baby blessing

zuri was blessed with her cousin (who is only 2 days older) kennedy toone. they were blessed on sunday at the old rock chapel in farmington. nick gave a beautiful blessing--blessing her with love for her family, nature, charity and humanity. there was more to the blessing, but that was something i picked out. :)

we had brunch afterwards at my parents. i wanted a theme for this rendezvous and tried to think of what we could do between zuri and kennedy and what i came up with was clever to some and to others weird. ha ha ha. zuri is the name for the new baby elephant in the slc hogle zoo. kennedy is the name of a democratic president. therefore i thought it fun to have them be the elephant and the donkey of the two major political parties--branding them for life. we sent out a quick invitation i created, had red and blue as the colors, i made an elephant and donkey onesie for the girls, had lots of delicious food and played family fued (since both families were put together). i hope people enjoyed themselves. i know i did.

we are just so thankful for all of our family and friends support. we feel very loved. i love zuri so much and hope that she will grow up knowing that she doesn't have to be a republican :) (i also hope she knows how happy she has made me and how much i love her).

better website yet lower self esteem

found a website that allows you to move the hair to shape around your face instead of plopping your face in a window. i feel like crap. note to self: take a good picture of you at a time when you got ready for the day--it might look better. ha ha ha. i also like how one of my arms is huge.

oh how the computer knows how to make a girl look good

tomorrow i am getting my hair cut and colored and decided to go online and check out the "virtual makeover" and see what celebrity style would make me look good. this is what i got. my self esteem meter is really high today.

time is a fly i would like to squash

i can't believe how fast the last two months have gone. i don't have enough time in the day to do all the things that i need to do. zuri is beautiful. i love this little girl so much. i am busy feeding her (i feel like it is hourly) and watching her smile. the evenings are rough--this is the time zuri decides to fuss.

we have been busy finding a house and have found a great deal with a great deal of fixing up. here are photos from the appraiser. i have spent the last couple weeks getting excited and dreaming up what we are going to do to make this house amazing. the house has been rented out for the past few years and as you an see they are not clean. also--check out the original coal fireplace that they have repurposed and using as the furnace right now. we will be removing it and putting a new furnace in, but it is so cool. need to get some good pics before it is gone. our only indoor staircase is a spiral staircase--we will be replacing this one with a nice modern spiral staircase (hopefully).

still missing our des moines lives. missing des moines friends, our house, running trails, art festival...

nick is enjoying his residency. we have met some great people who are interns with nick and their spouses/significant others. i think we have some future friends in the making, but most of them are busy with their doctor schedules (most of the interns have doctor wives).

[pics: zuri during fathers day, nicks graduation, new house pics]

photo shoot

this morning my talented mother-in-law took pictures of zuri--while my mom and i assisted (one of the photos is mine). we had a lot of fun. thanks moms. some of my faves: