Collin's First Adjustment!

Collin got to do his first adjustment last week! One of his classes right now teaches the Toggle technique so they were taught how to find the listing (places that need adjustments) and how to adjust using this technique. His friend Tanner, who is in our ward and his classes, let him do the workup on him and the adjustment after that. Collin is working so hard and doing amazingly well! He is just about to finish up his fourth of ten trimesters. As long as everything keeps going as it should (no more car accidents haha) he'll graduate 2 years from now. I am so extremely proud of him with all his hard work and effort he puts into school but still makes time for Scott and I. We sure do love him and are excited for him to get to adjust us one day!!!

Collin's first adjustment! 

The listing was ASRP (for all  you chiropractors who know what that means.)

Cute Videos

He is so fun to play with right before he gets in the bath!!! 

This time he was screaming instead of laughing.

Forget the toys above, this is so much better!

I was taking a video of his cute talking and got his new trick at the same time! 

And he has no pants in 2 of these videos because he is so hot all the time. If I put him to bed with pants on, 90% of the time he sweats like crazy, even with the fan on and short sleeves.

When he kicks the side poles he makes it fall. He absolutely loves making a Scotty taco!

His first time being in a snowstorm outside of his carseat. Perfect timing for a snowflake right between my eyes!! Collin and our neighbors were outside building a snowcave. It snowed about a foot, church was cancelled.

How did my little boy get to be bigger than the hamper?!

This is how I carry him upstairs when I need to fold laundry.

He seriously loves his blankets!

Family Update

Well I have not updated for over a month so it's about time, especially since our little man Scotty is 4 months old now. Collin had 2 weeks off of school for Christmas Break. We had fun spending time together as a family. We mostly relaxed at home but also ran errands and went to the temple. We ran into other ward members at the temple and the mom volunteered to watch Scott so we could do Sealings together. It was so nice being in there with Collin, but also stressful. The whole time we were both worried about how Scott would do - which we found out he cried for awhile and then just fell asleep. He slept the two hours going to the temple as well as coming home. We love going to the temple and are grateful for our habit and desire to go monthly.
We had a great Christmas. We Skyped with the Cragun family during their Christmas Party Christmas Eve. It was fun watching all the nieces and nephews open their presents from the grandparents. Then we went to a ward members house for food and games and enjoyed our time there. Christmas morning was fun with a little baby. He opened his presents with help from us. He got clothes, books, and a few toys. We also got a new TV to replace our monstrous one, as well as some cheap Black Friday movies. We then Skyped with the Barker Family later that day. New Years Eve we went to another ward members house just down the street from us for Chinese Food and games. Then New Years Day we played volleyball at the church with friends.
Life's been pretty quiet since then. Scotty is getting so big. We think he's huge but he's only in the 20% for height and 30% for weight. Here's a few quick updates on him.

- He can now sit up for about 30 seconds before toppling over. It's so fun to see him wobble but still maintain his balance for awhile.
- Forget snuggling up to us, he likes to look all around and his favorite positions are sitting or standing on our laps.
- He is getting really good at controlling his hand movements and now will reach for and play with toys.
- He's figuring out that he can control his face and will make really funny faces. Our favorite is when he kind of makes a little duck face by puckering his lips out and having his mouth partly open. He also sticks his tongue out a lot now.
- He absolutely loves when we take his clothes off in the evenings to take a bath. EVERY night he laughs and thinks it's the funniest thing.
- He was taking baths in a little plastic bathtub but is too big for that now. The past few nights we've had him in the regular tub and it's like bath time is 50 times better now. He seriously cannot stop kicking and splashing the whole time he's in there. Last night it felt like I was taking a shower because of all his splashes.
- He has discovered his feet and anytime he is able to he holds onto them. I think it's so cute!
- He's in a "stranger danger" kind of phase right now. He only lets other people hold him for a few minutes tops. Even sometimes when they talk to and smile at him he'll start crying.
- He was taking great naps, but for some reason for about the past week they haven't been very good. He'll sleep for maybe 45 minutes and then wake up and will fight us for about another 45 minutes before going back to sleep. Hopefully that ends VERY soon.
- He loves giving Mom and Dad big slobbery kisses.
- He does this thing with his legs where he'll bring them all the way up in the air, perpendicular to the floor then slam them back onto the ground. Whenever he's playing on the floor you will hear a constant banging on the ground because of it.

Over half of those are his! 

Opening his present with a little help from Dad

Scotty and all his presents from Grandparents, Mom and Dad, and Santa

Out with the old 

In with the New, but we need to get a new stand for it. That's my nightstand from our bedroom...

The best thing about our smaller TV is now we can have a sitting room!!! 

Here's the best we could get of his "duck face"

We mostly take pictures from the side otherwise he gets distracted and will just stare at the camera

I'm pretty sure it must taste better to have as many fingers as possible in your mouth.

Here's our sitting boy!!!

Right now feet are the best toys

Scotty's 3 Months Old

Scott's 3 months old already. We have so much fun with him! Life is so much better with him around. This last month he's had a lot of "firsts". It's great to see him grow and develop. We sure love this little man of ours!

- Started laughing about 2 weeks ago
- He now rolls over during tummy time, usually when he is tired of it and wants to be done.
- Saw Santa for the first time at our Ward Christmas Party. He was not one that cried when he sat on his lap, probably because he has no clue what is going on.
- Got his runny nose last week. He did not eat very well during that time but he was still happy and smiley. Luckily that's gone now though.
- Loves to give us big slobbery kisses! We love it!
- Likes to take 5 or 6 cat naps that last no more than an hour. We are deciding now though that we don't like that and are hoping to get him to take 2 or 3 long naps instead.
- Does awesome during tummy time. He actually likes it now that he can hold his head up. Since he kicks and squirms all the time he's even like a little inchworm during tummy time and will inch his way off the blanket.
- He likes us to help him sit and stand now. He likes to show us how strong he is!
- Loves looking around at everything
- He is a total social butterfly. He will be fine laying on the floor by himself if we are in the room with him. As soon as we leave, he starts crying. Also, he loves being around groups of people. He'll be perfectly content and happy even when he should be tired. It'll be interesting to see if this stays the same as he gets older.
- I try to get pictures of him smiling but since he loves exploring and looking at everything, as soon as I hold the camera up he just stares at it. I'll put the camera down and try and sneak it up when he smiles, but as soon as he sees it the smile goes away.
- He no longer talks. He just yells, and no we are not exaggerating. His cute little voice has turned into very loud talking. It's so funny though to listen to him let out little yells though.
- His fist sucking has turned into sucking on his fingers. But, he'll start sucking on his fingers and get them too far in his mouth and gag himself.
-He loves mornings, he'll wake up around 7:00 every day. Once we put him on our bed he'll just talk/yell, smile his super big smile and kick his legs like crazy.

He loves the Bumbo. We'll put him in it in the kitchen while we make dinner since he likes being where everyone else is. We are just borrowing this one from some friends. He'll get his own blue one for Christmas.

Of course his fists are in his mouth

This is how every picture looks

Look at those fat rolls

This is how awesome he does at tummy time! And it looks like I may have my red haired baby!!

He loves blankets. He was laying on our bed while I was getting dressed. When I was done I found him all wrapped in the blanket (with his hand in his mouth).

We also had a friend take some family pictures for us. Here's a few of our favorites.

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had a great Thanksgiving this year! The Sunday before we had the traditional "Cragun Pie Night". Collin's family all growing up would have a Pie Night the night before Thanksgiving. Everyone would bring pie and you could pig out on pie before you stuff yourself full of food. We had a Cragun Pie Night of our own here. We invited 8 other families plus the 2 sets of missionaries in our ward. We had soup and then tons of pies that people brought. We made a caramel apple and a peanut butter. Other pies people brought were chocolate creme, a cookie kind of one, apple, pecan, chocolate strawberry, sopapilla, banana creme, and I can't remember what else. It was a very full house that's for sure. We moved our table into the kitchen for the pies to be on and to create more sitting room. We had tons of fun and will definitely keep that tradition the rest of the time we are out here.
On Thanksgiving we watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I grew up watching it and it just wouldn't feel like Thanksgiving without it. We then skyped with the Cragun family. We miss being around the family especially on holidays, but one day we will get to again! We then went to a family in the ward's house where we had a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner with a few other families. It's so nice being away from home but still having a ward family here that we belong to. It definitely makes things tons better! Collin went to Black Friday after that hoping to get a TV to replace our monstrous one we have now. Well, he succeeded and got a few other things for Christmas. After that we went to another family's house to watch the Seahawks vs Niners game. Collin loves the Niners and their family loves the Seahawks. It was nice to have so many things to do and people to spend time with.
Friday we skyped with my family. We also set up the Christmas tree. Scott had fun watching us decorate it. That night we went to Festival of Trees. Scott was screaming the whole way there so we were a little worried that we weren't going to be able to stay there. However, once we got inside and he had lots to see he was fine. One of our friends made costumes for the Nutcracker and her daughter was Clara. They were performing part of it there so we had to go watch. It was awesome and we loved watching it and the costumes were incredible!! Neither of us have seen the Nutcracker so it was a great introduction to it. There were also really cool gingerbread houses on display.
Saturday we went to the temple. We've missed going, even though the last time we went was August. We were going monthly before so our life has felt like something's been missing. Scott slept the whole 2 hours there. We took turns watching him while the other was in the temple. The weather was beautiful too! Scott slept most of the way home with just a slight crying session for about 5 minutes.
We love this time of year and all the traditions, family time, memories, and feelings it brings. This year it is even more special now that we have Scott here!

His first ornament

Collin humors me with him putting up some of his ornaments

The best stocking stuffer

One Gingerbread house had  a nativity on it somehow

So glad I can be with them forever because of the blessings of the temple 

2 Months

Scott is 2 months old today! Man where has the time gone?! He's getting to be very chubby. He's got chubby cheeks, fat rolls on his thighs, double chin, cute little belly, and I noticed today while taking pictures that his wrists are starting to disappear. But who doesn't love a chubby baby?! His two month doctor's appointment is next week so I'll know for sure how big he is then, but about 2 weeks ago he was 12 pounds according to the bathroom scale. Here's a few things he likes to do now

-Watches anything that moves, especially the birds on his swing and Collin and I moving around the house
-LOVES mornings. He talks and smiles like crazy in the mornings. He usually wakes up around 7. Scott and I hang out in our bed in the mornings after he wakes up. We just sit there talking to each other and smiling. It's so fun!
-Also in the mornings, he loves to lay there without clothes on. Also loves having his pants off after we change his diapers.
-Started pulling on my hair
-Always falls asleep in the car
-When he's upset he gets most calm when he's held up by our shoulders, his cheek touching ours, and us shushing right in his ear.
-He went to Collin's school for the first time on Tuesday. We went and had lunch with him.
-Has been to the chiropractor and adjusted several times already. He's a champ there.
-Finally starting to take naps during the day! It makes him much happier in the evenings.
-Sleeps great at night. Wakes up to eat usually twice during the night but always falls right back asleep afterwards.
-Loves baths and has now started kicking and splashing a little
-The other day I was listening and singing to Disney music while I sewed. He was laying on the floor "singing" with me. It was so funny! His favorite songs were "Kiss the Girl", "Be a Man", "You've Got a Friend in Me", and "Do You Want to Build a Snowman".
-Collin played dodgeball last week and Scott just sat there watching the whole thing. I'm sure it was fascinating for a baby to see lots of movement.
-Has started "yelling". It's almost like he now realizes he can "talk" so he has to be really loud sometimes, much like his mom. He can't be part of the Barker family without being loud :)

He curls his toes and smashes his feet together like this all the time

Deer in the headlights

Great smile like his dad

Look how big he is!!!

Love his huge smile and chubby cheeks!

When his hand is in a fist it's almost always like this. 

Also, notice his wrist that is no longer visible

He's getting his saliva now so he moves his tongue in and out almost constantly. It's so cute!

When he was born he sucked on his hand a lot. It stopped for awhile but has now started again. 

And of course, with a very loud sucking noise every time!

We sure love our little Scotty! We've loved being his parents for the past 2 months and are so excited to see him continue to grow and develop!