Say Cheese!

Our kids love to smile! Lily has been smiley since the get-go, but now she is really starting to smile and coo  when you talk to her.  She, like her brother, is very ticklish too!

Just to let you all know, we are living with Amanda's parents right now in Downey while we wait for paperwork to go through for Brian's job.  It stinks just waiting but we are really excited to start the next phase in life!

 

We are crazy parents!  We took Lily swimming in the pool (its warm) for about 5 minutes.  She almost fell asleep but we didn't want her to get cold (because it was not warm outside) so she didn't stay in too long.  Avery, on the other hand, stayed in for a while- he loves to swim around.

This is a four-generation photo: Lily's Great-Grandma Owen, her daughter Lily's Grandma Downs, her grandaughter Amanda (Lily's Mom) & great-grandaughter Lily!

Christmas Day

Avery was so tired and hungry Christmas night from playing with his toys all day that he was falling asleep while eating his dinner.  

We love our little Lily!

Avery was terrified of Santa Clause, he is trying to get away here

Avery had so much fun opening up his presents

Its going by fast...

We can't believe how fast these last four weeks have gone!  Our little Lily is already 4 weeks old and is getting bigger each day!  She is starting to loose her "newbornness" but it is fun to see how she is changing.  (This first picture is still at the hospital).  We feel a little bad that we haven't been taking a whole lot of pictures of her!   We have more on Amanda's mom's camera, so we will have to get those and post them.  

Lily was blessed this last Sunday.  She did such a great job not crying during the blessing.  She looked liked a little angel to us.  (sorry the pictures are sideways) Thanks for everyone who was able to make it and we missed those who weren't able to come.  

At her two week appointment, she weight 9 lbs and 9 oz and was 21 inches long.  She is a smiley baby and we love to catch glimpses of those sweet moments.

Avery is loving his baby sister, though he can be a little "rough" with her.  One of his latest discoveries is to make her "dance" by rocking the bassinet really fast, making Lily roll back and forth in her bed.  We have to keep an extra careful watch on him.  He is also getting a little mischievous.  He likes to steal Lily's binky and run away with it making his "trouble-making" laugh all the way.  Oh boy we have our work cut out for us!  

Precious Pictures

We have a very talented girl in our ward that has a photography business.  We won a photo shoot last spring, but we never could find the time to have her do our pictures.  We finally got the photo shoot done when Lily was a little over a week old.  We absolutely love them!  Thanks Deanna for the wonderful pictures- they are great!  (If you want to find out more about Deanna's photography business, go to www.adaytoadore.com- we are so pleased with how well she did our photos!)