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!