7 Things About Aimee

Kaleb has tagged Aimee and I think it said to post 7 things about her. Well, here it goes:


1. She has fat cheeks!

2. She isn't quite laughing, but she does this gasp/squeal thing when she smiles.

3. She loves her morning nap!

4. She likes to talk to her mom and dad.

5. She likes to complain to her mom and dad.

6. She likes to play "Ninja Baby" - Greg picks her up, and makes it look like she's running up the walls, around the furniture, and flying through the air.

7. She likes to kick her legs when she's excited.



Am I supposed to tag someone else now? Umm... then I tag Savannah!

Cousin Time!

Aimee was finally able to meet her cousins!

Here she is with Amelia:

Amelia is such a little mother in training. She was hovering over Aimee, reading her stories and giving her a pacifier. She got a little worried once Aimee started to squirm and cry though.

And here with her brand new cousin, Addison:

Addison is just over 2 months younger than Aimee. It's amazing how much they change!!

An 8 hour drive is 8 hours too many.

Greg asked me if the trip to Lake Powell on the way to California was worth the frantic last minute packing. I told him I'd let him know once we made it to California. I had no idea that the drive from Lake Powell was pretty much just as long as the drive from Provo. In fact, to get to so cal from Powell, you back track all the way to St George. St George is only like, 3 hours from Provo. We didn't get there until 4 pm. Aimee was starting to wig out, and I was almost ready to just head north back home. But we persevered the other 6 hours. It was a looong trip. I felt so bad for Aimee. She wouldn't fall alseep!! We had to pull over at random rest stops a couple of times to take her out of her seat and walk around with her. We made it to Greg's parents house around midnight Utah time. It took a while for Aimee to unwind. She screamed like I've never heard her scream before. But when she did fall asleep, she slept completely through the night and slept most of the next day.

So was it worth it? Well, yeah it was cool to go to Powell. But next time, we break up the dive into 2 days.

So Cal Summer Vacation!

The 2 Month Old Jet Setter
It's been a while since I've had a chance to write! Greg and I are in Southern California right now - we came about a week ago. We weren't planning on coming so early, but I had the opportunity to take a private jet to Lake Powell (craziness!!) but had to leave Friday evening. With 1 hour to pack for our whole trip, it was a little crazy. Why a private jet you might ask? Well, my bro in law Ryan was staying with us in Utah for a few days so he could fly with some relatives (the Roneys) to their Lake Powell house for the weekend. He was supposed to leave early Thursday - but there was some miscommunication between him and Trevon (the cousin his age - teenage boys, go figure) and Ryan was forgotten and left behind. Well, when the family realized what happened they felt super bad and offered to send a jet to pick up Ryan. Greg offered to drive Ryan down, since we were going to head south anyway - but Trevon's dad insisted and instead offered to give Aimee and I a lift to Lake Powell on the jet. This also worked out for the Roneys, they got their oldest son, Britton, his wife Hilary, and their new baby, Nora to catch this flight and come down too. So, like I said, I had about an hour to pack for the two of us. Greg was going to get up at 4 am the next day to drive down and get us - from there we would finish the drive to Southern California. I was so stressed packing! I really like to take my time and double check everything. I was just throwing clothes and diapers in bags, plus making a to-do list for Greg of stuff he needed to get done before he left the next morning. But we made it to the airport - and we're here in California, so I guess I did ok.


The jet ride was pretty sweet. It was a smaller jet, I think it only seats 6 people. It was only a 45 minute flight, and Aimee fell asleep almost right away. So, not too shabby! We played games in the evening and Aimee and I got to stay in the outerspace room. (Each room at the house is themed) It was so cool! The next day Greg arrived, just in time for us to take a quick swim before heading on the road.


Aimee really like the pool - for about 15 minutes! She kept smacking her lips when the water touched them. I think she would have tolerated it longer if there was more shade.
















Check out that sweet view!

Since you asked...

Thanks for the question Alicia. Yeah, I went back and read some older posts - I did mention Aimee's sleeping patterns quite often. 

She's about 2 months old now and yes - there has been an improvement! She usually will go to sleep around midnight and sleep until like 5 or 6 am. It's nice! I will feed her and then she goes back to sleep until around 9 - sometimes 10. It is a great improvement from 3 weeks ago. 

Now our challenge is to get her to sleep in her crib. Seriously, as soon as she is put in there she wakes up. I think the longest stretch we can get her to sleep in there is 3 hours. She can sleep the day away in her swing. But her pediatrician said that we should get her to sleep in the crib - since she's in a "sitting up" position in the swing and her neck is usually a little squished. Also - we want to avoid "flat baby head" syndrome. 

Aimee also sleeps great in our bed. It's my fault - I know. When she wants to eat super early in the morning I usually just let her stay in bed with us. So Andrea - be wary! It's already a hard habit to break. Especially when you're super tired and you know the baby will go to sleep if you let her stay in bed with you. 

Well, even as I write she's waking up from a nap attempt in the crib. Gotta go!

The many faces of Aimee

She is getting so smiley and silly. Here are some examples:

Back track: Shaved Cat

We shaved our cat, Ramses, about a month and half ago. We wanted to cut back on all the hair he leaves around the house. The groomer said that the "lion cut" was popular. I didn't think Greg would really have him shaved like that. Well, he did. 

Here are the before and after pics:

Poor guy.