progress

I've been trying to give Anna more tummy time these days since I neglected to for awhile. She is getting so strong and lately she's been pushing herself up. I'm scared that I'm going to blink and she'll be crawling. She's growing up so fast! I couldn't resist taking this picture today because she was being so cute. If you look closely you'll notice the long string of drool from her mouth. Drooling is another past time of hers that she can't get enough of!

-In Memoriam-

And now I must bid adieu to the glorious bassinet. I truly loved this bassinet. We transitioned her out of it a few weeks ago, but my boss that gave me it asked for it back to let her friend borrow it. We dropped it off at her house on Sunday and I'm in mourning. Even though Anna is in her crib now, I miss this for some reason. It's probably the fact that she has moved on from one phase to the next. I just wanted to say farewell to the perfect bassinet and to those days of having her right beside me.

Doesn't she look cozy? Anna snoozing in the bassinet when she was a few weeks old.

so blessed

We blessed our sweet Anna tonight at Dave's parents home. Dave's schedule is so crazy that we could never find a Sunday to do it, so we just settled on a Saturday and had a nice private blessing with our family. The whole night was wonderful and Dave gave such a beautiful blessing for Anna. She looked like the little princess that she is in her blessing gown. So beautiful. (to me at least!) It was such a special night to share with all of our family. We love them all so much and appreciate all they do for us! And a special thanks to my Mom and Mary for all their help too!

I really do feel so blessed to have Anna in our lives. She has brought so much joy to us already! It makes me excited and nervous to think of her future as Dave blessed her tonight. I look forward to all the fun times we have ahead of us, but at the same time I have fear and hope that we can raise her to be a good person and make good decisions in her life. (No pressure or anything! ) I am truly grateful for all of the blessings in our life. It helps to know that the gospel and our faith, one another, our families, and good friends will always be there to help us along the way.

My mom got most of the pictures tonight, but these are a few we got with our camera. A (not so) fun fact about the picture above...To make the night more exciting Anna decided to go poopers sometime before this picture was taken. I was suspicious during the picture and so I checked and...whoa! Just what I feared...blow out in her beautiful silk dress! Just this morning I was debating whether to get a plastic diaper cover, but thought, she'll only be in it for about 20 minutes. What are the chances? Well, pretty good I guess! Sure hope the dry cleaner knows how to get baby poopers out of silk!

Addicted

The first step is admitting you have a problem, right? Well, I have a problem. I think I am addicted to buying scrapbook stuff. The problem with this addiction is that I don't use any of it. I go in the store to buy one thing and then I see all this cute stuff and it somehow ends up in my basket. What's that? Pebbles is having its anniversary sale? I better go and stock up! So I've stocked up at that very sale for the last couple years and I have yet to use up any of the inventory that I have purchased. The Roberts 40% off coupons? Marketing geniuses! I go in there to use my coupon and, oh, look at this cute paper on sale! And card stock 30% off? I better get some to go with the cute paper I just bought. I have every intention of using this stuff and I even envision the pages in my head, but it seems like I never have time to actually do it. And then if I do start, I get impatient and just do a simple page anyway. I blame it on the scrapbooking companies. They keep on making cute new stuff. And it makes my old stuff look lame and boring. Why is it so much fun to buy? It's gotten worse since I've had a baby too. I have hundreds of pictures of Anna so far (thanks to my mom and the picture taking gene she passed on to me) and only 1 has been scrapbooked. (the hospital picture) My craft room is overflowing and I think I should maybe just open up my own store or something. Then I can have fun buying all the cute stuff, but then I can give it to people who might actually use it (and then get paid back of course!) By now I could have paid for one of those nice expensive albums from Exposures and just slide the pictures in and I'd be done. But then it's not as cute right? Should I get over the cute? So I'm admitting my problem and now that it's on my blog, Dave might actually find out. I'm not sure if he's on to me yet. And I'm noticing a pattern of a new addiction...blogging! Well, now that I've admitted my problem, what's the next step?

A New Look for Spring

Happy Spring! Yesterday at 6:07 pm spring officially began! Yippee! I'm so excited for warmer weather and longer days. I decided to go with a new look for spring. I wish I, myself had a new look, but unfortunately I still am sporting the post pregnancy look. For now, it's just my blog that got the makeover. I wanted something less brown and more me. I'm still trying to figure it out, but it's a work in progress and it will probably change more often than the seasons since I change my mind so much.

Blog, Blog, Blog

It was five years or so ago in my Internet Marketing class, that my professor asked everyone what a blog was at the beginning of the semester. No one knew. He would ask every few weeks or so if anyone had figured it out. I can't remember exactly when we finally discovered what a blog was, but from the description, I thought it sounded like some weird nerdy tech thing. I didn't realize it would become the phenomenon that it has. And it's so funny now that I am a blogger myself. (And it's not quite as nerdy as I thought) I thought back to this because blogs are on my mind this week. I have to do industry research for my job and there were so many reports the past two weeks about the power of blogging. That's right, us bloggers are powerful - especially women bloggers apparently. Yup ladies, we're powerful and could even make some cash by allowing advertisements on our blogs. Isn't that funny? There's even a conference for blogging women and a whole network for "BlogHer." Marketers want to capitalize on the power of women's recommendations to one another. Anyway, I don't mean to go on about this, but I just think it's funny that 5 years ago I didn't know what a blog even was, and now it seems like I hear about some type of blog at least once a day.

Okay, sorry that was boring. It's been a boring week though. I've just been working and going to the dentist. Pretty lame, huh? Work has been so busy because I'm covering for someone who's out of town. It's definitely been more than part time this week and I hope this is just a temporary thing because I'm going cra-zay!

So, in attempt to redeem this boring blog, I'll post a few pictures of Anna this week.

Anna happy and ready for church. Too bad she didn't stay happy once we got there!

I had to take this picture because it made me chuckle. Her paci had fallen out and landed right in her pocket. And she was so enthralled by the fishies above her on her swing - she wouldn't take her eyes off them.

I didn't quite get take this one in time, but she was holding her two rattles. I thought it was pretty cute and I could tell she thought it was cool too.

Congrats Dave!

Warning: This post may sound a little boastful. If you prefer not to read a wife's praise about her husband, then close blog immediately.


Dave is one of the hardest working med students I know and it's about time he get some credit for it! Dave has been selected to be a part of Jr. AOA! What the heck is that you ask? It's Alpha Omega Alpha. Since that doesn't really clear things up, let me explain... AOA is a medical honor society that honors the top 5% of the med school class. There were 5 students selected and Dave was also selected to be co-president.

I am so proud of Dave and excited for him! He works so hard and he definitely deserves this honor. Being a part of this honor society will help him when he applies for residencies in a few months (which residency he'll be applying for is still tbd) He will probably be way embarrassed that I put this on our blog, but I figured that I've been posting about when Anna does great things and I think getting Jr. AOA warrants a blog entry too! Congratulations Dave!!!

By the way, Anna giggled for the first time on Thursday! I was sorting our laundry (our underwear to be specific) and she thought it was so funny when I would say, "tops" and "bottoms" It was very cute, I wish you could have heard it!

Miss Independent

Last night Anna slept in her own room all by herself for the first time! She's still in her basinet, but nonetheless, she's in her own room. She made it until about 6 am. After that I moved her back in our room because her room is east facing and we still have cheap blinds so her room is the brightest in the house. This accomplishment may seem insignificant, but this is a big deal for me. It's her first big transition. I must admit, it was probably harder for me than it was for her. There's something about having her right there next to me that is comforting. Her room is just 5 steps away, but still, I can't hear her breathe. OK. I know. I'm neurotic. I'm trying to get over it. Plus, now I have to actually get out of bed to put her paci back in her mouth. But we're making progress and maybe by next week she'll be in her crib!

And I feel like I have to post a picture. So here's one showing Anna's fascination with her most recent discovery...her hands! She noticed them a few weeks ago and she loves looking at them and sucking on them. I know every baby does this, but it's so fun to watch her serious contemplation as she discovers new things each day.

Babes in scrubs

Here are my 2 cute babes in their scrubs. I gave Dave these pink baby scrubs when we found out we were having Anna. (I know, just what every man wants...a baby outfit) She finally fits into them and so I had to take the photo opp when Dave got home from the hospital the other night. Poor Dave, I think he just wanted to go to sleep. Ready for rounds!

Happy 3 month B-day!

As of today, Anna is officially 3 months old! Where did that time go? It seems like we just barely got home from the hospital. At the same time though, I can barely remember my life without her. It's amazing to see how much she has changed in only 3 months and it's crazy to think how different she will be 3 months from now.

Anna had a fun 3 month birthday today. We went to my friend Sara's baby shower at Jen Lund's house (which is so beautiful). We got to visit with all of my friends and it is always so fun to see them. The time always goes by so fast when we're together and it seems too short to catch up. That's why these blogs are so great! I love my friends. I am so lucky to have such awesome friends who are great people and good examples for me. I'm so excited for Sara to have her baby! She's expecting a baby boy in only 16 more days or so! I am so mad because I took my camera to take pics of all of my friends and the fun shower, but of course once I got there I totally forgot about it. I only took one picture before the shower and it was of this diaper cake I made. I saw it in a magazine awhile ago and of course it was like $120, so I tried to make it myself instead. It was fun and I knew I had to take a picture or else I would forget about it next time I want to do it. OK. Dave and I are going to watch the DaVinci code now. See ya!

Photography Attempt

So yesterday I got this email about how to take more professional looking photographs. There were all these tips about lighting and what direction you should be facing, close ups, etc. After diligently studying these tips, I thought I could totally be a pro. So I tried this morning, and pro I am not. But at least my subject is cute.



Our little blue-eyed girl.



Extreme close up!



Don't you love that double chin?