Maleaha's Special Day!

On July 24th Maleaha had her special day. Maleaha was blessed by my Dad on Sunday and it was such a great day. Also in the circle was her Grandpa Mora, Uncle Ryan and Bishop Anderson. I was so happy that we finally got her blessed and that my whole family could be here for her special day. Jared was a little bummed that he wasn't able to participate because he never went to church when he was younger and never got the priesthood. We have been talking about starting to go back to church more and have finally been to our ward that we were supposed to be in for 2 years!

Solids

Maleaha has had her first shot at solids this week! She seems to get better each day with eating it! I usually give her the rice cereal in the morning and at night? I am not sure how often I should or shouldn't be doing cereal, so moms out there with any advice let me know! I am so excited to start giving her vegies and fruits to see what she likes and doesn't like! I have tried some apple juice she is still getting used to that too! I keep telling myself that I want to make her baby food because everyone says it is so easy and so much cheaper so hopefully before next week I can figure out how to do it and try it out! Here are some pictures of her first shot at solid food! And of course her first time eating I forgot the bib. Oh well she was still in her jammies!

Maleaha Gets her Ears Pierced

On the 4th of July while we were at the mall we decided that it was finally time to get Miss Maleaha's ears pierced. Here are some pictures of her getting them pierced!

Waiting.......

Waiting....

Excited, but she doesn't know whats coming!

First side..

Second side...

It never lets me upload more than five pictures at a time (help)? so thats all I have for now I love her cute little earings!

4th of July

So here in Logan they never do the actuall fireworks on the 4th of July, I think its always the Friday before the fourth anyways so on Friday the 1st we went to Logans Freedom of Fire Celebration at the Stadium. It was supposed to be alot better this year, then years past so we decided we would go inside and see. My Mom got us researved seating which was nice because we didn't show up until almost 8 and still had a seat and we weren't staring into the sun all night. I was nervous of how Maleaha would be because she had just got all her shots that morning and I was hoping she wouldn't be too onry. All in all she did pretty good she slept through alot of it probably due to the medicine but I couldn't have asked for a better baby. She slept through the band and entertainment and then woke up just in time for the fireworks. I thought she was going to scream and be scared but she didn't mind them one bit. She just sat on my lap and watched the whole time. The fireworks were awesome and of course when I got my camera out to take some pictures it was dead so I don't have anything from that night but it was fun to be with family and watch some fireworks!

So on the 4th Jared and my Dad had an early morning tee time so my Mom, Maleaha, Tasia, Daion and I went out to Leweston to watch the parade. It was fun to take Maleaha who knows if she even really paid attention but I love seeing the big horses and don't mind getting a few tootsie rolls either! After going to the parade I met Jared back at home and then met up with his family at the mall and did some shopping then went back to his sisters for some food! Then after we went up to my parents and had some more food and played games. We were party poopers and didn't go out to Leweston for the fireworks, Jared had to work in the morning and I was so tired that we just went home and listened to everyone else light fireworks until 1130 and then finally got some sleep! It was fun to celebrate the 4th with both families! Here are some pictures of us at the parade!

4 Months

I can't believe that Maleaha is 4 months old already! She is getting so big so fast I don't realize how big she is actually getting until I look through pictures or see someone else holding here, especially all her little cousins! Maleaha went to the doctor on Friday and her stats are

Weight: 15lbs 10oz. 86%

Height: 26 in. 97%

Head: 41 cm. 47%

She is getting more fun as the days go on. She is usually a happy baby but as you know from my previous post, she has her days. She is starting to enjoy tummy time more and loves to be outside. She has started to realize she has hands and her two fingers are always in her mouth. She has started playing with her feet when she is sitting up and can sit up on her own for a few seconds. She is babbaling alot more and its fun to listen and watch her figure new things out. She is such a sweat girl and I love watching her personality grow everyday! Here is her 4 month picture!

Can I do this?

That was my thought pretty much all afternoon on Saturday. I am going to share my first to me embarrassing moment being a Mom. I have never felt this way but when this moment happened to me for the first time all I could think of was; What is everyone thinking of me? and that I didn't know how to take care of a crying baby.

So here it is. On Saturday my cousin Brittney had a wedding shower. My Mom, Bree, Maleaha and I all went to her shower. On the way there Maleaha decided she wasn't happy and literally scrame half the way to Malad (a good half hour)! I knew she was just tired and figured she would fall asleep on the way so I didn't pack any formula (never doing that again!) I knew my mom and sister were probably so sick of hering Miss Maleaha scream her guts out and was glad when she finally fell asleep. but when we got there she decided to wake up. she was pretty content for the first little while that we were at the shower. An hour or so later Maleaha decided to be a little stinker again and started fussing so I went inside to feed her, I knew she was a little uncomfortable because we were both sitting there sweating like pigs!! (my poor grandpa must freeze or something they said he had the heater on earlier that morning) When I get done feeding the girl she wouldn't fall asleep so I took her back outside hoping she would enjoy the fresh air. Boy was I wrong I gave her to my Aunt Jan to hold and she did not like that Idea. From then until we left and another half of the ride home Maleaha just cried and cried. I felt so awful. I couldn't do anything to calm her down and felt so helpless. She has never really been like that and I was so frustrated myself I don't think that helped her at all. I was so embarrased because I felt like I had ruiend the shower and I am sure people were wondering if I even knew what I was doing. I even started crying and just sat in a chair while other family members tried to calm Maleaha down. I don't know why but I just felt like a terrible mother and was so embarrased. My family and my cute cousin Brittney reassured me that it was ok and they didn't mind, but I am sure they were so happy to get rid of us when we left. I know that babies are the boss and they cry and do what they please, it just was my first experience feeling so overwhelmed and not being somewhere I was comfortable with. I hope one day I will read back on this memory and laugh about how dramatic I am being about it and when something even more embarrassing happens I will realize this was not that big of a deal BUT for now I am still embarrased and hoping that I can handle being a Mom in stressfull situations that I am put in.

3 Months

I know Maleaha is already 4 months but I am going to waite and do her updates after she goes to the doctor on Friday. So here is her picture at three months, and some others I thought I would share!

Getting too BIG too FAST

I Love this one because I think she looks like me!

Enjoying Tummy Time!

I Had to Share her Big Brown Eyes!