So, this past month has just flown by and we have no idea where it went. Here are a few pictures of Aaliyah and some fun things we did during the month of May. She is happy and healthy, and we love her more than candy. :)   The pictures are backwards, so if you want them in order you should start at the very bottom.

The past month

THE PAST MONTH

Dad Love's birthday party :)

Mesa Falls is a beautiful place about an hour from where we live. They have 2 sets of waterfalls and beautiful trails all throughout. Too bad the mosquitos were eating us alive :(

Going for a walk...

Snug as a bug in a rug

I love this carrier. Compliments to my sister Somer, she made it. :)

Aaliyah wearing her sunhat

Cute sleeping habits...

Peek-a-boo? No, but really, she is sound asleep like this.

Prayer time?

First Week at Home

FIRST WEEK AT HOME

Daddy and Aaliyah taking a nap on the couch so that I could take a nap on the bed and not worry about her.

Close up.

4 Generations...Amazing.

And again. Justin's grandma, mother, and daughter. He's got nothing but women in his life. :)

Justin imitating Aaliyah.

A few pictures from her first "bath".

I took this picture to show just how tiny she is, compared to Justin. Also, how tan she is compared to Justin. :)

Aaliyah...AKA...Minnie Mouse. I thought that's who she looked like in her polka dot outfit with the bow on the top of her head. :)

We've taken a few of these pictures to try to capture how she sleeps like in fairy tales, resting her head on her arms or hands. It's soo cute. :)

Aaliyah and Grandpa Love sleeping.

Aaliyah laying 'froggy' style with Grandpa Love.

This is the tag from the "boppy", but Justin thought it was funny by itself.

Aaliyah Jade Love is here and she's a looker...

(Justin's first posting) Yep, that's right. Aaliyah was born yesterday at 12:42pm. She was 5 lb 14 oz, 19 1/2 inches long, and perfectly healthy. All the pictures I put on here were posted in reverse, so for chronological people like me, start at the bottom. This first picture was the last so far. I was lucky enough to snatch a photo of her yawning.




This is pic 3 of 3 of a long nap.





This is pic 2 of 3 of a long nap





Here's pic 1 of 3 of a long nap, and one of my favorites.





Aaliyah's first tantrum. She didn't want to wait for Mommy to be ready for her to eat.





Our first family picture with Aaliyah. Karli looked awesome. No one could tell she had just given birth just by looking at her. She did great.





Grandma Love was holding Aaliyah after her first bath and hair salon trip. (Cute little bow, eh?)





All squeaky clean. Look at all that hair!





Just chillin' on the table.






Despite being fully effaced, dilated at a 5, and contractions about 2 minutes apart, Karli insisted on a final side profile before we headed out the door at 3:30 in the morning on Wednesday. Technically, she had been in labor all day Tuesday, but suddenly at 3, things picked up quick. We made it from Rigby to Rexburg's hospital in about 10 minutes. Yay for no coppers.

So, this is a new past-time of ours. You can tell by my smile that it's not exactly a favorite past-time. For those of you that don't know, this is the infamous "non-stress test". It tells us how well Aaliyah tolerates contractions and how well she is doing the last 4 weeks of pregnancy (some babies just need to get out). I have to sit in this chair for half an hour every week while Justin stares at me. Yeah, pretty fun. This particular time the nurse didn't tie the monitors tight enough, so I had to hold them on in order for the machine to record Aaliyah's activity. You're probably thinking "that looks like a pretty comfortable chair though". You have obviously never been pregnant if you are thinking that. Squishy chairs, especially reclining, is probably THE most uncomfortable thing in the world. I'd rather sit on a concrete floor indian-style.

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

So, on a particularly windy Friday night Somer and DJ invited us to go fly kites with them and the kids at a park in Rigby. This was my first experience with flying kites. Flying kites isn't a very popular past-time in Delaware because it's not windy very often and there's lots of trees everywhere. However, you do see lots of kites at the beach, but we never indulged. It was a lot of fun! I wished I would have gotten a picture of the playground though. They had a huge rock formation with slides built into it. Mia wouldn't let go of Somer, and Ian kept saying "You gonna come up this way with me, Karli?" So of course I couldn't refuse that! It must have been quite a sight, 2 pregnant ladies climbing around on the rock formations. Meanwhile, Justin entertained himself by swinging on the swings. His favorite thing to do is to tip his head back when he swings forward so that you get that butterfly feeling. I'm not sure if I should tell everyone this, but the other night he entertained himself for, no lie, 10 minutes by tipping his head off the end of the bed and sitting up quick (giving himself this sensation). He laughed like a little kid and then repeated several times. It was very entertaining to watch, I just wish I had documented it. Ok, this is the end of my novel, enjoy the pictures!

The boys were fixing Mia's fish kite because it wasn't flying for some reason. Justin is the master jimmy-rigger, so of course he figured out how to make it fly.

Here's some of everybody flying their kite. We had Thomas the Train and a fish. Justin was doing kite tricks with the fish. Who knew you could do tricks with a kite? I sure didn't.

OK, so this is a totally random picture, but I thought it was hilarious. Justin and I were babysitting at our house and the kids wanted to watch a movie. Long story, but they ended up watching in our bedroom. As soon as we walked in they climbed up on the bed, bubble wrap and all, and got all tucked in to our bed and comfy. They are such characters.