Summer on Sunday

This was Summer's Sunday outfit--the first time she wore a headband (besides her blessing day). She is seven weeks old in this picture.

A Half Smile

Mom keeps trying to catch some of Summer's pretty smiles. She almost got it this time!

A Full Night's Sleep . . . Almost

Well last night was Summer's first night to sleep all the way until 5 am, and, yes, as everyone predicted, when Mom woke up, she ran into Summer's room to make sure she was still breathing. It was a restful and much awaited-for night.
Mom made her first trip to the public library today and found out there are ELEVEN public libraries here! She has now decided this place is heaven on earth!
Dad had a little catastrophe in class--his new laptop crashed. It had all of his class notes and assignments, which he has now lost. So now, the weekend that was supposed to be a little relaxing and maybe even a little play, will now be a weekend of makeup. Dad's tough, though, and works hard. Mom knows he'll get it done and also be able to relax a little.

Summer Dawn

Here's a picture of our sweet Summer Dawn. She sure is growing fast!

Law School Begins

Well, yesterday was Rhett's first day of classes . . . and he came home with a smile on his face. That was a relief. We were both worried the professors would try to scare everyone off on the first day of class. But the classes were actually quite enjoyable for him. One of his professors is from Nepal--he has a very heavy accent which everyone is trying to adjust to, and he also has very interesting stories. We think Rhett will really enjoy going to school here.

Summer and Mom are doing well. We went "window shopping" at the mall with some friends yesterday. Mom found a book of poems about mothers written by Maya Angelou (one of her favorite poets) and the "window shopping" quickly transformed to just plain "shopping." She probably won't be taking any "emergency" money with her next time she goes.

Summer's growing and starting to recognize Mom and Dad's faces. She gave Dad some really big smiles yesterday--quite rewarding for Dad since he had been gone all day and just got home. She's also experimenting with the noises that come out of her mouth. It is so fun to listen to her try to talk!

Settled in Spokane

Well, it seems like blogging is the way to go these days to stay in touch with everyone, so we decided to get ours going. We are finally settled in Spokane, and we love it here. The people are so friendly--we've made quite a few friends in the ward and from the law school, and we've only been here a week. Three other new couples in our ward are also law students. One couple has a new baby too. When we met on Sunday, they asked how old Summer was. We told them six weeks, and then we asked how old their baby was--she was a pretty big baby. They told us she was six weeks too. Everyone laughed. We couldn't believe they were the same age with such a big difference. Needless to say, we are happy with the one we have--tiny and cuddly. 

Also, the good news from Sunday: the Provident Living specialist stood up in Relief Society and explained that the ward was looking into getting a pressure cooker to pass around to each family for canning. Literally, cheers of excitement were heard across the room. Then someone piped up and said we could now be known as "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pressure Cooker." I thought that was hilarious.