Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Photo Catch-Up

Mara Lou is nearly 11 weeks old now! Unfortunately, she's battling her first big cold. She and Mommy are both sneezing a lot with congestion, runny noses, and sore throats. Luckily, I am able to stay at home and snuggle her and rest with her and wash the bazillion outfits and toys that are contaminated with her various ... secretions.. ;)

Yesterday it was over 70 degrees here in KC! Mara and I took our first trip to the KC zoo with some other mommies and babies and had a SPECTACULAR time! Not only was the company wonderful, but the zoo is really awesome! We saw elephants, gorillas, camels, cheetahs, lions, tigers (no bears), springboks, polar bears, rhinos, crocodiles... it was excellent. 4 1/2 hours well-spent on such a beautiful January 28th day.
Mara and the Elephant!


The weather here has really been the perfect version of crazy... relatively crummy during the week and nicer on the weekends! Last weekend was warm-ish (low 50s!), so we took a nice long stroll on Sunday in Loose Park, which is only a half mile from where we live. It was lovely!



Trying to predict what Mara will look like with hair...using my hair as we laid head-to-head! If her hair-growth follows in my footsteps, she'll probably have long hair on the sides and back before she grows much on top! :)

Cutest little Wicked Witch from the West impersonation I've ever seen  <3
Making dinner together! Hopefully she learns to be a good cook early on!

Love being a mommy, but here's the reality - GIGANTIC bags under your eyes, almost as deep as your love for your baby...


We're Going on a Bear Hunt is one of Mara's favorites... well, one of the only books she doesn't cry through. That and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom...

Shermie turned 4! (And the bone picture turned upside down but I'm too lazy to go through the process of turning it...)


Mara is becoming more interested in her "gym" and interacting... this was a wonderful moment when we were talking about the different animals hanging from her gym and the sounds they make. She was SO excited (kicking arms and legs, cooing - cutest thing EVER) and seemed to be listening intently to my monkey sounds. :)



2 comments:

  1. She is gorgeous, Linds! You both look beautiful and happy. :)

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  2. Thanks, Nina! We are, as a woman at the Nelson-Atkins museum said, "blissfully happy." .. bags and all :)

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