Little Videos

Eyes Open

April 14, 2014

Yawn

April 15, 2014

Sleeping

April 11, 2014

Grumpy

April 18, 2014

Baby Bird #1

April 12, 2014

Baby Bird #2

April 27, 2014

Aunt Madison

Maddy and Jake took a day trip up to Seattle from Vancouver, WA... really they came just to see us... but they did a few sight-seeing things downtown. I loved having Maddy there to meet her first niece!

Chubs in the Tub!

Chandler is such a happy baby! I realized this right when she was born but I just figured it would only last a day or two, and while she does cry louder now, she still has a sweet temperament. Out of the blue Chandler was fussy... now her version of fussy involves wide-eyed, back-arching, wiggly-britches, panting-like-a-dog (which my parents often described my infant years as hyperactive breathing like a dog). So we fed, we burped, we changed her bum, we fed again, spit up on mom, then we spit up on the crib sheet, then we wiggled, attempted to feed again. Then I decided Chandler needed a bath! I put her in and she was cozy warm and just stared at the mirror in amusement. She cried when she had to get out and dried off, but after that she was so exhausted she conked out in my arms. She smelled delicious and I felt so accomplished to have a little blessing right there in my arms.

She stayed asleep for 30 minutes... Then she cried... I held her tight and sang "I'm Trying to be like Jesus" and she went back to sleep. That primary song is mostly for me, it is my continual prayer that I can parent as the Savior would. Heavenly Father sent us this cute chubs in the tub to help us learn and experience joy- oh what a joy she is! We love Chandler Maurine.

Who couldn't love that face !

A friend of mine suggested bathing newborns in a small blanket to keep them warm. 

It's Always BUTTER When We Are Together

HAPPY EASTER!

Today I am especially thankful for two things:

1. Forever Families
Because of Jesus Christ we can live together as a family, FOREVER. I love Trever and appreciate the wonderful spouse he is, he is a fantastic father and Chandler is lucky to have a father who holds the priesthood. We love Chandler and are thankful we get an opportunity to raise one of Heavenly Father's daughters, we feel blessed to have temple covenants that allow us to be sealed for time and all eternity.

2. Family Traditions
Grammy grew up eating BUTTER sandwiches, fried chicken, and potato salad for their traditional Easter picnic. So naturally Grammy continued the tradition, Sandra and all of her siblings grew up with the same traditional picnic, and Trever loved eating butter sandwiches and that is exactly what we had for lunch today :) More than anything I love the traditions bring family members together and they make everyday life much more exciting.

Families are forever.

BUTTER sandwiches!

Cute Easter outfit :)

Car ride to church

Singing in the Rain

We do our best to take an outing every day... even if it is just to the mailbox :) Chandler loves loves looking around when she is awake so I wasn't sure how she would do in a front-pack-carrier where her head was nestled against her mom. I strapped her in and she just snuggled with me while we walked outside to check the mail and take out the trash.

She slept the whole time we were outside and then kept sleeping for a long while after!