SMILE HENRY!

Oh it's hard to capture a smile on camera...but here are some attempts:

From 2013_1_5 Pictures from Cell Phone

playmat playmates:

From 2013_1_5 Pictures from Cell Phone

From 2013_1_5 Pictures from Cell Phone

Strike A Pose

I went a little camera-happy the past couple days. Liberty loves a good photo shoot. Outfit #1 she looks like a boy but I had to get this onesie because it quotes our favorite movie Cool Hand Luke w/Paul Newman. "What we have here, is a failure to communicate." haha true dat. That's my new phrase with Liberty:) Outfit #2 was the same day because she puked on Cool Hand Luke. So I went to the other extreme and dressed her like the girl she is in a lovely dress from my bff Molly. The bow is compliments of Kris. Outfit #3 was the next day - a-la Old Navy. These pictures should hold the paparazzi over for a few days:)

Smile, Brow and Dimple

It's so hard to catch a smile on camera, but here is a cute one! Liberty has a million expressions - here are three we see often:) Excuse the drool.

Pictures of Smiles and Playtime

Finally caught a smile on camera. Here are a few pictures from the past weeks of our cutie pie.

Liberty is just starting to laugh. She also bats at the hanging toys on her playmat. Soon she'll grab them I bet. She's also following objects a full 180* and has great head control. She especially likes to "track" my blackberry with her eyes. She also likes her Sophie Giraffe and the creature Kelly crocheted (we've named Susie Q).

Smiling Like Crazy!

Each and every diaper change Liberty cracks up. Her smiles light up my day and I couldn't resist filming a few of her grins to share with you.

Firsts

First Smile! 5 weeks old and she smiles when we try to make her smile! Big gummy smiles, small side grins, cooing with open mouth...she especially does this during diaper changes which she has grown to love! Grandma Jo got to witness a bunch of smiles, and Liberty loves to smile when we get in her face and kiss those cheeks.

First Out of Town Trip! Uncle Andy graduated!!!!! We headed down to Tucson (2 hours away) to attend his UofA College of Business graduation ceremony. Liberty slept the whole way to Tucson, slept a little at the graduation, slept a little at sushi dinner and slept on the drive home. We managed to time feedings pretty perfectly. It was nerve racking because she is a still hard to predict 5 week old - away from all the comforts/tricks of home (like that blessed swing).

First time meeting Two-Dad, Mimi, Nancy! Before the ceremony we stopped in to see Two-Dad (Liberty's GREAT Two-Dad) and my Aunt Mimi and Aunt Nancy. It was a very short visit but it was still a special visit. I hope we see them again soon, but at the very least we try to celebrate Oktoberfest in Tucson each year (Two-Dad loves his German music!)

First time meeting Cameron's Aunt Jane, Lolita (from Alaska) and Uncle Thom. We got to visit with family we hadn't seen since our wedding! Liberty had tons of love showered on her this weekend and Grandpa Ted cooked another fancy brunch at our place for everyone.

First time meeting Uncle Patrick, Aunt Michaela and Cousin Jameson! Patrick is on Army leave for 2 weeks before he goes to Afghanistan for a year. I thank God we got to hug him and have him meet Liberty before he leaves to serve. Jameson is walking and it was so good to squeeze that little guy - we hadn't seen him since January!