Lately

The baby is asleep (!) and actually fell asleep in the once-hated swing! What a moody child. She must be a Gillman girl. Anyway, it's been a good 6 weeks so far! Sarah is healthy and happy.. and when she's not, she sure has the lungs to tell us. We are doing well and loving her more each day. We've ventured out more and love spending time with friends. Sarah also went to her first movie (Harry Potter 6) and promptly slept through it. We're also going on 2 weeks of sleeping through church. Now why is it that she doesn't sleep this well through the night...?

I've been having fun taking more pictures of her. Here are some of my favorite. Feel free to caption them. :) This one reminds me of a scandelous magazine cover pose..

I almost got her cute little pursed fish-lips in this one. I love this face.

She peed on Daddy right after (possibly before) this picture. Maybe that's why she looks calm. Hilarious!

We try to take time to smell the flowers

I saw this pose once and thought I'd try it. I underestimated how big she was and woke her up from her nap. Needless to say, she was very unhappy. Her feet are out of focus because she was kicking them in protest.

Aww! Daddy's arm

1 month, Sunday best

4 weeks = 1 month?

I decided to try to take a photoshoot the other day while Sarah was content to mark her 4 week birthday. I was so impressed with her patience between all the clothing changes. Maybe she's ment to be a model. We just love her to death and are so grateful for her. I finally went to church last Sunday and got to show her off to all our friends. We also spent the 4th of July with friends.. pictures to come. But first, Sarah's portfolio.

Oh, she doesn't like her arms swaddled, she always gets them out! Kurtis says it's because the Tuckers are 'slightly claustrophobic'

This is a classic picture too. She's taken off a sock and has her legs crossed. It's quite difficult to change her diaper with her strong legs crossed!

Our sockless wonder

She holds her head up so well!

Hotel Tucker

Welcome to Hotel Tucker! We were lucky enough to have lots of family stay with us this past month. After my mom left, my brother Mark and his wife Jana insisted on seeing Sarah as they drove to their new home in Missouri. It was exciting to have them here, as I haven't seen Mark since our wedding. Their 3-year-old Grant (who loves us by the way, ha!) was overjoyed to have plenty of sticks to play with. It was great to hang out with them even though Mark had a cold. We even went to the Rochesterfest parade and taught Grant how to beg for candy from the floats. He'd never seen a parade before, I think he's a fan now. Sarah slept right through it all! If anyone else wants to come.. we're all for it! Just beware of the nightly wake-up call. :)

'My stick is bigger than your stick!'