Perfect Summer Days

Here's a glimpse of some perfect moments we have had this summer. It's great to have a 3 yr. and a 1 yr. old who both love walking the river nature trail near our home and taking advantage of Free Fishing Day in Utah. Ah, the idyllic and quixotic snatches of time we can reach out and pluck from a delightful summer breeze...

(fishing with Grandpa)

(and Bridal Veil Falls)

First week

We've been getting complaints for not uploading ANY pictures of Rosie since the hospital, So here is a smattering or those of you who would like to see her.  Confession, I've been putting this off because we keep taking pictures of her and, in my mind, they don't look like her - trust me, biased mother that I am, that she is infinitely more adorable in real life than in any of these snapshots!  Maybe I need a better camera???

She loves the car and her stroller.  This is on the way home from the hospital and she was happy the whole way.  Now she mostly sleeps when she gets in the car :)

This is her in her new room, on her very first night.  A little to much pink, perhaps...

I couldn't capture her cuteness on camera, so here is a taste of her personality - she makes the most entertaining faces.  Since her very first moments she has loved to stick her tongue out.

She is definitely our little diva - she strikes poses that would put most runway models to shame.

Hopefully I look more happy than tired in this picture...I have been learning as of this week to take naps with her during the day...but that usually means I have to skip my 'take a shower' opportunity....

Here's a shot of Daddy multi-tasking (putting Rosie to sleep as he brushes his teeth). You can get a view of our nursery (more pictures to follow), including the hide-away-bed-couch's mattress that we slept on for her first week.  Dustin is so patient with his slightly paranoid and hormonal new-mother wife.  He cheerfully slept on it with me with only a few humorous cracks at my expense (like being 6 feet closer to her really kept her from rolling over and suffocating in her sleep...I have since chilled out and we have moved back to our bed, much to Dustin's liking).

Tummy time is Daddy's favorite thing to do with his new little girl.  She...mostly likes it.  For a few seconds.  Then she usually starts screaming and face-planting into the blanket in frustration with her much-too-eager parents.  But since week #1 she's been able to flip her head from side to side (a great accomplishment in our book - oh, the pathetic-ness of new parents!)

Again, gotta love this girl's faces!!!

Bath-time has been fun.  She doesn't much like being doused with water, but she loves getting her hair/head washed and being dried off in her towel might be her favorite hobby to date.

 She has managed some fun outings so far - both Grandma's houses, fishing at Utah Lake, doctor's offices, walks to the parks - can't wait to take her hiking and train-riding later this summer!

 

She does still sleep through most of her adventures... but we still love doing things as a family.  Disregard the dirty laundry behind us and the sleep-deprived faces.  That is one happy baby and an incredibly blessed and happy family!  What a great life!!!!

Catching up on September...and Big News

So, I guess we'll do a few month-to-month posts to catch up to the HERE-and-NOW... and THEN I'll keep my weekly post goal that I just made - this week :)

We've had a great time living in Highland with family - seriously, a wonderful 100 days. The five of us enjoyed the State Fair, and we had a great Lloyd vacation down to Fish Lake - now we have a bunch of trout in our freezer I keep telling myself we will eat someday.

Dustin and his Lego's...

Gotta love the State Fair :)


Do we look cool, or do we look COOL!?!


And I guess everybody else caught a few as well.

And, finally, it's officially on our blog - too bad for most of you this is old news. We've got a BABY
on the way in May! We found out the day before the State Fair - perhaps that was why we were smiling so big.

And yes, that means I did our massive King's Peak hike as a preggo mama-to-be!!