Fourth of July

We spent the Fourth of July with Uncle Leonard's family and Amber's family in Idaho Falls. We had a good time and Renae even enjoyed watching the fireworks for the first 10 minutes or so. Here she is in her cute Independence Day outfit including the "firework" flower that Shannon gave to us. Thanks, Shannon. The firework flower spent most of the day in Lydia's hair once we arrived at the park because she loved it.

Renae's blessing day

On June 28, Craig gave Renae a name and a blessing in church. So many of our family were able to join us for the occasion. It was so good to see everyone. And of course Renae was adorable.

Everyone who was there except Steve Thompson who took the pictures. He saved our camera for last so Renae was not happy in our pictures.

Isn't she beautiful? I just love her face in these two pictures.

Our family.
Notice the booties that Nana Hayes made and the dress made by Grandma Petersen.

My first attempt to post pictures

I've never posted pictures before so I don't know how to format or place them where I want them. I just want to share with everyone how great little Renae is doing. She has a lot of happy awake time during the days now. It's so fun. She's smiling and more interested in her surroundings. And she is sleeping really well at night. She usually has some sad time between 9 and 11 or so, but once she gets to sleep, she'll sleep for 4+ hours, wake once for food, and then go right back to sleep when she's done eating. It's so nice to feel a bit more rested when the day begins.

One of my many failed attempts to catch her smile on camera.

This is Renae after her bath yesterday.
Notice her curly wet hair. The look on her face is the transition between crying because she didn't like her bath and "oh, what's that cool shiny thing my mom is holding?"

This is Renae "playing" with her toys. She's interested in them, but she doesn't do much with them yet. She gets them swinging by kicking her legs to make her chair rock. It's not a great video, but it shows how much cuter she is in motion than in the still pictures.