Family trip to Mesquite

I have been slacking so much lately! I don't even have an excuse. School just barely started and that's not even taking up much of my time any more since I am a mostly stay at home mom now. Which I love!

At the end of July Brad, Lizzi and I all took a trip to see my old people, or as they refer the themselves Grandma and Toots. My mom flew down from Alaska so we were all together for the weekend. It was lots of fun!

This is Toots only the best grandpa ever! He's a hoot! If you have ever gotten to meet him you know exactly what I am talking about. He is your typical crazy old man but he's so darn cute you can't help but love him!

We were able to get a 4 generation picture with my Grandma and my mom. Not so easy considering my mom decided to up and move off to Alaska. Just because she found her some fisherman fella that wooed her! No hard feelings about my Mom leaving me. Head scratch Mommy!

The happenings from the Newman house

I've been a little behind on keeping up with blogging. Having a 4 and a half month old baby keeps me pretty busy! She is really starting to get the hang of eating. She loves apples, peaches pears and sweet potatoes.

Here she is at the ball park watching our cousin Abi' soft ball tournament. That would be left over peaches on her face. She wasn't enjoying them that much that day because it was so hot!

Lizzi went to her first Magna 4th of July parade this year. Too bad it rained. She might have had a better time. But she did get to spend it with Aunt Alex so that made up for some of it!

 Lizzi had her first owie earlier this month. A jealous two year old did not like HIS mommy playing with Lizzi so he let her know. Poor thing! It's a good thing she's tough baby!!

Dad decided last weekend we needed to take a drive to Cabela's so we did. While I was picking and trying fudge dad and Lizzi went for a walk and came back with a new toy Lizzi just HAD to have... So dad says! She does seem to love it. Maybe because it makes noise when you squeeze it. She now sleeps with it every night. its her cuddle buddy! Along with her fuzzy blanket.

Father's Day

Brad's first Father's Day was spent at the fire station. So Lizzi and I went down there to see him for a few hours to hang out and have dinner. It was a lot of fun! He works with a great group of guys.

This is Lizzi awed by the hughe trucks daddy gets to "play" with every few days.

She just loves being with her daddy!

Lizzi's first food... RIce Cereal

She did like spit the cereal on her hand and then suck it off her fingers. It was really cute to watch!

Not really sure what to do with the cereal.

Hey this stuff isn't that bad!

We gave Lizzi her first taste of rice cereal this week. She seemed to really like it. Once she got the hang of how to get it off the spoon. For the first half of the bowl most of the cereal ran out of her mouth and she caught it with her hands and she licked it from there. Guess we will wait to work on those table manners!  :)

I can't believe how fast my little girl is growing up. I am just in awe of how wonderful it is being a mom. I can't say enough how blessed I am to finally be a mom!

North Dakota!!

After the long wait and anticipation the day had finally arrived! We are headed on vacation! And for the first time in a long time and a first for Brad and me, a real vacation. Not one that we hop in the car and drive a few hours to reach our destination. We were flying to North Dakota to see Brad's little brother TJ graduate.

Waiting in Denver for our flight to Bismark.

Waiting in Denver for our flight back to Salt Lake. This is right before a major freakout that I am sure had a lot of people concerned with flying with a baby on the plane. Once we were on the plane and moving she was fine!

I was a little nervous to fly with Lizzi. Not that she wouldn't be a good baby but all the STUFF that has to go with! Oh my goodness! I think for a 5 day trip we did really well packing 2 suit cases 2 carry ones (one of which was the diaper bag) a stoller and car seat. Not too bad! Of course I did for get to pack jammies for Lizzi so I had to have Brad's mom take me to Wal-Mart to get some.  There was NO way I was going to be able to fine Wal-Mart let alone my way back home. There's no mountains to let me know which direction I am facing! I don't know how any one can find their way around there!!

This was a nice relaxing trip. I really only had to feed change and put Lizzi down at night. All the other times she was playing with family. She slept great the whole time we were there. Including her dad! Seems like I was the only one who was up. She'd go right back to sleep after her 7am feeding. Dad never even woke up! Lazy fella! What does he think this is a vacation or something?

Playing in mommy's lap one of the few times I actually had her!

Family Photos

A few weeks ago a family friend took an updated family photo and some of Lizzi. They turned out so cute! My favorite one is her with the pink flower.

Lizzi's First Easter

After the 4th attempt at this post I am finally getting it done! I am not going to get distracted or give up on it! I have tried to post a picture of Lizzi in her Easter dress and it just isn't working! I will add it to Facebook.

 Lizzi is practiving her rolling over. She still hasn't quite figured out what to do with her arm and gets stuck on it. She'll get it soon though! I am sure of it!

Our first Easter with Lizzi was very relaxed. Brad had to work Easter so we celebrated Friday when he was home. The Easter Bunny brought Lizzi  tummy time mat.

Brad and I decided we would get a picture with the Easter Bunny last minute while at the mall one night because Lizzi was awake and in a good mood. So we went for it! And I am so glad we did. The cute girls who were taking pictures were having a ball taking her picture. It was so much fun. I just love this mommy thing and am so blessed to have a beautiful baby to take care of! I couldn't ask for anything better.

We are getting ready to head to North Dakota for Brad's brother's graduation next week! I can't wait to go on a real vacation! It's going to be so much fun. I actually get to fly somewhere for a change! I think that's one of the things I am most excited for. I will be sure to post as soon as I can when we get back... Or possibly while there if I get too it.