today...

today is one of those days.

one of those days when you realize how truly blessed you are.

i'm sitting on my couch, listening to my darling husband sing in the shower

while my perfect baby sleeps peacefully in her crib.

i want to go sit on the bathroom counter just to be that much closer to him.

it's everything i can do to keep myself from going in and picking her up just to cuddle her.

these two mean the world to me.

it makes me cry how happy they make me.

yes, maybe i'm crying right now.

but i don't care.
because i am the luckiest girl in the world.

today, there is no one out there luckier than me.

does your baby wake up screaming? mine doesn't.

here's another one of the babe babbling away :) she kills me.

things that make me smile = her smile

from a few weeks back...

from today...

i love this little lady more and more everyday.
she's learning so much and i love her little quirks.
she's obsessed with holding onto her clothes and has developed quite the grip
[which frequently finds my hair...]
she's on the verge of rolling over and loves being upside down.
when daddy walks into the room she follows him everywhere he goes with her eyes
and cries when she can't see him.
she smiles. she squeals. she has dimples. and it melts my heart.

why can't she just stay little???


[side note - if you were wondering why she has a nasty scrape on her face, i'll take the blame. who knew her fingernails grew inches overnight?! golly-gee.]

disclaimer -

if you follow me on instagram, you've probably seen every photo i'm about to post.

and if you don't...then these photos still might not be all that exciting.
bummer, i know.

but i've discovered since having a baby that i'm constantly wanting to snap pictures.
i don't use my uber-nice camera all that often though (i'm working on this)
because my ipad is just so handy. so here you go.
a load of instagrams, courtesy of my trusty and sometimes-blurry ipad.


[hard to tell, but she's laughing here]

[daily naps. and yes - this is usually how she prefers to sleep. i don't mind.]

[hazel's blessing day - a special post coming soon]

[first walk in the bjorn, thanks to the lovely utah weather lately.]

[the newest addition, thanks to pinterest. personalized our room with where we're from. i sorta love them.]

[hazy-girl sporting the headband i made for her. isn't she a doll?]

[the girlies]

[watchin dad play some soccer - and smiling all the while]

[her current obsession. she takes this tag blanket everywhere she goes - so everywhere we carry her. :)]

[sleepy girl...was out cold in her bumbo for over 30 minutes.]

[chubby cheeks]

[she officially knows she has TWO ears now...and she holds them constantly.]

[our latest obsession = bejewled. we play every night before going to sleep and recently smashed our old record with this new beauty. it's funny how suddenly we can't go to sleep without playing 4 or 5 games. we're cool.]

i promise to post real pictures soon...
ttyl.

these days

this picture pretty much sums up the last few days.
hazy-daisy hasn't exactly been happy.
in fact, she's been the opposite. and boy can she scream.
needless to say that naptime around here is heaven.
we're investigating the source of the problem [taco seasoning?] but haven't come to a conclusion quite yet. i'll keep you posted.



on a much more awesome note, guess who's a champ at sleeping these days?
my baby girl.
i never thought the day would come when she'd sleep for
six or seven
hours at a time - but alas, that time is here.
she's been going down around 10:30 and wakes up once or twice before nine.
when i think about it i feel like dancing and singing at the top of my lungs.
[maybe that's how i'm surviving this "screaming phase"?]


our little hazel has also started another phase lately -
i'll call it the "pooping right when we put her in the tub" phase [for lack of a better name]
awesome, right?
this is usually how it ends...


she's also sitting in her bumbo chair a lot these days, and usually enjoying it.
she looks so tiny just sitting there all by herself, but we love it.
since she's got a bit of a flat spot on her head we're not supposed to let her lay down when she's awake - which means i'm either holding her or she's on her tummy.
and let me tell you - she'll last for about 3.5 seconds on her tummy.
so now, the bumbo chair is my best friend :)


our v-day was fabulous, thanks to my thoughtful hubby.
he was gone til about five, but surprised me with flowers, a dinner reservation here and the perfect willowtree figurine.
i made ryan a book with all our dating/engagement details in it, but of course i didn't get it made and ordered soon enough [who knew a little baby could take up so much time??]
i gave him a shirt on lover's day and he had to wait two more days to see the book.
[which he loved]
it was the perfect valentine's day.
three down, a bazillion more to go.





now if you don't mind, i'm headed to clean the bathroom before baby girl wakes.
friday nights are quite the event around here :)
peace out.

the babe

our little hazel marie is growing up way too fast.

she's starting to laugh and smile a lot more

and still has her parents wrapped around her tiny fingers.

here are a few of the latest photos of her

in all her darlingness.

what a doll.