The Conley Crew

Thursday, January 12, 2012

"Enjoy Him"

This past week I went to refill Jaxson's acid reflux meds at the pharmacy. As I waited to be rung up I started chatting with a gentleman. He went through the standard stranger questions about Jaxson: how old is he? Is he your first? Does he sleep well, etc. I explained to the man my babes was not the best napper and just wants to be held and loved. I told him I wish I had a manual for my munchkin as being a first time parent can be overwhelming. Then with the sincerest face this sweet man told me figuring out my little man will be hard but be the best part. He told me to not sweat the small stuff and enjoy Jaxson everyday. He said he was just sure my baby would start napping on his own when he was ready but soon he would be too busy to cuddle and be grown soon after that. I so needed to hear that! I had been over stressing about naps and determined I was a horrible mom because i could just not get my baby figured out. Surely enough I was reminded to be a good mom was to love my little boy and keep trying to write the manual for Jax. :)

Moment to Moment

I remember a little ways back I was talking to my sister, Shauna, about her kids and being a mom. She said (not verbatim, the conversation was too long ago) often times you have to thrive off of the special mommy moments to make it through the hard times. It made sense at the time but having my little guy now, I can emphatically agree! In past three months I have never been so tired, frustrated or agitated in my whole life. However I have also never felt so blessed, loved or fulfilled. Right now in our house every nap is a fight/train wreck. But when little man wakes up after much struggle to get him down, he greets me with the sweetest I missed you momma smile. In that special mommy moment I melt and remember why I love being a mom! I attempt to hold onto that moment through the next fussy time because I know just around the corner he will melt my heart with something like holding my hand or stick his tongue out when he smiles. So for today and I am sure many more days if not years to come I will live moment to moment.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Boppy Time!

I cannot believe how fast my little guy is growing. Everyone says you won't believe how fast they grow but it's so different when it actually happens and so true! Everyday I am amazed how much he changes and progresses. Tonight I was holding him and he had his binky in his mouth and kept playing with it with his tiny fingers instead of just knocking it out which is his norm. I know it sounds like something so little but as his momma he never ceases to amaze me!

Tummy Time.....

Buggy Time......

And Smiles..........

Friday, January 6, 2012

First Haircut

Poor Jaxson got the inevitable baby mullet. I put off cutting his hair for a week or so thinking it wasn't that bad. Then recently I saw the back of his head while Jon was holding him and I thought oh it is that bad, it's time! So we busted out the clippers and Jon went to work. After a few hair divets the baby boy was done and it looked pretty good.

Before...........

After........

Saturday, December 31, 2011

New Years Eve

People kept asking what Jon and I were doing for New Years Eve and honestly I forgot it was New Years till late that morning. As you might have guessed we stayed in and hung out. We did make it till midnight probably due to a late feeding for the mister that night but as you can tell by his tired little face at 10:30pm he did not make it till midnight :).

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Christmas Day Brunch

After a great sacrament meeting at church (hymns and testimonies) Brooke and her girlies, Taylor & Hailey, came over for a little brunch (well it was after lunch but I still say it was brunch!). It was so fun to chat and eat and spend time with family. Although we couldn't spend Christmas day with all the family we love so much please know you were in our hearts! :)

We had really good intentions on making it to Jon's aunt's house Christmas day night. I got the munchkin fed and ready to go but at the end of the day, we, Jax included,were pretty worn out. Here is how little man got worn out......

Christmas Morning

Little secret about me.....Being the youngest in my family I had a little naughty streak. On Christmas Eve, my parents usually put us all in the same room before bed thinking we would hopefully stay put. Well my parents, like most had the "you can only get out of bed at x o'clock in the morning". So in my mind that meant I should probably sneak down before anyone else got up to see what Santa brought because if I was the only one that's not technically breaking the time rule. Yeah that was pretty bad but it's not the worse part, I would get so excited about what I saw that I had no choice but to go get everyone up and inevitably I would slip and say what I saw downstairs and I would get in lots of trouble! :)

This year the roles reversed....well kind of. We now have our own little human alarm clock who woke us up relatively early and we were able to share in the magic of Christmas with him! :)

Making our way out to see what Santa brought......

He loved his floor gym......

Then we opened some presents......

Then it was onto breakfast and our classic Christmas morning movie, "It's a Wonderful Life". Someone got quite tuckered out and only made it a few minutes into the movie :).

*How grateful I am for the season to celebrate our Savior's birth. I feel overwhelmingly blessed to have been born & raised in gospel and feel especially grateful to raise Jaxson in it as well. What an amazing gift we have received from Christ and what a wonderful time to celebrate it. :)

Years of Christmas Morning: 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve

I can't get over how much having Jax in our family has enriched our lives. Every holiday means that much more and is that much more enjoyable. We just adore our little guy and love being able to share these special moments with him, including Christmas Eve! Love this holiday and the traditions that go with it so much :)