Baby Bryton!!!

My cousin Micah had her baby yesterday!! Bryton Edward Hood was born at 3:14pm, 7lbs 1oz, and 19inches long. He's an absolute doll and I can't wait to meet him!!! Congrats Micah and Chase!!!

More California Pictures!

I finally got the rest of the pictures from California from my mom and wanted to share them!! Looking through these pictures makes me want to take another vacation so badly!! I'm thinking September might be the time to go... We'll see :)

Jesse's Graduation...

Hanging out with mom...

Watching basketball with Uncle Jesse...

Swimming...

Baby Bum

Let me start off this post by saying that Loralye is indeed 26inches long. I was so positive that the nurse messed up, but Aaron proved her right by measuring her this weekend. 26inches on the nose! We don't have anything exciting going on in our lives right now, so here are some pictures for ya'll!

Loralye can sit up so well now if she's in the mood (which isn't often!)...
Daddy and the baby all ready for church!

We started feeding her fruit... This is her reaction to applesauce. We have since learned that she must have it cold and mixed with her rice cereal! She's not picky at all ;)

I just love tushie pictures of babies, but I only had one or two of Loralye for fear of her peeing (or pooping! yikes!) all over whatever she's laying on. I got the courage to do a naked photo shoot this weekend though and I'm so glad I did! The pictures turned out adorable and she didn't even have an accident on the quilt!

I bought a hummingbird feeder on Saturday so we left the blinds open to the back patio to watch for birds and Loralye loved looking out the window. We spent a decent part of the weekend just sitting right here by the door and looking at the trees and birds...

One last shot... Bunny loves to play with our faces. She especially likes to put her fingers in our mouth and eyes. Fun!!

Have a happy week everyone!

xoxo

6 months old!

It's amazing how much more difficult it is to take a picture of a baby once she turns 6 months old. She wants to grab everything in sight and put it in her mouth, so having my "I'm 6 months old today!" sign anywhere near her made taking a picture impossible. She also rolls like there's no tomorrow too, so getting her to just stay in one place was a super challenge! For the first time daddy had to help out a bunch so that I could get at least one decent picture. I'm thinking after this month I'm going to have to start photoshopping a sign in. Anywho, here are my favorites from our 6 months shoot last night:

Daddy was clapping and making funny noises and faces to try to not only get a smile, but to keep her from rolling onto her belly!

I love this... I think she's thinking, "Someone get this camera out of my face!" She was done at this point.

And I know this picture has a crazy blurry toy in it, but I wanted to show how she can sit up on her own now if she isn't trying to get at something near her.

Now for a little update of the past couple of days... Wednesday my sister-in-law Nikki was in town for a teaching conference so we got to take her out to dinner and hang out for a bit. We love Nikki and rarely get to see her so it was such a treat to spend even a little time with her. Then last night we decided to take Loralye to FAO Schwartz at the Forum Shops in Caesar's Palace for her ½ birthday. On our way out there, Aaron decided that dinner was also needed to celebrate and took us to Outback for some steak and potatoes! Yumm-o!! Of course Loralye was sleeping right until the food showed up so I had to have my steak cut up for me like a 5 year old. Super! FAO Schwartz is under a little construction at the moment (the whole third floor is off limits right now!), but there was still so much to see and play with. Loralye loved it all and we left with three new toys for her! All the fun ended today though because first thing this morning we went in to the doctor for Loralye's 6 month well check which, of course, includes vaccinations. She handled them pretty well considering that she had three big needles shoved into her thighs. I just had to give her some cherry Tylenol and snuggle her all the way out to the car and she was content! As far as growth goes, I'm not sure I believe all of the measurements that were taken today. At four months she was measuring 14lbs 8oz (75%), 25½inches long (90%) and her head was 41½cm (70%). Today she weighed in at 16lbs even (50%), which is obviously accurate. And her head size sounded pretty accurate: 44cm (90%). Holy head! It's never seemed that big to me, but whatever. The measurement that I think the nurse got all wrong is Loralye's height. She measured her at 26inches (60%). Half of an inch in two months?! That can't be right, can it? When the Dr. came in and saw that, she went out and had a chat with the nurse and decided not to remeasure her. Nice. So I'm going to try to more accurately measure her when we get home tonight.

Well, we love you all and hope your summers are going swimmingly!

Have a happy Friday and a splendid weekend!

xoxo

(This is from last week... mom and noodle playing in the mirror!)

Happy ½ Birthday!

Happy ½ Birthday to my little noodle! The past 6 months have been full of so much joy that it's hard to imagine how we ever managed without her sweet spirit in our home! Pictures and an update to come tomorrow!

4th of July!

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July weekend. Ours was dull as powder thanks to a husband on call and a baby who doesn't like loud noises. We did go out to breakfast on Friday morning since we got the day off, but the rest of the weekend was spent grocery shopping and sitting at home. We did get some cute pictures of Loralye though... She was so darn cooperative for me even though she was getting ready for a nap when I shot these.

And these are from this morning and last night. She got her first high chair and a new outfit so I had to take pictures!

xoxo
♥

Half Way There!

Happy July Everyone!! Can you believe that we are half way to 2010 already?! Whew! My little girl is growing up so fast! Here are a few Loralye facts and pictures for you all...

1. She LOVES peas and HATES green beans.

2. She giggles when daddy quacks and when mommy snorts.

3. She is extremely opinionated about noise level, room temperature, and what's on TV.

Okay, picture time...

Working with mommy.

Her two favorite toys in this bouncer are opposite each other and she has a hard time making up her mind sometimes.

Working on sitting up while watching Ni Hao Kai-Lan.

Playing on the kitty blanket that Aunt Vera gave her.

These last ones are all from this morning. She was talking up a storm the whole time I was taking pictures! Silly girl :)