Christmas and Elmo

I thought I'd post a quick video from Christmas morning.

Christmas 2007

Well, we are back and finally unpacked from our Christmas Vacation. We were able to spend Christmas with my family up in Utah. We had such a fun time with everyone it was hard for me to leave! Carly had a blast playing with all of her cousins, we ate way too much junk food. I played a Wii for the first time, we got to talk to Daniel (my brother who is on a mission) and Chad won 3 million dollars on Deal or No Deal (too bad it was just a DVD game!)
(above) just random pictures throughout the week! Like I said before, Carly has so much fun with all the other kids!

These are pictures from Christmas eve. Carly wasn't too excited to get slippers and pj's.

This was Christmas morning. Who knew she could get so excited for Christmas Tree Peeps?!

More pictures from Christmas morning. She LOVES Elmo. So I was excited to give her her big Elmo. She loves it!!

These pictures are to say thank you to Andrina. Carly loves the backpack and all the stuff that came with it! And Chad thanks you for the marshmellows with hot chocolate! :)

Here is the before video of our Kitchen, we just couldn't deal with the flowery wallpaper anymore.


Here is the after, it's not anything spectacular but it definatly makes the kitchen look a whole lot better!

Carly's Room

It's been a while since I've finished painting in Carly's room so I figured I'd post some pictures. I'm pretty much done for right now with her room.

Graham Cracker Homes

Chad, Carly and I made Graham Cracker homes the other night. I'm not yet ready to try real gingerbread so graham crackers worked just fine! Carly had a lot of fun stealing our candy practically out of our hands! She definitely had too much sugar that night!

Baby Bump time!

Well, here it is! I am 17 weeks along. I went to the Doctor yesterday and everything seems to be going well. I will be starting the shots in January (YUK!) We'll be finding out if it's a boy or girl on January 9th. I can't wait!

Fun with a Box

I never knew you could have so much fun with a box! It kept Carly busy for a while at least! She climbed in there with her blanket, her bunny and a book and she was good to go!

Finger painting?

So, I thought it might be fun to let Carly paint a Christmas picture. Well, she thought it was more fun to paint herself instead. Maybe it's too early for finger paints?!

Just another Sunday Morning

Just some random pictures of Carly. This was Sunday morning before church. She is finally getting better after a yucky cough, runny nose and fevers last week.

The Elf Dance

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1165612167

Take a look!

Fun with Olives!

"Ta da!"

So...I came downstairs the other morning and this is how I found our little monkey. I think she was hungry, what do you think?

Happy Birthday to Chad!!

The big 24!! I just want to wish Chad a Happy Birthday today!! We celebrated his b-day last night with all his family. He wanted a cookie cake so that is what he got! You can't tell from the picture but it was a guy in a fishing boat on the cookie. I thought that fit him perfectly!! I love you Chad!

Oh Christmas Tree....

We went and got a Christmas Tree the day after Thanksgiving. I wanted to get it up soon since we won't be here for Christmas. Carly wanted to help decorate but she didn't quite get the idea of putting ornaments on the tree, she just wanted to play with them. It is difficult to keep her from pulling them all off but it isn't bad for the most part. Don't mind if the tree is crooked a little. We had the hardest time getting it this straight! For some reason it just wants to lean.

A Texas Thanksgiving!

We had an awesome Thanksgiving this year. As you will see from the pictures it was quite interesting also! WE had a "traditional Thanksgiving" we could either dress up as pilgrims or Indians. Chad and I chose to be Indians. Luckily a cold front came through the night before which brought the temperature down to 50 degrees which stopped Chad from wearing a loin cloth. We decided to wear headbands with feathers (I know, boring.) I also realized when I got home that we never took any pictures of our Indian costumes...oh well. We had a great time with family, some of them really went all out with dressing up. The food was great, the entertainment was defiantly great, the weather...not so great but at least it felt like fall!

Chad's Uncle Frank

Chad's cousin Matt and his wife Mindy

Let it snow!

Here's a video of Carly in the snow. Like I said, she had a lot of fun with it!

PInk Poodle Video

I haven't put videos on in a while so here is one from Halloween. She was so funny!

Carly and Miss Kitty

We have finally achieved pig-tail worthy hair!

Sunday morning we decided to let Miss Kitty in for a while. Carly loves Miss Kitty as you can see. And I must say Miss Kitty is the best sport for putting up with Carly, Lady and Skipper. She is one tough kitten.

Snow!

Unfortunately it's not real snow! We were at the mall the other night and in one of the middle kiosks they had this fake snow. It is such cool stuff. It comes in a powder and all you do is add 2 ounces of water to 1 tsp. of powder and voila...you have snow! You can even freeze it for a couple hours and it will feel cold! The best part is, if you let it dry out for four weeks you can re-pack it and save it for next year! Carly loves the stuff, although after a while she gets a little crazy and it end up all in her hair as you can tell by the pictures.

BFF's

I just thought this was funny. Occasionally we let Miss Kitty in the house and she makes herself right at home. She is just like one of the dogs!