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...

I have a happy baby!

And we're almost completely over the sick phase! Now the runny nose is just every now and then. She's moved from sleeping in her car seat at night back to the crib! Woo! And out of our room! At night, even though she was swaddled, she would scoot her way out of the car seat and onto the floor! She's intense.

Anywho, I've been noticing the past couple days how smiley she's been! She has been so happy all of the time! Especially when she wakes up! We're complete opposites. When I wake up, I refuse to smile for at least three hours. But she is just so stinkin cute in the mornings!

Matt and Alivia have a morning routine that they love. Matt showers and gets dressed and that's when Livers usually wakes up. So Matt takes her downstairs and gets his breakfast and then they watch an episode of Little Einsteins together. By then I have accepted the fact that I have to wake up and they come upstairs and sing to me the newest song from the show. Today it was "I'm lost and I am looking for my mom and dad!" Ask Matt to sing it, he does it the best.

Anywho, here's what you've all been waiting for - the recent pics. I know how boring it is to read babble! But thanks for stickin with me.

(There's really no rhyme or reason for the pics - they're just the cuteness of late)

Here's Livy playing nice with Matt and the laptop. I love how interested she looks.

And here she's landed herself in jail by taking advantage of being able to touch the laptop.
I love these eyes.
Okay, so she started on the very left under those little play toys and here's where I found her after I had left for just 2 minutes! She can't walk or crawl, so she looks at a desired destination and finds a way to roll there! I love it.
She seems quite pleased.
Even though she's sleeping, I love how she's clutching onto her binky and the pen for dear life.
Oh sorry Livers, is this a bad time for a picture?

The highly anticipated election of 2008 is over!

Unfortunately, I didn't get to vote, but luckily the students of Mammoth Heights picked the right man for the job. I'm so excited for my little bro. who just became the president of his elementary school!

Apparently, I missed quite the show when he gave his speech today. He played the guitar and got the entire school to chant Kyler over and over! For any of you who have met Ky, that shouldn't sound the least bit surprising.

This is the same kid who, when he was 9, was Matt's best man and at our reception, in front of 200 people, got up and gave a lengthy toast which he ended by saying he'll probably be an uncle soon... Anyway, my mom will be posting the actual video of it soon which you'll be able to see here.

So what is his coolest duty as the new presidente??? He gets to broadcast the announcements to the school for all of Stonegate to hear!
HOORAY FOR UNCLE KY!!!

Alivia's first sick day...

Livy started to get a little stuffed up a couple days ago and last night her cold became unbearable. She couldn't breathe and so she kept waking up. This is her first time being really sick and it was rough for everyone involved. So today we took it easy and there was a lot of this:Then Alivia got a little too carried away with her medicine...I spent most of the day using that gross little blue snot sucker to suck everything out of her nose. She hated me for it. Every time I did it she would look at me with a face of complete disgust and betrayal! Also, the poor kid can't breathe while she eats! I hate it! We just rocked in the chair while she cried and then she'd finally give up and fall asleep. Sick days suck.

Quick BYU sidenote!!! Here's Matt and Livy watching another complete shut out for the second week in a row! 44-0! Woo!
Here's an interesting tidbit: the last time BYU had back-to-back shutouts was in 1985 (before I was born) and they had the exact same scores respectively!!! 59-0 and 44-0! Weird, right??? Weird and AWESOME.

Alivia's first photo shoot!

So my mom is in town this week and this morning she and Alexis decided to go get Alivia's picture taken. Alexis tells me that the girl taking the pictures was really awesome with Alivia and that Alivia was so photogenic that she only had to take like one picture in each pose. It turns out we have a freakin cute kid. Don't take my word for it though, the pictures prove it.

See what I mean?

Cutest Clothes & Funniest Faces

Matt's branch opened this week and Alivia and I decided to go have lunch with him! Here's Matt and Livers outside in the lobby area.
Here we are in the tiny break room.

She has cuter shoes than I do...
Here's another awesome outfit along with an awesome face.
Another cute pair of shoes that she immediately takes off just to spite me.

And, of course, I had to document the POOP FACE! No she's not about to cry - she's just concentrating and working really hard...

Here we are watching BYU slaughter UCLA. 59-0, Suckers! Here we have her little white trash outfit: a t-shirt and diaper. She loves watching BYU games with us.

My baby can do the worm!!!

...The inch-worm, that is. She scoots! It's crazy! She turned 5 months and then she started scooting! It's hilarious to watch. First, she digs her face into the ground. Then she straightens out her legs and puts her butt in the air. Then she kind of kicks off and throws her upper body forward/sideways! I love it! Hopefully, the wounded soldier crawl is next - that's one of my favorites as well. Also, she'll only do it on the bed because the poor kid bangs her head on the floor when she tries. She'll scoot all the way across the bed - it's so funny.

Here's a little video I caught of it - it's a teeny scoot, but it's so exciting!

I don't think I'm ready yet...

So Matt and I have had quite the adventure for the past week. After we went to Colorado, we agreed to babysit/housesit our sister-in-law, Donnie's, sister's four kids while her and her hubby went out of town to watch the BYU game. I went from having a 4-month old to having a 9-year-old, 8-year-old, 6-year-old, and a 2-year-old, plus Livers, of course.

Here's Livers with Caden. These were my two little buddies all day while the other kids were at school. At first, Caden wasn't a fan of sharing attention with Livers, but by the end of the week he would come lay by Alivia and chill with her - it was so cute.
So I learned a couple things during the 5 days that we watched these little ones:

1. I am not ready for toddler poop! Ew! I'm used to baby diarrhea that looks like mustard - but not actual poop! Luckily I have a little while longer before that happens! I had a little changing station set up in the house and spent the majority of the day there with these two.2. Tweens have attitude! Here's Brinley (9) and Casey (8). They were super sweet and helpful, but had their moments. Unfortunately, Alivia is only 5 months old and I can already tell she's going to have a lovely dose of attitude at an early age - payback for my parents, I guess.

3. If you leave a 2-year-old for even a SECOND - mayhem occurs!!! I would leave this kid in his high chair to go check on Livy and BAM!!! Peanut butter and jelly would be in his hair and on the floor! Also, 2-year-olds are flight risks! I had to make sure he hadn't escaped every time the door opened.
4. Matt and I have always said that we want a big family - but we're going to take it one kid at a time!
Also, Ben and Donnie brought the boys over while we were there so all of the cousins could play together. Their littlest one, Jake, is three months younger than Alivia, but is only smaller by like two pounds! It's crazy!We also tried to put him in the Bumbo, it looked hilarious. He's still mastering the whole head control thing...
Here's a couple other hilarious pics from that week...

Here we have Dumbo meets the Bumbo
Here we are loving our Oatmeal - she hates rice - she'll only eat the oatmeal.Laughing one minute......and then one second later...CRAZY!