Baby Hickeys

Wow!  It is hard to find time to blog!  Baby Gemma is snoozing this evening so I have a few minutes to post some pics and what not (side note - I wrote that sentence over an hour ago, since then she woke up, needed a diaper change and a feed...).  We are still having so much fun with our little girl.  She is a doll and such a good baby still (still knocking on wood, too). 

The weather finally improved so we got to take her on her first walk...and her second...and her third.  Here's a snapshot of her in the stroller....it's bright out, even in the shade of her carseat cover.  We've also continued to have lots of visitors which is fun!

 We have had two FAILED attempts at getting newborn photos taken - on Monday, our appointment with our photographer was canceled because he has shingles (big no no to be around babies with shingles) and he referred us to a colleague who we scheduled a session with on Sunday....well, on Sunday, she called and had to cancel due to a family emergency!  Brian and I tried to get creative and hone in our photography skills....our photos are cute, but not professional!  Luckily, the photog rescheduled for tomorrow.  Here's a fun one of Gemma, in a tub, wrapped in a blanket, on the stone bench, under the passion fruit vine in our backyard....

 We went to my parents' yesterday for a small bbq with some family and Gemma got to meet more family!  Here's a super cute photo of her (in an adorable 4th of July outfit, compliments of the Gompert family) with cousins Caden and Haven.  They were so cute with her!

 Gemma is a little sucking machine and managed to give herself a little hickey today.  Take a close look at the photo below and her left arm.  Brian is worried someone is going to think we hurt her, but I just think it's funny she managed to give herself a hickey. 

 We hope we can keep up with the weekly photos; here's her "2 week" photo.  It's finally hot enough out for her to wear all of her cute little newborn rompers and dresses.  And I took her out in public on my own on Saturday for the first time - I needed a few quick grocery items and decided to test my mom-on-her-own abilities and take a quick trip to Nob Hill.  Although it's a lot of work to haul her around, it was a good little trip.  She slept the whole time and no one tried to touch her at the store.