My blog idols!

You know from previous posts (which I deleted after the contest was over...why in the heck did I do that?) about my favorite blogs and well let's just say it....my decorating addiction. Well after the contest winner was chosen (obviously I didn't win) and I decided to breathe again I asked Mandi what it would take to get her to come to Santa Clara and help me with my house anyway and she actually wrote me back and said they would put together a Girl's Night Out with Brooke too!

Well that night just happened! And it was so much fun!!!!! I seriously didn't get any good pictures and I was lucky enough to have people with awesome cameras taking some.
So you get to go HERE & HERE to see all the fun.

A day I will not be forgetting any time soon!!! If you don't know my girls you MUST meet them.They were absolutely as darling in person as I imagined them to be. We will be seeing much more of each other very soon :) Yay! for me.

Brooke from All Things Thrifty
Mandi from Vintage Revivals.

Despite other terribly emotional things going on in my life right now I SO needed some time to focus on something I love so much and to meet girls that I adore!

They totally made the sunshine again and I feel so renewed.

4 months

Just got back from our 4 month check up and she's growing like a beanstalk!

She weighs 11 lbs now.

(Okay so typing it doesn't seem that big...but the girl barely weighed 5 lbs when she was born...to me she's big)

How can rolls be so cute on a baby? When exactly does the cuteness end? I only turn 27 this year does that make mine cute still? I ask as I'm sitting here dipping milks favorite cookie :)

She loves her fingers! She usually always has her left hand...maybe she'll be a lefty?

However, I love this stage where she can respond to me...hooray for smiles and goo's. I could listen to her goo all day...actually I do. She does it all the time. She chuckles like crazy too and that's all the boys try to get her to do now.

Sometimes she gets so excited and smiles so big she can't contain it!!!

Love this girl!!

Extreme violin

Alayna loves to just hang out. If she can see someone she's happy to chill for long periods of time...so that makes her a good audience for this...

It makes practicing more fun for him and entertains her...

And look she can even play herself :)

She even claps when he does a good job :)

Anyone who knows Isaiah knows that some sort of gymnastic move must be done when doing anything else. That doesn't change even playing his violin. Hey maybe it's the beginning of some new hip hop violin thing...maybe I should tell him to try breakdancing while he plays.

And one more for cuteness...cause I think she is.

Blessing

We got to bless Alayna yesterday. We wondered if we would because she had RSV a week before (which was miserable) but she was well enough when Sunday came around and we were so glad. We had family travel in long distances and were so grateful for their support. It was a wonderful day. I am so grateful for a husband who honors his priesthood and is able to perform things like this for our children. He is one in a million and I am SO lucky to have him!

I was so excited to go buy a blessing dress but Mike thought it would be so much more meaningful if I were to make it and so I did...not knowing quite how it would go.

I loved how it turned out!

I had a friend embroider it to look like my wedding dress.

Hopefully it will mean a lot to her when she's older.


I am fully aware how awful some of these pictures look...
It is definitely time for a new camera.



Family picture with my mom.

After the blessing we went back for some yummy-ness.

A very talented friend offered to make our cupcakes for us and they were absolutely divine! Strawberry cheesecake filled...Yum-o!!

(This is not them exactly but you had to have a visual ya know? They were THAT pretty.)



By the end we had worn her right out!

It was a beautiful day!

Enjoying Her!

A little girl lights up a house! I think it's the pink....it's everywhere and I LOVE it! I think I'm more girly inside than I thought.

I'm totally into all things glittery and sparkly.

The boys can't get enough of her. They beg to help change her...although they fight over having to throw away diapers. Joshua apparently likes dress up already...I've caught him 'trying' to change her clothes and dressing up in her clothes that are too big....shhhh don't tell Mike. He'd have a fit!

Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.

At one month...she weighed 7lbs 6oz

Her hair looks so fuzzy!

They HAVE to be in pictures with her...She loves to look at them can you tell?

Catching her first smiles...Totally horrible pictures I know...but I just grabbed my camera and didn't have time to change the settings.









Oh Beeehaaaave ;)



Now at two months she weighs 9lbs 7ozs

At night she'll go about six hours and then four...so she's already sleeping WAY better than the boys did which I couldn't be more grateful for. She's really content to just hang out and is just finding her little voice...I forgot how cute it is to hear a baby coo.





Her eyes smile don't they?







In LoVe!!!

Tiny Angel

I knew I wanted newborn pictures taken professionally. I totally love the creative photographer and what they can do with photoshop. Our photographer is no exception to true talent. Brittany Stucki with My Framed Photography.
Go check her out and let her take your next awesome family picture.

Sessions are only supposed to take 2-3 hours but Alayna decided she wanted to be social and be wide awake so it took almost 5 hours to finish and Brittany was incredibly patient.

Thank you SO much Brittany!

These were taken at 6 days old...I can't believe she's already a month old.

Enjoy ;)