Little foot sticking out of the blankie covering her carseat last night:
Clapping!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Pat-a-cake...
Random Cuteness:
Little foot sticking out of the blankie covering her carseat last night:
Clapping!
Little foot sticking out of the blankie covering her carseat last night:
Clapping!
Doo Rag
We inherited this cute dress from my sister Jamie. And it came complete with a doo rag. Yes, yes...we are raising Megan to be a biker-dudette.
And check out the army crawler! (*note that this was last week...she is like 4 times as fast now)
And check out the army crawler! (*note that this was last week...she is like 4 times as fast now)
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Giggles
Hurray for Megan! She passed her hearing test today in both ears!! Woo Hoo! It is so nice to have reassurance that all is well with her hearing. No routine follow-up needed. And her ear tubes look good, they are in place and there is no fluid behind her ear drums anymore.
Here are some cute giggles from last night!
Here are some cute giggles from last night!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Family Pics
We had family pics with my whole family last Saturday (as well as a birthday party for my nieces Julianne and Hailey and my brother Shad).
It was a fun, crazy, humid, and ultimately successful affair. Once a family involves more than 2 people, family pictures are pretty insane but so worth it!
Amber's Whole Family
It was a fun, crazy, humid, and ultimately successful affair. Once a family involves more than 2 people, family pictures are pretty insane but so worth it!
Amber's Whole Family
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Come on in!
Welcome to our new place! We are loving having real walls and a little more square footage...not to mention the amazing appliances (wahser+dryer+dishwasher=heaven)!!!
Here are a few pics. But it is MUCH better in person, so you should all come visit.
Yup, this is the right place! Just knock on the door...we might let you in. But not too loud in case Megan is asleep.
Here is our very decorative entryway...it's a family shrine! Yay for family pictures.
On the right is the hallway--look closely and you might see Megan in one of the doorways.
The double doors in the hallway lead to one of my favorite places in the apartment...the laundry nook! I smile every time I start a load and don't lug it up or down three flights of stairs.
And the bathroom. Yes, that is granite. Yes, it is about a million times bigger than the counterspace at Wymount. And even though you can't really tell--that is one BIG tub (behind the shower curtain, not on top of the toilet). It is wonderful!
Our room. The valence is the same but I got new drapes. How do you feel about the brown and the red?
Another view. That is a walk in closet--another aspect we really enjoy.
And one more. Anyone who remembers my parents' room from like 1974 to 2005 will remember those dressers and that mirror. We're glad they live on in our room.
Megan's room! I love love LOVE her drapes. Again, same valence, new drapes. They block ZERO light but they are so cute.
The other half of Megan's room. Poor kid...she used to have the "excess furniture room" and now it's just "the place where we keep the buffet with the china in it and the desk and printer".
Ok, back down the hall. This is the living/dining room. I initially had mixed feelings about the coffee table but it's grown on me. I like it now.
Yay the piano! And the little look-through to the kitchen. I really love that feature.
And the kitchen. Small. But still so much better than Wymount! I really like the granite in here too.
Well...thanks for coming! Don't let the door hitcha on the way out.
Wow this is a long post...just wait til we move into a house. Maybe then we won't post any pictures and you will all really have to come visit.
Here are a few pics. But it is MUCH better in person, so you should all come visit.
Yup, this is the right place! Just knock on the door...we might let you in. But not too loud in case Megan is asleep.
Here is our very decorative entryway...it's a family shrine! Yay for family pictures.
On the right is the hallway--look closely and you might see Megan in one of the doorways.
The double doors in the hallway lead to one of my favorite places in the apartment...the laundry nook! I smile every time I start a load and don't lug it up or down three flights of stairs.
And the bathroom. Yes, that is granite. Yes, it is about a million times bigger than the counterspace at Wymount. And even though you can't really tell--that is one BIG tub (behind the shower curtain, not on top of the toilet). It is wonderful!
Our room. The valence is the same but I got new drapes. How do you feel about the brown and the red?
Another view. That is a walk in closet--another aspect we really enjoy.
And one more. Anyone who remembers my parents' room from like 1974 to 2005 will remember those dressers and that mirror. We're glad they live on in our room.
Megan's room! I love love LOVE her drapes. Again, same valence, new drapes. They block ZERO light but they are so cute.
The other half of Megan's room. Poor kid...she used to have the "excess furniture room" and now it's just "the place where we keep the buffet with the china in it and the desk and printer".
Ok, back down the hall. This is the living/dining room. I initially had mixed feelings about the coffee table but it's grown on me. I like it now.
Yay the piano! And the little look-through to the kitchen. I really love that feature.
And the kitchen. Small. But still so much better than Wymount! I really like the granite in here too.
Well...thanks for coming! Don't let the door hitcha on the way out.
Wow this is a long post...just wait til we move into a house. Maybe then we won't post any pictures and you will all really have to come visit.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A Quick Post
Megan is napping and I have a few minutes to post her newest talents! She is now a speedy (well...speediER) scooter and is adding some consonants to her babble vocabulary. This week she starting saying something between "babababa" and "mamamama" (much to my delight...and Dan's since now he always says--Honey-Megan is calling you!). I have started taking pictures of the apartment and hope to post an apartment tour this week. My other goal for today is to organize the kitchen and put down the shelf liners my mom got me. And I'd like to have the kitchen put back together by 4 so we can have dinner at some point tonight :) We'll see how it goes!
I didn't get either talent in this one, but it's still cute. She was trying really hard to read that Harry Potter book there.
Here is "mamama"
And last but not least...scooting AND "mama"
I didn't get either talent in this one, but it's still cute. She was trying really hard to read that Harry Potter book there.
Here is "mamama"
And last but not least...scooting AND "mama"
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Wishing and Dreaming
Oh how our Megan wishes she could figure out crawling. She has developed her own little way to scoot toward desired objects, it's pretty funny to watch. She is good at digging her toes into the carpet and trying with all her might. We are having fun watching her figure things out. And we are enjoying our last few days of having a fairly immobile child. Soon she will be everywhere!
We are also enjoying Megan's new accomplishment of SLEEPING ALL NIGHT!!!! Woo hoo! After our trip, Megan was a little messed up on her sleep schedule. Before we moved she would consistently sleep from 8 pm to 4 am, nurse, and sleep til 7. Then all of a sudden after the trip, she was waking up and nursing at midnight AND and 4. Well, my patience with this lasted about 2 nights before I said HEY! No way, you don't need to eat, you just need to go back to sleep.
So at midnight the next night, I picked her up and hugged her and put her back in bed. It took about 40 minutes of whining, but she fell back asleep and SLEPT TIL 6!!! And the next night, she woke up at 2 am, whined for 10 minutes and again slept til 6. Since then, she consistently has been sleeping from 8 pm to 6 am--and occasionally even til 7 or 8. The best part is, she'll still go back to sleep after nursing at 6 am- usually til 8. It's bliss. And I'm sure my body will eventually learn to sleep all night again too...but for now, at least I can just look at the clock and roll back over! It's been so great, I wish solid nights of sleep for all of you--sweet dreams!
Here is Megan scooting video #1
And Megan scooting #2
This is really NOT a good picture of our girl--I was trying to take a picture in these cute overalls but instead caught a snot bubble.
But this one is sweet :)
We are also enjoying Megan's new accomplishment of SLEEPING ALL NIGHT!!!! Woo hoo! After our trip, Megan was a little messed up on her sleep schedule. Before we moved she would consistently sleep from 8 pm to 4 am, nurse, and sleep til 7. Then all of a sudden after the trip, she was waking up and nursing at midnight AND and 4. Well, my patience with this lasted about 2 nights before I said HEY! No way, you don't need to eat, you just need to go back to sleep.
So at midnight the next night, I picked her up and hugged her and put her back in bed. It took about 40 minutes of whining, but she fell back asleep and SLEPT TIL 6!!! And the next night, she woke up at 2 am, whined for 10 minutes and again slept til 6. Since then, she consistently has been sleeping from 8 pm to 6 am--and occasionally even til 7 or 8. The best part is, she'll still go back to sleep after nursing at 6 am- usually til 8. It's bliss. And I'm sure my body will eventually learn to sleep all night again too...but for now, at least I can just look at the clock and roll back over! It's been so great, I wish solid nights of sleep for all of you--sweet dreams!
Here is Megan scooting video #1
And Megan scooting #2
This is really NOT a good picture of our girl--I was trying to take a picture in these cute overalls but instead caught a snot bubble.
But this one is sweet :)
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tagged by Carrie
1. What was I doing 10 years ago... getting ready to graduate from 8th grade, enjoying life as a new teenager
2. What was on my to-do list for today? Install the printer on the computer, hang pictures in Megan's room, balance the checkbook
3. What would I do if I suddenly became a billionaire? buy a house, only fly first class, go to australia, invest, start some cool charities, donate to BYU
4. 3 Bad habits... I love to sleep in--even when I have already gotten plenty of sleep (I blame the past 2 years of working half days/half nights), I have to have a deadline set--even for small tasks (that way I can put them off as long as possible...I love the rush of trying to get something done by the last second of a deadline), I hate to floss!
5. Places I have lived..... parent's home in houston, david john hall in provo, the condo in provo, wymount, our current apt in houston!
6. Places I have worked... Willow Pool, Star Satellite (my least favorite job ever!), the NICU at UVRMC in Provo
7. 3 Things people don't know about me....
*I love (LOVE!) dill pickles. The really big ones like you see in the jars at the movie theater. I always have--my mom had to make a rule that I was only allowed one pickle a day (and my siblings had me convinced for a while that if I ate more than one, I'd turn into a pickle).
*I love to balance the checkbook. Seriously. It feels like a game and when the balance in the ledger and the balance online match, I win!
*I know how to tap dance. I took tap for 8 years or so growing up and even took an intermediate tap class at BYU.
And, just for fun, here are some adorable Megan faces:
Check out that little snaggle tooth!
2. What was on my to-do list for today? Install the printer on the computer, hang pictures in Megan's room, balance the checkbook
3. What would I do if I suddenly became a billionaire? buy a house, only fly first class, go to australia, invest, start some cool charities, donate to BYU
4. 3 Bad habits... I love to sleep in--even when I have already gotten plenty of sleep (I blame the past 2 years of working half days/half nights), I have to have a deadline set--even for small tasks (that way I can put them off as long as possible...I love the rush of trying to get something done by the last second of a deadline), I hate to floss!
5. Places I have lived..... parent's home in houston, david john hall in provo, the condo in provo, wymount, our current apt in houston!
6. Places I have worked... Willow Pool, Star Satellite (my least favorite job ever!), the NICU at UVRMC in Provo
7. 3 Things people don't know about me....
*I love (LOVE!) dill pickles. The really big ones like you see in the jars at the movie theater. I always have--my mom had to make a rule that I was only allowed one pickle a day (and my siblings had me convinced for a while that if I ate more than one, I'd turn into a pickle).
*I love to balance the checkbook. Seriously. It feels like a game and when the balance in the ledger and the balance online match, I win!
*I know how to tap dance. I took tap for 8 years or so growing up and even took an intermediate tap class at BYU.
And, just for fun, here are some adorable Megan faces:
Check out that little snaggle tooth!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Final Cruise Post
I know I've posted about a million pics already, but it was an awesome vacation!
Second formal night (the one flip-flop/one nice shoe look is really in this season)
Dan is already embracing his new home state (that's a Texas flag inspired vest courtesy of my parents)
Our short-lived family shuffleboard tournament...it was COLD!
Megan conked out while playing cards the last day--all that fun just wipes you out!
Our fearless waiters--Oscar from Colombia and Shu from India. They were fantastic!
Second formal night (the one flip-flop/one nice shoe look is really in this season)
Dan is already embracing his new home state (that's a Texas flag inspired vest courtesy of my parents)
Our short-lived family shuffleboard tournament...it was COLD!
Megan conked out while playing cards the last day--all that fun just wipes you out!
Our fearless waiters--Oscar from Colombia and Shu from India. They were fantastic!
Cruise Post #3 (The Ports)
Our first port of call was Cabo San Lucas. We took a glass bottom boat ride which I mostly enjoyed...except when I realized that our boat had a grand total of 1 dilapidated life jacket...for 14 people including 2 infants, one of whom was strapped to me! Thankfully we didn't sink. Unfortunately it was the glass bottom boat where Dan broke his toe.
Lover's Beach viewed from the glass-bottom boat
Land's End
Seals! Cool to look at but not-so-cool to smell :)
The family on Lover's Beach, Pacific Ocean in the background
Megan ready to shop in Mazatlan
The family in Mazatlan
Megan enjoying the beach...she fell asleep while we walked to it and never even knew we were there!
Mazatlan had my favorite sand--it looked like there were swirls of gold in it as the water washed over it. It was soft too.
The scenic view from our boat while docked at Puerto Vallarta (ha- that's the view of the WalMart and the Sam's Club--how quaint)
Sunset in Puerto Vallarta. We played on the beach between the second and third rock jetties. Megan's first time in the ocean was definitely a success--she grinned the whole time!
One more of sunset--it really was beautiful
Dan and a happy little Megan
Heather and Randy
The ports were fun, I had never REALLY been to Mexico and overall I liked it. But it did make me grateful to live in the good old U. S. of A.--Mexico was like a whole other country :)
Lover's Beach viewed from the glass-bottom boat
Land's End
Seals! Cool to look at but not-so-cool to smell :)
The family on Lover's Beach, Pacific Ocean in the background
Megan ready to shop in Mazatlan
The family in Mazatlan
Megan enjoying the beach...she fell asleep while we walked to it and never even knew we were there!
Mazatlan had my favorite sand--it looked like there were swirls of gold in it as the water washed over it. It was soft too.
The scenic view from our boat while docked at Puerto Vallarta (ha- that's the view of the WalMart and the Sam's Club--how quaint)
Sunset in Puerto Vallarta. We played on the beach between the second and third rock jetties. Megan's first time in the ocean was definitely a success--she grinned the whole time!
One more of sunset--it really was beautiful
Dan and a happy little Megan
Heather and Randy
The ports were fun, I had never REALLY been to Mexico and overall I liked it. But it did make me grateful to live in the good old U. S. of A.--Mexico was like a whole other country :)
Cruise Post #2 (Formal Night 1)
Once we got underway, we spent 2 days cruising.
Here is a group shot from the card room--we spent a lot of our cruising days there. Why weren't we laying out and taking in the sun you ask? Well--until we got to Mexico, it was only about 60 degrees on deck! Ali and I tried laying out Monday afternoon, but by the time we got sunscreen on we were shivering and quickly gave up to get in the hot tub.
Megan's favorite thing to do--help! She is an excellent cardeater...
Dan and I on the first formal night. We had the late dinner at 8:30 pm and all nights but one, Megan cooperated by going to bed in the stroller at 8--our waiters only saw her once!
One of the two tables--check out Heather's cute face.
The other table. I especially like the food-grin from Robbie.
Here is a group shot from the card room--we spent a lot of our cruising days there. Why weren't we laying out and taking in the sun you ask? Well--until we got to Mexico, it was only about 60 degrees on deck! Ali and I tried laying out Monday afternoon, but by the time we got sunscreen on we were shivering and quickly gave up to get in the hot tub.
Megan's favorite thing to do--help! She is an excellent cardeater...
Dan and I on the first formal night. We had the late dinner at 8:30 pm and all nights but one, Megan cooperated by going to bed in the stroller at 8--our waiters only saw her once!
One of the two tables--check out Heather's cute face.
The other table. I especially like the food-grin from Robbie.
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