Here are some shots of the little munchkin with the proud parents! She is sooo sweet! We can't get enough!
Sweet tiny feet! They fit in the palm of my hand!
Just chillin with dad! She LOVES her daddy!
Baby feet and Mommy feet!
Ali Ruth and DeLa Ruth
Every time I hold her its like my lips are glued to her sweet little face!
Cheek to cheek!
Daddy and his girls!
Such Kissable Cheeks!
Just Hanging around! Hahahaha . . .
I know I say it all the time . . . but man do I LOVE being a mommy! It is so fun to litterally watch her grow and learn! Today she held her bottle ALL on her own! It took a couple of tries . . . but she figured it out! Its almost like I watched it click in her head! It was so Amazing! It might seem like such a small little thing but to me it was wonderful! She is so smart and so alert! I am so glad I get to be a part of this!
I hate when our sweet little jelly bean is sad! But no matter what mood she is in she is always ADORABLE! Here are some sad face shots! :(
Lately She has been doing this sad lip for about 5 minutes without making a sound before she really starts to cry! It is soooooo sad! But sooooo cute at the same time!
This is a very sad cry!!
Here is the sad lip again!
Soooo Cute! Even cuter when she smiles!! :)
GIGGLES!
Here is DeLa Ruth Laughing Her Head Off!! I was picking her up after work from her Aunt Amy's house and she was just cracking up! Amy was getting her to laugh so hard AND I finally got it on video! YAY! So here is just a little taste of what we get to have in our lives on a daily basis! ENJOY . . .
BROWN HAIR!
So on a whim this last Thursday, I decided I would like to go dark haired . . . So I DID! And I love it!! My Friend Sara is in Hair School and she did a BEAUTIFUL job! I told her I wanted to Go ALOT darker . . .. and I think she thought I was a little crazy! But she picked the perfect color for me! I have shocked a few people (mostly my mom!) and some people have not recognized me! But I have gotten alot of compliments! And people say it brings out my eyes! I have never really liked my eyes until now! Hahaha . . . Needless to say I wasn't sure how I would like it . . .But like I said . . .I LOVE IT! And I think I am going to stay dark for a while! We'll see . . . and We'll see if Blondes or Brunettes really do have more fun!
We were just relaxing with our Sweet DeLa having a relaxing day . . . and she looked so cute I had to take pictures! We Love Her Soooooo Much . . . Can I say it enough??
Bella loves her too! I have been so surprised with how good Bella is with DeLa! She does get a little jealous sometimes . . . but for the most part she is a really good puppy! Loves being and older sister! Hahaha . . .
I Just LOVE her eyes! I never thought I would have a baby with blue eyes! I just hope they stay this way! They are gorgeous and I just love staring in them!
DeLa giving the 'Hang Loose' sign!
Look at that Belly! Oooooo oooo ooo . . . .SO CUTE! I just want to sqeeze!
She looks so sweet! What a Beautiful Angel!
DeLa is such a great little girl! She is pretty picky and HATES having a dirty diaper! She is starting to Coo alot! She just likes to tell us her stories . . . and We love to listen!
She has laughed a few more times for us! But the first time has been the biggest . . . how Grandma Lee got it out of her I am still trying to figure out - we try every thing! I can't wait till she is doing it ALL the time!
She is soooo happy in the morning , she just grins from ear to ear! Her fussy time is at night . . . I think she wears herself out during the day and it catches up with her!
She loves her daddy! He snuggles her and she cuddles right up to him! She also is so interested in Bella! She will just stare at her . . . It will be interesting to see their interaction when DeLa can move around more and GRAB at things!
I love when DeLa smiles! When she smiles big you can see her dimples! Just like her daddy!
I love dressing her up and so does Matt! She probably has more clothes than both of us together! Hahaha . . .
We Love being DeLa's Parents! I thank my Heavenly Father Every day for the opportunity to have her with us! How lucky are we!
I had a dream last night where I was just staring at DeLa and all of a sudden she got up and did a little jig! The kinda where she kicks her legs out either side and throws her fist straight down . . . If that makes sense! AT 2 MONTHS! Dancing a jig at 2 months! Then she started talking! But she only said two things . . .
Calendar and
Denise! Hahaha . . . It was crazy! I know its not real! But it was kinda silly and it freaked me out like she was growing up to fast!! I know its only been 2 1/2 months! But time is flying! I hope I really cherish these times! And that I truly understand how precious every minute is! . . . . OH NO, there goes my little sweet jellybean waking up! Better go!
Here are some pictures of our cruise this past September! It was our last vacation before DeLa joined our family!!
We went with a couple of Matt's Friends from his mission! As you can see in most of the pictures . . . I was UBER pregnant! Hahaha. . . actually I was about 30 weeks along and after we had bought the NON-REFUNDABLE tickets we read the fine print and . . .TADA . . . it said "NO pregnant ladies beyond week 22 will be admited on the boat!" AHHH . . . We just did the "don't tell and no one will ask" policy! Hahaha! Thank Heaven I got on the boat and we had tons of fun!! We speant a couple days in Miami, Florida and then did a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas! Then spent a couple days in Ft Lauderdale! We LOVE cruising! Our prefered mode of travel! Here are the pictures! (They start backward cause I'm still new at blogging and loaded them in backward and don't know how to switch the order!! Hahaha)
Here we are at the airport on our way home after a fun vacation! It was GREAT to vacation . . .But also great to come home too!! As you can see we are pretty tired!
Matt almost didn't make it home either! Hahaha . . . I left my cell phone and pillow at the hotel and Matt went down to wait on the curb for the courtesy van to drop off my things. The hotel was 20 minutes minimum away and the plane was departing in 30 minutes!. . . LUCKILY, some lady was VERY anxious about flying and caused a BIG stink that delayed the plane 30 minutes . . . and Matt made it on the plane!! The very last one to get on! He was my HERO!! I love him!!
Here is Matt sleeping in the Limo! YES I said LIMO! It was fun! We got a Limo to pick us up and drop us of from the airport! We felt so important!
Inside the LIMO!! :)
Formal Night! I love this dress! It was a fun Venitian dress I got on a website and dressed it up with a Ruffled around the collar! Showed off the Baby Bump perfectly!! Hahaha . . .
Sexy!! Matt in his tux with a BRIGHT french cuff shirt he bought just for the cruise! The Tux is also the one he wore for our wedding! We found it later for cheap and he bought it . . .
AND HE LOOKS SOOO GOOD!
On the Transfer boat/ferry thingy from the Cruise ship to their private island!
Here is The Atlantis Hotel! We had to come here since this was a hotel featured in James Bond! And it was BEAUTIFUL! This is part of the inside!
Here are the boys! Matt, Troy and Chase outside the Atlantis! It is HUGE! It even has its own water park! and Indoor/Underground Aquarium!
Here is a cute little light house we found! I LOVE LIGHT HOUSES! Look at those colors!
Here is our Ship . . . The Norwegian Sky
This is us on Nassau . . . Gorgeous island! And we LOVE the people! They are so funny! The kept calling Matt the "Big sexy sweaty mon!"and trying to get him to buy everything! All the old Bahamian women could tell I was going to be having a little girl! It was crazy!
Chillin on the Beach!
Here are th boys on the Beach - Upclose Troy - Farther back Chase - and in the water Matt!
We had so much fun and the weather was so nice!
We were all playin at the hottubs one night! And Matt was being silly! And so was Chase (background)
Hello . . . TUMMY! Amazing sunset!
All of us!
Here we are in Miami . . . if you look close at this picture there is a Water Spout (A tornado in the water)off in the distance. It only really becomes a tornado if it touches land and it never did! But it was still pretty cool to see! A little nerve wracking too!
Our first night in Miami it was the BYU vs FLORIDA football game so we went to a sports bar to eat dinner and watch the game. We were the only ones to request the game . . . but once every one in the place found out we were routing for BYU (it wasn't hard to tell . . . we were All in BYU garb!) they ALL started watching and Routing against us. We were SAD that BYU lost!!! We couldn't even bare to stay and watch the whole game! It was a little embarassing! Hahaha . . .
Today Matt Blessed our sweet little girl! It was so beautiful and the blessing was AMAZING! The Priesthood holders in his circle were: Leonard Lee (Matt's Dad) Randy Hickman (Ali's Dad) McKay Tressler (Matt's Bro in-law) Brian Hickman & Adam Hickman (Ali's Brothers) Craig Brighton (Ali's Bro-in-law) Lynn Payne (Ali's Uncle) Ted Lee (Matt's Uncle) Todd Jaramillo (Family Friend) and of course Matt gave the blessing.
We had so much fun dressing her up! And the Lucky little girl had 2 blessing dresses!!! One I made and a Gorgeous Long one made by a friend of Matt's from his mission - Brother Plante. Just look at the pictures . . .
This is the one I made! . . . with a LITTLE help from my sister in-law . . . okay alot of help! It was my very first atempt at sewing and I think it turned out great! I wanted the puckered look like on my wedding dress . . . plus with puckers its hard to see mistakes! Hahaha . . . She looked ADORABLE in it!
Here is the one Brother Plante made! She looks so cute!
And She Loves the Camera!!
Here is a longer shot of the dress! It was Beautiful! It had embroidery all down the skirt of a design and Chinese symbols . . . .BEAUTIFUL! Then the slip underneath had her name and birthdate embroidered at the bottom!
Here is a full shot of the length!
Here is my mom with the DeLa
Here is Taylor (Matt's Nephew) with DeLa . . . CUTE!
Here is my Grandma Payne holding DeLa . . . DeLa's Middle name is after her!
Here is Makenzie my Best Friend with DeLa.
Look at that SMILE!!
HOW CUTE! This reminds me of yesterday when she laughed out loud for the first time! Grandma Lee made her laugh so hard!
DeLa with her sweet Daddy! If you look close you can see Matt's cuff links, my mother gave them to him the day before the blessing . . . they belonged to my Grandpa Payne who died 3 weeks before DeLa was born. So Matt wore his Cuff links to bless her and it was like he was their in the circle too! And I know he was with us watching!
DeLa Ruth with her Mommy Alison Ruth
Kisses for the Jelly Bean!
Our first realy family picture!
It was a great day!! Also it was Testimony Meeting today, so I felt inclined to go up and bear my testimony! My heart was so full of happiness and filled with the spirit! I have had such joy in becoming a mother and I had to express that! In part of Matt's blessing he said " . . .DeLa you have an amazing mother and I bless you with strength to listen to her and heed her words." I started bawling at that point and began to think . . . now I need to be worthy of the blessing too! I need to make sure that I teach her right and live my life in a way so that when she listens to me she will be lead in the right direction. I hope I always will!
I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who is an AMAZING father and a Beautiful little girl who has brought such JOY to our lives . . . even when she cries!! Which she is starting to do . . . So I better go!
Just chillin with dad! She LOVES her daddy!
Baby feet and Mommy feet!
Ali Ruth and DeLa Ruth 
Cheek to cheek!
Daddy and his girls!
Such Kissable Cheeks!
Just Hanging around! Hahahaha . . .
