All Things New Part 2

We are definitely settling into our new home and new life. A is working 10 hour days most days and then comes home and studies. I have adjusted to homemaker and like that I can walk in the park everyday, clean the house any day of the week and not try to do the entire thing on Saturday mornings, and spend all the time in the world with my baby girl. New swing...she loves this. New habit of studying with pops. This will probably be an ongoing occurrence for the next few years.
New solid foods means a whole new world for both parents and child. New sleeping habits. New storage bench? or play place? Rose could sit in here with her toys for a long time. Having fun with papa. Not so new but I loved this picture.

Upcoming posts: pictures of the house and swing fun.

All Things New Part 1

Its been a while but we have lots of new things to share. We have moved to a new home (sorry no pictures yet, I refuse to take pictures until there are no more boxes). New jobs (I don't care what anyone says, staying at home really is a full time job). Meeting new cousins. What seems like a new baby because of all the new and great things she learns everyday. Here are a few pictures. Our small but hopefully prosperous garden. Check out the rhubarb in the background! It took about 4 harvesting sessions but I finally got it all out but then a week later, it comes back. Rhubarb crisp anyone? New couch, and as you can see, Rose is sitting up all by herself. Here's a new habit...wanting to come in bed with us in the early morning. I can't complain. At least she's sleeping.
New explorations.

Meeting cousin Li'l Mil and Aunt E for the first time!

Li'lMil and 'A's brother on our scooter. Beep beep!

'A' trying to handle Rose and cousin Nano. They are only 3 weeks apart. Good thing we didn't have twins!

you could say spontaneous

I finished work last week (yippee!) and A got a job in Cheyenne as an oral surgeon assistant and started today. So, as soon as he got the job we thought we needed to take a much needed vacation asap. So we got tickets on Thursday and headed to San Diego on Saturday. It was a little crazy trying to get everything ready to go but we pulled it off. Here are some great pictures of our trip.

Rose did pretty good on the plane on the way there although she didn't sleep. On the way back she screamed for about 10 minutes :( and then fell asleep. A new face Rosie is making. Its her thinking face. All smiles at Sea World during the dolphin show! Darth doesn't stand a chance against those chubby rolls!Mini Las Vegas at Legoland

We toured the USS Midway aircraft carrier. When we went on the flight deck Rosie loved the wind blowing in her face so she blowed bubbles the entire time.
We had a great time and now its back to the everyday world. A went to work, Rosie and I both have a cold, and I'm at home with the daunting (and exciting) task of taking care of the baby and trying to move in the next few weeks.

something other than Rose to post about

We know we have really only posted about our fabulous little girl since she was born, but lets face it, she is a lot more interesting than us. Well, we now have something other than Rose to post about. This weekend was packed full of family, food, and celebration. First, A graduated on Saturday in Chemistry and Spanish. We had almost the entire family over for pizza and cake. Then on Sunday we traveled to the homeland to celebrate Mother's Day. Here are some pictures of the events. Walking

The family

In 18 or so years, this picture might look a little similar.
I kind of felt like a wizard... or a priest...

4 Generation picture

We have to have a little Baby Rose!

...all because dad pulled an elephant

And the winner is...Cheslea! Nice work. Rose is 15lbs 8iz and 25 inches long. When she got her shots she had a delayed reaction and turned a nice shade of purple before screaming for the longest 30 seconds of my life.

Rosie Contest

Rose is now 4 months old. How time flies! She is pretty darn cute and pretty darn big. We have been speculating on how much she weighs for a while. We wanted to run a little contest, so...guess how much Rose weighs and you will win...um, well you will win!

We go to the doc tomorrow so do it fast.

Here are a few pics of Rose taken today to give you an idea.

She likes her milk!

Laundry Day

So today I got stuck with doing laundry... Its all part of being Mr. Mom. Luckily little Rose helped me out. I discovered that its a whole lot easy to carry the baby along with the clothes then try and do everything one handed.
First she helped me sort out the darks.Then after the drying for a while, we took out all of dry clothes. Umm nice and warm! Oops that's full enough. OK I've had enough of in the basket... I cant move my feet!
All and all her favorite part was the sorting of the socks!