because i know...

you didn't get to see daphne today.
i wouldn't want you to miss out.

new cut.

who can really grow their hair out?
not i.
but, i really love love love my hair cut- cut by our fabulous friend Camille. I'm feeling like a sassy little momma today- kind of itchy, but sassy.

That, in the background is my hot husband. he just strung a guitar for me. i am trying to learn. I might even take real lessons. I hope they don't turn out like piano lessons or Nic will have to bribe me to practice with atomic fire balls, like my mom did when i was 9. Also in the background is a bottle we never use {and for good reason, apparently} well, now we def. won't be using it because it has been sitting on that desk for probably a week and the contents are, well, i won't describe them because i would hate to be responsible for the new keyboard you would need after vomiting all over yours. lets just say, its nasty and i think its time to bid it farewell. I know I should be thrifty and not wasteful, but i should have thought about that a week ago, before a new species was born in our office, in that bottle.

2 month stats

daphne did great at her 2 month check. dr prince said she was doing perfect- growing steadily and meeting all of her developmental milestones.
she can:
smile
{almost} laugh
hold her head up really well
support her weight standing up {she LOVES to be standing up, I almost think she'll skip crawling all together- ha}


daphne is 21.5 inches tall {between the 5th-10th percentile} and 10.5 pounds {between the 15th-25th percentile}

week 8

i can't believe little daphne is 2 months old {well, on friday she is 8 weeks and on march 2nd she is officially 2 months old} Tomorrow we go in for her 2 month check up and I'm excited to see how much she weighs and how much she has grown. I am getting more excited about her growing up- its so much more fun to interact with her now and I know it will just get better and better! She got her 2 month immunizations yesterday and she was such a champ. She stopped crying the instant Nic picked her up (about 3 seconds after they gave her the shots) and really has been great since then. I'll be sure to post her statistics tomorrow.

Daphne is such a good baby and is so happy. We love to make her smile and you can tell she is trying hard to laugh, I'm sure that will come soon.

a devious little smile:

it's a sunny Saturday and I am longing for window shopping without windows, tamales, crafts i really don't need to buy, vegetables i probably should and delicious treats. Last year my brother and sister in law (i really HATE having to add "in law" because i love my sister in laws and wish i didn't have to address them so formally. But, at at the same time, i don't want it to sound like my brother married my sister, that would be weird and we probably wouldn't be going anywhere together if that was the case) took Nic and I {and daphne in the womb} to the farmer's market in provo. We fell in love. So, I've been scheming up a way to bring a farmer's market to our little town of Rexburg, Idaho. I would LOVE to talk the city into letting us do it in Porter Park- under the huge trees. It is centrally located, all the students can just walk there and it is nice and cool, even on a hot summer day because of all the trees. Some nights {early mornings} after I put Daphne back to sleep I just can't stop thinking about the market! I really want to make it a reality this summer- I think it would be perfect for this community- to link BYU-I with the city. Plus, it seems like all of our friends are the starving artist types and i think this would be a really fun way to sell our stuff. This is a list of some things I would like to see at the Porter Park Market- if you would like to participate, make a comment and tell us what you would like to do. If your craft/talent/desire to sell isn't on the list- who cares! Just comment- I want to see if people would really be interested in doing this before we go to the city.

+prepared food {food that people could buy and eat on the spot}
some ideas for that: tamales! (i found a picture of the actual tamale couple at the provo market- i was pretty excited!)
fresh baked goods {cookies, bars, ECT}
cupcakes (cocoa bean, i would LOVE for you to have a booth!)
homemade popsicles/ icecream
kettle corn
fresh, cleaned fruit homemade candy
fresh baked bread
shaved ice
strawberry lemonade (serious money maker when its hot out!)

+fresh produce
i don't know much about what is in season when but some ideas-
strawberries, raspberries ect any fruit that can grow here :)
cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes
herbs
potted flowers/herb gardens
potatoes (we are idaho, of course)

+art
anything you create-
fine art photography
ceramics
print making
paintings
drawings
clothing graphic design
anything... (more than anything I want this to be a place for artists- i hope we have tons)

+live music
something acoustic for logistics and general likability.

+crafts
baby stuff {bows, slings, blankets ect}
handmade jewelry
purses/pillows/ sewn goods
quilts/blankets
home decor stuff
fabric


And if you have other ideas- please please let me know. I am dead serious about this- I want to get it going REALLY bad and it will be so much more fun if it is our friends all together hanging out selling stuff :) If you are from around here and you know of people who wouldn't be reading our blog but would be interested in participating, spread the word!

7 weeks

the bikini girl.
we bought this for the little one today at gap (if we spent $75 we got $20 off... so we had to!) it is 3-6 months so its a little big on her still- especially in the diaper area- but i couldn't resist taking pictures! I hope she'll get to use it in CO! It's ok to say she is getting big, old, ect. I know these things. I've come to grips with it (somewhat) when she grows out of this awesome coat that we bought her that is 12-18 months then we'll really have something to cry about. till then, she is just getting more fun all the time.

she is such a happy baby and that makes us very happy parents.

daphne, showing a little diaper. i don't know what to do with that girl.

checking herself out. {no, i didn't stuff her bikini top- that is ALL her! haha}
liking what she sees. i love those upper arms. it seems like i am always trying to get her dressed so fast (because she's cold or upset or something of that nature)
that i feel like i never get to see these cute little parts of her!

green chair.