Sarai: Months 2-4

Sarai Says

Mom is still a month behind (gotta' download more pictures), but here is a bit of an update on ME!

Month 2

I've been growing like crazy!  I spend a lot of time eating, sleeping, and being cute!  I also go all over the place with Mom, Eden, and Noah--shopping, the aquarium, the farm, the park...!  I like hanging out with our family and using them as beds!  I'm learning to smile and just broke out in baby zits--boo hoo! I am just starting to sleep through the night!!

Month 3

Look at me!  I am now an amazing smiler and spend a lot of time doing just that.  I can laugh now, too!  I have discovered my toes and like to grab them and taste them and am just starting to grab toys.  I like hanging out with Dad and Mom in the evening and like to look at all the pretty colors on the TV!  I like my swing still and sometimes fall asleep in that magical thing!  Mom and Dad think I'm an "angel baby".  After my rough start it is a huge relief to Mom how much weight I keep gaining and how quickly I'm developing skills!

Month 4

I'm getting some sweet skills!  I love toys and sit up in the bumbo (called the bumbum at our house) and play with/eat them.  I am busy all the time grabbing stuff and putting it in my mouth.  If I'm awake I won't lie flat, even to see if my little cousin, Houston, is as big as me.  I went to Lake Powell this month, but didn't get any pictures of that.  I bring a lot of joy into our house!

Anniversary #9!

Has it really been that long?  A fun, relaxing evening:

Happy Birthday #33, LB!

For Lance's birthday what would you do other than head to the hills?  Good thing he was born in June so the mountains would be beautiful and calling his name, right? 

One year we drove over the Continental Divide in Colorado right around his birthday and it was soooo cold!  Kind of a shocker for us (we are even colder than we look!)!

Well, another good thing: we don't live on the Continental Divide, so we should be good, right?  Wrong!!! Our mountains were freezing and still covered with snow for Lance's birthday--and that is just wrong!  Instead of heading to the mountains, he headed to the basement to hang Sheetrock on the ceiling--loads of birthday fun!  Thankfully, Jeff came over to help him so it was slightly less miserable.  He did get a birthday breakfast (apparently way too early) and then we had Pizza Factory and ice cream cake with Jeff and Carla. 

Check out how intensely Eden and Noah are pounding the oreos for the ice cream cake crust!  

Hanging drywall all day on his birthday is just one example of what a self-sacrificing, loving dad and husband Lance is.  He always puts his family first and we think he is amazing and the best ever!  Hopefully next birthday is a whole lot more fun!

Sweet Sarai

Sarai is now over 4 months old and is as angelic as she looks in this picture.  Aside from a tendency to spit up she is practically perfect in every way!  She is definitely thriving!

(This is my favorite picture Weed took--so cute, eh?)

P, p, P, p...What Begins with P?

....Presents, Pink, Princess, and a Birthday Party!

Eden is FOUR (and has been for about 1/2 a year now)!

She is quite the big girl now and can do things like comb her own hair (the more decorations the better, obviously) and get dressed by herself (notice she chose the exact same shirt as her last birthday).  She is a super fun girl who adds a lot of smiles and laughs to our family!

She was way excited about her presents (a princess puzzle from Jay and Brynn, new makeup, clothes for her babies, a pink wireless mouse of her own that fits her hand perfectly and...

Princess Clothes!:

Eden's big day was lots of fun.  Grandma Dorothy came over in the morning with Keumyeo, Sienna, and Raiden.  We had presents and cupcakes and went to Kangaroo Zoo, a big warehouse with tons of bounce houses that Eden and Noah love!  Eden had tons of fun "showing the ropes" to Sienna.  In the afternoon, we got to watch Beauty & the Beast (from Grandma).  Dinner, presents, and dessert with Jay, Brynn, and Maddi was a super fun finish to the day.  Also, Eden had her own little mini party at Grandma and Grandpa Lillywhite's while we were down there for Christmas and New Year's.  We decorated cookies and she got her own Genghis Khat, the cutest tiny doll, and some fun books.  She loved that too!  Pictures of that here!

Winter Fun (it is possible, Lance)!

Winter is currently a thing of the past (and hopefully the far distant future--no early winter, please!), but I wanted to post some pictures of some of the winter fun we did have.  Maybe it will be the reminder we need next winter that fun is perhaps possible despite the arctic conditions.

Temple Square:

Temple square with the lights: crowded, cold, impossible parking, and absolutely magical!  This is the second year we've taken Eden and Noah and it was way warmer (although probably not above freezing) than last year.  We drove around like maniacs trying to find parking (a difficult feat with a Jazz game going on), parked illegally, oooh-ed and ahhh-ed at the lights, met up with Jeff and Carla and then hurried off for some secret Santa shopping with Jay, Brynn, and Maddi. 

Ginger Bread House:

Isn't that cute!?  Carla made ginger bread house kits for us, Aaron and Keumyeo, and her and Jeff and got all the stuff together for us to decorate so we could carry on the Weaver tradition.  Too bad we forgot the camera for the decorating.  It was super fun!  The kids acted excited to help, but just stuffed themselves with treats until they actually complained how much their tummies hurt!  I like our psychotic snowman!

Once There Was A Snow-Woman...

Tall, Tall, Tall!

From my personal journal:  "We spent the morning outside building a 7 1/2 foot tall snowman together!  Eden loved it!  Noah is pretty sketchy about the snow even though he has all the warm gear, so he wasn't as excited.  It was sunny for a lot of the morning and after the snow-woman was complete we sledded down the side of our yard from front to backyard a few times and played with the kids on the slide.  It was nice." 

Let It Snow?

Eden loved the snow this year!  We would bundle up and she would stay out there until her feet (stuck in plastic bags and then into her shoes) couldn't take it any longer.  Noah wasn't so sure about that white stuff and tried to hide out on the porch most of the time.  Maybe this next winter we'll have to invest in some snow boots for the both of them and see if it helps!

Christmas 2011

When I worked at the pool in St. George we had an event called "Christmas in July".  I guess that is what this is since I'm seriously slow posting pictures of that holiday of holidays!  Oh, well...I just really want to be able to look back at these pictures and memories even if they were posted 6 months late!

The Dressing of the Tree:

I woke up early one morning, got out our little tree and got it ready to be decorated: fluffing the branches, adjusting the lights, and putting on the ribbon.  Noah woke up and caught me in the act.  He was super excited!  

Eden was quite the little decorator this year (and redecorated the bottom quarter of the tree pretty much everyday in December).  Noah liked trying to break things.  The Christmas Tree somehow makes the cold outside bearable, doesn't it.

Nativity "Puffets"

Grandma Lillywhite sent the cutest little nativity finger puppets and the kids loved playing with them (when they weren't missing in some very random spot).

Christmas Morning:

Christmas morning in the casita again this year.  We woke up, had a little breakfast in bed (don't tell Dorothy), opened a gift with a "little people" nativity set and arranged it piece by piece while we read about each one in the Bible.  Then it was time to open gifts to each other from each other.  Then Grandma and Grandpa Lillywhite and Grandma Kurtz came over (where was the camera?) and more presents.  Grandma Kurtz shot me in the eye with a ping pong gun!

Loot!

Eden and Noah got these little 4-wheelers obtained by Brynn and Christie at the midnight madness thing at Wal-Mart back at Thanksgiving (thanks, ladies).  Once Noah finally got the hang of his he liked it as much as Eden did!

We had a fun late-morning present opening at the Sheffield Casa, complete with a fun twist on white elephant, followed by a complete "Thanksgiving" dinner.  Then it was over to the Lillywhite homestead to visit all the cousins there.  What a fun, full day!  Too bad we didn't get a few more pictures!