Our day so far.

I'm trying to start Saoirse on a new schedule so that she'll sleep through the night.  This new schedule requires just 2 to 3 naps a day and less feedings.  Hopefully (crossing fingers) over the next week she gets used to it and starts sleeping all through the night.  

So to keep us entertained, we watched some Kipper and went to the park.

We probably sat there for half an hour. She was squealing the entire time and actually screamed once. I think it was the first time she's done that.  It was pretty cute seeing how excited she was to be outside.

This is what we're doing right now.  Just snuggling and chilling.  

On a slightly sidely note, as soon as that picture was taken (with Photobooth) and she saw herself and me she got all wiggly.  She's getting quite the personality.  :)  I love it.

Other than that, I'm really tired no extremely tired.  Wait, extreallymely tired.  Yes.  Last night Saoirse decided to barely sleep.  Geez, I hope this new schedule thing works.

My brain is against me.

Soooo at the end of this lonely evening Saoirse is in her room crying by herself while my head tries to recuperate from the screams of a teething babe.  I can FEEL a migraine seeping through the cracks of my tired and withered brain.  Super, I love a good migraine.  Bring it on.  Seriously though, Saoirse is really starting this teething thing (that's what I like to say when she's inconsolable) and she is NOT happy about it.  She seems to be allergic to her bed (on top of her allergy to clothing) which makes it oh, so difficult for me when I put her in there to sleep.  Then I think, I'll just put her in her bouncer for a little while, then that turns into an hour of bouncing.  On the plus side, my calves will look great in no time.

I guess I'll go try to console her with a diaper change and maybe MAYBE a feeding.

Being a mom is hard.

In the meantime, this is our new favorite song around here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mPqycQ0tQ

Our little Zoolander.

SO, while I sit here thinking about how GREAT it would be if Saoirse would get at least a 45 minute nap in (alas, she enjoys anything but napping, including her tired cries and screams) I think of how cute she is getting and how wonderful it will be when she gets over this "not napping" thing she's doing.  This morning after feeding her I was laying next to her in bed trying my hardest to go back to sleep but failing, she was just laying there very awake, but looking around our room and just enjoying laying next to mom in the warm blankets.  It was soo awesome.  I caught a glimpse of her at 2 years old, coming to lay next to us in the morning to wake us up.  It's so strange how old she's getting!  I can't believe it.  In just a couple of weeks I'll be the mother of a 6 month old.  That's when all sorts of crazy things start really happening, like her crawling and the end of my leaving anything within her sticky grasp.  Right now, she's still only rolling to the left (I like to call her my little Zoolander) and trying so desperately to move in a forward direction.
P.S. weird fact, I was sitting on the couch writing this very post and heard what could only be the scratchings of a little mouse in the wall only to find Saoirse on the other side of the wall with her limbs through the crib slats playfully scratching said wall.  My crazy little Zoolander...

Anyway, here are the latest and greatest of the little drool bucket.

This is how every picture of me turns out, I swear.  She's turning into her mommy!  I love it!

Daddy and baby enjoying some time in the grass.  Saoirse seemed to be a little confused by the scratchy carpet.  When we laid her down in it the look on her face made me think she thought she was being eaten by some huge monster.  Hilarious.  Oh yeah, and I guess, her welcome for giving her the palest skin in the world.  She will have a lifetime of slathering on thick layers of sun lotion.  

This was taken yesterday and she remains the cutest baby ever.  P.S. after seeing this picture, I realized how stinking LONG her hair is getting!  Crazy.

A couple of weeks ago we packed up the fam to head down to Manti, Utah for the temple wedding of one of Joseph's favorite mission companions.  The groom was born in Taiwan and came to the United States for the first time ever just a couple of weeks before the wedding!  He married a girl from the States (Joseph thinks she's from Montana).  They're pretty cute together, he speaks Chinese to her and she speaks English to him.  It seems to work pretty well.  I mean, they got married.  ANYWAY, the Manti temple is BEAUTIFUL.  I am still shocked by it really.  See for yourself...

Yes I took this picture.  I know it should probably be in National Geographic or something.  

Super awesome Temple, super awesome people, super awesome day!  I hung out outside with Saoirse while Joseph attended the Sealing.  Have I mentioned how I LOVE sealings??  They're the best thing ever.  They're so magical and they always make me cry - whether or not I know who is being sealed whom.  Heavenly Father is so great!  He has provided us with a plan that makes it so we can be with our families forever.  That's FOREVER people!  What an awesome plan.  What the heck, it's seriously the greatest thing I've ever heard of.  How do I know it's so great do you ask?  Because I am sealed to both Joseph and Saoirse for time and all eternity and it feels awesome to know death can only separate us for a short time.