What's a family without a cat?

This is our new cat. Surprised? So are we. Since before Coleman was born we have noticed this cat hanging around our house. In fact once, I almost peed my pants early one morning when I sat down in my truck and the cat screeched and jumped out the back window because it had been sleeping in my car all night long.

Last week Brittany and I were pulling weeds in the front yard. The cat snuck up and scared Brit half to death. After that we named him Rascal. Now he's like another member of the family, except that he's not allowed in the house, nobody is allowed to feed him and we don't even dare touch him. Although, I'm sure that Coleman will pull his tail and whiskers in a few months.

Getting to know us

One thing we love about each other is that we like to have fun. Here's our best impersonation of Tim Lockwood, if he wore glasses and/or a sombrero of course.

WWF Comes to Provo

This weekend the Bienvenidos festival is going on right in the middle of downtown Provo. Friday night's main event, WWF wrestling. My brother in law Jacob and I had quite an interesting conversation regarding the cultural relevance of this low-brow drama.

Paco, the masked wrestler could easily be a metaphor representing all of peoples of Hispanic descent. "Junior," Mr. White Trash in the flesh, with his tight blue leather pants, is a shadow of the inherited prejudices and generational hate and discrimination against latinos. In the end, Paco overcomes and defeats over Junior, signifying his triumph over oppression and prejudice; but not before an awesome body slam by mister blue hot-pants...

Best two months of our lives!

What! Where did the time go??
Coleman, when did I say it was okay for you to grow up?
Has it really already been two months??
Well dad and I love you more at two months than we did at even
2 weeks because you are SO MUCH FUN!
You have so much of a personality and are so fun to watch,
like when you were so mad at me after your shots
and gave me the stink eye and wouldn't let me touch your hand
or when you crack up at the giraffe stuffed animal that dangles from your swing
or when you wake up and are soo sleepy and you just want to snuggle
and STRETCH and yawn for sooo long! You are like a bear coming
out of hibernation, even if it was only a short nap. :)
We love making you
smile and laugh
and we love that you are so helpful at holding your pacifier in your mouth
and when you lose it, we love it how you try so hard to suck on your hands,
even if it looks like you might bite them right off!
We love everything about you and can't wait to see what the
next two months will bring!

Do we have a green thumb or what?!

I never thought I was good at gardening

and really never thought it could be
FUN
but David and I have sure had good luck with our garden this year
and I can't wait to plant MORE next year!
I think we owe it to the fertilized dirt we filled the truck with
and dumped in our garden area this year.
Either way, our tomatoes...totally taking over and almost growing into the house!
But don't you worry, the bell pepper plant that the tomatoes
have smothered, has now grown out sideways and found some light and is growing up again.
Somehow it survived and is thriving...fertilizer, that's all I gotta say!
I think tonight I'll make roasted tomato basil soup,
fresh from my garden...jealous? Well if you're in the area, then
stop by for a tomato or two..we have plenty to share!
Also growing wonderfully at the Scott's - honeydew melon, zucchini, basil, and bell pepper. :)

Coleman's favorite place

He probably spends the most time in here out of every room in our house
between naps and feeding
and you can really tell that he knows it's his place
because every time I walk in there when he's fussy he calms right down.
Thanks for the ADORABLE decorating tips Michelle, we think it turned out Great!
And yes, the guitar hanging there is not just for decoration,
David plays us guitar ALL THE TIME...probably EVERY DAY. :)

2 Week Post...7 Weeks late

Brace yourself, this is a long one jam packed FULL of awesome pictures of little Coleman. David and I thought about taking him somewhere professional to get some really awesome pictures taken when he was only two weeks old, but then he suggested we just buy some different fabrics at JoAnn's and do our own photo shoot. I think it turned out pretty nice, what about you? P.S. We counted and we've taken over 1000 pictures of him just in the last two months...we must be obsessive photographers or something!
It helps that David is a real photographer...

Wanna ride Bikes?

All summer David and I have really missed not being able to ride bikes since we couldn't really take Coleman. Then we had the idea of using our Moby Wrap to put him in and go for a little ride and it was AWESOME! He totally loved going on a bike ride and also loves the Moby, so it worked out great! That wrap has come in handy more often than I thought...boating, grocery shopping, riding bikes, the uses never end. We just have to change his position every so often because if he is sleepy, he wont want to hold his head up and likes to be in a laying, more snuggly position, but as he wakes up and wants to look out, he wants to be more free with his hands and feet out. What a personality!

Summer lovin'

I love summer
and I especially love those summer nights
when the air is cool and the sky is clear.
Tonight, Coleman was very sleepy by 9:30, so I fed him and put him to bed early.
When I was done, I found David playing guitar on our front porch.
Mmmm, not only do I love it when he plays guitar,
but what a perfect way to enjoy a cool summer night
so I left the pile of clean laundry and the heap of dishes in the sink to join him.
We eventually moved to our porch swing,
that's in the grass because we don't have a porch,
and just sat
and swung
as he played the sounds of Eric Clapton, Saves the Day
and Dashboard Confessional.
What an amazing night, sitting under the stars,
listening to the soft sounds of the guitar and singing along as we swung.
I hope he always plays guitar for me
and I hope we always take the time to sit and swing
and enjoy the summer nights.
I love that man.

When do babies start to scoot and crawl??

Because I swear that even though Coleman is only 6 1/2 weeks old, he is already starting to scoot! Every time I lay him on his tummy on the tummy time mat, he lays there for about 10 minutes then gets mad that he can't look out and see everything and he tries to scoot off of it. Here's a few photos of him being bored with laying on his tummy, then a video of him scooting off. Just ignore my commentary...kinda embarrassing!

Somebody loves Coleman...

Look at this awesome blanket Marci made for Coleman!! It is so soft on the inside with those cool dots and is a thicker adorable material on the outside so it is perfect for taking places. It will be his warm quilt when he needs to be wrapped up and his play time mat when laying on the grass. We already took it to an outdoor movie the day we got it and a soccer game last night. Thanks Marci, we LOVE it!!

A crazy little sleeper

To all you mom's out there, does this ring a bell for you when your babies were so little?? I think it's hilarious!


This is how he starts the night and below is how he ends it...


Coleman sleeps very well and has ever since he was just two weeks old. He eats at 9 pm, falls asleep by 10 or 11 pm and sleeps until 5 or 6 am, then eats and goes right back to sleep for another 3 or 4 hours. For all intensive purposes, you could say at this age he is sleeping through the night, so we feel very fortunate that we haven't really had to feel exhausted since the hospital. The funny thing though, is that he wont sleep well unless he is swaddled VERY TIGHT and has something loud going like our industrial fan or humidifier. Usually by the end of the night, he has gotten at least one arm out, sometimes two, and has them up by his head with his blanket all loose and open.