The Peanut and the Nutter Butter

Mace

Just to be clear, Mace is our little peanut (not the nutter butter) because he is just so tiny. We are so excited that he now weighs over 8 pounds! My favorite thing is all of his squeaking. It keeps me up at night but he just makes the cutest noise while he sleeps that sounds like 'meeeep'. I think Heavenly Father made newborns and puppies so cute so it's impossible not to love them like crazy!

Zane

Zane is definitely the nutter butter (it's our loving term for crazy). To quote Travis "he is the perfect mix of cute and evil (just like his mother). For a while now, he has been running everywhere he goes, everywhere. More recently he has taken to running no where.

P.S. You may see a follow-up post of Zane watching this video because it's even more entertaining than the video.

The Weather Forecast

While it's looking a bit like spring outside right now, Zane decided the forecast called for snow inside the Hopkins house.

So maybe it wasn't snow, it was salt. And good thing I refilled it a couple of days ago, otherwise it wouldn't have been nearly as much fun. It's noteworthy that he had at least a tsp on top of his head. P.S. that salt shaker holds about 1/4 cup of salt and anyone who tells me it doesn't look like much of a mess can dump 1/4 cup of salt on their floor and in their lap and clean it up, then we'll talk.

Home, and Finally Feeling Better

We had a bit of a rough return home from the hospital. It turns out that I had Influenza A, yuck! It can be treated with medication that gets rid of it more quickly but it has not been tested with breastfeeding and infants so that was a no go. BTW, if it comes down to getting a test for Influenza, I personally recommend taking your chances with the bug than getting the cotton swab shoved into your brain, but that's another story! Anyway, Zane was also feeling pretty lousy but he seems to be bouncing back as well. This was one of those weeks that Heavenly Father really took some pity on me. My mom was able to stay home with me a couple of days while I was sick and miraculously, today I feel pretty good and have a lot of energy back to deal with two kids.

Zane is showing some interest in the baby and doing quite well with him. He doesn't really understand why I don't want his help swinging the baby in the swing, but we'll work on that. Meanwhile here is a picture of them together. And just so Zane doesn't begin to feel upstaged, there is a picture of him sitting in a toy bucket being just as silly as ever.