Breakfast with Santa

One of the highlights of December for Wyatt and me was Breakfast with Santa! Santa made a special stop at Ally and Davids just a few days before Christmas! Wyatt may have not been to sure about Santa, but most of the kids were SO excited! Here are a few pictures of the awesome day!

Christmas at the Ranch

After leaving the Saxe Family Christmas celebration, Wyatt, Kevin and I packed up the car and headed down to the ranch. The ranch is one of the most special places in the whole world to me. All of my favorite holiday memories growing up are there, and I hope Wyatt someday feels the same way. EVERYONE came in to celebrate Christmas together, and Haley and I volunteered ourselves to cook the huge Christmas meal. I have never attempted to cook for that many people, but the food was great, and we had so so much fun. I hope we can carry this new tradition on for a long time!

These are really the only pictures we took while we were down there! So pathetic! Patrick surprised Kortnee with a puppy for Christmas, Jase. It is going to be so fun to watch Wyatt and Jase grow up together. Wyatt wasn't quit sure how he felt about all of Jase's licking, but it was so so cute to watch them stare at one another. 

Christmas with Saxes

Our Christmas celebration this year lasted almost a whole week, but you will not hear me complain about that! I LOVE Christmas time...like really really love it! Since it was Wyatt's first Christmas, we really wanted to see our WHOLE family, which meant we did a lot of traveling and a lot of moving around! First up, the whole Saxe clan got together on the 21st to have early Christmas. We had a blast! Nothing beats wake up on Christmas with little ones around! Micah and Laurel's excitement was infections. I can not wait to see that joy on Wyatt's face!

Connor and Alex, as well as all the kiddos had to wait at the top of the stairs until it was time to open gifts! (Saxe family tradition)

 Wyatt was beyond spoiled by his Mimi and Bubba, and his awesome aunts and uncles!

 We are SO blessed to all live close and get to spend holidays together. I look forward to many many many years of loud, big, crazy, exciting Christmas! 

After all the kids went down for a nap, the rest of us got to sit down and eat our second huge meal of the day. It couldn't have been a more perfect celebrations!

Big Steps

I put Wyatt down for the night in his crib for the very first time tonight. This was a huge step for me. I am strangely emotional about this. I feel like he is growing up so fast and it just makes me sad. He has been in a bassinet next to our bed since we brought him home from the hospital, and I have loved having him right next to me. I know that it wasn't the best habit in the world to start, but it was just so easy! With me breastfeeding, I could just roll over and get him, nurse him and put him right back down so fast! But after being gone for the last week for Christmas, I figured now was the best time to cut our ties with the bassinet. I pray that he continues to sleep like a champ, and that I get some sleep and don't spend the whole night staring at at the monitor! 

3 Months

Happy 3 months Wyatt! He is growing up so fast! I don't know where the time is going! Wyatt is such a happy and easy baby. He is a great eater, and such a good sleeper! I am still breastfeeding, and I feel beyond blessed that it has been such a great experience for us. Wyatt is very laid back most of the time, but he lets ya know when he is getting a little bored or is hungry. He likes to be moving all of the time! No sitting still for this guys, I am pretty sure he gets that from his Daddy :). He has recently started talking to us a lot! He is a very camera shy little man though. Every time I try to get those sweet little smiles and babbles on camera, he stops and just looks at me!

We don't have another check up until January, but I had noticed a little rash on his elbows, scalp, and knees. It started to get worse and worry me, so I took Wyatt in to see Dr. Torn. Turns out little man has eczema :(. We had to start a whole long skin care routine to keep his poor dry skin from getting worse. Hopefully it is something that he grows out of, but for now we are putting lots of cream and ointments on 4-6 times a day! One positive from the trip was getting to weigh our little guy! He is getting so big, but it still super long and skinny, just like his daddy! 

Weight: 13 lbs 6 ounces 

Wyatt has really put himself on a great little schedule. Because we are still breastfeeding, so he doesn't go longer than about 3 1/2 hours between feeding during the day, but he sleeps for a solid 7 hour stretch every night! 

Every day I get to spend at home with him is the biggest blessing in the whole world. I am SOOOOO in love with him. I truly didn't know my heart could grow this much! 

Girls Night!

My sweet friend Katie has an all girls Christmas party every year. I wasn't able to go the past few years, so this year I made a point to make it! Kevin agreed to watch Wyatt all by himself for the night so that I could enjoy a stress free night away. I am SO lucky to have a husband who is such an amazing hands on Dad! I truly do not know what I would do with out him! I had so much fun on my night out in Dallas, but I also couldn't wait to get back to my guys on Sunday. 

Big thanks to Mimi and Bubba who helped out over the weekend, and to Gigi and Grandpa who watched Wyatt on Saturday night so that the Saxe bunch could go the Celebration at our Church. I owe you all big time for letting me have a stress free girls night with some of my very best friends! 

Shower Time

My beautiful sweet friend Lexie is getting married in January, and before the big day we wanted to pamper her with a shower! My mom and I, along with several of my high school friends, hosted a shower for her at my moms house. It was such an awesome day! Lexie looked beautiful as always, and it was so much fun for all of us to catch up! My oldest friend Laura was even able to make it down from Oklahoma. She hadn't met Wyatt until the shower, and I loved getting to see the two of them together! 

My wonderful sister-in-law, Ally with Little Bears Designs,  designed the awesome invitations! 

Flowers by Wedding Flower by Lisa. The tequila and vodka bars were a huge hit! 

Lexie cutting the beautiful cake.

 So thankful for wonderful friends! Laura, Jennifer, Chelsea, Emily, myself, and Lexie have been friends since elementary school. It means so much that we are all so close and have grown together instead of apart!

Wyatt has plenty of lovin while at the shower. The ladies just couldn't get enough of him! 

A Little Place Called Aspen...

My mother, the queen of spontaneity, invited Wyatt and me to a last minute trip to Aspen. When I say last minute, I mean we booked our flights Saturday and left Tuesday! With only two days to pack, it was quit hectic, but oh so worth it. I just LOVE Colorado. I love the mountains, the snow, getting all bundled up, and just being able to get away from the humidity! Wyatt was so so wonderful! He slept during all four flights, and stayed on his schedule the entire time.  By the end of the trip, it seemed like every local in Aspen knew Wyatt! We got stopped during almost every walk in town by people who wanted to see my little man.  It was the perfect get away, and I am so thankful for my mom and Marvin for making it happen! As nice as it was to go, I was definitely missing Kevin and ready to get home at the end of our little get away! Here are a few pictures from our perfect get away. 

Maternity Pics

My beautiful, talented, and amazing cousin, Haley, has out done herself yet again! She took my maternity pictures of me at our family ranch about 3 weeks before Wyatt was born, and I just had to share. As fat and ugly as I felt at the time, I am so so happy she talked me into taking these. I will treasure them forever! 

Thanksgiving

Kevin and I have SO much to be thankful for this year! God gave us the most perfect gift in our little guy. Wyatt has brought so much joy and happiness to us and our families. Our hearts are overwhelmed by how much we have been blessed. I am also thankful for a healthy pregnancy this year. Although I was sick for quit a bit of it, it was perfectly uneventful :). I want to give special thanks for our marriage. It has been a perfect two years, and I can't wait to see what God has in store for us. Thank you to our wonderful family, who are there for us constantly. We are SO BLESSED! 

The weekend before Thanksgiving, we headed down to the ranch to celebrate early with my side of the family. Since Patricks team was still in play offs, my parents weren't there, but we had a blast with Haley, Brandon, Bubba, Uncle Herb, and Aunt Mary. 

I will probably forever feel guilty about this, but my first night away from Wyatt happened to be his first Thanksgiving. Kevin and I had made plans to go to the TCU vs UT game on Thanksgiving day, and little man just wasnt big enough yet to make the trip. Gigi spent the night with us on Wednesday night so that we could get up early on Thursday and head to Austin. I felt so bad for leaving them, but Kevin and I had a blast at the game, and enjoyed some us time. Wyatt was very well taken care of, and got to spend time with my whole side of the family! 

We left Austin early Friday morning to get back to our little guy, and to celebrate Thanksgiving a day late with the Saxe bunch! 

2 Months

I will probably way over use these next few words, but seriously how is time going by so fast! These last two months have flown by! Wyatt is such a great baby. He is happy and a great sleeper, and just gets more and more fun every day. I love all of his smiles and his "talking". I just didn't know it was possible to love something this much! His current stats are:

Height: 24 1/2 inches (93%)

Weight: 12 lbs 2 ounces (50%)

He wasn't super into his photo shoot today, but he is precious none the less! 

Play Dates

I feel so unbelievable lucky that my friend Erin and I both had little boys in September. Wyatt and Jackson were born about 10 hours apart and were almost the exact same size! Since we delivered at the same hospital, our friends were able to kill two birds with one stone and visit all of us at the same time. I don't know where I would be with out Erin. We are constantly comparing notes and laughing through all of our new experiences. She has been a life saver, and I am so thankful for her! We had the boys first play date when they were two weeks old, and we have been getting together almost every week since. From our breastfeeding class, to the BBB play group, mom lunches, and Mommy and Baby movie days, she has been my partner in crime :). Here are a few pictures from the boys first play date. Hopefully we will have many pictures of these two together as they grow up.

They look like they are having so much fun don't they!

Momma's Little Skeleton

Let me start with saying that finding Halloween costumes for newborns is dang near impossible. I searched high and low and just couldn't find anything that fit right! I was soo disappointed! I settled on a cute glow in the dark skeleton onsie, and just had to call it a day. Even though I was a little bummed about the costume, Wyatt looked precious, and we had a super fun Halloween. To say our neighborhood is busy on Halloween is a total understatement. This neighborhood does Halloween big!!! I am talking haunted houses, block parties, and rented golf carts big! We were so excited that Grandpa let us borrow the golf cart so we could cruise the streets and visit with lots of friends in the neighborhood. After our cruise around the hood, David, Ally, Micah, Laurel, Mimi, and Bubba all came over to do a little trick or treating! It was such a fun night! I can't wait until next year to do it all again! 

The Pumpkin Patch

I absolutely LOVE the fall. It is my all time favorite time of year. I love that fall means football, cooler weather, pumpkins (and all yummy things pumpkin flavored), and to me it mean the start of the holiday season (Growing up in my house I had to fight with my mom every year to keep her from putting up the Christmas tree before Halloween). It also doesn't hurt that my birthday is in October as well :). This year Wyatt made my already favorite time of year even better. I have dreamed my whole life of having my own family and starting new family traditions, and first up on my list was visiting the pumpkin patch, and carving pumpkins! This year Wyatt and I got to go and get some super cute pictures taken. Much to my disappointment, it felt more like summer outside than fall. As you can see by the photos, Wyatt didn't love our time there, but hey there is always next year :). Kevin and I waited until a cooler day closer to Halloween to actually carve the pumpkins, but needless to say our little fall family traditions are underway!

Finally...

It finally came off! One month and 3 days later Wyatt't umbilical cord FINALLY fell off! Bath tube here we come!

One Month

How did a month go by so fast! This first month of Wyatt's life has been the very best of mine so far. I am so so in love with him and just cant stop kissing that precious face of his. I love how much Kevin loves him, and it melts my heart every time I see them together. Life truly cant get any better. On a funny note, Wyatt's umbilical cord still hasn't fallen off! I mean come on! I thought those thing were supposed to fall of fast! I am ready to give him a real bath and I'm just very tired of cleaning that thing!

25

Yesterday was my 25th birthday, and I have to say that 25 is already the best year yet! I got to wake up to the best gift God could have ever given me! I spent the whole morning cuddling with my little man, and thanking Kevin for working so hard so I can stay at home with Wyatt. I wake up everyday so thankful for my life, and the gifts that God has given me. That afternoon my sweet friend Bria came over and took Wyatt and me to lunch. I had so much fun catching up with her. Then last night, my mom had the family over for pizza and cake (admittedly one of my favorite meals) and to just hung out. It was an absolutely perfect birthday, and I feel so spoiled! Thanks to everyone who helped make me feel so special! 

Newborn Pictures

Again, I have been beyond spoiled by Haley. Not only did she stay with me for the whole week before Wyatt arrived, she came back a few days later and spent another week helping me take care of my little man. While we were camped out at my house, she took these absolutely amazing newborn pictures of Wyatt. As if all of this wasn't hard enough, she was doing it all PREGNANT! I have been dying to announce to the world that Haley is expecting a little one this May. I truly couldn't be more excited for her and Brandon, and I can't wait to spoil her and her little one! Anyway, here are the precious photos Haley captured while she was here :). 

I had to make sure and get a few of Haley and Wyatt before she left us. I sobbed after she left. It was so so hard to see her go. Lucky for me, we don't go more than a few weeks between visits, or it would have been even harder!