Yummm...

I love feeding Mack... it's quite a challenge and yet very entertaining. At first he was great, didn't spit it out, didn't bite the spoon, didn't blow bubbles with it, didn't try and slap it out of my hand... but i guess he was getting bored with this. Now it's all of the above and still, he pleasantly surprises me with something new... maybe today it will be kicking the jar out of my hands, sneezing with a mouthful, or shutting his mouth so that i can't get the spoon in (this one seems to make him laugh the most).

He's Making a Run For It...

Mack is crawling! One day he was just rolling over... the next up on his knees bobbing back and forth... and the next he was full on crawling! I can't believe how fast he learned. I love leaving him in one spot and coming back only to find that he's half way to the front door.

Larkin Family Reunion 2009

We got to go up to Duck Creek for our annual Reunion. I have been going up there since i was a little kid and i am so happy to be able to take MY little kids now! Even though every child up there is caked with mud and dirt, you can't help but love being there. Though i will never again go camping with a baby and an unheated tent, i still loved it! For some reason my little son Hunter always has to be the only kid to fall into the lake... good thing i planned for this and brought 2 pairs of shoes and extra clothes :)

THE CAMPOUT IN THE TREEHOUSE!

Hunty and Ty had a sleepover in the treehouse last night... He was so excited, Ty didn't think he was ever going to fall asleep... but at 7 the next morning i found them still out there snoring away :)

MACK & HUNTY

Teddy Stewart got this outfit for Mack at the baby shower and it finally fits him... well not the hat so much, but we thought we'd try it anyways.

Mack's 1st Ice Cream Sunday

Summertime

So there's only so much fun you can have playing "dress ups" with a son...

THE ONE WITH MACK STEWY

I had my baby!!! Mack was born on March 22 at 3:31pm. He weighed 7lbs 9oz and was 21" long. I started having contractions at midnight, held out as long as i could, but finally drug Tyler to the hospital at 5:30am. I was one of 6 girls that went in that night and the only one that got to stay, thank goodness (the others were false alarms). My doctor was out of town so i had to wait for Dr. Martin to get out of an emergency c-section... that 10 minutes was the longest of my life. But as soon as he arrived it was 5 pushes and Mack was born! It was an amazing experience- I feel that way now of course but during labor i swore we were adopting the rest of our kids :) I LOVE being a mom- even with all the late nights and not knowing at all what i'm doing, i LOVE it!

THE ONE WITH THE PHOTO SHOOT

So for our baby shower invites we wanted to get a good picture of J

and I being all pregnant... what we thought would be an easy task sure is not when you're fat, uncoordinated, and have chopped all your pretty hair off... luckily out of 50 shots we got one that worked. I'm so ready to be normal again!

THE ONE WITH THE ARGO

We went down to LA this weekend to get baby material and we stayed on our boat in Newport- The Argo. We've been going to the boat our entire lives, but this is the first time we took it out sailing thanks to our Uncle Greg. So much fun and on a perfect day. Our only job was to put on the steering wheel and fortunately after a few frustrating minutes we managed to make it work...

THE ONE IN PARK CITY

We went up to Park City to hang out with Ty's family for a couple days. Hunty got to play with his cousins and the rest of us spent the time playing "Smart Ass" trying to beat Dale... finally we just made a rule that he had to lap us 3 times on the board to make it a win. It's a trivia game and of course most of the questions were from 1952 or so. Fun game, but when all you've done is beauty school, it's kinda challenging :)

THE ONE WITH THE NEW ADDITIONS

Bluebeast Reptile has had some exciting new additions!!! We now have the Pancake Tortoise and the Indian Star. The pancakes are so cute! They are super flat and then have these little legs and head that stick out. The stars have the coolest design to them. Also as you can see from the bottom pics that our Russians have been working hard to give us a good year this spring. A HUGE breakthru to see this kind of activity going on! Tyler and i both got excited when we saw this... i know, sounds kinda kreepy, but it's a big deal around here :)

THE ONE WITH THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE

Here is our little gingerbread house. When i was growing up we had an aunt that had us come over and make the real deal completely from scratch... this was just a box ready for assembly which was pretty nice... my cooking skills aren't quite ready for the real thing.

THE ONE WITH THE LITTLE WEENIE

I had my 20 week ultrasound yesterday and it took the nurse less than 5 seconds to figure out IT'S A BOY!! It was the neatest thing ever to see this little baby moving all over. I haven't been able to feel him in my tummy yet so to know that he's alive and kicking is so exciting! He kept putting his little hand in front of every picture, so cute! The last picture on here is the 3D one... i can tell that it's his little face with his button nose and he's yawning, i hope you can all figure out what it is too! He has his two arms up around his face. Oh i just love him already!!! Hunter and his daddy were there with me and he was super excited that it's a boy. He asked if he could teach him how to ride a bike one day :) I hope he's as tall and good looking as his dad... but weighs only 6 pounds at birth... the doc says he's a big baby... yikes.