3 months? Already?

wow.  time flies.  and I've been horrible about posting often on here. oops?  So.  Yep.  Johnathan is three months old today!
new things:
-he LOVES swinging in the baby swing we bought (we put him in it right after we got it home and made sure it was clean and he was passed out within 5 minutes YES!)
-he is EXTREMELY smiley and is starting to talk a lot more (video to come when I finally am able to get him to "talk" to the camera)

happy boys watching a movie together.

-he can ALMOST roll over...he just hasn't figured out how to get past his arm yet...mixed feelings about him being able to move about the house.
-he usually will only wake up once during the night...so we lay him down for good around 10-10:30 and then he'll sleep until about 3:30, eat, and then sleep until 7:30-8 (sometimes later).
-he loves tummy time as long as his back is being patted.  ah well.
-he smiles really big when kissed on the nose...and when you give him "buh"s (um...basically blowing a raspberry on the stomach...not sure what other people people call it...that's just what my family always called it because that's the noise it makes)
-his stomach is apparently becoming less sensitive to dairy because I ate both cream of mushroom soup and cream of chicken soup and he didn't have a very big reaction to them. YAY!  I ate a little cheese this morning so we'll see how well his stomach reacts to it later.
-where we thought he hated being swaddled, turns out we were wrong.  Recently my sister showed me (as our sister-in-law had showed her) that all babies still love to be swaddled even if they usually sleep with their arms out.  :)

Albert and I:
-Albert's name is now officially "Albert V Helsing" YAY!

last picture as "Albert Contreras"

Us with Albert's grandma up in Salt Lake City :)

-My last name is still Evans haha.
-I had a guy hit on me over the phone at work...and when I brought up that I had a son he still assumed I wasn't married...that was interesting.
-I tried original soy milk and discovered that it tastes a little like melted milkshakes...next time I will get chocolate.
     -the soy milk has luckily not had a big horrible effect on any of my cooking that involves milk.  :)  except for the chocolate cake (from scratch) I baked recently...that tasted a little funny....ah well. :P
That's about all the "new" things for us!

football games and grills

Because we got cable, we decided that it'd be smart to have a grill for hamburgers when we have people over to watch football games.

I usually get this look when I'm taking an "unwanted" picture. :)

Though we were VERY disappointed in BYU's performances during the Texas and UofU games, we're quite happy that they won the game last week and look forward to watching them play again tomorrow. :)

smiley baby!

so...sometimes late at night I feel really frustrated at Johnathan for not being sleepy when I want him to be sleepy...then he gives me one of these

and then he hits me with one of these

then he decides to melt my heart the rest of the way (if it's not quite completely melted yet) with one of these

so basically he already has started wrapping me tighter around his little finger... :) 

TWO MONTHS!

Wow time has flown!
Poor Johnathan had his 2-month dr. appointment yesterday.  those of you with kids know that that's when they get the first big round of immunization shots.  I was really worried because Albert hadn't been able to come with me because of classes and I knew that if Johnathan was anything like me he'd be a pill about getting his shots.  luckily, he wasn't like me.  he took his shots like a "man" and only cried for about a minute after he got them.  He even fell asleep on the way home.  Unfortunately, last night he refused to sleep unless we were cuddling with him.  This morning, we took his temperature (he'd felt really hot) and the thermometer said 99.2!!!  Honestly I'm still a little worried because this is my first experience with my baby being sick...we went and got some children's Tylenol-type stuff (off brand basically)  when I left for work he was finally sleeping on his own (though in his cuddle-doughnut thingy)
Anyways: Other updates for Month two of Johnathan's life:
-at the dr's office he weighed 13lbs and 9oz and was 24 inches long (big boy)...his head size was in the 15th percentile...
-he's started smiling a TON (I'll post a video soon) and has even begun to babble a little...which is SO much fun.
     -he's kind enough to smile at me when he's being a pill and wanting to be up late at night. :) it makes everything better.

(this is one of his smaller smiles lol)

-he's FINALLY started sleeping well at night (with the exemption of last night, but he was sick so that doesn't really count).

 (his favorite sleeping position...we get screamed at if we try to pin his arms down lol)

-he still spits up a lot when I consume dairy
-According to Albert, Johnathan is awake most of the time when I'm gone at work.  he loves his daddy!

(yes, Albert is telling me not to take the picture hahaha)

-he doesn't fuss as much in the tub and he's a lot better at letting us change his diaper (unless he's hungry).
-oh and apparently he's a carrier for sickle cell...which is strange because as far as Albert and I know we don't have any African American blood in us...but the dr insists we do. Anyway, it's not something to worry about because it has no effect on him. The only time to worry would be if he married another carrier for sickle cell and even then there's only a 25% chance that their baby would actually have the disease. (yay punit squares!)

updates on Albert and I:
-we switch to the xfinity comcast under MY name so it's cheap again...also we have cable...which albert is SUPER excited about especially because it's football season again. (he was up watching a game just last night)
-Albert has started school again. (he's taking Cell Bio (from my uncle Paul), Organic Chemistry, Floral design (which i'm happy about because it means I get flowers almost every week), Statistics, and a research class)
-Albert got a job last week as a janitor in the SWKT from 4am to 7:30am.
-This week he got promoted to crew supervisor and got a pay raise.  (blessings from us paying fast offerings)
-I am still working. (really there's nothing exciting going on in my life personally...which is ok because I need a bit of calm)
-oh I've managed to basically cut dairy completely out of my diet...which feels horrible because I have begun craving lesagna and pizza and cheese burgers a lot recently. Ugh! I do cheat and eat chocolate still...though not often.

Baby Blessing and Birthday Parties

Johnathan was blessed on August 7th. :)  My parents and my 4 youngest siblings few in from Virginia for the event. It was a bit of a hectic day because Albert and I had an pre-church meeting with the rest of the ward missionaries (oh, did I mention we were called as ward missionaries...I guess not...sorry) and I wanted to give Johnathan a bath and he wasn't too fond of baths at the time (he usually likes them now) so it took a little bit to get him ready.  Luckily we made it to our meeting just in time.  And then we waited excitedly for our families and friends to show up at the chapel.
The blessing went really well. :)

 After the blessing, we took the party to one of my family member's house (it's technically my Aunt's house but my sister's family is renting it...and shortly the blessing luncheon my older brother and his family were renting it...so yeah).  There we had delicious sub sandwiches purchased from Wal-mart and watermelon and water. :)  yay!  there were lots of games played (mostly a wonderful game called 'Munchkin' which my brother Ben dominated at...usually with the help of another person, but still) and hugs exchanged and smiles and full stomachs and leftovers.  in the end it was a very happy day with lots of loving family and friends in which I hardly ever held Johnathan (who was mostly awake the whole time...no, he didn't sleep well that night).

Albert turned 24!  Yay for living another year!
yep... he was super excited to get the game Munchkin (many thanks to Mike for editing the cards for us).  most of the rest of his presents were money (which went towards school books haha).  On Albert's Birthday (the 8th...also the day after Johnathan's baby blessing) we went to Albert's Aunt's house (Aunt Sonia) and had a party there which also celebrated the births of Albert's Uncle Mark  and Albert's younger sister Vanessa.  Unfortunately, Albert felt sick most of the night...and then Johnathan felt sick and spit up ALL over Albert...we weren't smart enough to have brought an extra shirt for albert...so we went home soon after that.  That night albert continued to feel sick, so Johnathan and I went and slept in his room (he in his crib and me on the floor).  Thus, albert was able to get a good night of rest. :)

ONE MONTH OLD!!!

Time flies when basically all you do is sit at home and feed the baby and change the baby and burp the baby and try to make up for the sleep you didn't get at night because you were staying up with the baby.
It's really hard to believe he's actually a month old!! Right now he's sitting in his bouncer beside me looking back and forth between me and the ceiling fan.

Updates on Johnathan:
-He isn't really smiling very much yet (like REAL smiles...he smirks all the time when he's falling asleep (so cute!)), though I did get a good smile last night when I was bathing him after he spit up all over the both of us.
-He's starting to make noises OTHER than crying (and coughing and sneezing and hiccuping) which is really fun.  Can't wait for more!
-He still doesn't really like to sleep at night, but he's getting better at staying awake during the day and then crushing my hopes of him sleeping at night.
-he sleeps with his arms over his head.
-His stomach can't handle it when I eat dairy.  Though it's a lot better about cheddar cheese right now...but recently I've eaten American cheese and have had to do several loads of laundry as a result (I'm tempted to eat swiss cheese to see if it's just the nationality, but I hate swiss...so I probably won't)
-He hasn't really been trying to roll over very much yet.
-He LOVES LOVES LOVES to cuddle...and he REALLY doesn't like that we're trying to cuddle with him less so that I'll be able to get housework done with TWO hands later on instead of one.
-He has yet to cry for no reason (be it hunger, air bubbles, messy diapers, or just wanting to cuddle)
-He is getting better at being content without mommy holding him all day (YAY!!)
-when we do cuddle with him, he loves putting his head right under our chins and pushing up. (silly boy)

Things I've Learned in the Month Since Becoming a Mother:

-It's not a good idea to let your husband take classes for the first little bit of having a baby...especially if he has hard classes that he has to spend extra time up on campus studying for...
-When babies cry they actually DO say "Wah"
-No matter how many diapers you get at your baby shower, it's never enough.
-Babies poop a TON.
-I need "rewards" (even if they're as simple as Albert getting home and changing a few of Johnathan's diapers) to get me through the day.
-When I take several naps during the day, it makes it so that I can't fall asleep at night...but I don't sleep at night, so I need to take naps during the day to catch up.
-Even though babies stomachs are small, they can throw up a TON.
-You take a HUGE risk when changing a boys diaper if you don't keep him covered. (I already knew this...I just had to re-learn it several times before it stuck)
-having the ability to feed your child can be extremely painful...especially if they don't eat on time.
-when you take a sleeping infant to church you hear all the other children's crying a lot more than you did before.
-screen savers are also ear savers...Johnathan LOVES just sitting and watching our computer screen saver (some bubbles that float around on the screen and change colors...WONDERFUL!)