Zoo Lights

We had such a fun time going to see the lights at the zoo, the weather was 

absolutely perfect, in the high 50's (that's great considering it's 

usually 20 degrees this time of year..)

Using her stroller for the first time, thanks Stef! 

Can you tell she had the time of her life? ;)

Christmas week

Our 'Christmas trees' since I wasn't able to find my actual one at my
 parents house,  so my modpodged wooden trees had to do.

 Ryan's sister Erika was in town for a few days and was able to meet Mary, it was fun to have her, Rachel and their dad over to visit. This little girl is very loved!

     Christmas day! We spent the night at my parents and went to church with them. Here's Mary
wearing my dress that I wore for my first Christmas. She is so stinking cute, and yes those are tights not pants she is wearing..we're trying to get some more chub on this petite little thing haha

Brittani- no your eyes are not deceiving you...Dad is really sitting playing games with us! shocker!

                                                     Hanging out with Aunt Stefani!

Doing some ''tummy time'' 

Sleeping in her new boppy

Christmas Eve

Ready for bed and for Santa to come!

MJ's photoshoot

Merry Christmas!

Tis the season!

How does she know this look already? haha

I went to visit my parents and little miss had a blow out, and guess how awesome mommy is... I totally forgot that morning to pack an extra outfit in her diaper bag in case something like this happened. I'm always prepared with at least a onesie but not that that day! So while her clothes were being washed we wrapped her up in one of the blankets since I didn't pack an extra blanket either.

She was not happy with me!

Finally content with a full tummy, clean bumb and clothes back on

 We went and saw the Temple Square lights with Steve and Kylie over the weekend, it was freezing! but still had fun and enjoyed some hot chocolate and doughnuts after.

Mary is a month old today!! Time is flying by way too quickly. We went to church as a family for the first time and she did great. Pretty much slept the entire time woo hoo!

Love this girl! I never am fast enough to get her little grins.. She sure is lots of fun though!

Could't be more wrong

I have now been a mom for 3 weeks and boy was I ever wrong in my assumptions of what it would be like. I thought that since babies sleep all the time I would actually get bored and have all of this free time to clean, do crafts ect ect. Nope! Since she is up every few hours ready to eat than I sleep while she sleeps if I can. Anyone who knows me knows I looove my sleep so it has been quite the transition to not getting a full nights sleep. I am loving it though, I have never been so tired and so happy in my life. I absolutely love being a mom, it's true you never know that kind of love till you experience it yourself. To all of you mother out there I bow down to you, especially to you single mothers I double bow down to you. I don't know what I would do with out Ryan's help and patience. I'm still getting used to getting another person ready so I'm always late and of course when it's my turn to get ready myself MJ only wants to be held and wont just chill in her bassinet. And can I just say thank heavens for baby plugs, I mean binkies. I don't even know what I would do with out one. They are amazing.
I'm also grateful for a husband who thinks I'm super hot even when I smell like breast milk, have make up on from the previous day smeared across my face, hair matted and ready to make dread locks.

Being a mom is the most amazing thing though, this little life depends on you for everything and even at 3 in the morning when I'm exhausted and just want to sleep but she needs to be fed and changed I  look at her sweet face and just melt.

Over the weekend we had Mary's pictures taken by the lovely Missy Allen again. She is amazing!! I highly recommend her if you need any kind of photos done, she is talented and so fun to work with. She takes her time getting the right shots and making sure we are happy with everything. You can tell she really enjoys what she does.

Here's a sneak peak of the shoot: Click HERE to see more!

I can't believe how time is just flying by! My little MJ is 2 weeks old and growing like crazy. She is such a good baby and is so much fun. Ryan and I just lay in bed with her in between us and stare at her saying what a beautiful baby she is, how cute that yawn was, her sneeze, grunts ect you get the point. The joys of being newly parents.
She is a fabulous sleeper! I know she got that from her mama for sure.
She is definitely a little girl, she lets us know as soon as her diaper needs to be changed.
We are always laughing at the little noises she makes, her cute smiles which I have yet been able to capture quick enough on my camera. We are absolutely in love with this sweet girl.

She did not enjoy her first bath at home

She has the cutest little cry

So tiny in her crib! For now she sleeps in our room in a bassinet 

A friend made this onesie for our MJ, love it!

I'm sure every baby girl has a picture just like this. oops!

Our first family outing at Festival of Trees. She was quite the popular gal
everyone glancing over at her saying how cute she is, asking how old she is.
She had a blast..sleeping the whole time ;)

Apparently my dad sleeps just like this, always one hand on his face.
No matter how tight I wrap her up she always wiggles her arms out.