Zoo

Heather and I went to playgroup with the Medical School Spouse Association for a morning stroll at Hogle Zoo. I think I wore her out considering these before and after photos.

 Now that daddy's a student doctor, Heather and I will never be healthier from all the practice exams we get to help him out with.

But regardless of how busy life is with school and work we still find time to laugh and play. 

All Smiles Around Here

Heather has been all smiles the past month. She is the happiest baby - smiling and cooing and discovering the world around her. That is until she's tired and ready for bed. We're finally into a routine and loving that she is sleeping through the night. Life is wonderful! Brennan is into the full swing of things with school (he has a test every week) and I'm loving being home with Heather and just working part-time. So what has Heather accomplished this past month:

- Smiling

- Laughing

- Cooing

- Sticking out her tongue (she loves it)

- Holding her head up 

- Pushing up when laying on her tummy

- Figuring out her hands and sucking her thumb

- Rolling over just once...we're still working on that one

 She LOVES her rain forest friends and the swing. 

Especially the stuffed animal version of the monkey from her play mat. 

She gives it kisses and tries to eat it any time she can.

She is getting so big and l-o-n-g. 

We can't wait until her 4 month check-up to see what her stats are.

Her favorite things right now:

big grins

her tongue

her thumb

New Furniture - Yay!

We've talked about getting a sectional for a few years now. Every time we had a lot of people over the conversation would come up again because there was never enough space on the couch for everyone. Besides that I wanted to zone off parts of the room so that the living room was more cozy with a small desk hidden behind the sectional. Well finally we have the sectional and love it. There's so much space to spread out!

The plan was to then move the old couch downstairs and older homes just aren't designed for the size of modern furniture. So to make sure our plan would work I made a miniature model. My dad would be so proud! We came up with a strategy for getting it downstairs and after some brute strength it worked. Thanks go out to Brennan's parents for helping with the move.

And just for fun....This is where I usually find Brennan. Head-down staring at the computer (or a textbook). He's such a hard worker and great student. We're so proud of him. :)

Student Dr. Rigby

August marked the beginning of medical school for Brennan which included his white coat ceremony. With all the family in town (Rigbys and Petersons) we made our way over to Kingsbury Hall at the U to honor and welcome Brennan into the class of 2016.

It was great watching him receive his white coat and stethoscope and then recite the Oath of Hypocrites. What a proud moment as he was warmly welcomed to the School of Medicine and had his parents (school alumni) and grandparents (university alumni) there to support him as well. What a wonderful family legacy!

 

and just for fun...

Sweet and Sassy Heather

Summer Wrap Up

I finally transferred pictures from the camera. Now I have a lot more to work with and lots of fun photos to wrap up our summer. So....let's begin the summer in review.

Heather is already 3 months old. She's getting so big as you can tell by her monthly shots in her car seat.

We've had some great trips this summer. In June we made it up to Park City for a day out of the house and some mountain biking for Brennan.

In July my sister Alisha got married so we were off to San Diego. 

My mom made this adorable flower girl dress for Heather. It's beautiful.

Sam and I made this quilt for Alisha and Brian.

Heather's first trip to the beach was a success!

We spent a day in LA at the Culver City Obon Festival. It's such a fun tradition celebrating our Japanese heritage with my grandma. Heather even has a baby cotton yucata. It's super cute, but it was a little cold so she was wrapped up. I can't wait until next year when she'll be dancing with me in her adorable outfit.

In August we celebrated Katrina's birthday boating at Deer Creek Reservoir. It was Heather's first 2-night camping trip and she was a trooper.

We've also had lots of time to just play and relax at home as well.

Precious

While my sister was in town we put together our very own photo shoot for Heather. My house might have been a disaster afterwards from all the rearranging of furniture (the photos are taken on our dining room table under the chandelier), but I sure am glad I have these pictures. They turned out beautiful. Thanks Alisha!!!

You can check out Alisha's other work by clicking here. She's amazing!

Heather's Baby Blessing

Thank you to all the family and friends that were able to join with us on August 12th to bless our sweet baby Heather. We are so grateful to Aunt Alisha for documenting the day and even putting together a special photo shoot.