happy halloweiner!

yes, we tortured penny by dressing her up as a hot dog. what can we say - we're first time parents. and we were really bored. some of you have seen the picture above already but i had to post some other shots.

ha ha i like this one. paul looks so intense.
yaaay! we're having so much funnnn!

oh, so sad. a bun-less little weiner.

"mom, dad why would you do this to me?" (note the matted hair and sweaty, pink face. not the most flattering picture.)

it's pumpkin time

i think penny had a good time watching me carve a pumpkin. it probably just looked like a big blurry orange object but she wouldn't stop staring at it. paul, of course, wouldn't scoop out the guts because he doesn't like how cold and squishy it is. but he did design the face so good job paul.

and here's a smiley pic just for fun. she's been starting to kind of smile back at me or paul and it's so darn cute.

happy penny

so i don't think i've gone a day without taking a picture of penny...these are some of my favorites that i've taken recently.

she always sleeps with her hands up in the air.

silly penny. i love that tongue!

i don't think she ever uncurls her little fists.

i think yawn-y pictures are so funny.

aw, gee!

"menh."
tummy time with dad.

can i just say that i LOVE this picture?

it's been so fun being a new mom and penny has been such a good baby so far. she has the sweetest temperament and hardly ever cries but i'm sure she'll find her voice soon enough...

i wish i had a blog when...

i saw this post of old pictures on my friend ashley's blog and i thought what a good idea. so just for fun and because there's nothing else going on, here's some of my favorite pics before ol' penny came along.

with lana and kris during our amazing trip to europe a few summers ago. we toured london and france in one week and it was the most exhausting and awesome trip ever.

jenny lewis wailing at a show in salt lake for her rabbit fur coat tour.
with paul's sister, kenna, in oregon at haystack rock (where they filmed goonies!)
my graduation day!
at the top of our destination that ONE time we went hiking.
in front of old faithful for our 2 year anniversary trip to yellowstone. (we had our 3 year anniversary in august.)
our christmas card picture a couple of years ago. i'm so excited to take one this year of all three of us!

4 weeks old!

i can't believe it. the time has flown by so fast. in celebration here are some of my favorite recent penny pics.

paul burping penny. i swear he can do it after only one pat on the back. i love penny's smushed face. paul, you need a haircut my friend.

bathtime! (i covered her with a washcloth out of warmth and dignity.)

nap time!

i love that little hand!

sort of lifting her head during tummy time.

the picture our bishopbric forced us to take for the bulletin board. you'd think we were still in a singles ward or something.

in her carrier cave. she LOVES this thing - she'll sleep for hours in it.

POW!

*yawn*

bluh.

taggity-tag

i've never done a tag thingy before. heather tagged me so i'll tell you a little bit about how i know heather. she took me to my first show (the aquabats) and basically is responsible for teaching me how to dance and not look like an idiot (at church stake dances of course) and we had fun dressing up before hand doing smokey eyeliner and figuring out hot outfits. i think the funnest summer in teenage-dom was with heather and her family and friends going to shows and disneyland all the time, going on a road trip to san francisco and eating monkey poo bread.

10 years ago:
1. i was 13
2. a freshman at troy high school
3. blonde with a friendly mole on my cheek
4. loved watching buffy the vampire slayer (i still do...)
5. was also very partial to xena: warrior princess

5 things on today's to-do list:
1. call my health insurance company to make sure they added penny onto my coverage
2. call the hospital to request a form to submit a claim for our supplemental aflac junk
3. do the dishes (probably won't happen)
4. watch another epsiode of the 3rd season of roswell (we bought the 3 seasons when the writer's strike was going on then forgot about them when the strike ended and now i have lots of time for tv watching. this show is cheesy but awesome).
5. go on a walk with penny

5 snacks i enjoy:
1. cheese and pretzels
2. fruit punch sour straws
3. breast milk (just kidding)
4. smoothies
5. reisens (sp?)

5 things i'd do if i were a millionaire:
1. make everyone in my family debt free
2. design and build a house to live in
3. travel ALOT
4. start and own a hip bakery (like maggie gyllenhaal in stranger than fiction)
5. hire a chef to make healthy but yummy meals (ya know, to balance out the bakery goodies)

5 places i've lived:
1. fullerton, ca - until 17
2. old farm apartments in logan, ut - student housing where i met paul!
3. aggie village in logan, ut - first married apartment
4. scary basement with stupid noisy kids above us in logan, ut
5. currently in pretty good apartment in logan, ut - but we are job searching in salt lake so we can move the heck out of logan.

5 jobs i've had:
1. ice cream scooper - baskin robbins
2. smoothie maker - jamba juice
3. bookseller - waldenbooks
4. office assistant - mickelson financial
5. mom

i tag:
1. lana wren
2. tami larsen
3. brittany erickson
4. claire allred
5. your mom