Chunky Lil' Monkey

My sweet little girl is just growing like a weed. I love it. She weighed 13 pounds yesterday on my parent's home scale! Not that that's off the charts or anything. It's just such an amazing process to watch her all of a sudden not fit into that cute striped outfit in the picture. Those were pants on her last week. :)

Fun, Busy Saturday

We had a long day out today with Naomi! We have taken her to different places here and there, but this was kind of the first day we did one thing after another. It was fun, but she sure is sleeping well right now! Above is a pic with Davis, the Spykerman's boy... if you could zoom in, you'd capture their matching pacifiers. :)
We walked around the Overland Park Arboretum with Kevin and Susan and the babies. It was a beautiful day and fun to see a place in KC neither Grant nor myself had ever been to before.
After a quick run home, we then went to watch the bris for our other friend's baby, Judah. A bris is the Jewish ceremony where circumcision is performed on the eighth day by a mohel (a man trained to perform the procedure, usually a rabbi). It was a special ceremony to attend!
After Judah's bris, we headed back to my parent's for family dinner night. Nay was especially cheery, just smiling away for the camera.
We had so much fun. Annie even taught Naomi a life lesson. Lol.

First Football Games!

What better football game to inaugurate a lifetime of sporting events to be had than that of your very own uncle? Naomi's Uncle Will is a senior at Shawnee Mission East and we have had a blast going to his first three games of the (undefeated, might I add) season this year. Grant is looking mighty dapper in this classic dad photo:
First football game picture ever! I believe she was happy to be there.
Aaaand, on to the second game. Must have been old hat to her. *Sidenote - most of all three games she has slept straight through the loud screaming after touchdowns! I plug her ears, don't worry - but this child surely is her daddy's girl!

Lillie Is Home!!!

Talk about a post to warm the heart... our neice, Lillian is home from the NICU! In case you didn't read earlier, she was born 4 days before Naomi, at around 29-weeks gestation. She is a FIGHTER, I tell you, soaring through her first weeks of life, impressing all around with her progress and adaptation as a preemie. She's just awesome. Today, my brother and his wife got to bring their baby home! We are thrilled for them. Please pray for an easy transition for them and for seamless, healthy days ahead for sweet Lillie. For more of an update, you can follow their story at www.lilliankateseverns.blogspot.com

We decorated the house with a banner and balloons to welcome the sweet pea home. We love you, Lillian!

So Sweet...

Just some random pics from the last few weeks...This picture is actually from September 17, so the most recent pic of what she's looking like. :)
Meeting our wonderful friends, the Spykermans. Every time we get together we realize how much we miss them...
Sweet cuddle time with Dad. Already it has begun - I'm not in any of the pictures because I'm the one taking them! Ha!

Irish Princess

Our friends the Dedricks got Naomi her first Irish dress. No, it's nowhere near close to St.Patrick's Day, but little did I know that I would marry into a family where that does not matter in the slightest. Any day is a good day for green.
And apparently, Naomi agrees!

Sleeping Is What She Does Best

My sweet pumpkin. She loooooves to sleep. This is one of her favorite spots - the chaise lounge in my parent's den. It's been a great place to acclimate her to sleeping around noise, and boy, is she ever good at it! This kid could sleep through a hurricane!
The only problem is using self-control to not just hold and cuddle her for every SINGLE time she sleeps. It's such a temptation... just look at that cute little tooshie! Don't you just want to reach through the computer and pick her up!? Being a mom is heaven. :)

Alright, alright...

So my aunt says to me the other night at my brother's football game... "Sarah! If you expect us to read the blog, you've got to post something more often than once every MONTH!" Lol. So okay. I'm gonna do better - I promise!! But the other night, just as I got on to do another big catch-up post, something tragic happened.
my.
mac.
died.
for.
good.
(insert sobbing and throwing a tantrum here.)
No. I did not take it to a shop. Because I've had that laptop for six years and I have been waiting for the day when this would happen. Sigh. It's toast. A sad day. Not to mention the fact that I can now not swallow the thought of going back to a PC, which are faaaar cheaper. Shudder. I don't know what I'm going to do.
So here I am. Blogging from my parent's computer. Here's what we've been up to!