We took Peja to my Ilija's parent's house last night for his first try at the pool. My mom was saying things like "just put his toes in and see if he likes it first." So I was a little curious how he would feel about so much cool water. I would call it amused. He was very curious about the whole thing and kept trying to grap the blue tiles. Overall he did a great job and was so fat and beautiful!

Ilija and I graduated from the same high school that had these SWEET colors. A lady from our home town made this awesome uniform for vrajich number 1. I think he looks very handsome and buff - even in orange.

He sucked on watermelon a couple of times last week until he figured out how to bite off pieces - then I got all scared he would choke.

You might think that this looks like a baby worried, sad or uncomfortable. No,this is just the face he made after every bite of banana. Or Ilija's sorry attempt at capturing the face anyway. I'm not sure if he was feeling weird about swallowing something non-liquid or if the taste was off. Regardless, it was funny.

This is the sweet new hanging chair that I bought at the used baby store. I am so cheap that I can't buy anything retail. So here is my chair that works great and was 1/2 the price I would have paid at target for something similar. Yes, very proud. Peja loves hanging out at the table with us.

I was going through some old pictures and these ones made me laugh. It was March 11, 2005. We were studying - we had a plastic folding table with a piece of tape down the middle. Ilija had the left side and I had the right. The tape was supposed to keep Ilija's mess on his side, but it always found a way to creep over to my side. Anyway, one time we were studying and he was getting irritated with his hair. A couple of minutes later I looked up from my book and there was Il sitting next to me like this...

I laughed so hard. It was a nice relief from the boring studying. And all of you that went to BYU will remember how long that month of March is. Sometimes I miss school. That was fun and very interesting. I have loved laughing with my beeties for over 5 years now!

First time watching someone Juggle. Uncle Mike says that he is going to have Peja ready for the circus by age 5. He is going to be a regular juggling prodigy. Hmm...

First time sitting at the beach and feeling the sand in his toes. We have gone for lots of walks and runs on the beach, but he has always been in a stroller. Mom attempted to watch him while I played a couple of games of volleyball. It was too windy and sunny. His hat kept flying off and I was worried his poor almost bald head would get burned since it didn't have sunscreen on - that part wasn't very successful. But it was fun to play. This baby better get used to the sun...or his mom better stop being such a worry wart.

First time to the temple. We brought Ilija's brother and sister in law to the temple in Fresno (2 hours away). The plan was to have them babysit while we attended a session and then let them go attend a session. Or do sealings or something like that, but Fresno (a small temple) works a little differently and instead Ilija watched the baby and the three of us enjoyed a session. I am very grateful for my sweetheart for doing that for me, the temple was joyous. So peaceful and inspiring. I love the temple.


First Bottle! In preparation for being in the temple and being unreachable I pumped some milk this week and practiced giving him a bottle. The first time I did it I fed him like an ounce to see if he would do it, then I breastfed him like normal. The next time was Friday night when I was out at a birthday dinner with the relief society and Ilija gave him a bottle to try to put him down to sleep (it didn't work...he is being very finniky about who puts him to sleep...sigh). The third time was while I was in the temple. Well my fears of him loving bottles and not wanting to breastfeed were for no reason. Ilija and I both cut our mothers off at 6 months so I was worried. He is still a champ of a nurser and will take bottles if there is a babysitter. That is great news becuase now I can go somewhere for more then 2 hours. Not that I would really want to be gone that long, because I really miss him and I feel like my chest will explode with milk. I missed my cousin's amazing play last weekend because I wasn't able to give him a bottle yet. I should have known it would be fine. He never has had eating problems. :)