Gone before its time

Here is the latest from the past couple of weeks,
We attempted to take Anna's 3 month portrait instead of going to a photography studio, here is the result,

I liked it, and that's what's important. The biggest problems we had was getting her to smile when we put a camera in front of her face and getting her to keep still. We will probably get her six month professionally done, but I'll take a crack at it before we take her in to see if I can do it.

I also received a calling as our primary chorister. I am so excited for this calling. I love teaching music to children. It is a little overwhelming right now because we have 90 kids in our primary, but hopefully in a few weeks I'll start being more comfortable with it.

Mark and I went to the Utah Symphony last night and heard Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky. It is a beautiful piece. It was the first piece I ever played with an orchestra when I was 13 and holds a special place in my heart. I was tearing up at the end. It would be wonderful to play with an orchestra again, but it's also wonderful being a mommy. Maybe someday I can play again, but for now I'm happy listening to great music and raising Anna.

Recently Anna has started sucking on EVERYTHING. We got a front pack and put her in it, within 2 minutes it was soaked. She loves sitting in it and sucking, she fussed when we took her out.

She is also giggling up a storm. The other day I was tapping a spatula against a pan and Mark was standing next to me with her. She just started laughing and wouldn't stop. Every time I tapped my spatula she giggled. I love making her laugh. Anna also had her four month check-up. She is doing great, but her weight is falling off. She weighed 11lb.11oz. which is in the 14%. She hadn't gained anything in 2 weeks so we need to start supplementing her with formula. Other than that she is as healthy as can be.

And on a slightly depressing note, I was watching t.v. Friday night when it made a flicker and died. Mark wouldn't believe me when I called him, he thought it had a lot of good years left, but after examining the patient he deemed it dead. It was bought in 1994, so it lasted a good 16 years. We always said that we would let this t.v. die and then buy a new one, we just figured it wouldn't happen sandwiched between us buying a new car and going on a vacation. We'll get a new t.v. eventually, I'm just not sure when. So for now this is what I have to watch,

It is such a pitiful sight, I can barely read writing on it from my couch. It is the 13 inch t.v. my parents bought in the mid 90's to go in our kitchen. On a positive note, Mark says it has really good picture quality.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Giggles, Giggles, Giggles

Today, I put Anna in her high chair and sat down to eat lunch. I was taking a bite of food when she just started laughing at me. It was soooo cute. She giggled for about five minutes for no apparent reason other than to hear herself giggle. I was laughing my head off. I think it was the cutest think I've seen her do yet.

She loves her high chair. We sat her in it for the first time yesterday and she was amused all through dinner. I think she likes feeling like part of the family. Don't worry, we're not giving her solid food yet, we just wanted to include her at dinnertime. Sometimes she holds her spoon:)


This is her with her first present from the Easter Bunny.


We had a quiet Easter. I was mastering the Art of French Cooking with Julia Child and made french cuisine. Well I don't think I mastered it, but it did turn out very well. We had Chicken Breasts sauteed in a brown butter sauce, stuffed tomatoes, and garlic mashed potatoes which used 30 cloves of garlic. They were very good and the garlic wasn't over powering at all. It is a fun cookbook to use because she actually teaches you how to cook instead of just giving you the recipe. We watched a wonderful conference and had a nice Easter dinner.