5th Anniversary!!

It's so hard to believe that Cole and I have been married for 5 years!  We've had so many wonderful adventures since December 29, 2007, the greatest of which arrived on September 11, 2012!  For our anniversary we decided to stay close to home since I am still nursing Hazen.  Cole tricked me into letting me plan our anniversary with a nice dinner and staying at the Skirvin (where we stayed on our wedding night) and then come to find out he had planned a suprise trip to a Bed and Breakfast in Guthrie.  It was beautiful and quaint and of course the pumpkin pancakes for breakfast were to die for!  Thank you to my amazing husband!  I love you so much and can't wait for all of the new adventures to come!

Our quaint little cabin

The cards were in our robe pockets, so cute!

The yummiest pumpkin pancakes!

It was a White Christmas!

Christmas has always been the most special and exciting holiday in my family so I have been waiting well since the minute I found out I was expecting Hazen for his first trip from Santa!  And it was a huge success!  He must have been a very good boy during his short 3 months because Santa brought him some amazing presents!  Santa also was so thankful Hazen's cousin Harper shared one of her cookies for him to leave out.  We then went to my mom and dad's for our traditional Christmas morning breakfast followed by presents, presents, presents!!  Hazen did fall asleep about half way into it but then he got to wake up to so many amazing presents!  We then headed out to Omega to spend time with Grandma Marks and the rest of my dad's family.  It is amazing what having a child can do to make my favorite holiday even more special as I got to watch him experience it for the first time!  Although he won't remember it, this momma sure enjoyed every second!

 Santa brought Hazen a swing set, a musical drum, walker, and several TOYS!!

Daddy helping Hazen with his stocking

Christmas is a lot to take in!

Our chief chef had to bundle up to grill the sausage for breakfast!

Hazen had two great helpers when opening his presents

He loves his new car

Cooper loving his Santa present

The Marshall's first Christmas morning

Grandma and Boppy with the grandkids

Grandma Marks spent her Christmas holding Hazen (I got to open all of her presents for her!)

Bundled up for this White Christmas

Christmas Eve

So back to the blogging...January was super crazy for this mommy so I got behind in my blogs but now I am determined to catch up!  Hazen's first Christmas was so special!  We spent Christmas Eve morning and day with Papa, Gigi, and the rest of the Marshall clan before going to Christmas Eve mass with my family.  Hazen had so much fun playing with his cousins (or at least watching them play!) and of course opening all of his presents.  Plus, he finally got to spend time with his Aunt G (Cole's sister Jenny) and it was quite a blast!

Hazen surrounded by all of his amazing presents and wearing his "Cooper hat" his Gigi made!

Worn out and snuggling with Keagen and Gigi

LOTS of cuddle time with Aunt G!!

First Christmas Eve Mass

Posing in front of the nativity

In our Christmas PJs ready for Santa!

Let the Christmases begin!

We kicked off our first Christmas celebration with my mom's side of the family on December 16. Hazen was so excited to finally meet Aunt Vicki and Uncle Bruce and of course spend time playing with his cousins! It's always so fun to get together, especially when we get to see Gramps and Grandma Jan!

3 months old!!

I can't believe my little guy is 3 months old! Time is going by so fast but it is so much fun to watch him grow, mature, and change. He is the happiest baby and his smiles and coos melt my heart. He has now started to become really interested in his toys. His favorite is his "farm" where he loves to grab the dangling toys. He also loves his bumbo seat. He's so proud of himself when he's sitting up in it. According to our bathroom scales he weighs about 11 1/2 pounds now! Over the past 2 weeks he's started wearing his 0-3 months clothes and I just packed away his newborn stuff which made his mommy really sad. He sleeps in his crib every night like such a big boy and now only wakes up to eat at midnight and 4 am and I'm appreciating the extra Z's! His favorite time of day is morning. He is so happy and smiley that it makes waking up in the morning awesome! He loves when his mommy and daddy sing and dance for him while we are getting ready, although I'm still deciding whether he's laughing with us or at us! :) We can't wait for all of the amazing changes that are still to come!

Working Momma

Last week was my first full week back to work. I can't believe how fast my time at home with Hazen flew by! I loved every minute of being home and at first was sad to go back. But that was before I saw how much Hazen enjoyed all of his babysitters. He's quite the traveling exhibit until we get into a daycare. He plays with Gigi (Cole's mom) on Mondays and Thursdays, our friend Erin and her 5 month old daughter Kloey on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and Boppy (my dad) on Fridays. Well each day was quite the adventure and mom and dad have learned to be very organized getting everything prepared the night before! I am so excited that he gets to spend a few days a week interacting with another baby. I can't believe how spending time with Kloey made him become so much more active in just 2 days! Plus, he's comfortable enough in his manhood to play with all of her pink toys!! His mommy misses him so much but God blessed us with the perfect set up right now and I am beyond thankful!!

Big boy!

Lately Hazen has been holding his head up so well that I decided to try out his bumbo seat. It was a hit! He loves it and is so proud of himself for being such a big boy! I can't believe he's 12 weeks old today! Time is going by way too fast!