Idaho Visit

Great Grandma Nye(First of all, sorry if some of the pictures are HUGE and others are small. I'm working out a glitch and hopefully they will be fixed soon! And also sorry for some of the blurred pictures and red eyes in some of them. I took my small camera to Idaho that doesn't work as well)

Nixon and I took a trip to Idaho a couple of weeks ago! My mom was telling me that she HAD to see Nixon before Christmas :) so she flew us out, and I am so grateful because I feel like Nixon is growing up so fast! We were in Idaho for almost a week, but it seemed like a very quick visit and I'm sorry we didn't get to see everyone we wanted!

It was a little nerve racking flying alone with Nixon, but he really did great, especially on the way there. On the way back, I asked to see if there were any empty seats on the flight, hoping I could get two for Nixon and I. The lady said, "This is a very full flight, but you must be living right because the only empty seat on this plane is the one next to you." I was very relieved. After we got on and sat down, I was trying to give Nixon a bottle while people were still boarding the flight. He was not having it. He was screaming, arching his back, and I couldn't settle him down. You know how that goes, lots of fun. So I decided I would try to nurse him since I had the seat empty next to me. So I got out my cover and was COMPLETELY covered and this lady walks by and looks at me like, "I can't believe she is doing THAT in public." K. So that totally got me worked up into a full body sweat, and Nixon decided he wasn't in the mood to do that either, even though I KNEW he was hungry. So I tried the bottle again, and finally he took it. I took the now sweaty nursing cover off, and I was just a little frazzled. Let me remind you that this is all while people are boarding, stopped in the aisle and staring at us. Then a cute lady starts walking towards me and looking at me like she is going to sit next to me. She loudly says, "Guess what? I am the BEST person to sit next to you. I have 4 girls at home." We laughed and I was SO relieved! Come to find out she lives in Omaha, she is a member of the church, and is looking for a piano teacher for her girls! It was so fun to get to know her and I'm excited to have made another friend out here!

Great Grandma and Grandpa Robins

Great-Great Grandpa Uhrich

My good friend Ali from high school. She has twins that are 10 months old!

Sam and Nixon. This is the first time Sam got to meet Nixon and I think they hit it off :)

Grandpa George and Nixon

Grandma Funk and Aunt Heidi

Destri and us. This was also Destri's first time meeting Nixon. She was in Spain when we came to Idaho last time. She flew back to Idaho the day we left. Sad..

Brooke and us. I am so glad you guys drove down to see us!

Michelle just had Orion and he was only 3 weeks old here. Destri got us matching monster jammies for the boys to wear. It was so fun to hang out!

Grandma and Grandpa Funk, Zach and Heidi

Kristina and Nixon

Uncle Nate and Aunt Carie

Ash and Nixon

Grandma Ellie and Nixon

Four Generations! Great Grandma Whittaker, Grandma Ellie, Me and Nixon

The CRAZY boys: Trey, Hollister, Carter, Jake, Mckay, Uncle Jeff, Jackson, Harrison, and Nixon

Great Grandpa Whitt and us

One Year Older and Wiser Too

Chase turned 27 this week! We went out to dinner on Friday to a Mexican Restaurant and Nixon and I made him a birthday sign. This is a tradition in my family and I hope to continue the tradition in our family!

When Chase opened his gift from us, he was holding Nixon on his lap and when he pulled out the paper and crinkled it a bit, Nixon started crying. It was hilarious, and sad :) We reenacted it so we could get it on the video camera!

4 Months

Nixon is becoming quite the big boy. He turned 4 months last week and we love how his personality keeps coming out more and more! The main thing that he has been doing this month is playing with his toys. He loves to hold on to things and put them in his mouth. Oh, and he is also getting quite aware of me and where I am at every moment. He isn't spoiled at all :)

Labor Day

We had a BLAST on Labor Day. Not only was it fun to get to have Chase home for the three day weekend, but we had a little barbecue at our house with some friends. We invited some of Chase's classmates, their spouses, and kids.

This is our friends' baby Lainey. Look how cute Chase is with a little girl :) Can't wait!
Here is most of the group. We played a game of "Make me Laugh". Basically, you dress up goofy, put on a skit or whatever you want, and try to get somebody to laugh. Whoever breaks into a laugh has to go next...
Chase and I were Sumo Wrestlers. It was a hit :)

Back to School

We are finally starting to get back into the swing of things! This summer has been an absolute whirlwind and it's good to get back to a schedule. Chase started school almost three weeks ago, and it has been pretty strenuous and time consuming for him. We are glad when the weekends roll around and we get to spend some time together. He actually had to clean a "friend or family member" for one of his grades so he got the chance to clean my teeth! It was the first time I had left Nixon with any one, other than his grandma's. I left him with a friend and wasn't even nervous, except maybe to get my teeth cleaned! :) It was a fun time and I liked looking at Chase behind his mask because I could tell when he was smiling at me just by the wrinkles next to his eyes :) I am so proud of him and all he has accomplished so far. I am so lucky. As far as Nixon and I, we pretty much hang out together all day, which absolutely ROCKS! I have started teaching some piano lessons as well. I have 7 all together and a couple of more inquiries. I'm not sure I want to teach much more than 10 for now. I have also been finding some other ways to help out financially. Since we bought our nice camera, I really would like to start taking pictures, and learn how to do it right. I took some pictures of a family a couple of weeks ago, and the mom was so impressed, she said she had two other friends and their families who would like their pictures done. I posted a few pictures from that photo shoot below. The next thing I did was actually not my doing. From the ad I posted online for piano lessons, a lady called me and asked if I would play at her son's wedding! Normally I wouldn't post on here how much I get paid for stuff, but I have to tell you. It was crazy. They paid me $250 for 2 hours of piano playing!! We had agreed beforehand that it would be $200, but she gave me a $50 tip on top of that. People out here are nuts. The wedding was actually really beautiful! I was expecting a white trashy wedding from the fact they found me on Craigslist and never even met me in person before the wedding. The Mom who I have been in contact with, was actually raised a member of the church, but told me it has been really hard because her husband and son aren't interested. Some of her family actually ended up being from our ward! Small world. We are loving living here in Nebraska, except for the fact we don't get to see our friends/family :( I try to post as much as I can so you can watch Nixon grow and be a part of his and our lives from afar!
Here are some of my favorites from that photo shoot....

Yard Sale Finds

No joke! I got this pile of clothes from a yard sale.

Part of being students is FRUGALITY. And let me tell you. When you can find stuff like this for cheap? Who really gives a crap?

Chase and I went yard saleing a few weeks ago, and we came up to a house that really didn't have that much stuff, what we like to call "a drive by". We about kept going, but I said, "Let me just go run and look really fast." Chase stayed in the car with Nixon. When I got into the garage, there was an ENTIRE table of baby boy clothes that looked like this. I started swooping up piles in my arms because I was afraid someone else was going to get to them before me haha. It was hard to pick my very favorites because there was so much! The lady running the yard sale was actually the grandma of this little boy, and she said when her daughter found out she was having a boy, she went crazy! She over bought, and he never wore half of this stuff. I couldn't believe our luck. The clothes all look brand new and most are from Gap, Old Navy, Children's Place, Crazy 8, and Target. She wanted $1 for every piece of clothing and $0.50 for the hats, but since I got almost 30 items, I asked if she would take $18 for all of it. She did. A few of these items I was able to get for one of my friends who is having a baby soon, since some of the sizes were newborn.

Looking back, I wish I would have given the lady my number so I could buy the little boys' clothes when he grows out of the next size!

Here are some of my favorites..

3 Months!

Our Nixon is 3 Months old! Chase and I did this little photo shoot of him right around his 3 month birthday. We couldn't get a smile out of him, but we still think they turned out pretty dang cute!


This makes me want to cry. Here is a comparison of Nixon in his carseat when he was 2 days old.....
AND THREE MONTHS OLD!!! I seriously can't believe how much he has grown! And how much hair he has lost :)
Happy boy!
I had to get a picture of the rolls starting to grow on his thighs, since most of you can't kiss and pinch them!
Tummy time... I can't believe how he can hold his head up! His neck and back have gotten so strong, it seems like over night! It's hilarious when I go to feed him in the night and he is perched like this crying, with his head almost peering over the crib.


3 Month Highlights:

14 ish pounds (we weighed him at Walmart while grocery shopping. We laid some plastic down, and then put him on the produce scale. He wouldn't really fit in it so we had to hold on to him a little bit, so I don't think it was completely accurate. He weighs at least 14 lbs, maybe 14 lbs. 3 oz?)

23.5 inches long

He is eating more these days. About every 2 1/2-3 hours during the day and he is eating 4 to 4.5 oz. every time.

Getting very good at tummy time and holding his head up

Smiles almost every time I even look at him

Started giggling! I can take my chin and tickle him under his neck and on his sides and he goes crazy giggling.

Still likes to be swaddled, especially during naps.

Seriously balding. He has no hair on the sides of his head and a big chunk is missing in the back. He has a patch on top, and a patch at the top of his neck and the funny thing is, it is pretty dang thick and long so the bald parts look REALLY bald. He looks like a cute old man :)

His sleeping habits, I'm not real proud of :) We put him to bed at 8:30, eats at 1:30, eats at 4:30, and then ready to eat again at 7:00. Most days we get up then, but I usually bring him into bed and feed him there by me. There have been a few mornings where we will both fall back asleep. It is such a sweet time to be able to snuggle with him in the mornings. The picture below is of when that happened once, and I CAREFULLY inched my way away from him so I could get out of bed without waking him up and snap the picture.