Madeline

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

8 weeks



Hi everyone! After reading Dave and Casey's update, it inspired me to update ours. Everything is great here. Megan is doing so well. She is such a good baby. She isn't losing her hair, far from it, in fact it is getting thicker. But, of course, it still stands up straight on the top. She is going to be so mad at us in about 12 years, for letting her be seen like that. Of course, everyone else thinks it is so cute. I weighed her yesterday, and she is about 10 pounds. She still seems so small. It is too funny because she should be starting to get too big for her 0-3 months clothes, and yet, they are still so baggy on her. She is a long drink of water, as they say. This picture is so cute because she is trying so hard to get the baby on the package to talk to her. It is really funny because real babies don't really capture her attention the same way. She also always manages to get her hand out of blankets, no matter how well Mom tries to wrap her up. She is going to be another Houdini! She has also discovered that she can lift up her lower half of her body (diaper changes can be a real riot!), so she can occasionally manvour herself on to her side, and sometimes she can roll over from her tummy over on her back. She is still a real wiggle wort, and I am afraid that one day she will get dropped. She is also so alert for a little baby. I sometimes forget that she is still so young. She gets attention from everyone when we go out. She is a big hit. She is getting blessed on Father's Day, and we are all so excited for that. She seems to be going through another growth spurt, because she now wants to eat every three hours at night, instead of going a lot longer. I really got used to the 5-7 hour stretches, but what baby wants baby gets. I hope that once her spurt is over, she will go back to that. A mom can dream.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

New Tricks from Megan







Megan has some new tricks that she wants everyone to see. She is now smiling on a regular basis, but only when she wants to, and she can hold her head steady when upright. She also likes to make faces. This is Russ's favorite thing she does with her lips. The last picture is just mom and dad having some fun at her expense. She has to have something to tell Oprah!

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

New Stuff




On Tuesday, May 29th, we bought a new car. It is a 07 Hyundai Sonata, and we are so excited about it. We are now in the process of thinking of names for it. We got a GREAT deal on it. If anyone is looking for a car, go to Murdock Hyundai in Orem, they are awesome. While we were there, we discovered that Megan is a daddy's girl. She was fussing with mom, but as soon as dad took her, she was happy. In one of the pictures, she is showing how strong she is. She can also roll over from that positon when the timing is right. The other picture shows one of her favorite positions to be held in: with her head cocked way back. When she is in the recliner, mom is afraid that she will slip out of her arms, because she wants her head back so far. She is a funny girl that is starting to show her personality. We are so glad that she is in our family!

Monday, May 7, 2007

Cousin Time!









This was the week of meeting cousins!! Uncle Dave and Aunt Casey had James David on Wednesday. He was bigger then Megan from birth, but now Elizabeth thinks that they are evened out. On Saturday, Russ, Elizabeth and Megan went up to Alzina Sue's house and met a bunch of 2nd cousins. Megan wished that she could play with them, but just watching them tuckered her out. Megan also met her great grand parents. It was love at first sight. On Sunday, we spent the afternoon with aunt Rebecca, uncle Drew, and Kate. She mainly slept, but summoned the energy to perform her lastest trick: ROLLING OVER!! Rebecca assures Elizabeth that as soon as Megan bulks up, she won't be able to do that anymore. Elizabeth is hoping that that is true, but is not sure that her luck will hold out on having a "good Baby". When we went down to uncle Dave and aunt Casey's house, everyone said that it looked as though she had grown so much. Mom and baby are doing their jobs!.

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Russ Graduated!






On Friday the 27th, Elizabeth, Megan, and Russ's mom and dad went to his graduation ceremony held at the Marriot Center. It was really good. Russ walked across the stage with Megan, who slept through the whole thing. We are so proud of Russ!

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Baby is Born





So, she finally came. The long awaited arrival of Megan Elizabeth is here. Here are a few pics of our precious jewel. Does anyone think she looks more like one of us? I think the forehead furrows are definintly mine (Russ).

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Update




Here are some pictures from when Russ visited Yale last week. He had a great time walking around campus and admiring the architecture of the school. He thought it was so cool! He also had a great time visting his sister Lisa and seeing his favorite painting, Starry Night, in New York. This is me at 37 weeks down. We had our baby shower shortly before, and now all we need is a baby! Russ's aunt Diane made the watermelon baby carriage.