My Latest Obsession

This is what I do all day - take a bazillion pictures of this little guy with my phone. I can't help myself when he's having a Kodak moment every five seconds. Here are a few of many.

P.S. I can't believe he's two months old. It is so unfair how fast time goes.

Graham's Newborn Pictures

I'm a little behind on posting these (December was a crazy month), but here on a few of the pictures from Graham's newborn photo shoot. Gina Guthrie took these at our house, and I think they turned out really well. She was amazing to work with, and seriously took about a million pictures. He started to get hungry and fussy during a few of the shots that I really wanted to turn out, that didn't as much as some of the others (the one of him in the Utah hat and shoes that my mom made, and the one of him in the basket with the blue and yellow blanket that she also made), but I guess you can't expect a one week old to cooperate all the time! I hadn't realized how much he'd changed, but looking back on these now, he really has. It's so sad because I want him to stay a newborn forever (not sure I should admit this but I nearly cried when his umbilical cord stump came off - but I'll blame that on the hormones instead of me being a crazy mother. Though I am totally afraid now of how I'll act when he starts kindergarten - or worse, when I go back to work in a few weeks), but I admit that it's also so fun to see him grow up. He smiled at me for the first time yesterday and it melted my heart.

I was telling my sister today how I used to hate when people said things like 'I love you more everyday,' as if the days prior they didn't love them as much as they could have. But I get it now...I really love Graham more everyday. I loved Graham as much as I had the capacity to love the day he was born, but somehow my love for him has gotten even deeper since that day. It's like in 9th grade science class when you learn that the universe, which is everything, is expanding....it shouldn't make sense because you'd think that something would have to expand into something else in order for it to get bigger. But somehow, it just works. So my love for Graham is like the universe. One cheesy metaphor for sure, but that's how I think of it.

Graham's Blessing Day

We blessed Graham on New Year's Day at Dave's mom's house while we were in Utah for Christmas. Here are a few pictures of his special day:

Dave did a wonderful job on the blessing

Graham and Great-Grandpa PhelpsHis sweater vest that I ordered off Etsy was still too big for him, but we made it work. And a big thank you to my mom for making his pants!Cute cousin Monroe taking care of him...she's such a good little mommy.We had to get a few pictures outside in the crazy-warm January weather. I couldn't believe there wasn't any snow the entire time we were in town! Stephanie and Graham taking a lunch breakAunt KarAuntie Ange (as she calls herself) and Uncle RonnieGrandma BeckyHe slept just about all afternoon, but he did wake up for a minute so Angie and Karlee could get a few pictures of those big blue eyes I love so much. Aunt Katie & Maddie, and Uncle MasonGrandpa RonSome of our Hyer familyAnd after a long day of partying, Graham got into his monkey jammies and relaxed.

I just love having this little boy in our family - I have no idea how we ever got along without him!