4 Months!

I finally managed to take some 4 month pictures of Karly (okay, so they're technically 4 1/2 months). Luckily, she didn't poop all over her cute outfit today.

Here's her monkey comparison picture. They're almost the same size! :)

I love how aware she has become of everything around her.

And how strong! "Get that monkey out of my face!" (Nacho Libre anyone?)

Gotta love the drool down the chin. Did I already mention she is so stinkin' cute?!?

She loves being naked and thinks it's hilarious when we say "you're naked!"

Karly loves chillin' with dad and watching TV (usually football)...

Sometimes in the most awkward positions... (oh, and she LOVES playing with her binky. NEVER does it just sit in her mouth. She's always pulling it out and playing with it and putting it back in.)

Also, just like her mommy, she likes to take her sweet time waking up in the morning

But like her daddy, once she's awake, she's happy! :)

And last of all, this video demonstrates two of her current loves: her Exersaucer toy and screaming...(yeah, that's mom's favorite to0...sigh)

"Rise and Shout - the Cougars are out!"

We got all sports passes this year and have been enjoying (and sometimes NOT enjoying...cough - FSU - cough) the football games! These last two games were really hot for the first half but PERFECT in the 2nd half.

Here are some pics to show just how much fun we're having! :)

(May I just say how much I love this picture?)

We got tickets with our friends Jake and Mekelle (and their baby Bridget) as well as Kim, Trav and Rachel.

She really is a happy baby. :)

See?

Well, at least one of us is happy to be taking pictures...

This picture is for the sole purpose of making my in-laws extremely jealous that Darin got to hold Karly bug. In the words of Nate - "oh, how the tables have turned!" :) (Dan and Kippy were giving Darin a hard time that they got to hold Bridget, so he had to rub it in when he was here).

Tour of apartment for mom

My mom asked to see pictures of our new apartment once we were in and settled. It still isn't as clean/organized as I'd like, but I'm not sure there is anything else I can do about it right now.

Also, since I had a couple of requests for the story of WHY we moved, I'll share a little of that too. Skip the next paragraph if you already know or don't care. :)

If you didn't already know, we were renting our last apartment from Nate's great-grandma. She gave us a terrific deal for rent if we would act as managers - mow the lawn, take care of any issues with the other apartments in the triplex. We were so grateful to be able to live there for pretty cheap. Once we had Karly though, there were a few things that started to be worrisome. For example, the windows are about 30 years old and let a lot of cold air in during the winter. It was fine when it was just Nate and I and we were at work all day and could just turn on a space heater at night. However, with Karly in the picture now, we didn't want either an outrageous heating bill or a freezing baby. :) Another reason was that the neighborhood wasn't all that safe OR quiet. It was on a pretty busy (and noisy road) and we had a lot of really noisy neighbors. Nate also wanted to be closer to campus and since he is so busy with school, he really didn't have time to manage the apartments anymore and it was getting more and more crazy to do so. So we decided to move! We really love where we are now. It's very quiet and while the apartment is much smaller, we think that's a plus not a minus! Less space to clean and it forced us to get rid of the junk we don't need. We like our new ward, but definitely miss our old ward and all our friends there!

ANYWAY...here's the tour mom!

Walk in the front door and turn to the left and the living room

It's a good sized area and we really like it

Dining room which is basically just part of

the kitchen! (fridge is across from the stove in an alcove)

down the hallway to the right is...

the bathroom (LOVE our shower curtain :D) And to the left is...

Our bedroom

We put curtains over the closet because there aren't doors. Straight down the hall and next to our room is...

Karly's room!

Also known as "the where everything that doesn't have a place goes here room!"

So there you have it!

She's a petite little one!

Karly had a rough day today.

1. Mommy got baby wash in her eyes during her bath.

2. Mommy bent her hand funny while trying to feed her.

3. She exploded her diaper and it dripped down her pants onto her super cute outfit mommy put her in to take pictures.

4. She wiggled so much in the bathtub (yes, the 2nd bath) that she slipped from mommy's hand a little and bonked her head.

5. She's teething.

6. She went to the doctor for her 4 month checkup and got prodded and poked and REALLY didn't like it.

7. At said doctor's visit, she got two shots.

So this is the only picture you get of her:

And her stats (for those who care):

Height: 24.4 inches -- 49%

Weight: 13 lb 6 oz -- 39%

Head: 16 in -- 49%

Her head finally caught up to her body! And she's no longer super tall - that's more like her parents.

And hopefully tomorrow is better.

(I'm really not a bad mommy - the day was probably worse for me than her because of all those things. Please don't call child protective services...)

Daddy's little nerd!

3 Months! ... a month ago...

I took pictures of Karly when she was 3 months and never had/took the time to post them. So here they are! I will be taking her 4 month pictures in the next couple of days.

She won't be wearing the strawberry outfit for her 4 month pictures...it doesn't fit anymore!

She has her 4 month check up next Tuesday, so we'll find out how much she's grown too!

Yeah...still working on sitting up on her own....

"Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans...."

*Ten points if you can tell me what song that is from....

I've been meaning to post for weeks, but the last couple of weeks have been a little crazy to say the least. In fact, I'm not even sure if all of my siblings know what's happened.

That's how crazy it's been.

You see, we moved.

Nate has 8 more months of school before we'll be leaving the Provo/Orem area for Denver. Why on earth did we move for 8 months? Yeah, we've wondered that a couple of times as we packed up everything and unpacked it again, realizing we'd be doing this again all too soon. (My mom requested pics of the new place, but it's still too messy for that! I'll post those when I get it cleaned up a little more) There were, honestly, a lot of reasons and if you want to hear them all, give me a call or shoot me an e-mail or something. This blog is for better things than long stories!

Like this girl:

She is a silly, sweet, even tempered, crazy girl! It's fun to see her little personality - like the fact that she won't smile at people right when she meets them. She'll just sort of look at them, study them and then if she thinks they're okay, then she'll smile. Or when she gets tired at night - around 8:00 - she gets really silly and will laugh at the weirdest things (like me saying "you're naked!" in a really high pitched voice). Or (her latest) talking in her sleep! (she is like her mama in some ways I guess!)

She's started rolling a little bit as well, though she doesn't do it consistently because her arm gets in the way of the roll and she can't figure out how to move it. :)

She actually seems to like rolling from her back to her tummy more.

She is VERY good with her hands too. For a couple of months, she's been able to reach for her little toys that hang above her and pull them to her mouth. Now she can grab her binky from my hand or the ground in front of her and put it in her mouth (sometimes it's the wrong side, but it's still there!).

Her head is getting bigger too. :) She's actually grown out of some of her clothes, which is SO weird! She can't be getting bigger!