Rooster hair!

Happy valentine's day, by the way. Tonight we'll be having heart shaped bacon and eggs and crepes! Well the crepes won't be heart shaped but that would be neat. Instead I tried to shape 3 into a heart. Can you tell which dinner is mine and which is Paul's?
Aizy has started taking baths at night so that there's a bedtime routine. This means she has crazy hair in the morning! This morning it looks like rooster hair. So long and funny!
Aizy got a balloon and stuffed monkey from Grandpa Stanger and quite enjoyed the balloon!
4 month appointment and she is 13 lbs 1 oz and 25 inches long. 35 percentile for weight and 75 for length.

Brad Paisley and Boise

Aizy and I came to Boise for the Brad Paisley concert on January 26. Paul has to come up for training at work the week after so we're here for almost a week! Poor Paul has to fend for himself quite a bit but he'll survive. Here are some pictures from our week.

New do!

Her hair is getting so long, I thought I'd try something new today. :)

So big!

She is getting so big! She has started reaching for things and trying to put them in her mouth. She know that her bottle means its time to eat- she lunges for it while I'm holding her :) She is good at holding her own bottle now. She's eating 3 1/2 ounces every 4 hours now, even at night. I'm a little confused as to why she is doing worse at night than a month ago but I hear they just go through phases. She isn't rolling but is content on her back and her tummy. She still lives to smile but whines a little more now. She has an opinion on her carseat and is a little more picky about the position we put her in to sleep.

Christmas and New Year

Lights in the South Hills with Jack & Aizy

This year for Christmas we were in Twin. We went to the annual Christmas Eve party at the Stanger's and had a visit from Santa. The next morning we did presents here and went to the Stanger's around 10 and went to sacrament meeting with them. After church we came home and grabbed Jack and headed to Meridian. We were very spoiled for Christmas, even though it was supposed to be a small one! My grandparents were still in Meridian so they were able to spend time with their only great-grandchild. Grandpa kept saying "Geez, that's such a noisy baby. Make her be quiet!" But, anyone who's been around Aizy knows he was being very sarcastic.

Santa Hyrum with baby Aizy

Christmas Eve at the Stanger's

Papa Skip with great-grandbaby

Aizy and Grandma Jill (?) laughing in the mirror

4 generations


Aizy's Christmas dress from Grandma Dese

The new year started for us with Paul becoming the Elder's Quorum president in our ward! He's excited to become more organized and know what's going on :) We went to a New Year's Eve party at Chris & Amanda's and passed the night playing games and eating some Muddy Buddies (compliments of Retha and Amanda).

We haven't had any snow yet and the weather has been in the 40's! I have to admit I don't miss the snow- it makes the roads icky and driving conditions not ideal. Mom got me a ticket to the Brad Paisley concert for Christmas so I hope the roads are good for that!


These days Aizy is not so great at sleeping! From about week 11-12 she would wake us up more in the night and make just enough sound to wake us but she wasn't actually awake. Then after about week 12 she started to get a runny nose and did NOT want to go to sleep! She cries (which isn't something she ususally does) and is very particular about what we do to make her stop crying. Last night she watched the Rose Bowl and the night before it was Mission Impossible 2. She wants us to stand with her and make sure she can still see the TV. Have we created a TV junkie already?! She loves Baby Einstein and once she's calm she'll watch that for a long time but at night that won't calm her down. She's still as happy and sweet as ever during the day but after her last nap of the night she's so sad.

Smarts!

Aizy is learning! If Paul sticks his tongue out, she'll do it too! She's so smart haha. We came to Boise while my dad and Paul went to the BSU bowl game on Vegas. My grandparents are here from California for Christmas. Grandpa was holding her last night and was bobbing his head as he talked to her and guess what?! She did it too! It wasn't much cuz she doesn't have much head control but it was an intentional head bob. Then mom was gargling and making noise and she kept doing it so Aizy would mimic her and she sure did! So cute :)

Aizy Days

Nothing much new! She's still a great baby. She eats 3 1/2 ounces every 3 hours during the day and falls asleep 1 1/2 or 2 hours after she eats. At night she's gone between 4 and 7 1/2 hours between eating! She's so happy and sweet. Paul and I love her smiles and giggles. She's getting big and has started to stare at her hands and my nails (Annie gave me Christmas colored acrylics) and she seems to like them.
We've taken some family pictures recently and she got bigger in the 2 weeks between the 2 photo shoots! The ones with my family were the second week in November and Paul's mom took ours after that.
Christmas is coming soon; we'll be splitting the day between Boise & Twin. Poor Paul wants an iPad and a snow bike but each are about $600! Haha he's not getting either. Maybe in a few yours. We haven't gotten any snow yet but I'm really okay with it. Jack's fence is broken AGAIN but he only tries to run away at night so he's sleeping in the stairwell.
I've done a bit of crafting since Aizy was born- I made a Christmas wreath, Amanda's gift, Brittney's gift, a menu board for a friend to give as a gift, Mary Ann's gift... one for Paul.. I think thats it. She's so good and is content to watch me and just hang out :)