Cute Things Dusty Does

Sometimes when we go for walks Dusty picks flowers for me even though it is so hot they usually die before we get home, it's so sweet. The other day Dusty was making dinner and I walked in to find him and Zara cooking together (don't worry he wasn't using the stove or anything dangerous.) Oh, so cute.

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Confessions of a Sleeping Baby Momarazzi

I guess there is a thing called being a Momarazzi? Well, I think I have it. It's like being a paparazzi but instead of taking pictures of celebrities you take loads of pictures of your kid. I have tons of pictures of Zara on my phone and half of them are of her sleeping. I just can't resist taking a picture of her when she's sleeping, it's so peaceful. Sometimes, ironically, when she is sleeping I watch videos of her being awake, especially if she has been asleep for a long time. If you don't like pictures of cute, sleeping babies then I suggest you don't scroll any farther :)

Three Months Old

On June 17th Zara Mae turned three months old! I feel like 3 months is a big milestone, I mean, the age comes with it's own size of clothes so it must be a big deal! 

Zara is really developing her own personality and even started to giggle sometimes if we do something really silly. She can roll over from her front to her back. She has started doing this turtle thing with her head (I'm sure every kid does this at this age but to us it's new and funny :)) She will be laying down and just lift her head up like "guys, I'm so sick of this whole laying down thing, sit me up!". She is getting funnier with feeding, she will take breaks to see what's going on around her and smile, it's pretty cute but makes feeding time longer. She's also a lot more cuddly, she will put her head on our shoulder when we hold her. She will play with/pulls my hair, and she will play with our shirts when we hold her. It's fun and feels a lot more interactive then when she was younger. She also loves, loves bath time and will kick her feet and smile so big. We took her swimming for the first time and she loved it so much she didn't cry until we took her out and put her in her car seat.
 Church is interesting now, in the beginning she was so easy. We would just lay her down on our lap and she would sleep through most of church. Now she won't sleep at all during church, the only way she will sleep at church is if I feed her. On the upside I have gotten to know all the other mom's with babies in the mother's lounge. I go to Young Women's for 3rd hour and Dusty takes Zara, from what I hear Dusty has had some pretty crazy 3rd hours.

We started to put her down at a "bedtime" which is usually around 9:30 or 10 PM since she usually takes a nap around 5. We put her down in her crib and Dusty will read her a story and we wrap her up and then let her hang out (aka fuss/cry) hang out sounds a lot better! If her binky stays in she is usually happy, if it falls out then she cries and we run upstairs and put it back in. She has been napping in there for awhile so it wasn't a huge surprise for her to sleep in there at night. She usually falls asleep pretty fast, if not we just grab her and she watches TV with us because we aren't hard core enough to let her cry it out for a long time. Then when we go to bed I grab her and put her in the sleeper next to me but a couple nights ago she looked so peaceful in her crib so I just let her keep sleeping there, I was kind of sad because I like having her sleep next to me. Anyways, she just kept sleeping there...and we woke up in the morning and she was still sleeping. What?! So the past few nights she has slept in her big kid crib all on her own, in her own room, it's sort of bittersweet but at the same time I hope it's not just a fad! We love you Zara!

Click her for her one month and two month pictures. 

Two Months Old

Zara Mae turned 2 months old right after after Sarah's wedding. She just keeps getting bigger! She started babbling a lot more, taking naps in her crib, and she's started liking tummy time a lot more. 

When we go on walks we have a little carrier that one of us will wear her in and she loves facing out so she can see everything. 

Click here for her one month picture.

Here are some outtakes from our Sunday afternoon photo shoot. :)

Hey guys!

Ah Dad, you are so funny.

Why are you holding my hand?

Oh, you want to play and make me laugh!

 

Someone loves Daddy!

Sarah and Doug's Weekend Wedding

Zara saying "Hello" to her cute Aunties and sporting a custom "I heart Oregon" onesie made by one of my friends in Nashville who is also from Oregon. Let me start off by saying there are tons of pictures below and they were almost all taken with my phone so they aren't the best quality but they capture the memories. And they are almost all of Zara with her family because she was spoiled with so much love and attention the whole trip! We had this random plan to try and wear Sarah and Doug's wedding colors the whole weekend and I think it was a lot of fun because we all matched. 

The doting Grandparentals at the yummiest Thai restaurant ever. We had tons of great food and were the only people in the place, I think because they were technically closed for lunch and we squeezed in at the last minute. For dessert we had Mango Rice Pudding and it was delicious!

Uncle Isaac teaching Zara how to do High Fives and Uncle Collin giving her some love.

Grandma Grape giving Zara some kisses at the amazing Bridal show my Aunts threw for Sarah, she was really looking at Grandma, it was so cute. 

So I had a couple pictures of these cute ladies playing with Zara but someone was always fuzzy so this  a picture hybrid, that's why it looks sort of funny. 

A few sisters threw Sarah a really fun shower, we watched Doug get interviewed about Sarah and it was so cute. I had never been to a shower where we got to watch the interview and it was so funny!

This is pretty much what the whole weekend looked like if we were in a hotel room, Zara was always being entertained. 

Dad an Presto waiting for the happy couple to make their debut.

Great Grandma and Grandpa Shutt at the Temple, we were lucky that it was such a beautiful day in Oregon. Seriously, we had such nice weather I couldn't believe it. 

Two of my cute Aunts!

Me and Ang just waiting for Sarah and Doug, it always feels like you have to wait for forever for the bride and groom to come out. 

Beautiful Self girls.

It wasn't long ago we were at the Portland Temple for these two to get married, now they are old timers. 

It was so sweet of KJ to take pictures around the Temple she captured some really fun candid moments. The following group of pictures were all taken by KJ, obviously, because they are all amazing!

Hanging out with with family is the best, I love the picture of Grandpa tickling Zara with Uncle Justin's tie, hahaha. 

Grandma had some pretty styling sunglasses! 

The next few pictures are just funny, it started off with Preston photo bombing in the background and then just got sillier from there. 

Serena was awesome and took care of Zara for a while at the Temple, Zara really liked her! 

 The cute bride! Sisters!

I think Zara really liked Aunt Cryste, every time I looked over she had Zara smiling sooo big!

Tuckered out, one of our many pit stops to the hotel room to take naps.

So much love!

Four generations of Oversons at Sarah's luncheon. The food was so good!

Sleeping in Grandma's arms.

Sarah and Doug hanging out before the reception started, Sarah thought it was funny to blow a little air in Zara's face to make her smile. OK,  it was pretty funny. 

My Dad is so awesome, here is is making everything just right for Sarah's reception. Look at that yummy cake, every cake was a different flavor. 

 Another nap in Grandma's arms. Cutting the cake, they ended up smashing it but I don't have a picture. 

Off they go! Such a fun night!

Chilling in her undies after the big party, heyyyy!

View of Portland on the way out of town, Dusty did an internship in the tallest building to the right.

Uncle Preston holding the fort down in the back seat. Congratulations Sarah and Doug! You guys are pretty fun and so easy going, thanks for an amazing weekend full of great memories!