Bad Hair Day

This is one of my favorite times of the day. Take out the hair elastics, and laugh at Livy's crazy hair. 

Bad Bug

Be glad you haven't been at our this week. First the baby. Then the Mommy. Now the Daddy. This evil 24 hour bug has made the last 72 hours so awful and miserable. Lots of hours curled up in fetal positions. Lots of moaning and groaning. Lots of Sprite. Not many happy-thoughts. Hopefully we'll wake up in the morning all bright and bushy-tailed ready for Christmas in sunny San Diego!

Dear Santa

Last weekend we went for a little stroll around Riverwoods to look at the lights, do a little shopping, get a caramel apple and visit Santa. 

Livy got to meet Santa for the first time, since last year she was just a few months old. She didn't quite know what to think of him. He was a nice, cheery, old-man, but she wasn't having any of his holiday cheer. He asked if she wanted books, gave her a candy cane, and that seemed to settle her for a moment. Then he said, "How about we try again next year?" :) This picture is priceless: 

Until next year Santa!

Big Steps

Another video of Livy taking lots of steps. She is getting more and more confident every day. She still needs some encouraging though. She's figured out how to crawl pretty fast, and she likes to just sit down once she realizes that she's standing on her own. But we're making big progress. Love her. 

Growing Girl

We were finally able to get a few little stumbling steps on video! We even had a minor tantrum, and Livy showing up her beauty skills. We are absolutely loving this cute curly hair too. 

BYU vs. Oregon

We got to go up to the Energy Solutions Arena for the BYU vs. Oregon game last Saturday. We had pretty good tickets, the Cougs played really well, and Livy had lots of fun! We were sitting next to a cute family that had 2 little girls, Livy kept trying to hold their little girls hand. Livy loved the big lights, the action of the game, the loud cheering - she also likes to clap (usually for the other team). She even got to give Cosmo a high-five! 

 Livy has such a good daddy. He reached out over the 10 year-old boys in front of us to get Livy a ball. She is so happy with her new ball.

The only bad thing about the game was that it was at 2:00 in the afternoon = no afternoon nap. Livy was so good even though she was sooo sleepy. She only lasted a few seconds before she fell right asleep once we got in the car. It was fun to then come home, with In-N-Out in hand, and watch the Football Cougs dominate. It was a great day to be a cougar fan.

Oh, and my brother is now a published sports writer...kind of a big deal :) Nice work Ryan!

 

http://bleacherreport.com/byu-football

Sherpa the Cat

We all know how much Livy loves Sarge. But we all have not met Uncle Josh's cat Sherpa. He's an outside cat. But he comes up to the porch every morning and evening to eat. Liv loves watching him. The other morning, I looked over and saw this:

She was there for a good 15 minutes! The only thing she needs to learn now is that cats "meow", and not "rarrr".