Feet Finding

Hattie discovered her feet this week!  Which I've appreciated because now she's not sticking her hands in her mouth quite as much.  She's too busy playing with her toes!

Whoops!

Hattie loves playing in her jungle gym!  She swats and grabs at the toys now, especially her triangle.  There's a hanging triangle that for a couple weeks was the only toy she would play with.  There's a square exactly like it (but it's a square) and she would complete ignore it.  Over the last few days she's decided the other hanging toys are ok, but definitely still favors the triangle.  She also likes to kick the 'arms' with her feet to make the whole thing shake. 

While Hattie was playing in the jungle gym last night, I went into the other room for a few minutes.  I came back in and this is what I found!

The best part was that she totally didn't care.  She was just chilling!  Kicking her legs and moving her arms around.  After taking a couple quick pictures we pulled it off her. Hattie just looked at us for a second and then kept playing.  No big deal.

Bedtime

Putting Hattie down for the night is usually difficult.  For whatever reason she always fights sleep when night time rolls around resulting in a grumpy, fussy baby.  So last night we did something different.  While she was still wide awake I took her in my lap and we rocked in the rocking chair and read stories.  She was super fidgety for a while, but soon(ish) she was lulled to sleep.  And then she slept for 7 hours! 

Motherhood can be frustrating and difficult, but it's by far the greatest thing the world.  These small successes dull the sting of other sleepless nights and difficult days.  Already in retrospect I forget how hard those first few weeks were adjusting to parenthood while healing from giving birth.  Every day has purpose and meaning.  We are the teachers, protectors, providers, everything for this little soul that was sent to us.  We are Hattie's parents and I am eternally grateful. 

Family Photos!

Our family pictures are up on Poppi Photography's blog!  Kristina, our photographer, is amazing!  It was great to see her and great to have her take our pictures again (she took our wedding photos).  I can't recommend her enough!  We were lucky and chose a sunny day for the photo shoot, but it was cold!  We had to take a couple time-outs to warm up Hattie in the car.  She was a trooper!  Even though she didn't want to smile for the camera.  Maybe next time!

Look at our cute little family!



And our perfect little Hattie!

3 month pictures!

 

 

She still falls over sometimes!

And now she likes to chew on her dresses!  Tasty!

We love our little 3 month old!

Hattie Daddy Time

Hattie had fun with Kurt the other day!

When they sat down her head was under his chin.  Such a wiggler!

Later that night she got ahold of his fork!  (Please ignore the mess in the background)

Blessing!

Hattie was blessed Sunday April 14, 2013.  Kurt did the blessing and many family members stood in the circle with him.  I almost cried, but I didn't!  Hattie did great!  I feared she would cry through the whole thing, but she didn't- just cried before and after :)  During the opening prayer she began to cry loudly and I started to panic!  I said a little prayer (and Kurt did too I found out later) and she calmed down for the blessing!  Then during the sacrament she lost it again.  Oh well!  That's how it goes!  Here we are in the foyer after sacrament meeting:

Sofia wanted to be in the picture :)

Hattie's beautiful dress was made by my mom!  She used left over lace from my wedding dress. 

Then we headed back to the apartment for crepes!  We crammed around 20 people into our little home.  It was a great day!  I'm so glad we were able to celebrate our precious little Hattie!

And here are my homemade decorations!  Mom made the shoes Hattie's wearing too!

Hooray for Hattie!