Baby Blessing!
Both sets of parents came down to Utah at the end of March for Merrilee's baby blessing! Sadly, we don't have pictures of this event on our own camera. We are waiting for other family members from both sides to send us their pics! (Hint, Hint). Merrilee was so beautiful in her little white gown that her Nana got for her! If we ever get pictures, we'll post them! Merrilee's blessing was lovely. She was blessed with lots of beautiful things, but some that really stand out to us (we already see them) are her happy countenance and spirit of love. She is so happy, smiley and giggly all the time! She is very calm mannered and just a joy to be around! She loves being around people and will give you a great big gummy grin! It just melts your heart! :)
Maura is a stay at home mom now
After Maura's maternity leave of 8 weeks, she went back to work teaching the little kiddos at the elementary school. She LOVES teaching music...it is one of her passions. She had to make the very hard decision of whether to keep working as a mom, or stay home with the little one. After a lot of pondering, praying, and heartwrenching processes, Maura made the decision to stay home with the baby! She was really torn, but we feel like it is the right thing. Every family should have a mother to stay home to tend and nurture her children if possible. She is at peace with the decision and knows other opportunities to teach will come! (Hopefully she can teach private lessons at home and maybe start up a music preschool on Saturday mornings or something. Those are some goals.) Here are a few pictures of her "Pirate" themed music classroom she is dearly going to miss.
Adam and Kylie got Married! (On April Fool's Day!)
Here are a few pics from their special day...
Here are a few pics from their special day...
How Handsome...
It was so cold! Maura and Hoku were trying to stay warm, but to no avail.
Awesome...
Aww...:)
Merrilee is Growing up so FAST!!!
Here are some pictures from the last couple of months. Notice the growth of the chub cheeks...we love them! :)
What a Pretty girl!
Enjoying the canyon with daddy.
Merrilee with her uncle Jesse.
Merrilee sporting her Daddy's hat.
Daddy's hat just wasn't cutting it, so Merrilee had to get her own pretty little hat!
Merrilee is 4 1/2 months old already! Where does the time go? Merrilee has been sleeping like a champ! She started sleeping through the night at about 2 months old (as mentioned in previous post) and has let her parents sleep ever since! Instead of 6-7 hours a night, she now sleeps 8-10 hours! WOW! What a blessing! She talks and smiles and giggles all day long and is starting to hold toys (and put them in her mouth!) She is getting stronger every day! She used to HATE tummy time, but she is getting more used to it now and she actually SMILED during tummy time the other day! Next will be rolling over! She LOVES the outdoors. Anytime we are outside with her she just looks around with this sense of wonder and awe on her face and then she baby babbles to us about how much she loves it. Her favorite is when I put her on a blanket under a tree so she can look up at the tree and sky. This is when she is the happiest! :) So CUTE!
Well, there are more updates, but they will have to come later...I think this post is long enough already, plus...it is bedtime. Goodnight!
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It's all gorgeous! Enjoy this sweet time of life.
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