Utah: Part 1

We just got back from a very busy, quick, and fun trip to Utah for Andrew's Mom's wedding.  These pictures are courtesy of Andrew's Aunt Becky.  Thank goodness other people took pictures! It was our first real trip with Eliza, and it was a bit crazy.  She did pretty well though considering how little sleep she got.

 I LOVE this picture of Eliza.  So cute!

 Family photo! I can't believe she's looking at the camera!

Andrew's little cousin, Anna, playing with Eliza.  She was so sweet with her and loved helping her with her binky and toys.

Andrew's cousin, John, and his wife, Katharine,  had their little boy, Spencer, on the same day that Eliza was born! They will be good buddies! This picture was taken at the dinner  after Debbie's wedding. It was at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, and it was beautiful. Hopefully I can mooch more pictures from the dinner and wedding soon! :)

Oh! And Eliza rolled over yesterday.  Woohoo! Hopefully I'll catch her on film soon.

Blessing Pictures

Pictures from Eliza's blessing! At least some of them.  The morning of Eliza's blessing was a little chaotic, and I forgot our CAMERA! Luckily I got some pictures from my family, but now I need to work on getting pictures from Andrew's family. We were so lucky to have Andrew's Mom, Matt Miller (her fiancee, almost husband), Matthew, Jacob, Lydia, and Grandma and Grandpa Oscarson come for the blessing! AND my parents, Heather and her husband Trevor, Josh, Nikki, and Amber (just missing Nat, Alex, and baby Jack).  We had a lot of people there! It was wonderful to have them all with us to celebrate. She was blessed on May 20, so she was about 2 months old. 

 So Eliza is NOT in her blessing dress in these two pictures, unfortunately.  The dress she wore was handmade by Andrew's Grandma Oscarson, originally for Andrew's Aunt Becky, and I didn't want Eliza to blow out in the dress! We didn't have time for her to change back into after church for the pictures, but she looks cute anyway! :) There are pictures of her in the dress below.

 With my family. From left to right: Nikki, Amber, Heather, Andrew, Trevor, me, Josh, Mom, Dad

 A picture of the dress.  So beautiful!

 Eliza is not two months old in these pictures. More like 3 1/2. We went up to Minnesota soon after the blessing, so these pictures were a little delayed.  

 Our little doll.

 One of my favorites. 

Doing some Pilates.  She's pretty hardcore.

Eliza the 3 (almost 4) Month Old!

 Right after bath time! One of few pictures where Eliza looks like my (Erica's) baby pictures.

 This was a hard picture to get! Its hard to tell, but she has a birthmark right below her neck that looks like a price tag/ barcode.  Pretty fitting since it was a little expensive (could have been worse!) to get her here! :)

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 Our happy little 3 month-er. Thanks Nikki for the sign again! We're at my parent's house for most of these pictures. We were there for 3 weeks while Andrew studied and took his Board exam, Step 1.  We are VERY glad that is over!

 She has been fascinated by the camera, so its been harder to get smiles out of her when we're taking pictures. Dang it!

 Helping Mom with laundry.  You can't really tell, but she grabbed some pants.

 I don't think she wanted me to take her picture.  I feel like I just had a flash-forward, with her making this face, saying, "Mom! Don't!

 Caught in the act! Grabbing her gym toys.  Josh, my brother, helped teach her how to grab her toys (putting them in her hands), and the day he went into the MTC for his mission for our church, she grabbed it on her own.  What a great uncle-- teaching her stuff already! This play gym is the best-- she loves it! (Thanks again to the Ebberts!)

 I left for maybe one minute on Tuesday to find her rolled to her side, trying to look out the window.  I thought it was just a fluke, but she did it again today! She is definitely making her opinions more known lately, and really wants to move when she does tummy time (or anytime really).  Somehow she goes from one end of the blanket to the other with how she shimmies her legs. 

 Reading books with Dad before bedtime.

 Photo shoot!

 She is quite the slobber queen lately.

And her favorite toys right now... her fingers.

Eliza at 2 Months

So this is a bit late, but Eliza was 2 months on May 6th! She's now almost 11 weeks, and I can't believe it! She is as cute as ever.  Here are some things she loves:

-Talking.  She is happiest when Andrew or I (or Grandma, Grandpa, etc.) talk to her. She makes so many fun noises and seems sometimes like she's trying to laugh, but just can't. When we've been in for her doctor appointments, many of the nurses have commented on how she is a talker. She is also a talker in her sleep, which is fun..
-Her bouncy seat.  (Thanks Ebberts!!) She LOVES sitting in it and kicking her legs.
-Kicking her legs! She is so happy when I lay or sit her down right after she eats.  The other day she kicked me in the stomach, and it hurt! She's got a power kick.
-Her binky.
-Our ceiling fan.  She could look at the for a really long time. Does anyone know if this hurts their eyes?!
-Her Daddy.  Yesterday all she wanted to do was watch her Dad.  She would watch him and follow him with her eyes wherever he went.
-Singing.  Or at least we'd like to think she likes our singing. 

 Loving her Bumbo, and stylin' in her new hat from Andrew's Aunt! (Thanks Kristina!)

 Her "Mom is weird" face.

 You can kind of see her red hair in this one.

 So cute!

 Another cute one in her bouncy seat. We love how alert and interactive she is! Its so much fun. Cute dress from Grandma Lowe!

 Very sleepy before church. I put on her entire outfit and she stayed asleep the whole time!

 Daddy time.

 Kicking her legs and moving those arms!

 Thanks Aunt Nikki for the cute sign! And Mom for the cute dress.

She is such a happy little girl, and we love her!