Thanksgiving 2009

This year for Thanksgiving, we got to head to Sacramento to spend time with our family! Everyone was together, something that isn't very easy to do.


Shauna took us out after the big family photos to just get one of our little family. LaNea was just about done by this point and yet she still managed to get some really good shots.


LaNea gwas growing so much while we were out there. She went from starting to make a noise here and there to talking for five to ten minutes straight. Even her cries have changed and when she's upset she seems to talk first before she starts to get really mad. She is also able to hold her head up so much better. She seemed to have a lot of fun hanging out with her cousins. She was always so fascinated by them and would stop crying just to watch and smile at them.
But we are glad to finally be home and LaNea slept amazingly well last night. We'll be happy when our home isn't quite so far away from everyone. It was great to see you all and get all the help with Lanie.

2 Month Check

So on Monday we went to the Drs for LaNea's 2 month check. Much to Eri's disappointment I didn't catch her weight but she is 23 1/2 ins long. The week before she weighed in at 9lbs 11ozs and the dr says she is gaining weight very nicely.
I can hardly believe she's already two months but at the same time I find it hard imagining life before her. She is so fun to have around especially during in the morning. Everyone's response when they meet her seems to always be the same...its starts with how adorable she is but then immediately comments on just how happy she is. She is always willing to smile at just about anyone and anything. She is also so great when she wakes up each morning, always just so happy to see me!

Here she is sitting in her swing. She loves to sit in her and watch the mobile spin around. Sometimes I wonder how she doesn't get a crink in her neck trying to watch one particular fish.

Mommy isn't very quick at taking pictures and who wants to sit still for so long.

Always willing to smiling when I say her name!


Halloween

So even though we didn't go trick or treating or have trick or treaters it didn't mean that LaNea couldn't dress up, Right? So I made her a little tutu and made her into a very simple and cute ballerina!

As alert as ever...

2nd Ward Baby Shower

This afternoon we went to a baby shower for us that was put on by the 2nd ward. LaNea was so good she slept pretty much the entire time.

These were the cutest boots and lucky for me they already fit her unlike most her shoe collection

I know the picture is bad but hopefully you can see all the fun gifts we got. They best part was that none of the clothes had the feet at the bottom. We've found that when they do, Lanie will outgrow them way too quickly.

She even stayed clean the whole time we were there. It only took one big and one extra large burp cloth. But she does look cute if I do say so myself!

Blessing Day!!!

On October 11, 2009, we had the joy of both visiting with family and giving LaNea her baby blessing! We had both our parents, Grandma and Grandpa Steenblik, Melissa and the Williams. Needless to say the house was full of adults but we did have lots of little girls to keep us happy.
LaNea's in her beautiful dress. I love how she will actually smile!

Our little family

Peyton was completely fearless when it came to getting to know everyone. I still wish I could be like that!

It was so great to see everyone and so nice to give me arms a break. Thank you for all coming to see us and we're looking forward to seeing family soon.

More Pictures

A drooling face her parents love, not to mention how much we love that its being done in there and not all over our clothes...again.

Our favorite outfit on her so far. Too bad she can only wear it for a few hours before its dirty...

Our wide-eyed girl. There's no middle ground with this one, she's either very asleep or very awake.
( Britt, I tried for over an hour to upload the videos but we can't seem to figure it out. So sorry!)


Sleeping Beauty

So LaNea has proved to be a very stubborn little girl. Our hardest part with her is getting her to sleep. Now, don't get me wrong, she loves to sleep, but the getting to sleep is quite an ordeal. You see, she can't go to sleep if her arms are out but as she falls asleep she needs to have her arms up. So the struggle begins. We try to swaddle her just tight enough that she won't get her arms out too soon but that she'll still be able to get them out later. After one success, I snuck in to see how it went and this is how she slept. So she may be stubborn but she's a cute stubborn.

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