells him good job and kind of coaches him throughout. right now he is saying “press A all the time or you will lose. press A and keep your hand on it. keep your hand on it k?”
here’s masey and his new best friend, alec. alec is 5 and lives across the street and mason and him just want to play with each other all the time. they play basketball, ride bikes, talk and play mario brothers, draw mario brothers, and they just have a blast non stop. tonight alec and his brother treven came over and asked mason to if he wanted to put some reindeer food on his house too so the reindeer have food to eat bc they have such a long trip delivering all the toys. they were pretty cute throwing it everywhere and trying to get it on our roof.
merry christmas eve to everyone! sending our love from lincoln and we hope everyone is on santa’s nice list this year. we aren’t confident if beans made it onto the nice list this year ;] little guy is always up to trouble…hopefully santa won’t bring him coal kibbles.
yesterday dan gave himself an ol’ hair cut. it wasn’t until we were reading to mason in bed that the light hit the back of his head and i said, ‘whoa dan get over here let me see the back of your head!’ he had a pretty solid chunk of semi-bald spot that was amazing. so if you want a trim you know who to call. (side note: he did re-cut his hair today and it’s pretty short but now there are not any bald spots.)
(second side note: how diva am i that when i saw the bald spot and realized he was going to have to cut his hair pretty short my thoughts immediately went to pictures of us with wyatt on wednesday? i mean it’s not like im going to be looking normal at all…i will have just delivered a baby. sometimes i am just a weirdo i tell ya.)
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