Grandma B comes down for a weekend!

Hi everyone - I will get the 4 month old post up soon, but here are some pics from this weekend.  We had fun seeing my mom and Travis and I did the Great Urban Race with the help of Cooper and Rick and my mom.  So here are some pics!

The only child debate!

We have an adorable (almost 4 month old) baby boy that is getting better at sitting up (and smiling for the camera):

And well, for some reason we were just hypothesizing into the future about when/if we would have another baby.  Well, my grandparents raised me and I was an only child and I turned out A-okay, right? 

So we decided that the positives for having an only child are:

1. no sibling rivalry/unnecessary competitiveness (where's mine syndrome that some people never seem to outgrow)

2.  being able to focus all of our time/effort on one child (not having to juggle events or see one child's activity/recital, etc.)

3.  the financial aspect (not as big of a deal, money's only money in the end)

4. the whole "only child" snobby/bossy/spoiled brat syndrome isn't really true anymore, since more and more parents end up either spoiling both children or the baby of the family (research it)  and

5. only being pregnant once (yes selfish, I wasn't the biggest fan and I didn't even have a hard pregnancy, labor was a whole different story, but I guess the second time would have to be better than my first experience)

On the other hand, looking back on my childhood, I liked being an only child, but even though I had a lot of friends growing up and I played in lots of sports and socialized a lot, I still didn't have anyone to play pranks on or play around with late at night on a consistent basis or someone to team up with or someone just to think of fun things to do around the house.  Or on vacations, it was just me sometimes, but my parents would usually let me bring a friend.  Travis definitely wants Tristan to have a sibling and I am trying to get used to the idea that one day we would have another baby again.  It's a lot to be in school, teach, attempt to get your research done for your thesis, keep up the house and get groceries and be a mom at the same time, so there won't be a second baby anytime soon.  But I do want Tristan to have someone else to play with, someone else to bond with and hopefully make memories with throughout his childhood.  And just like being around a baby was new for both of us as neither of us ever grew up around babies, so will adjusting to life with another baby, but hey, we can do anything :)  Especially with God being as good as He is. 

p.s. I know we can't plan out everything obsessively and I'm working on "letting go" of always wanting life planned out 100%, so please bear with me :)

Tristan un niñito charlatán (a very talkative little guy)

Tristan has been pretty sick for the last 2 weeks, but I think this cold is finally ending soon.  His cough is still pretty bad, but not as often.  However, he did lose his voice last week for 2 days.  He sounded like a poor little kitten meowing or trying to meow.  It was so sad I had to pick him up as soon as he started crying because it just broke my heart to see his sad face all scrunched up and then a little pathetic meow sound to come out of his mouth.

Anyway, ever since he got his voice back he's been "talking" up a storm.  He had started before he got sick, but now we are in full blown talking mode.  This morning he played in his crib for 20 minutes just saying "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" every other second for 10 minutes straight and kicking around and everything.  He does it at night too after we put him to bed and of course we have to have the monitor on, so Travis and I just sit there and kind of laugh and then get a little bit annoyed when it's been 15 minutes of that.  It's cute, but when you're tired, it gets a little less cute sometimes, LOL.  And with Travis sick (he's on antibiotics, so he should be better soon, but last night he was like, "come on, dude, it's bedtime!"  Pretty funny.  So, here's a video of him "talking" and him playing.  I know I commentate everything, lol, but he really is either camera shy or camera mesmorized.  As soon as he sees a camera or a phone he stops and just stares. 

This one is dark, but he was sleeping before and I didn't want to turn on the light:


Tristan "talking" from Holly Riley on Vimeo.

And here is one of him just playing:


Tristan playing from Holly Riley on Vimeo.