Chllin' with Mom :)

The other day I had a chance to look through a scrapbook that Shellee (Alex's mom) made for Alex. There were so many cute pictures of Alex and one of the things I liked best about it was seeing pictures of Shellee as a young mom. Not very many pictures get taken of the mom it seems, since she is always the one behind the camera. Well, here is a picture of Lena with me, so that when I'm old and wrinkly I will have proof that I was once young and well, not wrinkly. :)

My little book worm! :)

My sister Rosie saw a website where this lady from England would build these awesome scenes around her sleeping baby. She, being the talented person that she is, was able to use this idea with Lena when she was baby-sitting. In this picture it looks like Lena is standing on top of Harry Potter books and holding some in her hand. :) Rosie is such an awesome aunt! :)

Fun with cousin Jimmy! :)

My awesome sister Rosie and her husband Alex offered to baby-sit so that Randy and I could go on a date. :) We had tons of fun! We went to the restaurant India Fusion for lunch and then saw the movie Tangles which was a super cute movie! While we were having so much fun, so was Lena with Rosie, Alex and Jimmy. Here is a little bit of what they did:

Here is a picture of Lena in her new sunglasses and cute overalls that her Nonna got her before she was born.

Here is Lena and Jimmy together in their matching overalls! And they are both sporting their super cool shades. :) They are going to be best buds!

Here's Lena and Jimmy in their matching overalls again sitting on the couch.

Lena and Jimmy both sporting their matching overalls and cool hats! :)

Cool Shades!

After finding a great deal on a bigger carseat for Lena, we (or at least me) were too excited about it to let it sit in storage until Lena was too big for her current smaller carseat, so we decided to try it out (rearfacing). We really love this new carseat, but one thing we realized, is that with the bigger ones, you don't have the convenient "carseat cover" to shield them from the sun. Well, the day we tried it out happened to be extra sunny with white snow on a ground, making the brightness even more unbearable and Lena was not enjoying that so I was holding a blanket up to sheild her eyes for the whole car ride. Luckily, at the next store we visited, they had the cutest little sunglasses for sale. :) Exactly what the doctor ordered. :) This is Lena modeling them for you. :)

My New Trick :)

Lena can now officially sit up on her own. When she started sitting up we tried putting her in the bath sitting up, instead of inclined on her back. She is able to splash and play with her bath toys this way and has so much fun as you can see by her smile in the picture. :) The funny thing is, with all of her colorful new toys to play with, the one thing that caught her eye was a tiny piece of lint (about the size of a grain of pepper). She tried and tried again to snatch that little piece of lint as it kept floating away from her grasp. She followed it until it floated under her little bum and was nowhere to be seen. :) That little cutie of mine! Always paying attention to the details.

Lena's Winter Dress

Here is Lena in her winter dress. :) It's always so fun to shop for clothes for Lena or for any baby for that matter. They are just so little and cute! :) The top picture is Lena with Dad on the Sunday we put her in her winter dress for the first time. We got all ready for church and then remembered until we had walked to the church that instead of church it was stake conference that week and we had already missed it. :(

A New Hat! :)

 

For Christmas my brother Sam crocheted this hat himself for Lena. She looks so cute in it! It is so amazing! I could not have crocheted anything that well. It will definitely be something we keep through the generations. :)