Nathan's Baby Blessing

I just realized how many things I've missed posting the last few months. Not only have I been a slacker about posting Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, I have been selfish with all of our precious baby pics of this sweet little boy who is now 4 months old! He just had his 4 month well check and immunizations and was a whopping 14 lbs 12 ounces. He is at the 50th percentile for weight and the 25th for height and head circumference. I promise to be better for Nathan's Grandmas' sake and for my conscience as well :). I have set a new resolution to update this blog every Sunday! Pictured above are 2 of my favorite guys in the whole world.
Nathan was blessed on October 17th by his Daddy. We appreciate all the family that came (and those who wish they could have joined us) for Nathan's special day! And, thank you to my mom and Kim for the beautiful blessing outfit and blanket and to Andy's parents for traveling down all the way from Idaho! We are so grateful for all of your continued love and suport!

One of Nathan's signiture looks - the wide eyes!

A closer look into those sweet blue eyes!

He wasn't a big fan of the cap that came with the outfit.

In fact, he was ready to defend himsel if I tried to torture him again!

All the excitement wore out the poor little fella. He took a good nap afterwards.

My sister, Nicole, was happy to join him!

A picture with Grandma and Grandpa Sanderson!

Grandma and Grandpa Walker before they made the long trek back home.

The Walker side of the family.

The McConkie side of the fam. Thanks to Sara and Cari for being

the photographers! And, to my dad, who of course isn't pictured, we thank you for being there with us in spirit. We miss you and are so happy that both of our boys will be able to carry on your name! Stay tuned - I might not even be able to wait until next Sunday since I'm in the process of giving my laundry/office/mud room a make-over! To keep track of the usual goals - my sister told me about this great calendar, you can change the goals to fit your needs: http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3487

One of my other goals is to have a better relationship with paper (okay, maybe I just need to eliminate it and learn to be a techy, but I'm just not ready to take that leap yet and I think my attempts at only using google calendar last year justify that decision), thus the need to organize the office! I think this goal of getting my life and home better organized will help me in my attempts to put the most important things 1st and not on the back burner!

http://lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/of-things-that-matter-most?lang=eng

My inspiration for this goal came from this wonderful talk given by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. This was even more inspirational to me when I was asked to teach the Relief Society lesson on it - reminding me how it hit me as I listened to conference. I hope your new year resolutions are going okay and that you are being easy on yourselves like I have been - any progress is good, right - I keep telling myself that :). And, there are times when you just have to slow the pace and focus on "what matters most!" Keeping track of our family memories and staying in touch with family and friends is definitely right up there with what matters most to me.