Awesome faces on pumpkins and Livy

So our good friends the Matthews and the Davis came over for FHE on Monday for a pumpkin carving fest. I bought the biggest pumpkin I could find and subsequently had a very difficult time cutting through the top to gut it. I finished cleaning out my man-sized pumpkin about the same time that everybody else was done carving theirs. As it turns out I am not creative at all and seeing Todd Matthews carve the Y into his pumpkin representing our beloved Alma Mater I couldn't come up with anything else. After Alexis designed it for me it actually turned out pretty sweet. See for yourself. Alivia has sort of a love affair with the camera these days. You can see her earring here a little bit but it is pretty much impossible to get a shot of the side of her head unless she is asleep. The red light is just too amazing. Color me biased but my kid is freaking cute. We chose the opposite approach of our parents regarding The Simpsons. They chose to ban it - we chose to embrace.

Already!?!?!

This is Alivia's new favorite move - she does it all of the time and she just found out that she's funny! Ahhh! I thought this phase wasn't suppose to happen until the terrible twos!?!?!

Livy just wants to be...

...PART OF YOUR WORLD!!!

So we got this awesome outfit for Livy like a month ago and go figure - it was almost too small for her by Halloween time. Anywho - it's so freakin' cute! Don't you love it!?! The shells are my favorite part! We were at my aunt, Shannon's, house for a family halloween party and she has this pond in the backyard - I couldn't pass up this photo opportunity! Of course, Livy was being zero cooperative with the whole smiling business.

This is as close as we could get to a smile.

Here's the whole fam-damily. Also, notice the guy in the toga. That's my great uncle Chris. Every time he even looked at Alivia, she would start bawling - this happened all night! It was so funny! I felt bad. Matt told him that it wasn't him, and that Livy just hates Greeks...
We also had a ward halloween party that we went to. Matt and I dressed up as PC and Mac from the commercial - hardly anyone got it, but we sure thought we were funny. People just don't watch enough T.V. ...
Here are some other non-halloween cute pics. We've been struggling putting Livers to bed lately. Last night, I had given up and so Matt took her from me and went upstairs. After a little while, I went upstairs and here's what I found. They had both passed out on the bed in Livy's room. So cute.

This is what Livers and I do when we've had enough of being cooped up all day. I take her outside and we sit on the porch and I show her what cars, trees, and leaves are. She's so giggly lately, I love it!

My baby has pierced ears!

So Matt and I have been talking about getting Livy's ears pierced for quite some time. He's really wanted to do it for a while and I've kind of been indifferent. Well, after some serious discussion last week - we decided to actually do it. We took her to Icing in the mall and did the deed.

Here's Matt with Livy while they were marking her ears up. Then I had to hold her while they actually did it. I almost started bawling with Livy! It was so sad. She was just upset that we were constraining her, mainly.

Here she is continuing to be uncooperative while we try to get these cute little ears on camera. What a freakin' cutie.

Here are some other recent pics that are purely for your enjoyment...

Big 80s sunglasses on babies are always a big hit.
We finally got this kid a high chair. We picked one with little toys to distract her, but instead it just plays super annoying songs that drive Matt and me nuts! She likes it at least.
Matt loves to play on the floor with Livy - that's where they bond.
And here we are with matching bruises on our right legs. Livy's high chair got the best of her and her stroller got the best of me...

6 Freaking Months Old!!!

I cannot believe it! (Said like Quincy from Little Einsteins) My baby is so big! She is six months old now! I swear the day she turned 6 months she immediately looked bigger and older! It's crazy! So here are the stats:

26 inches long - 61% (We've finally moved up from the 45%! Ha! Maybe there's hope for height after all - maybe not.)
16 lb. 9 oz. - 64% (She's a chunk and we love it!)
44 cm head circumference - 85% (Huge head! Lots of brains!)

So we went to the doctor and got the shots and it was crazy - she didn't cry! She was mad that we held her down and then when I picked her up, she just looked around like nothing had happened. The nurse was awesome though. She moved at the speed of light with those needles. Livers literally had no idea what had just happened.

However, that night at about 2 a.m., she woke up with a burning fever. Her whole body was burning. The baby Tylenol wasn't helping so Matt gave her a blessing at like 4 in the morning and her fever finally went down. So I guess it's a trade off. Either she screams bloody murder getting the shots and she's fine at night. Or if she does really well - then she gets a horrible fever! Come on!

So here are some pics of the cute little one at 6 months:

Here she is sporting her new Pumas that Grandma and Grandpa B. just got her. They're pretty sweet.
Here's a classic Livy face. This is what she does around strangers for about 20 minutes before she gets use to them. Recently, she's been scared of men, even if she knows them. It's funny. She starts to cry if guys (excluding Matt) pick her up or even look at her. I wish this would continue until after her teenage years!
Here she is leaning forward in her swing unable to relax. No joke - she learned how to pump in it. It's hilarious!
Here's Matt and Livers during their nighttime routine. Matt bathes her and then they come downstairs and read Goodnight Moon. They both love this book. It's a classic according to the Wisemans. I had never heard of it. Anyway, I feed her and then Matt swaddles/ties her up and he puts her to bed.
And here's a random shot of our kitchen, oh and Matt giving up on life. Can you tell there hasn't been much sleep in the life of the Wisemans lately??

In other news, I just got a job at BYU! I've temporarily been hired as the Assistant News Director in the broadcast program from which I recently graduated! It kind of came out of nowhere, but it's giving Matt and me a chance to save a little extra emergency money. It's only part time - four hours a day. Luckily, family and neighbors have really stepped up and have helped us out with Livers! We know some awesome people here and we're really grateful for them!

The first big kaboom!

That's right. It finally happened. Livers rolled off the bed. I've been waiting for this day - knowing that it could happen at any time. I've caught her several times, but today I failed as Supermom. I lucked out big time, though, because there was a huge pillow against the bed where she fell and so it acted like a slide and she kind of rolled down and landed on her stomach. So there wasn't the huge thump I was fearing.

I don't have a picture from today, but here she is on our bed a couple months ago pre-fall. She looks so happy...