Friday, September 18, 2009

Paige Updates~

Paige is getting so big! I can't believe how fast they grow! We went to her 2 month appointment and the Dr wanted us to do around 1 hour of tummy time each day. We have been trying to do lots of tummy time with her, and she absolutely hates it!!! So, we have to do like 5 minutes at a time... and if she is doing ok we try to do more. I think the most time that we have done at one time is 15 minutes. And sometimes we can't even get to 5 minutes, she gets herself so worked up she starts crying really hard and gags herself. Poor girl! Needless to say, mommy is very emotional during tummy time~ I can barely stand it. Here's some pics of when she was doing a pretty good job.

She's starting to roll... She can now roll from her tummy to her back. When she's not crying to get off her tummy she is rolling over! Here's some pics of the roll.




The other day when we were eating we put her in her Bumbo so she could sit up and look around... this is how she fell asleep~




We went to the park a few weeks ago to shoot off bottle rockets... Scott and I made a launcher and went to try it out and this is a video of her sitting in the stroller~ Excuse the spit up at the end (SORRY!) But there is a cute smile in there so I just couldn't resist!




Top 5 things that I love about Paige:
(there are too many to count, so I figured that I would just write down 5):

1. Her amazing smile and how it can make my day all better.
(I went into check on her this morning as she was sleeping, and she opened her eyes and when she saw me leaning in over the crib she got the biggest smile on her face and it just melted me! :) It was so precious)
2. Her Laugh
3. She is starting to make talking noises, and she will try to carry on a conversation with you.
(It is so cute, Scott gets her really going. ~he talks to her in "baby talk"~ We say something to her and she will respond. SO CUTE! Wednesday after Young Women's we had a board meeting... and Paige talked almost the whole way through. It was sooo cute! Even some of the ladies had to stop and laugh at her cause she was being just so darn cute!)
4. The spirit that she brings into our home.
5. Holding her in my arms and cuddling with her.



On another note... Wednesday Night I had Young Women's and Scott was working so I took Paige with me. It was such an inspiring activity. It was a combined activity and the Beehives were in charge. They asked a gentleman to come and speak on journal writing and how important it is for your posterity and for yourself to have these records. He asked us to think about whether we had ever kept a journal, and unfortunately I have never been good about consistently writing in one. He stated that his passion for journal writing started when his brother sent him a packet in the mail. Enclosed was a book of remembrance that his grandfather had written, who had past away only 2 years previously. When he opened it up it appeared that his Grandfather had started, but had never finished. He read what was enclosed and was swept away into his Grandfather's past... it was incredibly interesting, only it ended too soon because it was only a few pages long. He wished that his Grandfather had continued to write so that he would better know who he was. So, he set a goal that he would write about his own life so that his posterity would know who he was. He has completed this record and has continued to write every single day. He stated that he now has about 45 journals full. Isn't that incredible!?! He writes about all of his daily activities, those of his children, grandchildren, and himself. He also puts in his daily entries how he saw the hand of the Lord in his life. He stated that this helps him notice even the little things in his everyday life that are examples of how much Heavenly Father loves each and everyone of us. He read to us a few of his entries, and oh how fun it was to listen about his life. He did state however that his daughter keeps a journal through blogging, and I thought... Hey! I'm doing that. (kind of) I just need to be better. So, I have set a goal for myself that I will post more so that we have a better family record. Anyway, just something that touched me this week...

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Paige's Photo Shot

Ok, so it has taken me a few weeks, but I finally am posting some pictures of Paige that our friend Bethany took for us~ They turned out so cute!

This one is probably one of my favorites of Paige... It's a really neat shot!

I love this picture... just goes to show that from this point on at least one of our children in every picture will be pulling a funny face!
Ok so this is one of my other favorites. I love this one of Paige... this is Grandma Scott's favorite!
Another favorite...
This one has got Paige written all over it, one of the faces that Paige is famous for ~
This is the only picture of Paige smiling that we have! Love it when she smiles... just makes me melt every time. She is getting in this really fun stage (well every stage has been fun) where she has started talking to us, laughing and smiling. SO CUTE~

She wasn't so happy when we took the pictures, unfortunately

Love this one with Scott holding her

I thought this one was super cool with the black and white and her clothes in color... very neat!

She looks so long in this one~
Ok so like every picture is my favorite! But when my favorite person is in all of them how can I not love every single one... Adorable! So, have I offically earned obsessed Mommy status yet? ;)

Our wonderful little Family...

K... so this one is not so good of Scott and me, but I absolutely love the look that is on her face in this one!!! That's probably enough pictures... there were lots more that I really liked but I'm sure that everone doesn't need to see every single picture that was taken.
Ok, maybe just Paige's Grandma and Mommy :)

Friday, August 21, 2009

Blessing Day!!

Paige Krystine Willoughby was blessed on the first Sunday of the month, August 2nd. What a wonderful experience! I cannot express the love that filled my heart on that Sunday. Just thinking about what an incredible blessing we had come into our lives on June 27th 2009 filled my soul with such love and gratitude for what an amazing gift God has given us. Paige has been the absolute best thing that has ever happened in my life (next to marrying the man of my dreams ;) I love being a mother and wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't know how I ever lived life, or breathed without her! I just couldn't help but think of the love that filled my heart when they laid her in my arms for the first time, or the way that Scott looked at her after she was born. I tasted a little piece of heaven that day. I knew that I would "love" her more than anything, but what I experienced was so much more than that... I experienced true pure love! I now understand the pure love that our Heavenly father has for each and everyone of his children. I am so thankful for my knowledge of the gospel and that we can be together as a family forever!
Paige in her beautiful blessing dress... She looked so cute. She really didn't like being in it though... I think that it must have been really itchy. (I don't blame her, I wouldn't want to wear it either :) Oh, what mother's do to their children to make them look cute!)

~ Pictures with the Family~
We had such a wonderful day~ We had lots of family come to the blessing...
Mommy & Daddy holding Paige, by the end of the day she was pretty grouchy... so she doesn't look to happy in this one. So Mommy was feeling pretty guilty for making her sweet little girl wear that itchy dress so we changed her into something a little more comfortable after church. To tell you the truth, to make it worse... we had to put her back in the dress cause I had forgotten to take any pictures of her in it, poor thing and she thought that she was safe, think again Paige! ;)

Spendin' some time with Uncle Dustin. (I love this one, super cute!)

Here's Scott's Brother's Family. The kids were so cute taking turns holding her. They drove all the way from Arizona! And Scott's sister even drove up too, from Utah. We are so blessed to have such supportive families! We just wanted to say thanks to everyone in each of our families for making such an incredible effort to come and visit Paige after she was born and for the blessing.

Paige with her cousin Mason... I absolutely love this picture. Mason was so cute with her, he just adores his little cousin. He always wants to hold her :)


Another lovely picture with Mom and Dad... and yes she is crying in this one. She doesn't cry that much (of course she just conviently looks grumpy when we take out the camera...)
~WE LOVE YOU PAIGE!~

Friday, August 7, 2009

Favorite Pictures~

So here are a few of our favorite pics of Paige so far...

Our Little Family!!!

She has some of the cutest sleeping poses :)

Sleeping the day away~

Wide awake... Visiting Great Grandma Longmore. 4 generations of daughters!

She sleeps with her eyes slightly open... just like her Daddy!!!


Just another super cute picture of one of her many sleeping poses!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Paige Krystine Willoughby~ Finally Here :)

Paige was born Saturday, June 27th @ 9:11 am... weighing in @ 7 lbs 2 ounces.
What a wonderful blessing that has come into our lives!!!
Paige with Daddy, getting ready to go home...
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~Going Home~
Getting in the car seat... So, excited to finally bring her home!!
Daddy putting Paige in the car seat.
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~Visiting with Family~
Ashley's Mom came to stay with us for a few days to help out~ Thanks Mom!!! You are awesome we loved having you come and stay with us.
Paige with cousin Caitlyn

Uncle Seth holding Paige

Visiting with some of the the Family. Seth & Tara, & cousins Mason and Makenna.
We had lots of cousins, Aunts and Uncles come visit... Thank you everyone for being so supportive of us and driving hours to come see us. I wasn't very attentive to taking pictures lots going on. We will post more... (Kyle and Michelle~ You took so many beautiful pictures please email some to us so I can post some with all of your family.)
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~First couple of days home~
Bath time
Taking a nap with Daddy~ I was just getting out of the shower and this is how I found them... just had to take this picture of Scott and Paige, it was soooo cute! :)
Mommy and Paige (Still looking a little tired)

This is our favorite pic so far~ She is so beautiful. What a wonderful spirit Paige has brought into our home. Being parents is the best thing ever!!! We can't imagine her not being in our lives, so excited for what the future will bring. :)

Sunday, June 21, 2009

PAIGE'S ROOM~

Finally finished! All the painting, sewing and upholstering, and we are finally done! We tried to do a panoramic view of her room so it was all on one picture, but we couldn't get it to work... We will try again, but for now here are a few pics!

38 weeks, working on Paige's room & some baby shower pics


So, I totally should have taken pictures a few weeks ago before Paige dropped... She was a lot higher! Anyway, I figured that it has been a while since I updated the bump! Oh, so uncomfortable... Scott and I hope she will get here soon. :)

We have been working on Paige's room and we wanted to document some of the items that we were fixing up for her room. The shelves and lamp were really gross they were dark brown and looked really old and bet up. We painted them white and gave them a little "face-lift". Scott did most of the work, and let me just say... he did an awesome job. Here are some of the pics:




BABY SHOWER~My Mom, sisters in-law, and sister threw me a baby shower! It was awesome! They did such great job. We played some really fun games and there was great food and company. Oh, how fun! Only regret... I wish I would have taken more pictures!!!!! They went to so much work and I just wish I would have documented it better. Thanks SO much for everything you guys do. We really appreciate it! :) Here are some pics from the shower...