i've obtained it....

Tony, Brandy, Charly, Corey, Brent, Kim, Cody, Maria & Bailey

CHRISTMAS 2009...

We hope you all had a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

This will be a Christmas that Corey and I will never forget! We got to start early with Corey's family on Christmas Eve. We ate and visited and opened our gifts to each other. Unfortunately we didn't get any photos, just video and I wasn't going to upload it tonight...sorry! But it was fun, Charly was less than interested in her toys. She liked the ribbon and the newspaper sitting on the couch much better than her toys. Then in the afternoon we headed to Bear Lake to meet my family. We also ate and hung out, took our traditional Christmas Eve photo by the tree
(seen here)off course she had to rip her head band off!

And we did have one with the whole family later, but Charly was asleep and I don't have it on my camera...wish I did though!

I was so excited, like usual, but apparently so was Charly! She went to bed sorta late but then woke up repeatedly throughout the night! I couldn't believe that I wasn't the reason I wouldn't be getting any sleep this Christmas Eve. I think I slept 20 minutes total. And by 3:30 Corey and I gave up on trying to get the moster back to sleep. All she wanted to do was play, play and play! So we created a tent in our bed, equiped with legs for poles, and she went in and out for a good two hours! It was way funny, even when I want to be mad at her, I can't because she's just so cute! Her new favorite thing is to fake laugh, so anytime we laugh she does too...plus she gets tons of attention when she does it! So when 5:30 hit I thought heck we better just wake everyone up so that we could do some Christmas before she decided to get sleepy. So we woke up bright and early and it was lots of fun! Charly didn't care about anything really, so I pretty much opened most of her presents, but she sorta caught on by the end. At about 8:00 she started to look really tired. I opened her cabbage patch doll and was getting it out of the box, i look over and she was gone. She pretty much slept on and off all day and wouldn't eat! I got kinda worried but she did better the next night. She still seems to be catching up today even! I can't blame her, it was rough, we all looked horrible Christmas Day! Come to find out she cut another tooth Christmas day and is working on more! So this past week she's cut two! Poor girl! Teeth are rough! So anyway for your viewing pleasure there are a few pictures below!opening her presents

showing her sweet tent/tunnel that she won't even get near!Corey sporting his chuck t's that he's not sure he likes...i think they look awesome...he thinks they make his feet look too long! lame...your feet are long!Uncle Tony helping Charly open presents. She's actually ripping the paper herself!

Pushing her presents across the floor!

later in the day trying her new sippy...hasn't got that down yet either! she did not look good - babies need sleep!On her Pooh Bear choo-choo train! Too cute!

As usual I must record our gifts for my memory! So skip this...it's not interesting to you!
Charly:
Pj's, Outfits, Socks, Bibs, Sippy cups, Puffs, Snow White, Noahs Ark, Play Tent/Tunnel, Choo-Choo train, stacking cups, moccosin shoes, see 'n say, cabbage patch newborn (name Erin Carson), books, wood alphabet blocks, popping vaccum, blankie, peek-a-boo doll. I think that's it.
Corey:
Router & Router table, Router bits, Air Compressor + air tools, Chuck T's, Hoodies, T's, Eat this Not that (cool book), warm ups, wireless thermometer, cordless drill, car creeper, snowboarding jacket, nuts, pocket knife, gift certs, candy, pj's.
Brandy:
Snowflake dishes, black boots (don't fit) i have too fat of calf muscles! Pants, skirt, sweaters, shirts, pj's, knit headband, fuzzy blankets, pedicure kits, picture frame, dirty dancing, you've got mail, taylor swift, earings, neclace, bracelet, nail polish, ipod nano 8g purple, perfume, pocket knife giraffe print.

The end!

christmas dress...

Just too dang cute not to post!

the months keep flying...

CHARLY
10 Months

she doesn't look naughty at all right?
too bad she is super naughty!
**what she's doing this month**
pinching...ouch
eating lil' crunchies
standing alone
does actions on command, ex: hands up high, wash hands, bye bye again (after dissappearing for months), high five, and claps
ate pizza
loves her colors book
doing everything she's not supposed to!

for you danielle...

i hope you're happy with you sweet babies photos!
(click to zoom)

classic christmas photo...

this little guy turns 28...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COREY

friday night bubble baths....

i thought it would be fun to start doing friday night bubble baths for Charly. She loves the bubbles and she loves her baths still! It was so funny because she just dunked her face into the bubbles! what a cute girl!

9 MONTHS....

it seems weird to think that as long as charly grew in my belly, she's been out of my belly! i think i say it every post...but they grow up way too fast!Monday Nov. 16th, 2009
9 months
18 lbs. 7 oz. - 50%
28 1/2 in. - 80%

Wow so charly grew 5 inches long in three months! i knew she was getting bigger but...holy cow that is a lot! She got one of her top teeth that day, finally! And today a week later she got the other! it has been a long couple of months dealing with teeth and seperation anxiety at night! but thank heavens the past two nights have been awesome, she's slept all night in her own bed, yay!

things to remember...
* shakes her head no
*claps her hands when you say clap
*plays peek-a-boo
*knows what a puppy says and goes and gets her stuffed animal puppy when you say woof
*gabs a bunch
*loves going under things and climbing over things
*stands by herself when she's not paying attention
*can't hold still!!!

I think that's about it! She just keeps getting more fun and more busy! But we love having her and watching her grow!

happy halloween 2009....

halloween kicked off this year with an annual pumpkin carving. i've decided it's so tedious and tiring, but the end result is so fun! here are our creations this year...hmmmm.. wonder which one is mine?
Then on Halloween day, we got the itch for something new, so we made our second biggest purchase since being married....

Yep a new car! Oh and were we over due...so i'm very happy with this purchase!!!

Finally after waiting at Wilson for hours, we went home to get ready for trick or treating...here's our precious bunny wabbit!too cute...so obviously we had to go dressed as a family of wabbits!You've gotta give me props for making Corey dress as a wabbit, and for making our lovely costumes...minus Charly's...that's why she looks sooooo cute!

my baby is 8 months...

wow! time flies! i can't believe she's 8 months old! she certainly is a ton of fun and a ton of mischief all rolled into one super cute girly!

funny things about Charly...
- she hates shoes...it's probably my fault because she never wears them and now that she needs to, she hates them. and when they're on her feet she acts like they are full of cement and she can't move them!
- she's such a busy bee. nothing slows her down. she is afraid of nothing. she climbs all over everything and everyone. using her little pinchers to grab onto anything that might help her stand up. including skin and hair...ouchy!
- she finally started saying dada. but not very often. she also says woof, woof occasionally when she sees puppies.
- she's too fast now! i can't take my eyes off her for one second or she's into something she shouldn't be. including up the stairs. we're still working on coming down without falling down!
- she still loves outside.
- she loves to listen to daddy play the guitar.
- and three months after her first teeth, she has no new ones! i swear anyday it should happen. i mean she's covered in drool all the time!
- finally the spit-up has calmed down. i can't say it's gone completely away but i think it will be soon! i hope...oh how i hope!
- and we love her to pieces. she's one of a kind!

she's mobile....

Well after a month of tricking us into thinking that Charly was going to crawl any day, she finally realized the mechanics of it and CRAWLED yesterday Sept. 25th! How exciting, but not at the same time! I can't just put her anywhere or leave anything out! She's such a strong little girl she's sitting up from her back now and can always get back to the sitting position by herself! I'm so proud of her! Next stop...walking!

summer recap....

Our little girl is growing all up! She's turned seven months old yesterday! I just can't believe it! Right now she loves walking around with us holding her hands! I swear she'd do it all day if we let her! She's pulling herself up on everything! Still loves everything she eats...except maybe peaches! She's wearing size 3 diapers now and is definitely experiencing so seperation anxiety right now! It's hard, and she's working on more teeth still and is a drooly drooly mess! She's just like her mom and gets giggly when she's tired! She's got the cutest little laugh and we love doing anything we can to hear it!

i am super behind on my post, so for my blogging pleasure i will be recapping all the way back to the fourth of July. long post to follow....

4th of July Bear Lake, Utah

beautiful sunset , photo by my dad

1st 4th of JulyMom and Baby all dressed up

FIRST BEACH DAY FOR CHARLYshe loved the water and was such a good sport! i just love her cute swimmer!

Our VERY blue eyed girl!

She's SIX MONTHS old!
Weight 15 lbs 11 oz
Height 23 3/4 inches
We just love her so much and six months is such a fun age! She's become super wiggly and never ever stops moving! She got her two bottom teeth and is working on some more! She's loving her food more than anything and says mmmmmmmm, num, num after almost every bite! She also says mom now, but will not say dad! it's too funny!

Bienvenidos Uncle Tony!
Tony's home and it's fun to have him back, my whole family went to Peru to get him...minus us because Charly was not allowed to go with! So we just got settled into our own house and took care of everyone elses homes! It was great! Tony does not like his new niece, he thinks she's gross brcause she spits up a lot and he holds her like she's a fungus that he might catch! I think he just needs to get a little more used to her!

Boating!She looks so cute in her penguin life vest! At first Charly was scared and slightly in shock! But now she loves it! The last time we went she completely zonked on the boat and slept the whole time!
Random Shots!
Tony brought Charly back a Peru soccer outfit and it's so cute I just had to take a picture of them together!

Just messing around with my new camera, she's just too cute i keep taking a million pictures!

family pictures...

last saturday we got our first family photographs taken by the marvelously talented Stephanie Tueller (see blog to the right) anywho...they turned out great we are so excited to see the rest, but here's what she gave us as a sneak peak!
we also moved into our house on July 28th, so we've been here almost two weeks and are just loving all the new space, being able to decorate, and just plain being out of our cave! i have so much to post about, but it will all have to come later when i do an official post about the house!
*****how about a little charly update*****
*She's almost six months now
*Sits up by herself like such a champ
*Loves dogs....oh my heck I mean loves them....but we are not getting a puppy!
*Has her two bottom teeth, they are almost all the way showing! She got them both pretty close to July 23rd.
*She's stopped sleeping perfectly through the night, so we're trying to work out those kinks!
*She also loves plastic bags and any kind of tag on a toy, why bother playing with a toy if it's got a tag to suck on!
*And lastly she's such a spitter, I wish we had a cure for it, we're trying all sorts of things to help mellow it out a little....any suggestions would be wonderful!