Little Update

This is how Quinn wakes up now - talking to his puppies. So cute! (cute videos at end of post)
As of November 19th, at 4 months old, Quinn weighed 13 lbs 14 oz, and was 25 inches long (50% in height, 30% in weight). So he's my tall skinny boy. He still gets away with wearing 3-6 month size clothes, and size 1-2 diapers. Oh, and he's TEETHING!! Goodbye sleep! He has a tooth already (bottom, center, left) and calmed down a bit after that one came through, but now he's working on the one next to it... he's drooling like crazy, biting and chewing like crazy, and poor kid cries when he's in a lot of pain... I guess that'll be my life for the next couple years. I miss him sleeping through the night!

I feel bad I haven't been posting too much lately... Things have been crazy, and my camera sucks (but I have a strong feeling Santa is bringing us one this year), so I have to use my phone for anything, and it has poor quality, etc, etc, etc.... End of story, I'll have a lot more to post come Christmas time.

I'm really excited for Christmas! I've been getting presents ready for about 2 months now, slowly putting them on our budget so we don't go in the hole in one week like usual. But now that my birthday is over (it was the 25th), I can finish getting things together, decorate, etc.

My birthday was pretty fun. I got a fake ring that'll fit my fat finger until I lose enough weight to wear my wedding ring again. My mom got me a sewing machine (YAY! FINALLY!) so I've been having fun with that. And my sweetheart got me this "Secrets of the Dead Sea" nail buffer, cuticle oil, and lotion. I had this stuff on my mission that someone gave me, and I loved it! So now I have it again, and my nails are shiny, and my hangnails are gone, and I'm happy! My sister, Brekke, came down and babysat for us so Josh could take me out to eat (Chuckarama because I was seriously craving the rolls) and to New Moon (SO much better than the first! I hated the first!). It was a fun evening.

Then for Thanksgiving, we went to Josh's family's house, took Brekke with us since she stayed the night and our family was sick. We had a lot of fun. I made Cherry Pies (a little heavy on the clove side, but still really good).

Other than that, we've just been sitting at home, playing playstation, playing with Quinn, getting sick off and on, dealing with teething, etc.

What the Snow?!

So we woke up this morning (only because Quinn thought it was time to wake up, we sure wanted to keep sleeping!) and looked out the window. Lo and behold, there was white, cold stuff on the ground! (a.k.a. snow). Quinn has never seen snow, and even though there was only a little on the ground, we decided to introduce him to our winter wonderland friend. He made a snow angel without us even teaching him how! He's so smart!

Okay, I know this picture looks alarming... But don't freak out! This is a snow suit he was wearing ON TOP of his other clothes. And Josh was cold (go figure, skinny man) and didn't want to touch the cold snow that was now on Quinn's back, so this is how he picked him up. Sort of reminds me of how you pick up kittens and puppies...

So with Josh being home, and Quinn reaching 4 months of age, he's been experiencing a lot of new things, besides snow. Here's some examples:

Yay apple juice!


He really did like it. He couldn't get enough (though I made him stop after a little bit so he wouldn't drink too much). He LOVES flavors, and even tries to help me get them in his mouth. Such a little helper! He wants to be a big boy so much!

Here he is playing with his... I'm not sure what to call it.. it doesn't move, so it's not a walker... But it helps him stand up, and he loves playing with the toys, trying to get them and put him in his mouth. We have to disconnect them so he doesn't get too frustrated when he can't get them to his mouth.

(PS, we also moved his room around so that we could hook up the internet - finally! We've been stealing our neighbor's signal, but could only get it in one spot. And what with us starting school this next semester - and doing it online - we needed a better signal. It's different, but we like his new set up)

So cute!

Josh has been home during the day for the past couple weeks (he is out of a fulltime job, though he did just start a part time job in the evenings refereeing for Provo City basketball). We've been trying to find someone willing and able to cosign for him to be able to start helicopter school. In the meantime, he and Quinn get to spend a lot of quality time together :)

Speachless

Just was looking at my last few posts, and it seems like no one looks at our blog anymore, or at least not very often... I don't get very many comments... Is facebook taking over? Stop farming and feeding your fish and look at my cute baby, dang it! lol

Questions? Comments? Contact us at http://themcneffs.blogspot.com/

Tell Mommy you're paying attention and love her, you will! -Baby Yoda

Angels and Demons

On October 31st, normally just a day to dress up and collect candy and beware of spooks, my baby brother got baptized. It was a great day! I got to give the talk on the Holy Ghost, and I gave my brother and the girl he was getting baptized with a scarf I made and a flashlight to represent the Holy Ghost, how it works with us, and how we are supposed to act to keep it near us. Afterwards we went out to eat at Golden Corral (I prefer Chuckarama, but I couldn't convince my mom to change). Then we spent the day with my family, and went out trick-or-treating that night. Here are some pictures from the day, starting out holy and ending devilish.