October Snow

The only good thing about snow in October is this:

 First snow of the season. Good thing her snow stuff still fits!

 Working hard on their snow creations.

 My little snow angel!

 Our snow family. Notice that there are 4 if you look close. 

 Greg put a booby trap in front of our neighbor's door. Hehe.

Rockin'!

LOVE this guy!

Delish!

Aren't these girls so tasty looking you could just eat them?! I know I haven't been "blogging" much, but more just posting pictures. Sorry. It's about all I have time for and I really think that the pictures say it all!

These girls sure keep us busy, but they are so much fun. Harper is mellowing out a bit, and she LOVES Emmy. Emmy is getting so grown up and is obsessed with her Preschool workbooks and counting things. Harper is almost 5 months old and rounding on 19 lbs! We love the chubbs! Emmy will be 4 in Nov. and acts more like she'll be 14...she's currently obsessed with Justin Bieber and I PROMISE we have not encouraged it. That girl has a mind of her own for sure!

Lots of Sweet Faces

Deep Thoughts from Harper

Feel free to ignore my annoying voice and bad camera skills. I just love her little voice and sweet smile in this video though. Keep an eye out for her illusive dimple. (Yes, that is singular.)

A Blessed Day

Harper's baby blessing was on July 3. We were so glad to have lots of family and friends come to Cedar to celebrate with us. The blessing was BEAUTIFUL! Greg is such a great dad and the girls and I are lucky to have such a worthy and in-tune priesthood holder in our home. Harper was quiet and content all through church (which is rare) but was ready to explode (and she did-literally) when we were taking pictures! After the blessing we went to a little park for a luncheon. It turned out to really be a lovely day.

 No, my mom is not as tall as me. We were on a hill, I had flats and she had heels!

 Here we are. Not too often that we're both dressed up. :) 

 The clashing of the Cooks and Foleys! :)

 2 of my cute nieces Sidney and Olivia with Cassidy. 

 My bro. This is the traditional self-photo. 

 Poor Harper was tired, hungry, and poopy by this point.

 Here are the 8 grandkids on my side of the family. This was the best shot we could get after about 8 attempts!

 Emmy sure love Alisha! (Even if she always forgets her name...sorry!)

My silly cousin, Cam. It wasn't THAT hot. 

 My cute parentals.

 

 This girl was the happiest right after a bum change just laying on a table checking everything out. Do you see the illusive dimple? I love it so much!

 Zonked out on Grandma after a long day. 

New Normal

Things have been starting to get a little back to normal. Well, I guess not BACK to normal, but we're starting to establish our new normal I guess. Harper is 8 weeks old now! It has really gone by quickly. She's been a little tough but is starting to mellow out a bit. She has even started sleeping for about 6-7 hours straight at night! This was my 2nd week back to work and it's been tough. I'm just lucky to have a good job, and great people that I trust to leave my girls with. Emerson is getting so big. She is as sassy as ever, but has been great helper and really loves her sister. 

Adjusting

Well, we had our lovely Harper on May 5. In honor of Cinco de Mayo my family has lovingly nicknamed her little Guadalupe! Everything really went well and she was born at about 12:15. She had a bit of jaundice, but her levels weren't high enough to put her on lights, just to check her levels daily. So the poor thing got her little heal pricked and blood drawn a lot. We checked out the next afternoon and got home and started getting adjusted. Then on Monday we got a call from the doc saying that her bilirubin levels had taken a big jump and they wanted to readmit her and put her on 3 different lights. It was a LONG night. I got to stay there with her so I could nurse every few hours, but her levels went down and we got to take her home around noon on Tues. 

Other than that fiasco, things have been good. We're starting to establish what our new normal is, and we're adjusting to less sleep. Emerson has been really good. No major issues, just a little defiance here and there. I figure some defiance and tantrums are a lot better than open hatred towards the baby. Here's a few pics. We got Harper's newborn pictures taken this week, so I'll post some when I get them back. (There's a few on my Facebook page if you're dying to see.)

Meet Harper Lynn