the BUMBO

I think this is one of the greatest inventions I've come across. Ary will sit for a little while all by herself in her Bumbo while we eat dinner or I'll put her on the counter while I load the dishwasher. The other day Jed brought banana bread to his mom's Sunday dinner, so Ary sat right next to the mixer the whole time he made the batter and watched the paddle spin around. He was able to get everything mixed and loaded into the tin while she sat there. We've held her so much that she thinks she has to be up in someone's arms all the time, so it's a feat in itself to get small things like this done without her having to be picked up!
I know people will say that we spoil her by holding her a lot, but my feeling is that it's not like we're going to have a whole bus-load of kids to do this all the time with, so I don't care if my baby wants to be walked and rocked around right now. This time is already going by so fast and pretty soon she won't need to be cuddled anymore:(.
We go tomorrow for her four month shots and check up. She is still changing so much so fast; we notice little things that are new almost every day. Her eyes are changing from that slate newborn color, I'm crossing my fingers they'll be green like mine:) and the hair she lost after the newborn stage is coming in lighter too. She definitely is starting to look like her own little self and not a generic baby anymore, yay!

Go Jazz!

Dr. Graf and co. were unable to attend the Nuggets game, so he generously offered his tickets to Mitzi. Well there were two sets so Jed and I got to go too! It was so fun. Dr. G's tickets are with the 100 club so we got to go upstairs and have a yummy buffet before the game, then sit on the THIRD ROW! It was so incredible to be that close to the players and be able to listen to them talk to each other. We all gawked at how huge they are up close and deciphered a few tattoos even:).



The "Birdman" as they call him was so funny. He thought so highly of himself when in reality we thought he looked like a big goofball. Check out the red wings on the back of his arms.


Well the Jazz won and we had such a good time! In my next life when I'm rich and famous I'll have season tickets like these every year;). We loved it! Thanks for sharing Dr. G!

Happy 3 months!

I can't believe it's been three months since Ary joined us. Life has changed so much in such a short time! She is such a big girl now; holding her head up, sitting in the Bumbo, finding her voice, and watching TV. I was so sad when I packed her newborn clothes up, but this stage is so much fun too. There is a personality and lots more smiles than when she was brand new.

This summer...

Blessings

Ary was blessed July 5th. Jed did such a good job, you would never have known how nervous he was. I feel so lucky to have a perfect little girl and a great husband. The day-to-day things are sometimes such a challenge for me but I feel so blessed to have these new challenges in my life right now; we have a new chapter opened and I'm learning little bits of it every day. I've heard it so many times before but all the moms who have told me are right; motherhood is probably harder than having a full time job! The days of "clocking out" are over; in addition to ortho I now have a 24/7 job that is much more intimidating most times but also much more rewarding:).

I don't want to forget

Time is flying by and Ary is growing by leaps and bounds every day. Everyone I talk to says how fast our little ones grow up and in a blink they are teenagers! My blog is going to turn into just a baby book but I don't care right now; I want to record how precious and tiny she once was and be able to look back and enjoy it. Maybe I'll try to do weekly or monthly photos with updates so if I decide to make a hardcopy someday it will all be done for me.


4 weeks

My favorites

I know, two posts in one day- I'm going to turn into one of those people... Oh well, new moms are entitled to it, right?