Ok, Ok, I'll post some more

It's safe to say munchkin hasn't lost any of her cheeks since she was born...I'm pretty sure they weigh down her head, but it's still awesome.

Chris got up with Zuri the other night and came back to find this guy on his pillow. Kelso is such a human sometimes.

This was a long time ago (a whoppin two and a half months) she's just freaking funny

Cousin Caleb, found this just among other pictures and thought I'd show off one of my cute nephews.

Zur playing with her feetsiez

So remember that one time, quite recently when I said, "I think I'll wait to get Zuri's ears pierced when she says she wants them done." ? Yeah, guess how long that thought lasted? about a week.

After I enquired others thoughts about the subject I decided to do some real research about it. Turns out there isn't much bad literature out there, of course the normal "take care of them, clean them, or else." etc etc. But everything else made me want to just get it done, not get her all hyped up about it later so she touches them all the time and I take so long getting her ready for bed that I figured what's one more minute of cleaning gunna do? Chris was very supportive, listened to my reasoning and said "well, ok, up to you" (he's so cool) She did great, only cried for a second, I gave her her bottle and not a peep after that, the woman did awesome, speediest piercer I'd ever whitnessed. Zur doesn't notice them, but she does get curious about what I"m up to when I clean them. I didn't want to get crazy diamond studs just yet, but Chris said they look like pimples :) I think they're cute.


It's basically impossible to get a good picture of them, from straight on you can't see them (once again, the giant cheekies) and she wiggles too much for a phone picture. we'll try to get some more soon. ish.

5 Months

Can you believe it? I sure can't. When did 5 months happen? She's good and happy, went through a rough teething phase. she's doing better, yet, no teeth? She can sit up pretty good and scooch herself around in a circle when she's on her belly. She LOVES seeing Chris after an absense and Kelso is her favorite toy to grab. He's so patient with her pulling his fur. A huge golden lab came and put her head on her lap while we were walking yesterday, and Zur just grabed her snout, wasn't scared at all it was awesome.

She likes to play with her cousin Caleb and Aunt Cami makes her smile super big. And she's no longer afraid of Tyson! She smiled at him today instead of breaking into a painful wail.

She's eating solids now. She loves bananas, sweet potatoes, and pears...hates string beans...I hope that doesn't last forever.

We are going on a road trip up to Vermont to see Chelle, Brig and their tykes, then onto Maine to see Uncle Fred and Aunt Sylvia. We'll see how she does on that extremely long ride!

(image by Cami Cooper)

Ps. Chris got a new job, bet you can't guess what it is?

I'm a wee curious

I get emails from What to Expect on common baby topics. The latest one is ear piercing babies. Don't worry handsome, I'm not saying I'm going to do it, I'm just curious what other folks have to say on the subject. so, anyone?

New fave

Community is one of my latest favorites. Just one reason why:

A Tribute to Mom and Mama

Happy Mom's day to you both!

Mama,

You're such an incredibly strong person, (mentally and physically, I don't even know anyone else who's a black belt) it's unbelievable what you endure and you always come out top stronger then ever. You taught me not to be a sissy. You are equally as loving as you are strong, you've always been there for all of your kids and that always means the world to us, even in your busy busy life. Thanks for teaching me how important learning is. I would have never gone to college without you. You've always believed that I could do whatever I wanted to, I thank you for that, I wouldn't have tried anything like sports, or attempted fashion school, and I would have never thought I could be a mom. I'm excited to live closer to you soon so you can see Zuri grow up. She loves you already. Thanks for being so awesome. We love you.

Mom,

You are also an incredibly strong person, I awe at women like you and my mama who have raised and influenced such a big family. you are so giving and understanding. Thank you for supporting Chris throughout his life, he's such a mama's boy and I can totally understand why he would want to be so close to you always. Thank you for teaching him how to respect women, he's amazing to me and I know you taught him everything he knows. You and my mom are great examples on supporting your husbands. It's good to see such successful women who have been there with their men, and always loving them so much. Where would we be without our mothers? We love you.

She's four months

Our little munchkin post bath time.

We wanted to capture how awesome her eyes are becoming. blue, green and yellow all rolled together

She's become very fond of her feet lately

She loves it when Chris beat boxes.

there you have it, she's rad.

so many birthdays!

This past week we celebrated baby girls' 4th month, Chris' 25th, my 22nd, and Kelso's 3rd birthdays. It's been a party week in April that's for sure.

Cami and Tys were so kind and watched baby girl for us Friday night so we could go venture to the big city and have a date night for Chris' birthday. We went to Buffalo Wind Wings! mmm...it was good stuff. Then shopped at Target...and as many of you know, I just love that place. I had a great time being with Chris. Thank you Spam and Tys.

Chris and I made up for not getting each other presents last year and got each other a bundle of goodies this year. Even though it's fun, it's probably a bad thing that our days are so close we had too much fun buying crap this year. I asked Chris for running shoes (I'm attempting to like running, so far so good, the shoes are inspiring) he also got me some fabulous clothes and a jogging stroller for Zur. I got him a slick man watch and a cool flash drive that looks like a key, it's pretty sweet, check it out lacie.com

Sunday was my birthday, but it was a very very busy day. Chris got a new calling in a student ward and it was our first Sunday with them. So Chris worked all night Saturday tell 7am, slept until 12:30pm, we went to church at 1, I went home at 4:30, he came home after his meetings at 6:00 we went to cami's for cake and more cupcakes and dinner (yum) Chris went back to work at 7 while Zur and I stayed with the Coops' until late just chilling. It was a fun and eventful weekend. Thank you for all the birthday love and gifts! We are very thankful to have such awesome friends and family.

Chris' ice cream cake, ended up being very chocolaty, but it was great. I completely forgot to take pictures of the cupcakes Cami made (what's wrong with me?) They were AMAZING though. White chocolate melted into the batter, whip cream and sliced strawberries for topping. Way to go Spam!

My present from Cam and Tys, there are some amazing recipes in here! I'm excited to try some.



thought getting Chris a re-gift present and saying it was from Josh would be entertaining. This is a "sexy" bracelet Cami got from a non-blood sister many, many years ago so found while moving. He laughed, it was great. (They gave him a Lowe's gift card too, super cool)
My family sent us a birthday box "breakfast in bed-in a box" Very inventive mom! I was very excited to get a mini muffin pan, I've always wanted them for some reason. I made the blue berry muffins immediately after I took this...They were delicious. Zuri wore her cupcake dress pictured as well. She looks great in yellow. Thanks mama!




And of course what is a post without a video of the child? Chris was keeping Zur happy. You can't quite hear how nasally her voice was, but it was awesome. She's so entertaining.



ps. Chris bought a motorcycle today! He's very excited about it. I'm glad he finally got one, I'd see him go off into motorcycle dream land whenever one of our brothers bought a new bike. congrats babe, all you need is a son and you'll have everything! :)