A Bird Told Me...

That my blog has been neglected...sorry! :) I've been busy! Naggy has been here all week and having her here has allowed me to really get some work done. I've spent two whole days in Alto working...organizing...cleaning...and still I have more I could have done. But I got a lot done and for that I am grateful.

Tuesday was awesome - we had our second sonogram. Some babies like to hide from the sonogram, some are fast asleep and you get awesome pictures - our baby, well, she moves. She moves the WHOLE time! She moved so much that it was hard to get a good picture b/c she simply would not be still! We literally sit and watched her for 10 minutes trying to get her hand in her mouth and throwing it out when she couldn't. I could feel her punch me every time! And on top of that movement, she turned circles. She started off head down, went cross ways, head up, cross ways...and repeat! She was all over the place! Good news is that despite her 2 vein cord, she is doing great. She has gained 1 lb since our last sono in Dec. She is 1.5 lbs at almost 25 weeks. I had my diabetes test also, and it was gross but I should pass with flying colors...so I hope. And we will go back in March for another check up. Sorry, I got the sono pics all the way to Alto where there is a scanner, and didn't get them scanned...oops, swiss cheese brain!

Then to top off the good news of the morning, I got to have a massage that afternoon AND got to see the chiropractor...awesome day that ended at Olive Garden.

Where you may ask has Carli been in all this - well check back later on b/c she and Naggy have been very busy. I'm pretty sure they both have slept hard every night b/c they are simply exhausted with all the hard playing! I've stolen some of Naggy pictures to post later.

I've enjoyed being able to get my work done and get organized, etc - but I miss my girl. I'm happy with the choices Keith and I have made and I am very blessed to have the job I do so that I can spend my days with Carli and cram in my work whenever I can...even if it is late at night. It is so worth it...to see my girl all day - seeing her for only 1 hr or whatever tonite was not near enough by any means!

And there ya go - I'll post pictures later on!

Carli's Board

A few weeks ago I was asked if I would do a bulletin board for Carli at the church building, kind of a get to know the baby thing. I had pictures (that I had yet to order) and lots of ideas, but totally no motivation! So after catching up on my picture orders (over 925 ordered), and enlisting the help of my teacher friends, Tiffany and Tori - we finally got Carli a bulletin board a couple of weeks ago. I kind of cheated, and provided the pictures, cut out the letters and let the other girls do the rest! I thought it turned out super cute - and was very thankful for their help!

Keith took this picture with the iPhone, since I kept forgetting to get the camera out to take one.

Reading with Logan & Aunt Chelle

Last Monday, Aunt Chelle and Logan got to come see visit us for the afternoon. Logan and Carli had lots of fun together and Carli wasted no time letting Aunt Chelle read to her!

Logan even shared his ball with Carli after they warmed up to each other! Thanks Aunt Chelle and Logan for the fun afternoon!

I took full advantage of my Mom passing through town with them, and had boiled chicken done so she would shred it for me! It's one of those pregnancy things I guess, I can't shred boiled chicken, it's just too gross! Thanks Mom!

Shea Shea!!

I really wish I had been on the other side of the door with a video camera -

If I had been so lucky - you would have seen her full face and both arms out the doggie door with her fingers opening and closing trying to beckon Shea to come back in the house! You would have also heard a very persistent "SHEA SHEA!!! SHEA SHEA!!!" She was loud enough for me to come from the other side of the house to see just what Shea was doing to be getting such a chewing out! Turns out the poor dog was just getting a drink of water!

23 Weeks

First - I must note that Carli had her first bloody lip last night. She was "running" in the kitchen and fell face first on the tile floor. I guess having only two teeth at 15 months has its advantages - not bad to have made it so long without a fat lip!

And we managed to get a 23 week belly picture in before our Sunday came to a halt. Keith even managed to get us both smiling! All three if you count the baby karate chopping my bladder, I'm pretty sure she thinks that is funny...


I did go to the doctor last week for a belly check. I like my doctor during this pregnancy more so than last. He is a little more sympathetic. I really like his nurses...they make me laugh. They asked if I felt okay - I told them I hurt - and they responded with, and? I told them I felt huge, and they told me I was normal and then congratulated me on making it up to my "pre-pregnancy" weight finally. I guess I had lost more than I thought I had during the first of the pregnancy. He did tell me that this little one was measuring right on for 23 weeks and her heartbeat was really strong - always helps when she kicks the heart monitor thing when he is trying to listen to her! A bright note for me was that he told me at 39 weeks he would do a voluntary induction on a second child if I am extremely uncomfortable. That is good news, b/c I am still fearful of having a huge baby - and seeing as to how I feel huge, I am already a little nervous! Plus, he made me go the full 41 weeks with Carli, 10 days after her due date! So, I was relieved to at least know that option was available.

We go on Feb 2nd for our second ultra sound. He is doing a full check up I guess just to make sure everything is A-Okay with her and her two veined umbilical cord. Carli's pediatrician had told me that he is really checking the development of her kidneys and heart, that blood flow is a big deal. So I guess we shall see. We are excited to see her again on the sonogram though!

What a Sunday

Our Sunday has not gone as planned, but such is life - right? Yesterday, I started sneezing and had a swollen throat, but attributed it to allergies and the beautiful weather. Being pregnant all I can take for a runny nose and coughing are Tylenol products and they don't do anything for me - especially when I'm pregnant. So as I lay in bed last night counting backwards from 100, trying to fall asleep, I must have dozed for a little while b/c when I woke up I could have sworn someone was breaking into our house and was trying to take Carli - stupid dreams. So then I lay there rationalizing why such a thing would not happen and if it did I would have heard something. But just in case I did check the baby monitor numerous times to make sure Carli was still in her bed - and let the dogs out of the room just in case...you know, my three less than 15 lb watch dogs. I felt safer. So after a long, long night of not sleeping - when morning came I was exhausted, and promised myself a nap upon returning home from church.

We got to church and I felt and apparently looked horrible. I made it through communion and had Keith bring me home. I was exhausted and did not feel good. Keith went back to church and I slept. By the time he and Carli made it home I felt much better and the Sonic Dr. Pepper he brought me really helped - so much more so than Tylenol! Still got a runny nose, but as Keith has told me, I'm a horrible sick person. I would much rather be doing something than just sitting...I tried to do the floors and he wouldn't let me. So I've done a consumer report thing to mail in, I've played on facebook and now updating the blog. I think I'll go to small group tonite and keep my distance b/c I can't stand not doing anything!!

Carli looked super cute this morning and we had a successful bow morning. Daddy was able to remove the bow prior to our nap with no hair tangles too! She looked like one of those little Dr. Suess characters when he got it out...

A Window Sill & Shoes

Really - that's all we need for an hour of fun!

Lovin' Grammy

Usually when we go to Alto, Carli gets to spend the afternoon with her great grandparents while I work. We head home around 6 or so - usually later b/c my time concept has gone out the window. But anyway, before we head home, Grammy and Pa will come up to see Carli before we go. Usually, she is kind of grouchy b/c she will have just gotten up from a nap - but last week she was in one feisty mood! When Grammy got there, Carli was ready to wrestle!

She threw in some hugs in between the pushing and rolling!

It was fun to watch Carli get such a kick out of her Grammy!

Big Headed Baby

Carli simply makes me smile. She became attached at a very young, itty-bitty age to her froggy. She sleeps with him every night and loves on him every morning. She actually runs into her bedroom when it is nap time so she can have froggy. Besides froggy, Carli has not really attached herself to any other toy. She will have a favorite for a day or two, and then move on to the next toy. However, last week, she found Big Headed Baby in her toy box and has proceeded to carry her everywhere.

Big Headed Baby came to our home compliments of Mom #3 (AKA Ms. Jamie) from the shower she gave Carli back in the summer of 08. Since coming to our house, Big Headed Baby has had a home on top of the TV (the dogs thought she was an awesome play toy), in Carli's room (until the dogs found her) and then in the toy box. Carli has come to the age that she will tell the dogs "No!" and take things away from them if they are not to have them. So Big Headed Baby was safe in the toy box with Carli on guard.

If you look close you can see Big Headed Baby on the left side of this picture - this was at our shower.

We have been pointing out babies in pictures, on TV and Carli even has a couple of baby dolls we have tried to get her interested in hopefully to help prepare her for the one we have on the way. She gets really excited when she sees a real baby, but the dolls were of no interest to her at all! Well, last week Carli was on her emptying routine of the toy box which usually simply entails throwing every thing out of the toy box and declaring it all done and leaving. But, this time, when she came across Big Headed Baby she got so excited and yelled "Baby!" and quickly gave her a huge hug and took her all over the house...

Lounging on the couch...

Taking a stroll...

Move over Tighty, make room for two!

Helping Big Headed Baby into the chair...

Waiting patiently for Daddy to come home at lunch...

Yes, she did put the headband on herself...she got mad when one would not stay on Big Headed Baby...

Big Headed Baby even had to join Carli for her Daddy hug!

There was actually a little indecision today at nap time, if Big Headed Baby needed to take a nap as well. I was able to talk her out of that...only one baby in the bed at a time! Thanks Ms. Jamie for our Big Headed Baby!

Just Sayin' Thanks

We had a lot of fun this year doing thank you notes with Carli Lynn. Since Carli doesn't go to day care, there are some things we miss out on - like having cool little mementos of her hand print and foot print on random art projects. So we decided to combine our two needs - thank you notes and mementos and see how it turned out.

Since we actually had a Christmas at Thanksgiving this year, we did the hand print turkey on the front of our thank you notes to that side of the family. Carli thought we were crazy...



Then for our regular Christmas thank you notes, we did some foot prints. We varied the color - wander if Uncle Tone noticed why he got the color that he got...


Here is Carli clapping for herself doing a successful foot print...


Some of our finished products...

Anyway, we had a lot of fun making them - and we hope everyone knows how much we appreciate everything they have done for our family this past year!

15 Months and Growing

Carli turned 15 months as of January 1st. It's kind of crazy how fast she has grown. We had our check up this Tuesday. It was kind of a well check dash ear infection follow-up. She checked out great on her 15 month check up, not so much on the ears.

She was 20 lbs 11 oz which is in the 15th Percentile. But I am pretty sure in the last two days she has gained a pound. She started eating none stop! Today at Grandma's they ran out of food to feed her! She ate all the snacks I had taken and she was only there for the afternoon!

She was 30 inches tall which is in the 32nd Percentile. I think she got a short gene. And her head circumference was 18 1/4 inches which is the 65th Percentile - she's got a good head on her shoulders! :)

Our ears were not so good. She had her first ear infection in November...our first ever. And it just seems to really like her! We thought we had gotten rid of it over Christmas only to have it come back. We are now on some pretty stinkin' high powered meds, which the doc said would either give her the runs or make her nauseated. I'm not sure which is worse, b/c the runs have given her a nasty diaper rash. Not fun. Other than that, the ears don't seem to bother her really. She is still goofy and playful and just a good little girl. Just don't change her diaper. That really ticks her off!

Speaking of goofy - her Daddy came home this week and took his jacket off. Carli insisted on wearing it...

I was squatting down to take her picture, so she squatted too...

And this is our "CHEESE" face...not done on demand, done when she feels like it!

Oh no, lost our hand...this went on for a good 30 minutes before we got her attention elsewhere...

Just another day with Carli Lynn!