little hand-sucker

Penny has started to suck her hand lately which i think is adorable! Here are some bathtub/hand-sucking pics.

Giving the old hand a taste-test lick.

Almost there...

Bingo!

So cute.

And is it just me, or is her hair getting really red? i LOVE it!

weekend events

1. penny turned 3 months old! she can now hold her head up, loves eskimo nose kisses, and smiles all the time.


her next doctor check-up isn't until january so i'm not sure of her height and weight but, yes, i know she's tiny. here is the same conversation i have with everyone who sees penny for the first time (this includes random people in the store and relatives):

person: oh! she's so tiny!
me: yeah, i know.
person: how much did she weigh at birth?
me: 7 lbs 9 oz
person: how much does she weigh now?
me: i think 10 1/2 lbs.
person: oh! she's so tiny!
me: yeah, i know.

2. my friend and old roommate julie had her first baby, a girl named emerie. good job julie!

3. i took paul to see twilight for his first time and my third (and final time, i promise!) he actually liked it. good job paul!

4. because we're going to california to have christmas with my family this year, we spent this past weekend with paul's family to have a pre-christmas. paul's dad dressed up as santa claus and we took some pictures. i can't stand the cuteness of these pictures!

grabbing santa's beard.

debbie and glade and their baby, casper.

this is pretty much our christmas card so...merry christmas from the larsens!

larsen family pictures

i believe this is the official family pic that debbie and glade chose. it was the only one where everyone was smiling! tami's sister, megan, was working hard trying to make evan and makayla smile.

our first professional family picture! you can't really see penny's gold bow...it kept falling off. next time i'm sitting her up and using a headband instead.

paul's older brother, wes, his wife, tami, and their 2 kids, evan and makayla.

gabe and kenna, paul's older sister.

paul's parents, debbie and glade.

with the grandkids. (now you can see her bow!)

i just thought penny looked cute in this one. sometimes i like candid shots better than perfectly posed ones.

penny's blessing

paul did such a good job blessing penny - it was just a sweet and simple prayer. i loved dressing penny up in her blessing outfit - she looked so girly! it was fun having all the relatives and friends come up and then cramming in our apartment for some lunch afterwards.

before the blessing on sunday, we spent thanksgiving at paul's house and lemme tell you, i've never seen so many people crammed in debbie and glade's home! i know debbie loved it. :) i saw "twilight" again with tami (paul's brother's wife), her sister megan, and debbie. i liked it even more the second time - i think because i knew what to expect so i could focus on what i liked. paul's sister, kenna, and her fiance, gabe, drove up for the weekend and we were able to take a larsen family picture. we also took individual family pics and i'm excited to see how they turned out. i bought a new little beige and gold dress with little gold ballet shoes for penny and it was the first time i'd put her in something other than a onesie - she looked so cute!

my family was in utah, too for the blessing and we got to hang out a bit. we went to kjersti's baby shower (my older brother's wife) and she looked so cute! she's due in january with a little girl and i'm so excited to see her! we also saw the play "into the woods" because my cousin, erin, had one of the leads as the witch. she was dang good and it was way fun to watch her in such a cool role. needless to say, it was a busy jam-packed weekend but i can't wait for christmas in california!