Happy Father's Day!!

Happy Fathers Day to all the wonderful father’s in our lives!! We have such wonderful examples of fathers that I am so thankful for! We are so thankful for my dad and Darin’s dad for their kindness, generosity, examples, and dedication to the gospel! They have both taught me so much and I really feel like I have the best dad, and dad-in-law!

I am especially thankful for Matthew’s father, Darin! He is such a wonderful man, and I couldn’t ask for a better father for my son! Matthew absolutely adores Darin and so do I!! Happy Father’s Day!!

Latest Update

Last week was a great week!! On Monday Matthew went to the doctors for his 4 month check up! He is a healthy happy little boy and we love having him in our family!! He was 25% for his weight, 50% for his head, and 75% for height! On a separate note, Matthew loves his baths! Here is a video of what Matthew does everytime he gets a bath. Don't feel like you have to watch the whole thing, he is pretty much just kicking the whole entire time!!

Wednesday Darin brought me home flowers for another “Cute Wife’s Day!” I love that holiday!! Here are the beautiful flowers from my wonderful husband! Thursday my brother Rick and his wife Heather had their baby Grace!! She is so adorable!! We are so glad that she is here. Now Matthew has 6 girl cousins on my side, and no boy cousins yet. Friday and Saturday we spent up at the cabin. Here are a few pics from the trip.

Take Me Out to The Ball Game

Last night we went to the Bee’s game with Darin’s parents!! We had a GREAT TIME!!! It was perfect weather and felt so nice to be out doors! Matthew seemed to love the game too! He really liked the lights. The only thing that would have been better is if the Bees would have won. We still had a great time!! Thanks mom and dad!! Here are a few pics from the night!

Drive Date

Darin, Matthew, and I went for a drive for a drive for our date yesterday. Here are a few pictures from our journey.

Videos of Matthew

I know that I am his mother, but I just think that Matthew is so stinkin cute!! Here are two more videos of him lately. One is Matthew laughing--sorry about the camera work. It is a little tough being the camera woman and playing with Matthew at the same time. The other video is Matthew trying to make the rasberry sound or the “voiced bilabial fricative” sound as genious Heather calls it!! :) Enjoy!

Rolling Matthew!

As I mentioned in a previous post, Matthew has been rolling over since he was 7 weeks old. I know that the doctors tell us to give babies "tummy time" but this is what happens as soon as he gets on his tummy!

Farmer Darin

Darin has been working on his garden lately, and he sure has done a great job! He is planting beets, corn, carrots, crookneck squash, lemon squash, spaghetti squash, tomatoes, daikons, Chinese cabbage, zucchini, mint, pepper mint, and Asian melons. I wish that I would have taken before an after pictures because he has done a great job! I love going up there to see his work, but also to visit with my grandparents, look at the hummingbirds, and have little picnics. Here are a few pictures from our recent journeys to the garden.

Matthew's Favorite Things

Matthew is starting to LOVE his tounge!!


In the last few days Matthew has a new favorite thing! See if you can guess what it is:





Yes, Matthew has learned to grab anything that is within reach and put it in his mouth!! Every time Darin gives Matthew a kiss Matthew grabs the glasses off Darin's face and puts them in his mouth. He did the same thing with my sunglasses. But I have to say that my favorite it the library card and the shoe!

Friend Get Together

Yesterday I was able to get together with a few of my friends from High School. Three of us had babies within a few weeks of each other. It was fun to see them all together! Here are a few pictures from the day! Thanks Annie for letting us come up!

Fun Weekend

Darin, Matthew, and I had a fun weekend! We walked up to the Post Office where they had a bunch of chalk art! I am so impressed with anyone that has artistic ability! Here are a few of the pictures from the fun night!

Cinco de Mayo

Happy Cinco de Mayo! Darin, Matthew, and I had a Happy Cinco de Mayo complete with mariachi music, virgin margaritas, enchiladas, and a home-made piñata! Hope you had a good one!



For the enchilada recipe go to hayleesfood.blogspot.com