Easter Pictures

Here are some pictures I took. These are ones that I haven't edited. She cooperated for most of them but towards the end she was letting me know that she was done!

Easter Pictures!

Well, here are some more attempts at some pictures. It's amazing what photo editing can do!!

Sprinkler Time!

Yesterday was such a nice day outside. I was outside with Carly while she was swinging and sliding on her new toy and it actually got somewhat hot!! So I figured it would be fun for her to play in the sprinklers. It was a big hit, she played in the water for a half hour!!

Hello?

Carly was talking on her phone that came with the Kitchen set. We can't get her to talk on real phone to real people though :)

Saturday project

This was our saturday project. We finally planted flowers. We have been wanting to do it for a while but have just been waiting for the weather to warm. Carly cooperated with us and took a nice nap so we were able to get it all done.

New Toys

The past couple weeks we have been looking for some fun toys for Carly (and eventually the new baby) We tried ebay but nothing really panned out, so we turned to Craigs List. We found these two new toys for a steal. They were sold by the same person. The kitchen set was going to be for her birthday but I couldn't wait so we gave it to her early. The other one is so she has something to play with outside instead of putting all her interest into the pool!

Pictures of our trip

Okay, i've posted A LOT of pictures!! Above is a picture Chad took on our snowmobile trip. It was so pretty!

Carly playing on the steps at a little market they had there.

Carly reading with MiMi.

Carly and Chad. Chad was able to Ski alsmot two full days. He had a lot of fun! I wish I could've but unfortuanatly it's not wise for pregnant women (who've only skiied twice in their life) to ski.

Carly and I at the house.

Pictures at the airport and on the airplane.

Snowmobiling

Chad and I were able to take a morning and go snowmobiling (thanks to everyone at the house who kept an eye on Carly for us!) It was really fun, I had never done that before. We ended up driving about 36 miles (one way) to this little town called Warren. The population is 9 during the winter and about 30 during the summer. They have this holein the wall place to eat. When I first walked in I was pretty skeptical on the kind of food they would serve, but it turned out to be pretty good! The drive back was so great because the sun was shining so it wasn't too cold. I can't wait to do it again!

Sledding

We found a little spot that was great for sledding that wasn't too far from the house. It was fun, I haven't done that in forever! Carly really liked it especially since she didn't have to do any of the work!

The place we stayed

These were pictures of the outside of the house we stayed in in Idaho. We didn't get any pictures of the inside though but it was a beautiful home. There was so much snow piled up and it also snowed one day while we were there! Carly didn't know what to think at first but after she figured out she could eat it she loved it!

playing outside

These were some pictures taken before we left for Idaho. Don't you love her clothes. Chad thought they would be good playclothes and after seeing the price I did too! Dollar bargains at Wal-mart are great!!

27 weeks

I feel like I just posted a belly picture but my Sis. Brittany wanted to see another one, so here it is! Which remins me I can' t belive there is less than 100 days till this little guy arrives! (p.s. I hate posing for pictures, I feel like a nerd!)

Before we leave...

Before we leave for Idaho I thought I'd post some pictures since it has been a while!
Carly wearing snow gloves. She thought that it was so funny!

She is showing off her Cowboy hat, that she has had since before she was born that she just realized she had, and her Elmo shirt.

This is her new "kiss" face. I don't know where she learned it but she just puckers up really big. She laughs every time!

Happy Valentines Day!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day!!

Playing outside

The past couple days have been so nice (not to brag to all of you snow people up north!) Carly loves to play outside. I found these cheap plastic garden tools at wal-mart and they kept her quite entertained along with all of our animals.

Miss Lady Mam

How could something this cute.....

Do something like this to our banana tree??

some thoughts

I've been reading one of the books I got for Christmas. Being Enough by Chieko N. Okazaki. Last night I read a part that really stood out to me. Lately, probably due to being tired and pregnant, I feel like I am not doing enough. At the end of the day I have been focusing on what I DIDN'T accomplish rather than what I DID accomplish that specific day. Also, I feel like there is so much to do, after having moved into a new house there is still so much decorating and work that needs to be done, being a mom to Carly requires a lot of work, being a wife, doing things for me so I don't go insane. It is overwhelming sometimes and the way that I deal with it is that I find myself not doing anything that I need to be doing. Anyway...back to the book... here is the part I read last night.
"An anonymous writer has observed:
Many People seem to believe God has called them to live successful lives. In fact, He calls each one of us to live faithful lives--lives of obedience, devotion, worship, and service.
With each day there often reamins a residue of things left undone, unsaid, unachieved, or unconquered. Each day has its own measure of failure, its own degree of trouble (see Matthew 6:34), and its own lingering doubts.
The important point is that we don't need to impose the burden on our lives of judging ourselves against some standard of perfection. God asks us only to live each day with gladness as the day he has given us. Whether it's a successful day or not does not lie completely in our power. Successful compared to what? If we recieve each day from God's hands and give it back to him at the end of the day in that same trusting way, there's no end to the good God can do with it in between.

Anyway...I just thought I'd share that little bit because I know as mothers, wives, and women we can sometimes feel like we are not doing enough. We just need to remember waht is really important and trust in God.

On a lighter note....I went to the Doctor today and things are doing great! I weight exactly the same now as I did when I was this far a long with Carly which I am happy about! I also found two websites while looking through a magazine in the waiting room. For those of you who like to use coupons.
http://www.coupons.com/
http://www.coupons.smartsource.com/
I was looking through them and they had some pretty good things.

Pony Tail!

The other day I thought I would try to put Carly's hair in a pony tail and it actually worked! Kind of...it only lasted for about 2 minutes and then most of it fell out but it was cute while it lasted!

Videos

This is how I found her yesterday when she woke up from her nap. She heard me turn the camera on so that is why she took the blanket off. Before I turned the camera on she was walking back and forth in her crib saying "whoa!" everytime she ran into the side. It was so funny!

The first video is of her running away from broken elmo. She didn't like the thought of Elmo's stuff coming out I guess!