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A picture is worth a thousand words.

Happy New Year!!

Krissey and I are in danger of missing our twice monthly blog update quota. Here it is more than halfway through January without a post. Honestly, what kind of bloggers are we? We have a really good excuse though...we were trying to sleep. I say that like I don't ever get to sleep, that's probably taking things a little too far. Londyn let's us sleep...every other night.

Krissey's family came down for Christmas, it was a blast. Grandma Becky stayed an extra week and helped to get finish up some projects that had been postponed with Londyn's arrival. You might remember the nursery. We've added a few finishing touches:

I should mention that Nicole did help with the lettering. Our walls have a thick texture, so it was quite the intense process, but turned out nicely.

We have some pretty big plans for this bear. We designated it to be Londyn's fav. We'll see how that goes.

It was good to have family out. My brother and parents came down the week of my birthday, I'll have to post some pics with all of us, but Ty's got a few sweet shots over at his blog.

Anyways, now that we've got that out of the way, here she is:

She's getting really good with the head holding thing. She can go a few minutes before getting tired. She'd probably go longer, but she may have inherited a head from her dad.

This is Londyn's "bed," it's a blanket that my Grandma Neoma made for her (thanks by the way!). One thing we've learned about our little girl is she loves laying in front of heat sources, I wish we had some hospital pictures from the heat lamp. She'd be incredibly upset and then you'd lay her under the lamp and she'd calm down immediately and pose in what Krissey and I refer to as "the diva poses." She also does the same in a warm bath or in front of the fireplace.

Just a side note on the fireplace. I know people think New Mexico is nice and warm year round. It's NOT! While it may not be as cold as Utah, our temps follow Salt Lake City quite closely. Blame the elevation. If you come to visit in the winter, it may be cold. On the other hand, a balmy 55 degrees today was quite nice...as long as you're in the sun.

With as much as Londyn moves, I thought she would've developed a few bald spots. She kinda has one, but her hair is still pretty rocking. We're thinking this should be the new look for the 10s. (2010s? what are we supposed to call it?)

According to Krissey, Londyn is good all day. Until I get home from work. Occasionally, her dad can get her to sleep. This is a rare moment of success.

We've yet to do a baby announcement, so these next few pics are a photo shoot we shot yesterday. I was behind the camera for the most part, but a few were shot by Krissey. We got some JCPenney pics taken when she was a week old, but I can't really justify a minimum of $4 a page with as cute as my daughter is. Plus, they don't do any edits. Even the magic press a button to make black and white would be considered an "enhancement" and make each page $15. Honestly. I'll take them myself.

The set up is our first attempt. The NM sunlight works wonders, unfortunately I wasn't very well prepared with the backdrop, and some angles were just too cute to pass up. Oh well, live and learn. We might need to invest in some additional lighting options, but team up some good sunlight and Photoshop's RAW editor, (which is amazing, fyi) and we're good. Enjoy the rest.

This last one was after Londyn got a little upset. She likes being naked, but was probably getting a little cold/hungry. After feeding time, we got this. One happy little angel.

Welcome Home!

Krissey and Londyn finally got to come home today. Thanks to everyone for their love and support (and comments!). We're so lucky to have such a precious and beautiful little girl. It's so nice to have them in the comfort of our own home. At her final checkup this morning, we found out she cracked a collarbone during delivery. Not a complete surprise, since it's fairly common, but it definitely adds to the stress of being a new parent. Anyway, the hospital was nice, but...yeah. Here's some more pics to fuel the baby fire that's taken our friends and family by storm: (for those new to the blog, click the pics if you want to see the details)

Grandma Pam made this beautiful beanie for Londyn. As much as we love it, it's just a little on the big side, so she only got to wear it for a few seconds, but it's adorable. Thanks mom, ;)

Her hair really is curly, but you'd never know it after wearing her cap all night!

Londyn loves her mama!

She'll grow into it. (and out of it, I'm sure)

And we're home! She was great getting into her carseat and loved the car ride home.

The vote is still out on who she looks like. We're working on getting some baby pics of me and Krissey to give you something to compare too. Thanks again for everyone's support.

L is for...

Londyn!

After a visit to the doc on Tuesday, we weren't expecting this little one until next Monday. We're not complaining that she decided to visit a few days sooner. Krissey's water broke later Tuesday afternoon, and after almost 25 hours at the hospital little Londyn Noel is here! Besides her parents being extremely tired from the lack of sleep, everyone is doing well. For those who care about vitals and not pics, Londyn came in at 7 pounds and 10 ounces and is 20 inches long.

 

More house...

As you can tell projects have consumed our life for the past few months. We haven't forgotten the nagging call for pictures of the rest of the house. We've mostly wrapped up the baby projects so we put the house back together, and now you can enjoy more house:

Okay, so it's just the dining room and kitchen, but it's our dining room and kitchen. It's pretty popular down here to put tile medallions in the front entryway, so of course we had to put one in as well. It gets more comments on it than any other part of the house. Seriously. People walk in and stare in awe at our floor. We keep that part of the house clean. Real clean. (You know, because of the staring?) In other news, Krissey is enjoying parking the car in the garage. She was really excited to tell me that when I got home from work today. I mean really excited. I didn't think it was such a big deal, until I she told me it was the first time she's ever parked in a garage. I highly recommend garages. (Especially after reading about Doug and Marilyn's spray paint fiasco. Yikes!)

Oh yeah, and it's Christmas time. We thought about buying a real sized tree, but why have just one when you can have three + Santa Claus? You see my point. What I carefully hid from y'alls view is the final baby project. (hint: it's not Krissey's belly)