I love this picture of Clare, she was sitting on the bed watching 'Little Women'. I was watching it her and she was quoting right along with it... "Blast these wetched skirts!" :)

Quick post

I have SO much to talk about, my wonderful, wonderful trip to Orange County to visit my sister Em, and lots of other stuff, but for the moment, here's a quick shot of Lia during nap time. I love how her little rump is so high in the air. She always sleeps like this and she reminds me of a very fat, very sweet little bumblebee.

Busy Days- No Nights

So our darling Lia bird hasn't been sleeping. Seriously. Her poor parents are getting bleary eyed. On Thursday she was up from 3am-6:30am. Its been tough. In fact, on Thursday morning, Chris wearily said to me, "I think that's the roughest night since she's been born." I'm not sure if she's teething or what, but its been not the nicest!

Anyways, Chris is off at a race right now (!) ((this is really big news since he hasn't gotten to race in a while- he totally deserved it!)) but Aunt Katzie has been keeping BOTH me and Lia company. Lia's just in love with Kate. She is always laughing at her and reaches her arms out (as mentioned in a previous entry) and she just loves being carried by Kate. It truly is so wonderful to be able to eat with both hands. I never take it for granted anymore. :)


And here's a ton of pictures! :)


This one, I think, needs some explaining.
So... I've gotten to be a pretty good cook. I can cook a good meal. I was watching the TV show, Top Chef, and one of the contestants made roast chicken. I started drooling. It looked incredible. I figured that with my experience up to this point, I could make a roast chicken no problem. There was one hitch however- I had vowed long ago never to touch a whole chicken. I only eat the little breasts that come in their own individual plastic bags from Costco. But I figured I had grown and could handle the whole bird. I happily went to the grocery store and hefted my bird into my cart. I got home. I dumped it in a colander. I stared at it. I gagged. I poked at it. I gagged harder.

I called Kate.

My fearless sister came over promptly and helped me.

Okay, I'm lying.

She did everything.

She dug out all of its innards while I stood in the corner, covering my eyes and threatening vomit. She put him on the roasting rack. She made my roast chicken.

I am forever indebted to her.

And yes.

I will never, ever, ever buy a whole chicken again.


(Kate decided to mess around with the chicken after she was done cleaning him out. )
(his hands are on his hips if you're wondering...)

Kate came over today and we tested out my new camera...
This is Lia excited to go visit Aunt Ems and cousin Clare. :) And Uncle Eric!

She's so pretty. :)

What you don't see here is Kate off to the side making faces... :)
(click on picture for full size)

Kate even took a couple pictures of me! :)


But then I had to get some of her and her baby niece.

And now THIS is my favorite picture of Kate and Lia. I love it. I want to blow it up and put it on my wall love it! :)


Lia was getting tired...


I love how big her eyes are here.


But she got too tired and fell asleep in Kate's arms.

Fun times.

So Lia is in love with her Aunt Katzie. She started reaching her arms out to Kate whenever she's around... and... well... she only just started doing that with ME. :) We love it whenever Aunt Katzie comes over to help- I get to clean, take a shower, eat with two hands, its awesome. Plus, we always have a blast.

The two pink ladies on the couch.

Judging from this picture, she likes this...

I think Lia's hands are so funny.

This is something she's been doing lately. She sucks vigorously on your knee which tickles like crazy.

She was getting ready to eat Kate's knee.

She's a pretty baby. :)

Just looking out the window.

Playing with Aunt Katzie.

I love this picture of Kate and Lia.
'Nuff said.
:)

In the middle of a yawn.

Kate tied this around her head. :) Glamorous girl, isn't she?

So it was around 85 degrees or so this afternoon so Lia is in her diapers. She was enjoying kicking this water bottle around.

I think its so funny how her chin touches her chest when she sits like this.

And this was the dress she wore for most of the day. Or its really a romper I guess.

One more picture

So....

We spend money on toys for Lia. She has LOTS of toys. But this seems to be her new favorite thing. Last night she had both arms wrapped around it as she hugged it with her chubby little arms.

Pictures!

Lia had a friend over today! This is Kaleb and he's three weeks older than Lia.
This is Lia today in her pretty outfit. :)

Okay, so these are probably Chris' favorite pictures ever. The neighbors have a little car and Chris, of course, put Lia in it. Please note, the perfect positioning of her hands. Little racecar driver.

She liked it...

So...

So Lia hasn't been being the total angel that she used to be. Don't get me wrong, she's a fantastic little person and I love her dearly but lately she won't go to anyone else except me. She yells whenever anyone but Chris or I hold her. Its frusterating and tiring. Anyhow, hopefully she grows out of this soon...

We went on a walk on West Cliff yesterday...

Lia's newest toy is her toes. She sucks on her big toe like its her thumb...

LOTS of pictures :)

So Lia has a new nickname. :) The checker at the grocery store has started to always call her Amandita Chiquita. :) Annie, you'll remember the checker- remember Ana? :) Anyhow, I think its cute but its quite a mouthful, try to say that five times fast! :) Anyhow, I took a couple pictures yesterday of Lia so I thought I'd post them.

She's a busy girl!

She's a happy girl!

Lia luxuriating on a rug. :)

Soooooo...........

So... we decided being parents wasn't all it was cracked up to be. So we decided to sell Lia...

JUST KIDDING!

Christopher thought this post was not funny because apparently people sell children a lot on the black market. But I figured everyone would know it was a joke.

Anyhow, the reason for the large amount of cash is that I sold my Canon 40D because I couldn't figure it out. It was a great camera, but I don't like Canon. Believe me, I desperately wanted too. I wanted to be the professional photographer with the big huuuuge Canon 40D when I went on shoots but it just wasn't me. So I'm using the money I got from selling it to buy another camera, the Sony a700 which is going to be AWESOME! I can't wait. :)