Russell just turned 5 months old... so yeah I'm finally pushing publish on the post from the archive. Babies man, they rock your world, haha.

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We've made it six weeks from Russell's birth. It feels like a huge milestone because it was also my C-section recovery timeline and I've felt even more out of sorts than a regular postpartum recovery. Not being able to lift things and tiring easily was frustrating and poor Scotty was basically trapped at home since we couldn't really go out without help.
We blessed Russell at home because my family was in town conference weekend. Our Bishop was wonderful and came over for that. Luckily the weather was gorgeous and we were able to have people eat and play outside.


The classic lion king pose and Russell in the blessing outfit we got from his cousins.

Cousins! I'm happy she'll get to know her second cousins in the pool every year.

Not pictured: the absolute meltdown Scotty had a dinner. Two year olds man, they give you a run for your money. She gravitated to Grandpa because he was the softy not trying to make her eat food.

It's so fun to have babies at the same time as my cousins.



Is it weird that a public park in Scottsdale holds memories and joy equivalent to most people's Disneyland experiences?


David ran around pushing Russell in the stroller and taking pictures of the epic train ride.


Scotty was then spoiled by a long swing ride courtesy of Grandpa... so basically she had the time of her life.

It felt like such deja vu this year. We had Scotty in a roll away and Russell in the pack and play. I'm living my parent's life and filling our room with a bunch of kids! I was the kid! What happened?! I'm closer to 30 than 20!!! Okay, freak out over. But for reals- we're adulting so hard these days.

I keep having these spring babies, and coming to Cammy pretty soon postpartum and taking a bunch of pictures. It's not my favorite since it takes a while to lose the baby weight while breastfeeding, but guess what? At least I have pretty babies to show for it.

Unfortunately where they installed the end of the line where the water was being pumped out was in our front side yard. Where it drained down the grass, across our sidewalk and into the gutter. Guess what? It froze during the winter making a sidewalk ice rink during the winter.

Even better, our neighbors informed us the previous owners promised them it would be temporary... And do you see that orange cone!? That was placed there over winter by an anonymous neighbor- HOW EMBARRASSING!

David, being the creative + physical person he is, solved the problem with a TON of manual labor once Spring arrived. (We moved in during the Fall, assessed the situation, Winter hit and then once Spring rolled in he was ready to go).
He dug a hole that was about six feet deep in our side yard, filled it with rock and had the sump pump line terminate into that instead of running off over the grass. Now it drains into this huge, underground gravel well. No biggie. You're welcome neighbors.