Aiden quotes

The following are quotes from Aiden when he was here earlier this month. I love that little boy.

(While talking to Isaac about how he shouldn't put a toy in his mouth because it might be dirty and then we'd have to clean his mouth:) "And use soap on my tongue? That would be icky. We never do that, dad."

(While at the hotel where the guys stayed, talking with my dad about the little kitchen in their hotel room and motioning to the fridge:) "Food comes down when you're not looking. And it goes back up when you are looking."

(While sitting on the sliding foot rest for our ottoman:) "I'm king of the mountain and a tiger."

(After my dad says he doesn't want to go outside with Aiden on the porch because it's cold:) "You can put on a jacket."
My dad: "Where's your jacket?"
Aiden: "I'm not cold. I don't need a jacket."

(After I told him not to play with our folding chairs:) "I'm not going to play with them; I'm just making a tent."

Emma's baby blessing weekend

I'm behind on blogging, I know. I started to do this blog and then realized I didn't know how exactly to describe what a baby blessing is in my church. Anyway. Here's my post:

It's so nice to have family visit. =) Earlier this month, Emma turned one month and was given her baby blessing at church the following Sunday. (For anyone who doesn't know, a baby blessing - as I understand it - is given to officially recognize a baby's name to add to church records and also to give other blessings as the person giving the blessing receives promptings through the Spirit of God; the blessing is given by a man - usually the father, as was the case with Emma - holding the baby and other men who hold the priesthood standing with him in a circle.)

Bry's sister Allison and her family came up from Portland. Bry's aunt and uncle came up from Dallas, Oregon (not Texas). The guys from my family came from California - my dad, Isaac, Patrick, and even Aiden.

Here are some pictures with Emma in her blessing dress.

The headband was too huge for her head, so I didn't have her wear it for her blessing.

Pretty, poofy dress

Binky baby face!!

There were even flowers on her socks.

First family photo

The guys all happened to wear blue 2-3 button shirts on the same day - I had to get a picture.

We're parents!

This month has gone by so fast. Our little Emma arrived on the 7th at 12:21am weighing 8 lbs 2 oz. She's already 3 weeks old and has had several visitors.

Labor and delivery went smoothly and we were in the hospital for just 2 days.

Emma likes her awake time and typically stays awake for about 2.5 hours at a time. Her sleeping has become more varied lately and she'll sleep for 1-4 hours, sometimes she has had a longer chunk of sleep here and there at night (4.5ish hours), but typically about 3 hours. She very much so likes to eat food and lots of it. She likes to grab her face with her hands. She likes pacifiers. She doesn't spit up which is AWESOME. She's a very calm baby most of the time. She likes baths and feels all warm and cozy afterwards.

She's a very good baby and although her being here has changed a lot of how my day goes it has been great and I'm glad to have her. She's a sweet little soul and we love her. =)

Thanks to Becca for the photos!

 

Funny quotes from Bry's dad

I wish I had written down more of what he said when he was here last weekend, but this is what I did get on paper:

"She could dissect a banana and no one would know it was gone." (speaking of a politician, I think)

"cerfiticate"

"It's good to be disarming."

When will baby come?

Guesses were made without knowledge of other people's guesses - believe it or not. I had it be optional to include time, length and other factors.


Who                 Date                  Time        Weight           Length         Other                          
Bart                 12/31/2014                         8 lbs
My doctor       1/7/2015    
Bry                  1/10/2015                          7 lbs  5 oz
Roxanne         1/10/2015                           8 lbs 2 oz
Mandy            1/10/2015        12:24pm    8 lbs 12 oz     22 inches     Moderate amount of hair
Isaac               1/10/2015        9:00pm      7 lbs 10 oz    20 inches
Laurel Lee      1/11/2015                            7 lbs 14 oz                          Blonde hair; cute
Jane                1/11/2015         1:10am       8 lbs 6 oz      21 inches      Almost bald
Becca              1/11/2015         4:00pm      8 lbs 6 oz    
Allison            1/12/2015                            7 lbs 3 oz      20 inches       A bit of strawberry blonde hair
Liz                   1/12/2015        4:23am       8 lbs 3 oz                            Wisps of blonde hair
Rochelle          1/14/2015        8:42pm       7 lbs 14 oz    21 inches        Full head of dark hair
Aiden              1/15/2015        6:40pm       6 lbs  7 oz

Christmas

Bry and I got up and checked our stockings first. For breakfast we did a combination of our traditions: Bry made omelettes (that turned out perfectly - he's a pro), I cooked linguica and washed strawberries (normally my family has pineapple, grapes, and/or oranges but we picked up strawberries - close enough), and we had juice to drink.

After breakfast, Bry cleared up the dishes and we opened our presents which had been sent to us by family. 

We went and saw Into the Woods which has great music.

I called home and talked with family, watched some family videos that Becca had Costco transfer from VHS to DVD, and went to dinner with friends from our ward. We had a lot of fun at dinner and ate tons of delicious food. 

Overall, it was a wonderful Christmas day, and we were glad baby didn't decide to change our plans and come 2 weeks early. 

January is coming fast

I'm 34 weeks! And definitely looking more definitively pregnant.

Our baby girl makes me feel pretty squished sometimes and it feels really weird when she shifts around. Everything has been looking good, though, and time keeps moving. I can hardly believe it's almost December.