Four month and five month photos!

I can't believe it but the calendar tells me Sarah is 5 months today - time for another picture with her trusty tiger (trusty as in he was hiding underneath her dresser so I spent a little time looking for him today!).  In honor of her five-month mark, she decided to roll over for the first time yesterday on January 16th. I caught the second rolling instance on camera which was pretty exciting. Only the child of an almost-accounting-professor would roll on command for money, right? :)  I have lots to update on and I think it will be a good thing to keep me busy these next several weeks when Jeff is interviewing.  Well, you know, blogging and doing the dishes...


A few notes about Sarah - she is a wonderful little baby. I am convinced we haven't ever really had a "real baby" in the sense that they need to be held all the time or else they'll scream or that I have to hold her while she sleeps or something like that. I think 3 kids is just hard even if the baby is extremely good-natured!  We love it when she is smiling while still keeping a pacifier in her mouth, when she gives us "hugs" as the other kids call it (I would call it slightly less spastic placement of arms when they happen to be giving her a hug), when she makes all sorts of happy sing-songy noises, when she sits and eats while we read lots and lots of books all of us together and look forward to the adventures next month will provide when she starts eating yummy pureed fruits and veggies!

Four Months Old - Dec. 17th, 2012

Not excited about sharing her photo shoot with the sibs...

Five Months Old - Jan. 17th, 2013:

Rolling over video is here!

Today is also the 10th anniversary of when I became an aunt for the first time. When my sister Jamie had her first baby I was so so so excited!  I printed off the first pictures they sent, laminated them and hung them up on my apartment door at Casa Dea. Looking back that seems a little odd but I think I was just wanting everyone to know that a proud aunt lived there! :)  Jamie & Jason were living in Louisiana at the time and I ached to be there. Luckily the next year they moved to Utah and since I was still at BYU I got to have lots of fun times with my niece Kirby just a little later on. Before it happens it is hard to imagine just how much you'll love your sister's kids, but that is a really amazing bond for sure!  Happy Birthday to Kirby!