Nerdy Dad and Tired Mom

Logan and I walked over to Salvation Army yesterday to pick up some clothing for our Halloween costumes this year. We wanted to dress up for a Halloween party at some friends' house. Most of the adults there were not in costume, only their kids. So we both stood out, but had a lot of fun with it. I'm voting Logan for the funniest costume. (When I looked at this picture for the first time, I couldn't stop laughing).

This look for me is a little exaggerated because I used some makeup around my eyes to look more tired, although there are days when I actually feel like that.

We had a lot of fun dressing up tonight, but we'll probably take these clothes back to Salvation Army tomorrow. (However, I think Logan wants to keep the cardigan).

Leah's first Halloween

Leah couldn't wait to celebrate Halloween this morning that she had me put on her outfit so she could wear it all day. A friend from church gave us this Hungry Caterpillar outfit that says at the bottom, "but (s)he was still hungry," which definitely describes Leah. She will be a sturdy two-month old this week, and we can't believe how fast the time has flown by.

She discovered her hand recently so she has been sucking on it all afternoon. I'm sure this is the beginning of her wanting to put everything in her mouth. And the last picture was taken when she was giving me a bunch of smiles after I changed her diaper, though I have to be pretty quick if I want to capture them on film.













Editor's note: The first picture makes her look bigger than she really is. The camera adds a couple of pounds.

Fourth Outfit of the Day

Disclaimer: If you think poop stories are gross and inappropriate to share, then you better not read the following story and all its messy details.

This morning I changed Leah's pajamas (outfit #1) into a regular outfit for the day (outfit #2) because she spit up right down the front of them. Well, you'll never guess what happened this afternoon.

I thought Leah was having some pretty stinky gas, but it wasn't going away. She was still stinky a couple hours later so I decided to get to the bottom of things. She was smiling up at me on the changing table as usual, and I thought it would be a routine change. And to my dismay, it wasn't just gas.

The poop in her diaper had oozed out down her leg and all over her clothes (probably worse than the last time this happened). So I took off her diaper to clean things up so I could bathe her. After I removed the diaper, of course, she poops some more on the changing table and again on her clothes. So I frantically tried to remove her clothes and get the least amount of poop everywhere.

Then at precisely the moment I finally get her in the sink to bathe her, our landlord comes upstairs to say that they are working on our kitchen pipes and to not use the kitchen sink. So she's sitting there wet and cold from the water I had just poured on her. And at the same time, I thought any second she was going to poop again on everything. Luckily, she didn't and I managed to finish wiping her bum. I put on a new diaper and then some clean clothes (outfit #3 in the picture). And she slept through the entire clean-up process.

After I came home from a baby shower and it was time for bed, Logan discovered another messy diaper that had oozed out on her clothes again. He cleaned her up this time and put outfit #4 on her.

I just thought, "someday I'm going to look back and laugh at this." Needless to say, it's been an eventful day. This is the life of a mom.

First outing in the Bjorn

As part of a school project, Logan needed to take some pictures of Halloween decorations in the nearby neighborhood. So we decided to bust out the Baby Bjorn and go for a walk. Since Logan knows how it works the best, he put Leah right in it. We weren't sure how she would react to it but it turns out, she was so comfy and warm that she fell right to sleep. We weren't sure how it could be comforable sleeping straight up, but babies have the amazing ability to sleep in awkward positions.

So I just had to take a picture of my cute husband and adorable daughter on our walk.

After a diaper change


Here is Leah smiling after a diaper change. We can usually get a smile or two at the changing table. We couldn't decide if she was smiling about BYU beating UNLV 52-7 on Saturday or if it was the diaper change. It was probably about the game. Go Cougs!