First Days of Spring

Here is a picture of Delcia talking to the birds on her swing.












She is wearing the white sweater outfit that was John's when he was a baby.















We enjoyed the first day of spring by sitting out on our porch.












Look at those cheeks!

BFF's

These photos are a little older, but I don't have any more recent and thought I should post an update, since I've been horrible about it. It's 8:30pm, the baby is asleep and I should be too, but here I am trying to get stuff done. Delce has been a bit of a night owl lately and is wearing me out. The latest news is that we have decided to try and sell our house- thanks to annoying neighbors and the need for a little more room. Don't get me wrong, we love most of our neighbors. Anyways, we will see if we get any action in this market. If we do, we are looking to move down south to the Sandy area, closer to John's work, Big and Little Cottonwood canyons and hopefully a quieter, safer neighborhood out of the city.
Delcia is getting cuter and cuter. She is becoming so active and aware. She loves the cat and dog and watches them roam around. She enjoys kicking and talking to the critters on the mobile in her crib and the swing. She loves music and likes to be active and in a position to check everything out and wiggle around as much as possible. This picture of her and John is of a rare and extra snuggly moment, (she does not like to be held close on your chest, or constrained in any way).
We have a morning ritual that I refer to as "baby torture" but really only consists of the booger sucking bulb, that Delcia makes sound like midevil torture. The cat has taken note of this and viciously attacks my legs while I do this. The cat is surprisingly interested in the baby and seems very concerned and upset when Delcia cries. Paisley is now attacking the baby monitor that is emitting the sounds of John trying to consol a screaming baby- don't worry, she has never attacked the actually screaming infant.
The other picture is of Delcia and her BFF (Best Friend Forever), Gwen, who was born 10 days earlier. We have the pleasure of sharing many parenting ups and downs with our friends, (I guess they are technically our relatives too), Mark and Heather. (Mark is my brother-in-laws brother, if that makes any sense). Anyways, good stuff here on the home front. Duty calls, gotta go.

Piddie Party

Delcia was sporting her Piddie slippers for the first time today. They look so cute on her! My friend and neighbor Dana makes these cute birdie slippers that have become my favorite baby gift to give.
So apparently I was mistaken about Delc being done with her fussiness in the evenings. She was just teasing us with calm, peaceful evenings for awhile. That's okay, we still love her. My parents have been kind enough to watch her twice during the evil evening hours when you have to constantly try to keep this baby happy. It's not easy. During the day, she is mostly happy and sleeps a lot. Thank goodness!
We spent Sat. and Sun. evenings this last weekend celebrating the upcoming marriage of our friends, Brandon and Anne whose wedding is Mar. 21st. John worked with Brandon at Black Diamond and they have been good friends ever since. We've had the pleasure of getting to know Anne since they've been dating. Sat. night was a couples home improvement shower and Sun. night was a girls only lingerie shower, (at which Delcia was exposed to very adult talk and attire). Both showers were very much fun
and we are so excited for these two wonderful, sweet and very fun people to get married. (Sorry, I don't have any pictures of them- maybe at the wedding).
Nothing else new on the home front. John is still busy as ever with school and work and I try to stay busy and sane being home with the cute babe.