[Livin' the good life] Sweet Sound

We got our first giggles yesterday! This is one of my very favorite milestones. And yes, I will do pretty much whatever it takes -- making a complete fool of myself -- to hear those cute laughs...

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 7/02/2013 05:15:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] All Smiles

Audrey is pretty smiley lately -- it is so cute! I absolutely love babies' gummy smiles and hers is especially heart-warming especially her open-mouth-wrinkle-nose smile.



Hanging out with Daddy:



Silly Seth:



For Father's Day I finally made Chocolate Molten Cakes. They were delicious and way easier than I thought -- but very rich, just a warning. You can find the recipe here.

Seth was definitely a fan:





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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 6/17/2013 10:37:00 AM

[Livin' the good life] Audrey

A whole month has flown by already and our little Audrey* is doing great. Seth is really sweet with her and always has to know where "baby" is if I don't have her in my arms.

We were planning to wait until May or June to bless her, but my parents came to visit at the very end of April and we decided to do it while we had their company.

With the exception of a photo shoot before Church, Audrey pretty much slept through the whole thing. She was given some very special blessings from her Heavenly Father and we can't wait to watch her grow up and develop her sweet personality.

So far she's been a pretty good sleeper, although with a newborn that means 5 hours at a time is a triumph. ;)

*As far as her name is concerned, yes we named her Olivia originally. After about a week and a half, I was starting to feel like maybe it didn't fit her. I brought it up to Luke and after a couple weeks of agonizing, we decided that changing it to Audrey was the right thing to do.

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 5/19/2013 08:30:00 AM

[Livin' the good life] Overheard

A few days ago, Seth was riding his bike in the drive-way and it started to rain. He looked around and saw all the raindrops and said, "A mess. A MESS. A MESS! A BIG MESS!" I guess he was pretty concerned that the rain was getting everywhere.

Luke and Seth were playing the Wii and Seth saw a picture of Curious George on the Netflix option and he really wanted to watch it. Luke was trying to get to another game, but Seth grabbed the controller and started pressing buttons as fast as he could trying to get "George" to come on. Luke was asking Seth if he needed help, but Seth wouldn't relinquish the controller. All of the sudden "George" started playing and I hear Luke say, "You've got to be kidding me!" Then Seth said, "Nope!"




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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 5/16/2013 04:10:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] Introducing...

Our sweet OLIVIA GRACE

She was born April 8 at 6:46 pm, weighing in at 6 lbs. 13 oz.

We are all so in love with her already! More to come...


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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 4/14/2013 06:55:00 PM

[Livin' the good life] 4/05/2013 09:36:00 AM

Luke and I have been working on a pretty major project for quite a while now. We thought we could show you our mini-project that we've been working on to get ready for our big project:

Stay tuned to see pics our big project...hopefully very, very soon!!!

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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 4/05/2013 09:36:00 AM

[Livin' the good life] Seth's New Room

Seth hit a new milestone this month: His crib days are history! Luke and I have been working on his room for about a month now and we finally got it done last weekend. The room already had some built-in shelves, but whoever built them was decidedly NOT a carpenter. It was a pretty shoddy job. So, a lot of our job consisted of reworking the shelves and re-trimming out the whole thing.

Progress:

Luke was a very good sport to put up with all my ideas (as usual) and help me execute them. Including an accent wall that turned out to be a lot more work that anticipated. (Word to the wise: don't try to do any elaborate accent stripes or walls on a highly textured surface. No matter how well you seal the tape lines, your paint WILL seep. We spent two full nights with tiny little brushes touching up all the paint that bled under the tape.)

Seth's new room:

 Seth has transitioned really well. The first night he woke up at 4:30 am and came in our room, but after a quick diaper change he went back to sleep until 7:30. Since then, he's slept every night until about 7 am, which is an hour later than his usual wake-up time in his crib.

Seth's reaction to his room:

I'd say, overall: favorable.


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Posted By Emily to Livin' the good life at 2/13/2013 09:38:00 AM