Three Months Old!

Natalie is three months old. She's getting pretty handsy. She loves to watch tv and the fan and her aunts. She may be done with her screaming phase, which we have mixed feelings about - it was fun to hear her "communicate", but it gave us headaches. Brian starts a new job on Monday, still at St. Mark's, but this time in Labor and Delivery as a surgical tech working nights (boo). School is coming right along - only one more break (SPRING BREAK! WOOO!) and the year will be over. Whoa.

Babies Rock

On Monday - President's Day - we had a miracle in that both of us had the day off. It was also the three-year mark of when Brian proposed that we get married at 11:00 at night in the freezing cold at Temple Square. So to celebrate, we hauled Natalie around in the freezing cold (but this time during the day). She had fun being wrapped in about 7 layers and we ate tacos and a grand time was had by all.

Natalie's Greatest Hits 2010-2011

Having a baby is pretty cool. Natalie is 8 weeks old and has become very giggly and likes to converse with her toys. Her favorites are the ceiling fan, empty corners, her seahorse, her squeaky giraffe, and the cursed and ever-elusive yellow cat that hangs from her swing. She loves bath time, only wakes up once during the night - and not for long - and likes to grab hair. She is the greatest.














Day 2 of being home from the hospital - she's relaxed her legs by now, but she still likes to show off that she can get her arms over her head.















Natalie loves her swing (note the evil yellow cat on the right - her arch nemesis); she also loves flashing gangster signs.















Before she started all this giggling business, she generally had a look of disgust on her face. This is what we saw probably 60% of the time.

















We might as well do something with all her hair. But giving her devil horns is all we can come up with.






























Laughing either at dad or the fan - her two best friends.
















She loves her giraffe - it was the first thing she would follow with her eyes (although she's not doing that in this picture), and the first thing that made her smile and laugh.

Natalie Pictures

Christmas & Natalie's Blessing

We had our first Christmas with Natalie. She made quite a haul:















Our Christmas presents:
































On Jan. 2 we blessed Natalie. Lots of people came; we had tortilla soup. A grand time was had by all.

Natalie is Here!

Well, she finally, FINALLY came! After a few obnoxious hours of contractions, the doctor decided that Natalie was just not in the mood to be part of the birthing process anymore, and we got to do an emergency c-section. It was quite the adventure. We went in at 12:54, and at 12:56, she was born! She is 6 lbs, 11 oz, and 20 inches long. And she has HAIR. At least for now.

Four More Days!

At the beginning of the school year, I measure the kids with a piece of string and we keep it until the end of the year to see how much they've grown. This year, I measured my waist, and in three months I've expanded as many inches as 6-year-olds grow in a school year. Woo wee.