Family Pictures

Way back in December, when we were visiting Jacob's family for Christmas, his parents got family pictures taken of everyone.  It was quite an accomplishment, considering there are now 30 people in the family!  The photographer was pretty awesome... she somehow got the kids to smile perfectly for the pictures.  I really love the ones of our family!

This is my favorite!

The entire Romney family!  All 30 of us.  Although Kalie had twins in January, and then Jen had a baby in June, so there are now 33.  And Rachel is pregnant, so in another 9 months there will be another baby!

Funny Photos

We had some fun playing with the camera on Nancy's computer a few weeks ago when we were visiting. Here are a few of my favorites!

Family Photos

Jacob's mom took some family photos for us today. It was too sunny when we took them, so a lot of them didn't turn out, but we had a few that I liked. Here are the ones that turned out ok:

This one is my favorite:

This was a really cute one of Naomi, but the rest of us looked terrible so I just cropped her out:

Just Jacob & me:

I don't know why, but I really like this one even though no one is looking & smiling:

This was the best one of Aleta:

And here's a few more that were decent:

Aleta's Blessing Day

We did Aleta's baby blessing in church today. It went much more smoothly than when we blessed Naomi. Someone from the church actually called us this morning to make sure we were still planning on blessing her today, which was nice. Aleta was an angel and stayed quiet the whole time, so I was actually able to hear her blessing!

The only hiccup in our beautifully planned day was Naomi. She got sick earlier in the week with a nasty cold--lots of snot and all of that good stuff. She finally started feeling better on Friday, but she woke Jacob & I up early this morning, crying and throwing up in her bed. From about 6 am until 10, she was fussing and crying and throwing up on and off--she just wanted to be held while she watched Disney movies. We didn't want to postpone the blessing because all of Jacob's family who live in the area were coming, and I had bought a TON of food to feed everyone lunch after church, so we brought Naomi to church in her pjs, and I left right after the blessing to take her home. Right before we had to leave for church, Naomi fell asleep on the couch, which she has NEVER done... she isn't one of those kids who will sleep anywhere. She will only sleep in her bed and occasionally in the car. So we felt terrible waking her up to take her to church. But Naomi was great for us, despite the fact that she was so sick.

The family all came over to our house after the church meetings for lunch. We took some pictures and had a nice time eating & chatting. It was a tight fit in our little townhouse with 13 adults & 6 kids, but it was really nice having everyone here!

The whole group minus Naomi, who was upstairs sleeping

Our little family, minus Naomi... I'm so bummed that she was sick, because I actually liked the way these family pictures turned out! Every other family photo we've tried to take since Aleta's birth has turned out so badly.

Me & my baby girl

Now for what you've all been waiting for... photos of Aleta in her blessing dress! (Which is the same dress we used for Naomi because those things are expensive!!!)

These last two photos are pictures from the day we blessed Naomi. She is 3 months old here, and Aleta is 2 months in her pictures. Don't they look crazy alike?? I'm not going to be able to tell their baby pictures apart in a few years.

2- Week Report & New Year's

We had Aleta's 2-week doctor appointment on Friday. She weighed 8 lbs. 4 ounces (about in the 75% for weight) and was just about 22 inches long (about 98% for length). I can't believe how much bigger she is than Naomi was. She is wearing sleepers right now that Naomi was wearing when she was 2-3 months old. She also has big hands & feet, with really long fingers & toes. Jacob says that will help Aleta in sports... she's going to be our little athlete. :) Naomi will be our little dancer... she's always bouncing & twirling & flitting about like a little fairy.

Aleta's 2-week photo with the caterpillar

Sleeping soundly! (which doesn't happen nearly as often as we'd like)

We spent the weekend at Jacob's parents' house with the family for New Year's, which was fun. We played games and talked and drank Martinelli's at midnight when the ball dropped (although technically, since we aren't on the east coast, we celebrated one hour after the ball dropped... I miss living on the east coast and watching the ball drop live... It's weird watching it an hour after it actually happens).

We also attempted to get a family photo both on Saturday and on Sunday night, but not a single one turned out. In every one, the baby is screaming, or Naomi isn't looking at the camera, or it's blurry, or Jacob isn't smiling... so frustrating. Somehow, someday soon, I am going to get a good family picture!

Here are a few of our attempts:

Christmas Eve

I had planned on doing all kinds of fun things on Christmas Eve... decorating a Gingerbread house with Naomi, baking & decorating sugar cookies, watching a fun Christmas movie with Jacob once Naomi was in bed... but life has been a little extra crazy the past week with a new baby, so none of those things happened. Instead, we spent the day doing a little cleaning and a lot of relaxing!

I found out that I can almost fit into some of my pre-pregnancy pants (meaning that I can get them on and zipped or buttoned part of the way!) so I celebrated by putting on some real clothes (instead of sweat pants) and taking pictures with my girls!

I love this picture except for the fact that Naomi has her finger up her nose!

It's nearly impossible to get a good picture with Naomi because she is too interested in the camera. As soon as she sees it, she has to have it, which means she will not stay still long enough to take a decent photo.

We finally ended up putting a movie on to distract her, and then Jacob hid behind the computer and tried to sneakily take some pictures.

Before bedtime, Naomi and Aleta opened their Christmas pajamas! I was so excited when I bought them at Walmart... I found sleepers for both girls that almost matched. They look pretty cute, huh?