Friday, February 26, 2010

For Your Viewing Pleasure

Because you can't have too many pictures right? Especially for grandparents and Aunt Rylee in Africa!

 This pose is for Grandpa Calvin! :)
4 weeks old

Getting so big!

Napping with Mom. This is Zack's favorite clip. He picked it out just for her at a craft fair.
Arms up.
Dad thinks he's so funny. Actually, so do I. Who knows where those long legs came from?
5 weeks old with her name blocks that I made as part of the decoration to go above her crib. I couldn't resist, I had to give her a flower as big as her head.
We love her.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Our Big Weekend Out

Valentine weekend was a pretty big deal. Until then we had only taken Berkley a few places and we were home again before she needed to eat or have her diaper changed. Saturday the 13th we packed the diaper bag and went down to Bountiful. My parents prepared a romantic, candle-lit steak dinner and Berkley got to meet her Great Grandma and Grandpa Toolson. She did great in the car. Revving the engine soothes her. That makes her dad proud.
They love her.
Sunday was not only Valentine's Day but Chinese New Year as well. We went to North Ogden for ung pao and asian cuisine (along with some V-day treats!) Here's Berkley in one of her valentine outfits.
Love.
On Monday the 15th we left Berkley with her Grandma Lisa so we could go out to dinner. It wasn't our first time leaving her but it was our first real date and it was nice to be just the two of us for a while.

Friday, February 12, 2010

The Past Few Weeks

Most of my posts from now on will probably be about the babe because that's basically what our lives revolve around now. Berkley is already over 3 weeks old. Here are some things she does:
-She's an expert poo squirter. She has shot her yellow poo at least 3 feet on occasion and has gotten my pants and the carpet several times. We're working on better diaper-changing strategies to prevent this.
-She thinks it's daytime when it's dark and vice versa. We're working on getting her schedule turned around.
-She loves hanging out with her dad. He can calm her down when I can't.
-She makes the funniest faces ever! We just watch her and laugh.
-She has some little smiles and smirks. They're probably still just gas related but they're so dang cute and we like to think they're because she likes us.
-She sneezes a lot! I hope I didn't give her my allergies!
That's pretty much all I can think of right now. Here is some documentation of her growth:
These pictures were taken at one week old.
We still love her little fingers and toes!
Yeah, she's addicted to the bink. Oh well.
Fauxhawk in full force.
She always needs her hands by her face. She hates being tightly swaddled because she needs her arms free.
I realized I really didn't have any pictures with her so I attempted a self-portrait. It was pretty difficult with our particular camera. This is when she was two weeks.
Making faces with dad.
Love hanging out with dad!
And falling asleep on him.
Her cord took a while to fall off so her first real bath wasn't until about 2 1/2 weeks old. She hates being undressed but once she got in the warm water she calmed right down.
And here are some pictures at 3 weeks. We tell her not to make faces like this so people don't think she's crazy. She doesn't listen to us.
This face is better. We encourage it. Her eyes seem to be dark grey/blue so we'll see what happens.
And a full body shot.