My Angels!

Connor's Christmas Sunday outfit
An outfit Grandpa & Grandma McGinnis gave Rylie for Christmas
I love to dress my kids up! Meaning, I love to dress them in fun, cute clothes! When I saw the suit Connor is wearing, I just had to have it for him. I think he looks so handsome and reminds me of Mike in it! Rylie's outfit makes me giggle! Forever she wouldn't let me put it on her. However, I decided to try again and she LOVED wearing it! She kept twirling and dancing around!

Corie 1-Month-Old

On January 17th, Corie turned a month old! Time flies when you are having fun....with your new baby! Right?!?! It's been a fun month with Corie! I love and adore her so much! Some fun little facts about Corie's first month are:

• At her last Dr. appointment she weighed 10 lbs. 5 oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long.
• She has begun to smile and coo.
• She guzzles her milk down like she's trying to win the gallon challenge.
• Usually, after each feeding, she gets the hiccups.
• We are pretty sure her nickname will be squeaky because she is always squeaking and making funny noises.
• She absolutely is fascinated with her tongue and is always sticking it out or making funny noises with her tongue.
• If I am having a hard time getting her to fall asleep, I just have to cradle her in my arms and pat her on the back and she'll usually fall asleep.
• She has reflux and has to take baby Zantac twice a day.
• She has the McGinnis curse and sneezes a lot!
• She is constantly falling asleep with her eyes open. She looks like she's looking at you but, isn't. I'm pretty sure she's always dreaming of heaven because she smiles in her sleep a lot.
• If she doesn't want her binky, then she makes a face like she's swallowed a lemon.

Bumbo Baby!

A couple of the people Mike work with surprised me with a couple of awesome gifts when Corie was born. One was my amazing diaper bag and the other was the Bumbo chair you see in the pictures. Corie looks so cute and makes me laugh in the chair. She's so tiny still and to see her sitting in this chair makes me laugh.

Corie's First Visit to Church!

This last Sunday was Stake Conference. I have missed not going to church and knew it would be a good opportunity to go to church and take Corie, since we wouldn't be there for very long. Corie did awesome in church and was very reverent! :-) Didn't even make a sound! My Dad found her cute dress! I had been looking for a Sunday dress for her and had searched all over but, by the time I went looking for a Sunday dress (after Christmas), it was too late to find any. My Dad suggested we try one last store (Osh Kosh) and there it was! I love it on her!!!!

Corie's 1st Bath!

I was so excited when Corie's umbilical cord fell off! That meant I could finally give Corie a bath! I love to bath my babies because they smell so dang good after! Lucky for us, Corie seems to love her baths! I think it helps that we have the big cover-up for her body, that my friend Brittany gave us. It keeps her warm so she relaxes!

My Precious Corie!

My awesome neighbor, Emily, asked if she could take some newborn shots of Corie. So, one night I headed over to her house and she took pictures! They turned out so dang cute!!! As you can see, Corie WOULD NOT give up her binky in the majority of the pictures! She was pretty tired and fussy that night so, to keep her happy, we left the binky in. My favorite pictures are the one with the tu tu! She reminded me of a little tinkerbell or fairy. I just love my new baby girl SO VERY MUCH!!!! She makes my heart melt! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE her!!! Today she is 3 weeks and 1 day old.

Dress Up!

One of our traditions at Christmastime is to buy the kids a new Sunday outfit! This year they also got new Sunday shoes because they had both grown out of their Sunday shoes. I love dressing my kids up in really nice clothes for church! I found Rylie's dress at Costco, of all places. The instant I saw it, I knew I had to get it for Rylie! She kept twirling and twirling after I got her ready for church. Unfortunately, Connor was sick on Sunday with pink eye and an ear infection so, he didn't get to wear his. So, pictures of his are still to come.

Snow?!?! In St. George?!?!

This face just says it all!

Can't you just hear Rylie saying, "Cheeeeeeese!"

"What IS all this white stuff?"

Mmmmm! Snow! Now we need to teach her to make sure it's not yellow snow!

I love how Mike put on Rylie's hat!

Snow at 4am!
Sometime, during the night, it snowed in St. George!!!! I was shocked to see the snow outside. I first learned of the snow at around 4am. I was in the living room, sitting on the couch, feeding Corie. I heard a text come through on my phone. I was curious who'd be texting me at such an odd time of day. So, I checked my texts and found a text from sis-in-law, Stacey, letting me know it had snowed. So, I opened my front door to find snow covering everything!!!! I couldn't help myself and had to run around outside and enjoy the snow! If you know me well, you know I LOVE the snow. Well, love to play in the snow! I think it's beautiful!!!!! Pretty soon my sis-in-law were excitedly texting back and forth about it! She and her hubby, Shawn, even came over at 4am-ish to enjoy the snow with me! Of course, everyone else in St. George appeared to be sleeping. We, however, were partying in the snow!!!! The kids were so excited to wake up to snow covering the ground, trees, cars, and streets! They were wanting to go out and play in it! Connor, unfortunately, is sick with pink eye and an ear infection so I wouldn't let him go out. Rylie, I told her she could later. I had to go run a bunch of errands and while I was gone, my Mom and Mike let Rylie loose to go play in the snow. I know she got to eat the snow, play in the snow, had a snowball fight with some neighbor kids, helped build a snowman, and even helped herself to our neighbors snowman, adding her own personal touches (see above video). It was such a fun day for them. Of course, like snow usually does in St. George, it melted and is no longer on the ground. Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll snow some more.