4 Months

Wow, I am SO incredibly behind. Where are we? Four months? Oh wait, almost five?!?! Holy crap where did the time go. It seems every day our little peach is growing and changing. She definetly knows where her mouth is at this point. Today I was fixing her bottle and had to laugh when she got all excited and I handed her the empty bottle and she tried nawing on it, then I handed her the clean nipple and she immediately shoved it in her mouth and started sucking, all while her thumb was inside the nipple. It was pretty funny. At this point we have abandoned breast feeding. I tried, but after a while my milk supply was not enough to fill her (most likely as I have slowly returned to my love of soda vs. water). We have started Rice Cereal and this weekend tried Green Beans for the first time. IF that was not hysterical I don't know what is. Our legs are still broken, and we have not learned to roll over (by we I of course mean her) but we can jabber along like the best of them and have a huge crush on Elmo.

 David is almost done with school for the semester, one final today and another tomorrow and then we can breath easy for about a week. Then we start Culinary Management and his Internship!!!! An internship with my favorite restaraunt may I add!!! I am so excited, it is with our favorite restaraunt company so we know he will be treated well, we are just worried about burn out at this point. He is supposed to do thirty hours per week for fifteen weeks. Oy Vey. In the mean time he is still working down at Vivint for the Heirloom Restaraunt Group and I am working at the college up in the Cafeteria. Little miss is the light of our lives and honestly I don't know what we did without her....oh wait yeah I do, we stayed up past nine thirty, scheduled things past seven and goofed off a whole lot more. Most of the time I really don't notice, and honestly prefer life this way, but every now and again when I woule have just jumped in the car for that random road trip....its then that I stop and think and realize how much life has changed in the past year. Well, nap time should be about over maybe I should do something productive before I hear the peanut gallery start up again. Hope everything is going well with everyone else!!

My Lazy Daisy

So a couple of months ago my mom and I became involved in a new ground breaking quilting concept.  The company was still in Prelaunch mode so I haven't really been too vocal about it.  Well guys its official.  My Lazy Daisy is now an up and running company.  Mom and I are consultants and loving every minute of it.  We will be doing a booth at the Good Life Expo (Home and Garden Show in Spanish Fork) next week.  I can't wait to see where we go with this and have fun earning a bit of money to cover my sewing habit.  mylazydaisy.net/kayde

Three Months

'Sleeping'....or at least supposed to be.

Well, its here.  We are officially three months old today.  I can't hardly believe it.  Every day seems to bring new developments and quirks.  At this point Lillie is a karate kicking machine.  She loves kicking her feet at the most inopportune times, holding her legs and bum up in the air when trying to change her diaper, and grins all the while.  


Her heart melting smile and giggles make everything better no matter how bad the day may be.  Not long after our two month post she began to laugh, real true belly laughs.  It was amazing.  Luckily we actually had the camera on at the time.  Sadly, different things make her laugh each day, and most of the time you will never know what the next funny thing may be.  Lillie loves her daddy, as he reads her stories, and plays silly games with her. The past few days have been ones of constant jibber jabber.  

Blessing Day

Other than this she has slowly but surely figured out that she has hands and a tongue that must lick everything.  Fingers are constantly in the mouth, raspberry bubbles dawn dishsoap would be jealous of, and great gobs of drool.  Bring on those bibs

The difference six months makes....sadly not much she is growing like a bean.

With Great Grandma Stoneman

On the home front life rolls on.  David has started a new block in his culinary program.  The company he works for has transferred him to a new restaurant, at first this caused a lot of stress and worry but one day maybe we will put faith in the path the Lord has placed us and let go of such cares....one day.  Work continues as normal for me, I have started a new blog and twitter account for Dining Services and continue to try to find the perfect combination of recipes for the Valley View.  

David's youngest sister has joined the Marines, something she has dreamed of since before we were married.  She leaves for boot camp this spring.  Brent is quickly finishing up his mission, less than six months to go.  Crazy.  

We LOVE our elephant. 

Two Months

Wow, that went WAY too fast.  Little Miss is growing up.  It is so fun to see her change daily, and sucks at the same time.  She recognizes her mommy and daddy and smiles when they come to pick her up.  Her smiles brighten any bad day.  I gotta say I love getting up at night with her.  David has been working a crazy schedule and as such does not get home until really late so I try to get her out of the room as soon as she starts to squawk.  After turning on a light and laying her down we begin to talk and she coos and giggles at me as I change her diaper.  What is not to love?  Late nights and stinky poop.

So far she has mastered holding her head up, although at times she kinda looks like a bobble head doll.  We have night time down to a routine, bath and bed by nine, and usually sleep until 3 or 4, or even some times all through the night.  She loves being held and cuddled and is becoming very interested in the world around her.  Television intrigues, people amuse, although loud or surprising noises are still scary.  We have a variety of cries for various different things, although most of these are completely fake.  My favorite is her little growl when being picked up and hugged she sounds like a puppy, which she imitates when eating she will bite down on her bottle and shake her head while growling.  Thursday is her 2 month well baby check, I am excited to see where she lands in her growth percentile, and am absolutely dreading the shots.



 Sunday, February 5th will be the baby blessing.  We are going to use my blessing dress, something I have always wanted to do.  David's family is coming in and will be able to see her again, basically everyone is excited.  The hard part is giving her up to all the people who want to hold her.  Where we both work so much  we don't get much time with Lillie so every little moment is held sacred.

One Month

Wow. I can hardly believe it has gone by so fast, our little one is here.  I am honestly suprised how little it feels like life is changed.  At our last doctors appointment Lillie measured in at:

December was an amazing month.  It was wonderful spending time together as a family, what little time there was.  David finished his second semester of the UVU Culinary program.  Two down, two to go!  Between that and work we did not get to see a ton of him but what little time there was we held on to jealously.  Lillie loves her dad and tracks his every move when he enters the room. 

My mom was able to come and stay with us the first week we were home from the hospital.  Honestly, I felt like a burden to her and kept trying to get her to back away, then when she did I had a complete come apart as I didn't feel I could do this without the help of my mother.  I guess in a way we will always be out mommy's little girls.  After getting life into a bit of a groove, David's sister Katherine came and visited for a couple of weeks during Christmas break.  We were able to create our own little routine while she was here, where I would feed and she would burp/cuddle.  The rest of David's family arrived on Christmas Eve.  It was a bit tricky juggling the two families during the holidays, especially with Lillie here and the demand to see her.  All in all though everyone had a good time and we tried to hold on to every little moment of the holidays.

Lillie's first month practically flew by.  She is characterized by her tendency to poop, her first week home she once went through 12 diapers in 2 hours.  She has the most adorable quirky smile, just like her daddy, where she will turn up one side of her mouth.  While looking back on photos I have realized that she does this with both sides of her mouth.  If you are truly lucky you will get a full smile, and at times even an adorable laugh.  She is not a fan of the car seat or rides in the car.  We go NO WHERE without her green bink.  We have tried every type of pacifier we can buy and there is only one that she will deem worthy of her attention.

 Sad the difference one month makes isn't it!

Uncle Stephen and his little Elf.

At six weeks her favorite thing to do is wake mommy up in the middle of the night and then coo and giggle as I bemoan her "stinky bum."  I swear she is going to think that is her name.  We have even slept through the night, twice!  With all that boasting, we are all still adjusting a bit, the new semester really threw us for a loop.