Stay at Home Mom

Today was my first day as an official "stay at home mom". I got to experience this life back when he was a newborn, but headed off to work when he was 2 1/2 months old. It is amazing how much I can get done when I'm not working.  Also, since I'm not in my first trimester anymore I haven't been nauseous all day or exhausted. Today I cleaned the kitchen, did the dishes, cleaned our bedroom, (these may sound fast and easy, but not when you haven't done any real cleaning in a while :/ ), ran errands,  baked banana bread, went visiting teaching, blogged, oh and took care of a child, too!

Anyway, here is what we've been up to lately, and by "we" I really mean Dominic...

Playing at the park, which he LOVES!

 Playing in our laundry, (those are clean by the way).

 Trying new foods like apricots and loving them.

Playing in the bathtub with no water and fully clothed. He always tries to climb into the tub so finally I just let him...

Drinking his first Jamba and loving it. He taught himself to drink from a straw like three months ago, it was so crazy.

Playing in the dishwasher. Whenever I open the thing he makes a bee-line right for it. Usually I catch him before he climbs inside.

This boy is getting so big and smart. I have put away most of his 12 month clothes and pulled out all the 18 month stuff. I thought it would all be too big on him, but apparently I underestimated his size. He loves to dance. He really has only one move which is bobbing the upper half of his body. It's pretty cute. He will dance to about anything, rap music, rock music, church music, toy music, a ring tone, anything. He can stand on his own for at least a half a minute and take a few steps if we make him. He would rather just have someone walk him around everywhere...it's much easier that way!

Oops!

We aren't exactly sure how this happened, but baby Muir number two is on its way! Which is the reason for my huge neglect of this blog. I've been awfully sick and tired the last couple of months. Hopefully I will be feeling better soon as I am about 13 weeks along. I think my due date is November 10th. We are excited, although I'm pretty scared to have two kids that will only be 17 months apart in age!

Anyway, a lot has happened since I last posted. My sister Kristin and her family came down to Rexburg over Easter weekend. My two sisters who live in Utah, Angela and Allie, also came up for the weekend. It was kind of crazy, but mostly fun! Unfortunately, I got sick that same weekend. I was determined to enjoy the weekend though and I think I succeeded. Then we went up to Washington the next weekend for my nieces baptism. I can't believe she is eight already! I remember being a junior in college when she was two and I would babysit her... Time flies!

Dominic is getting so big and smart! I feel like he is changing from a baby to a toddler too fast. It's crazy how much he learns every day. He pulls himself up on everyone and everything, including his crib when it's time for bed. He cruises along all the furniture and is getting pretty daring. He can climb up an entire flight of stairs by himself so I have to keep a close watch on him. He thinks it's fun to run away or rather crawl away from me really fast. Sometimes when he laughs he squints his eyes and throws his head back. It's pretty cute. We have a really difficult time trying to get his diaper changed these days, too. As soon as you get the dirty one off he flips over and takes off. Well, there are lots more things he is learning and doing, but I don't want to bore you all so here are some pictures!


We had a BBQ at the park with some other families and a little girl there had brought her scooter. Don't let his face fool you in this picture, he thought it was the funnest thing ever!

First time riding down a slide. Obviously he loved it!

Why hello Grandpa Weathers...

Bath time with his cousin.

Just eating a strawberry.

At Eden's baptism.

He escaped the diaper change.

Climbing up on dad.

This was taken about a month ago when he first attempted to climb the stairs. I went to the bathroom and left him alone and when I came out this is what he was up to...

All tuckered out.

I knew my son looked like me, but I didn't realize how much... (He has his Dad's nose though.)