30.3.10

st patty's

on the actual st patricks day we were getting ready to go to hawaii but the sunday before we had a fun little celebration with corned beef and cabbage at scott and lisas. I made this little dress for niyas first patty's. i found the shirt at walmart and refashioned for baby girl.

9.3.10

little chubbers

this week niya had her 4 month well baby check up. i have a love hate relationship with well baby visits. i love because you get to find out your babys "stats." i hate because of the shots.

so this is what we found out.................
height : 25 inches 71st percentile
weight: 14 pounds 52nd percentile
head circumference: 41.1 centimeters 48th percentile

every month is more fun than the last. she's such a sweet baby
she smiles all the time and loves to try to get your attention, her giggle is to die for, she loves to chatter, if you talk to her she almost always talks back, she loves her feet and is constantly grabbing them, she sleeps 10 hours at night, she loves loves to suck on her hands or anything that she can get close to her mouth for that matter, she is a drool machine, she's discovered her tongue, and learned how to spit, and smack her lips to make kissing sounds, shes getting much better at tummy time, and mini push ups, she has rolled over from tummy to back once, and my favorite trick of all........she holds her own bottle, what a smart baby we have

she looks so freakin cute all nakey laying on the table. she thinks its fun too



all smiles, she doesn't know whats coming! she got two shots this time. when the nurse poked her she screamed like a 5 year old. i felt so bad for her, but she recovered quickly.
i hate shots

5.3.10

glasses for the blind

only 2 weeks until we go to hawaii. YIPPEEEEE!!! i seriously can not wait to get out of this winter wonderland. of course i have been getting niya prepared for her first real vacation. i pretty much buy every bathing suit i see in her size. the other night we had a fun time trying them all on. I found the sunglasses in the dollar bins at target. the are seriously the darkest glasses i've ever seen. i could not see her eyes at all. she looked ridiculous, and i couldn't stop laughing

2.3.10

who does she look like?

i can't figure out who i think niya looks like. my family all says she looks like drew, and drews family says she looks like me
so.................... what do YOU think??
me?

drew?

or amanda?

who cleans the highchairs?

monday was a really fun day for me, and niya. we celebrated her 4 month birthday at cafe rio with cher. i decided she was old enough to get out of the infant seat, and join us at the table in a highchair! she loved it. she just kind of slung her arm back and lounged. she looked like a natural. it was like she had been sitting in a highchair in the womb. i tried not to think about how nasty dirty the chair was. i know nobody cleans those
she loved cher too. she kept staring at her and smiling. i tried to get a good picture of them, but all i got was niya looking wild eyed , and cherilyn looking chinese. oh well better luck next time.
when we got home later that day i was disgustingly reminded of the dirty high chair when i found red sticky candy on her blanket, courtesy of the runny nosed, slimy handed kid that sat there before her. i shivered feeling grossed out, but ,before i let my anxious mind start running wild, i just stopped, took a REALLY deep breath and said to myself "oh well"


we love zions

for valentines weekend we went to st george with drews family. if you go to st george you have to go to zions. its so beautiful there. we love it. we brought niya of course she's in the family pic below but she's hiding under drews sweat shirt. it was kinda chilly. there was actually snow still on the trail, and lots of mud
uncle troy went with us. he actually only made it about a 3rd of the way up the trail because he didn't want to get his new shoes muddy. i know right!? who wears new shoes hiking in zions?? it was SO troy.
niya had a great time she did 2 things:
first she ate
then she slept
what else is new?