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There are many ways to say I love you

Katrina — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:35:21 +0000

Holla’ if you love Mr. Rogers!! I can still sing, “There are many ways to say I love you.” Today I understand that song! Here are the ways I’ve recently been told someone loves me:

1. Aaron is cleaning the kitchen. (If you’ve seen my kitchen in the last week, you’ll know what an epic task this is!)

2. Lilah rests her head on my shoulder and gives a content sigh. (favorite!)

3. A fridge with delicious cheese inside and a bag of brownies on the counter. Thanks Ali and Steph!

4. People who invite me to hang out with them.

5. Strangers at the Gateway telling me my baby is beautiful.

6. Milk shakes as a reward for surviving crankiness

7. Good Ensign articles

8. People who watch my baby while I go to a movie.

9. Lilah’s laugh

10. A recharging hug

So, I’m interested. How did you hear “I love you” today?

The Size of babies

Katrina — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:10:04 +0000

The funny thing about babies is that they change size. Lilah can go from looking teensy to me to looking huge so fast! When I hold up her clothes I think, oh she’s so small! Then when I look at pictures from last week I think, you’ve grown so much- you’re huge! When I hold her and she’s napping she looks so small. But when she’s playing daddy dance party she looks so big. It’s amazing every time.

Lately we’ve started laughing in response to things. She’s happiest first thing in the morning, after a good night’s sleep and before she remembers that she’s hungry. (I think that pretty much describes all of us- don’t you?) She always laughs when dad pinches her cheeks and she usually laughs when mom makes faces at her. I would go to the ends of the earth for that laugh.

My favorite Lilah moment is when she’s full from eating and she lets out a burp only grown men should be capable of making, she will lean her little head on my shoulder and let out a sigh that says, “Thanks for food mom. That was delicious.” I live for that sigh. <3

Funny Events

Katrina — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:00:05 +0000

Poor Lilah. What a rough night.

She’s started liking being naked and loves taking a bath. We’ve started bathing her every night because it is calming, and because she usually barfs enough during the day to warrant it. Last night our rhythm was off and she was naked for several minutes before getting in the tub. The whole time she was naked I knew the clock was ticking… any second I could be peed on! But she was either empty or held it in. She had a great bath, we wrapped her in her towel, Aaron dumped the bath water and I was carrying her to the changing table when she POOPED (not peed, pooped!) all over! And not just a little! Well, what will the parents do? We did what any lazy, burned out parents would have done. We held her over the sink and sprayed her off! Poor girl went from calm and happy to looking at us like we were crazy to crying the “what the fetch are you doing???” cry. But the fun didn’t end there. Oh no, she had pooped in her towel and our other towels were in the wash, so she got to be dried with a wash cloth instead of swaddled in something warm. If we thought the crying was bad when she was being sprayed… Well, then we booked it to the changing table and strapped on that diaper fast! No repeat performances, thankfully. Once she was wrapped in the teddy bear jammies and swaddled in her softest blanket, she felt much better. And so did we.

Oh sweet pea, where would we be without these evening adventures? I’m so glad you put the pizzaz in our lives!

Wallpaper Won’t Change on Windows 7?

Aaron — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:05:19 +0000

We have Windows 7 Home Premium 3-bit on one computer and suddenly couldn’t change the wallpaper. This seems to be a problem out there. There can be various ways to fix it. This one worked for us:

Hit the Start ball
Type “adjust appearance”
A link called “Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows” will appear. Click that.
Toggle the top check box “Animate controls and elements inside windows”

Worked for us. Your actual mileage may vary.

Website Fixed

Aaron — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:00:40 +0000

It was in sorry shape for a week or so there. Sorry. It was my fault. But it’s fixed now, so let’s celebrate with some pie! Or toast. One of those.

Things I love about being a mom

Katrina — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:59:54 +0000

I love being a mom. I really really really love being a mom. Didn’t think I’d love it this much, but I do. It’s incredible! My baby is beautiful and sweet and beautiful and cuddly and beautiful and soft and beautiful. And beautiful. Even when she’s up at 3 in the morning and she thinks its time to play, I still love being her mom! Now that she’s been here one whole week (far out!), I’d like to document my favorite moments:

It was late and I was tired and cranky and was trying to get things washed and put away and nothing was going the way I wanted it to. I was starting to reach maximum frustration when I decided to give up and sit down. Lilah was squirming, so I picked her up to rock her and instantly felt better. She and I just sat and cuddled and she made cute faces at me. It was delightful. She is all light and sunshine!

Getting ready for her first bath, we braced ourselves for screaming and crying of epic proportions! She really hates being cold. But, instead she let us wash her and she seemed more content in that bath water than she sometimes is all wrapped up in blankets. It was fun to check out all her little limbs again and count her fingers and toes and realize that she really is as perfect as we imagine her to be.

After she was born the doctor put her on my chest for me to hold. Aaron’s head was next to mine so we could both see her. He said something, and the instant she heard her voice she turned her head, looked right at him and smiled. She recognized his voice and was glad to hear him.