I've been tagged by my friend Jen...

...to report six things about myself that are random and possibly unknown to many.  So here it goes.

1.  I absolutely DESPISE grocery shopping, but at the same time I hate having an empty fridge and empty cupboards. 

2. I used to be able to ice skate really well - in fact, I took lessons from a former competitive ice skater in the fourth grade and could do twirls, skate backwards and the like.  Today, it is as if I had never learned the skill at all.

3.  I have no gall bladder and don't have real lenses in my eyes.  That's right folks, I have implants...lens implants, that is.

4.  I've seen the movie While You Were Sleeping over 60 times and can pretty much quote the entire movie.

5.  I H-A-T-E snakes.  Should I happen to run into one, I will run it and possibly you over to get as far away from it as possible.  I'm a little worried now that I have a child as I might just leave her to the snakes!

6.  I broke my collar bone at girls camp when I was 12 years old - ironically, I did it doing the "trust fall."  After a long talk about "trust" from our leader, I fell back, the girls backed away (seriously, they all backed away and not one hand touched my body) and I hit the ground snapping my collar bone right in half.  So much for teaching trust, eh?  It scarred me pretty badly - I've never been able to fully trust anyone since then...ha ha, just kidding!  Let's just say this will not be the way I teach Lois to trust.  :-)

I tag Rach, Ho-day and Kelzers.

Nursery pictures

While it's not quite finished yet, I wanted to post some pictures of Lois' bedroom in all its pink glory!   

What do you think?

Today, I was looking through some photos my brother Preston had scanned for our wedding video and I came across this second picture, a picture of me when I was a newborn.  While I know there are more pictures of me as a newborn somewhere in some box, this is the only picture I have ever seen of myself at this age.  I was excited to see a striking resemblance between me and my little miss - which thrilled me because I think she looks so much like Jason!  Isn't it funny that a baby can look so much like her dad and so much like her mom in the same moment?  

Thanks, Grandma Wright!

Today, my friend Addie and I went to lunch and I got to see their new house.  For Jason and me, this seems to be the pinnacle of being a true adult...having a house to live in!  Hopefully one day we'll be able to move up from apartment-hood to house-hood.  But until then, we can just be happy for all of our awesome friends who are house peeps!  Congrats, Addie and Cameron!

Grandma Wright sent this cute little outfit for Lois - and we love it!  Here are some pictures of her in it -- and also some pictures of Addie's little girl, Avery.  We're excited for these little tykes to play together soon.  Right now, four months seems like a huge difference, but soon it will be no big deal!

This is what happens when you take Lois' bottle away from her before she's finished eating...she loves her milk, and doesn't so much love to be burped before she's good and ready.

This is what she looks like when she's finished - happy and ready to see the world.

And this is her way of giving kisses - when you go to kiss her face, she opens her mouth and gives you a nice sloppy one.  We absolutely love it.

Jason also told Lois that this was the only time she was allowed to wear a spaghetti strap shirt so she better live it up.  So funny!

Beautiful skies, Beautiful baby

The other night, Jason and I went on a walk along the Rillito River walk with Lois to enjoy the evening sunset.  Again, a beautiful night sky, with the monsoon clouds being lit up by the setting sun! 

Sleeping like a log on our walk!

We went to Target a few weeks ago to buy Lois some sleepers, since she finds her way out of swaddles and was getting cold at night.  She just looks so cute that we just had to post some pictures of her wearing them!

Our good friend, Janae, let us borrow this awesome little "play arch" - which Lois LOVES.  As you can see in the last post (the video) she kicks her little legs and loves the lights and music.  Thanks for letting us borrow this, Janae!  

Sleeping in her sleeper...

This is the outfit that Kelly, Jordan's girlfriend, gave Lois!  We LOVE it and she just looks so cute in it!  This little chunker is wearing some of her six month clothing already.  While she's not super "bulky" - she's really long and her length is what is putting her in her bigger sizes.  

SIX WEEKS OLD, yesterday. 

Here's a video of Lois in her first week, getting her first bath at home.

And here she is this morning!  My how she's grown.  

This next video is off topic.  Southern Arizona's annual monsoon is here.  Hot and humid.  The dark billowing clouds against the blue sky make for spectacular vistas.  But when a storm comes your way, head for cover. We got stuck driving in the worst storm we've seen this season. It came and left in about 5 min.

We're in L-O-V-E

It's official.  We're completely and utterly smitten with our little Lois.  She keeps us laughing with her funny faces and is such a pleasant little tyke!  We're so lucky to have her.  Here are some pictures for your enjoyment!

This is a cute dress that Sandy, a lady that I work with at Williams-Sonoma, gave Lois.  It is so cute.  As many may know, I'm a sucker for smocked dresses...and this one was no exception.

All ready for church!

In the morning, Lois is SO happy and just smiles tons.  Here's a few attempts to get her to smile for the camera.

...there's one, well...kind of.

Hey look!  A picture of me holding Lois.  It's a miracle.  Maybe Jason got the message from my last post?? 

Yes, we realize that this bow is ridiculously huge and is about the same size as her head.  Hopefully she'll grow into it!  But isn't her face classic?  Not the most flattering picture of our little babe, but oh-so-funny.  It does help that she is suffering from a serious case of baby acne either.  Gotta love that!

We put this little clip in her hair that my Aunt Lana gave us!  Her wild hair is yet to be tamed, but we had fun trying to put clips in it.  We thought it was pretty cute.

Imitating mom...

Just smiling in the morning

We realize the risk we were taking when snapping this photo, but we just had to get her all naked, minus her little booties.  Look at that cute body!

Snoozing in her swing.  This is a newborn outfit that Jason's cousin Jenny gave us.  It was a newborn size and so tight on her that she only got to wear it once.  She's already in her three-month clothing.  13 pounds and growing. 

The Beautiful Monsoon Skies

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the summers here in Tucson, the monsoon season is upon us and they are amazing!  During 10 months of the year, there are hardly any clouds in the sky here - but during the monsoons, we get the most amazingly beautiful skies and clouds.  Here are just a few pictures, which simply do not do them justice!  We love living here in the desert.  It's really awesome.

This was one of the beautiful sunsets that we barely caught on film...too bad we missed the full sun along the horizon - but you can imagine how beautiful it was!!

The end of the sunset!

Monsoon clouds...

So beautiful!!

Our Little Turtle

Lois likes to sit and hold her head up already. We like to call this her "turtle pose" - affectionately coined by my mom. This is when she pokes her head up and all the rolls of fat stretch out and she exposes this tiny little chin and head...just like a turtle coming out of her shell.

I realize that all these pictures only have Jason or some other person holding Lois. I promise that I DO hold her and take good care of her! :-) However, some one has to take pictures...and I'm not sure that this person is Jason...not that he doesn't want to, it just never crosses his mind when I am actually holding the baby. Plus, this momma isn't looking too hot lately (you know, not getting ready until about 3pm) so maybe this is a good thing! Anyway, enjoy these great pictures of our little Lois. She's such a joy and we're so glad she's here!!

We love this pensive look with that little furrowed brow...


"Mom, I have a serious case of bed head. Do you really have to take my picture?"

She's come upon some sweet baby acne in the past few days...but she's still cute!!

Jason's cracking up at Lois - she makes the funniest faces!!

This one is my favorite! We're so in love.

BATH TIME!

Lois loves taking baths. She just chills there in her baby bath lounge...and looks at us with those cute little eyes! She especially loves the sound of the water and loves having her hair washed. Gotta love this girl!!

The GREAT Unload

WARNING: Do not watch if you are grossed out by baby bodily functions and/or having anything to do with poop. I apologize now for posting this, but I just had to do it. I'm sure there are some people that might enjoy this - including family and some select friends!

So, Lois has had us a little worried lately. She went from going number 2 daily to going every other day to going well...not really going. Yesterday afternoon was day five since her last number 2 and we were really getting worried. She had been grunting especially hard for the past few days, so we thought that it might be coming soon. In any case, we were definitely expecting some sort of action that morning because she was REALLY turning her face red with grunts (note the towel that Jason has on his lap) and this is what we ended up with. It definitely filled her diaper and then some. Up her back, up her front and everywhere in between. Good times. Hopefully this doesn't become a habit. I'm not sure if I want to deal with a blow out EVERY time she does her business!

Our sleeping beauty...