Thank you Mr. Sandman!

Couple small Loralye updates:

1. She is no longer a baby vampire! Her 5th tooth popped through on Tuesday followed by the 6th yesterday. She still looks pretty fangy since her middle teeth are barely there, but she technically no longer has fangs. Sad day.

2. She is officially a crib sleeper. From the moment we get home from work in the afternoon to the time we go to work again in the morning, she is only sleeping in her crib! And Wednesday night was the best night EVER!! Loralye went to bed a little after 7pm and slept until 11:30 or so. I fed her and laid her right back down... She was not happy with it though and cried for a good 10 minutes, but I went back in and gave her her binkie back and she drifted right off until 4am. I fed her and laid her right back down and she went right to sleep until 7am!! 12 hours of glorious sleep!! It's a miracle!

VIDEO!

I have yet to buy a cord for my video camera to get video onto the computer, but I have learned how to put videos from my phone on here! Sorry the quality is so poor, but it's better than nothing! The first two are from this month. The third one is from a month ago... and if you're easily offended you might want to just skip that one. For the rest of you, please excuse Aaron's somewhat tasteless joke. It's the only video I have of Loralye laughing on my phone :)

7 Months Old!

I have officially given up using my "I am __ months old today!" signs when taking pictures of Loralye. She moves around WAY too much, so Photoshop it is! I didn't take any pictures of Aaron on his birthday because I'm a slacker like that, but he had a very happy birthday!

I love that she's smiling with her fangs here :)

Playing on mom and dad's bed. She sits up so well now!

This is from two weeks ago, but it makes my heart happy.

I love these mid-giggle pictures!

Hope you all had a great weekend! Loves!!

Two Firsts

There are a couple of things that I wanted to write down on here before the weekend started and I forget to:

1. Loralye slept in her crib for the whole night for the first time last night!! She got up 4 times, but she never ended up on the couch with me! Aaron said that it was her birthday gift to him :)

2. Loralye started waving hi and bye this week! I don't know which is which, but with one wave she flaps her whole arm around and the other she kinda brushes all of her fingers together. It's so cute to watch her try so hard to copy us!

Happy Birthday!!

My sweet hubby turned 28 today! I won't have any new pictures to put up until next week, so for now I'm just going to do the corny thing and list 28 of the reasons that I love my Aaron so much.

1. He is an attentive, playful, and loving daddy to our baby girl.
2. He loves me unconditionally.
3. He took me to the temple so that we can be together forever.
4. Even when I'm being a bit of a snot he still treats me like a princess.
5. From the moment we started dating my family has absolutely loved him and he's always loved them too.
6. He is always willing to go out with me even if he's exhausted from a long day at work.
7. He makes up the silliest songs to sing to Loralye.
8. He honors his priesthood.
9. He tells me how beautiful he thinks I am even when I'm in sweats and don't have any makeup on.
10. He is an awesome handyman! I almost never have to call our apartment management to have something fixed.
11. When he proposed he managed to make it a complete surprise even though we'd been talking about getting married for a couple months.
12. He is the hardest worker I know... 12 hour days and working Saturdays are not uncommon.
13. He has a crazy loud laugh that is super contagious, but kinda terrifying too if you aren't prepared for it.
14. He is super sexy when he's covered in dirt and muck... which is often. (Side note... the first time I saw him was at institute right after work and he was covered in dirt. I loved that he looked like he'd been working on a car all day. It was the first thing that attracted me to him.)
15. He is an absolute goofball and is always trying to make people laugh.
16. He always listens (or at least pretends to listen!) when I won't stop talking.
17. I get butterflies when I'm with him.
18. He rubs my feet when I've had a rough day.
19. He always knows when I'm in a less than stellar mood and tries to make me feel better.
20. He always opens my door for me.
21. He is good at just about everything he tries.
22. He doesn't get tired of me even though we work together and spend almost every evening and weekend together.
23. He has never once complained that almost every vacation since our honeymoon has been to Clovis to visit my family.
24. He balances me out so well and helps me to be a more well-rounded person.
25. He is not a remote control hog.
26. His kisses have always made me melt.
27. He is a friend to everyone he meets.
28. He is most certainly not perfect, but he is absolutely perfect for me!

Aaron is an extraordinary husband, father, son, brother, and friend. I'm so lucky that I'm stuck with him forever :D His birthday's been fun so far... Cake on monday night with his family. Dirt bike riding last night with his dad. This morning I made him breakfast and gave him is presents... tickets to see Metallica in Anaheim! His jaw dropped! It was so fun! And I'm excited too because Loralye and I will be going to Anaheim too so we can go to Disneyland!! YAY! Anyways, birthday festivities will be completed tonight with Ricardo's for dinner with the three of us and Aaron's dad and then cake and ice cream back at our house! Well, I know Aaron won't read any of this, but I love you anyways babe! Happy Birthday!!

Thumbs up for an awesome birthday!
...even though this was taken in December.

Sabbath Day

A talk was given in my ward (I think it was on High Council Sunday) about the Sabbath Day a couple of weeks ago and I absolutely loved it and wanted to share a bit of it...

The brother speaking said that there are people in the church who want to know exactly what they can and cannot do on Sundays so that they can get as close to the line drawn between good and bad activities as possible without crossing it. He said what we really should be doing is trying to stay as far from the line as we can. He went on to say that the Word of Wisdom is not about food or drinks or drugs; tithing is not about money; and the Sabbath Day is not about the activities that we can or cannot do that day. The Word of Wisdom, paying tithing, and the Sabbath Day are all about a principle and a promise. If we follow the principles taught, the Lord has promised to bless us. He said that on the Sabbath Day we should enter the Lord's presence. We should separate ourselves from the world and draw closer to the spirit. It is a day set aside to feel the spirit and focus on becoming nearer to our Heavenly Father.

I was just so touched by this talk that I had to share. I hope you all had a fun weekend and a wonderful Sabbath Day! Aaron's 28th birthday is on Friday, so I'll have some new pictures next week! Love ya'll!!

Toofers

I finally got pictures of Loralye's teeth. I gave up on trying to get her to smile and show them to me, so kinda forced her to show them off... Don't judge me.

Teeth #1 & 2

Teeth #3 & 4... Yay for fangs! Baby girl happy that mommy got pictures of her munchers. Play time with daddy. Or yoga. I'm not too sure.

Hope you all have a splendid Friday!
xoxo

Little Talker

Loralye said mama for the first time yesterday!! Well, she actually says "mamamamama!" but it's still cute anyways. I honestly did not think that I would be excited for her to say mama because I know that when babies first say mama and dada they don't know what it means. They're just making noise. But my heart jumped into my throat when I heard her say it! I laid her down for a nap in her crib after work yesterday and went out to move my car. When I came back in the house Aaron told me to listen to Loralye cry (She crys for at least 5 minutes EVERY time she gets laid down in her crib to sleep!). It was just her normal wailing, but tossed in every few seconds was a loud "MAMAMAMAMA!!" It was so cute and so sad at the same time! Thank heaven she's been saying it just for fun today. I think that would make me so sad if she only said mama when she was crying!

Other little updates:

-She has 4 teeth: the two middle bottom ones and her two teeth on top next to where her big middle teeth will be. She has little fangs! I'm still working on getting a picture of that!

-She is eating cereal, vegetables, and fruit now along with having a little bit of fruit juice every couple of days. The only food that she really loathes is carrots. She loves most other veggies and all of her fruit as long as it's cold!

-She sits up pretty well on her own now and can stand if she is supported... finally! She used to refuse to plant her feet on the ground and she'd scream whenever we tried to get her to stand.

Pictures:

Standing with daddy in her new little jammies. I like to keep the house pretty cool at night, so I like to put Loralye in long sleeves and pants after her bath. Most baby jammies are so darn thick though so she's been just wearing a long sleeved onesie and little yoga-ish pants! But when we were at Target the other day I found these Circo jammies in a three pack... They're super light and she's never cold or sweaty when I pick her up in the night! Perfect!! (I know it's such a lame thing to be excited about, but I can't help it!)

I love her chubby little cheeks!!

All ready to go out on Saturday night! A friend of my mom's has a little girl just older than Loralye and she recently sent us a big box of clothes that her daughter grew out of. The clothes are all so stinkin cute! This is one of the outfits :)
Loralye's first time using the sippy cup! I'm hoping to have her go straight from breastfeeding to using a sippy cup when she's a year old. Hopefully 5 1/2 months is enough time to teach her to use it!