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!

feeling so lucky....

just a quick update on our situation....many of you may have heard about the logan landslide on the island, it has affected our neighbors and ward members very much! the slide happened just three houses away from our apartment on saturday July 11th! so we are feeling so grateful that nothing happened to us or our apartment, but sad for those who have lost loved ones or had their properties damaged! we won't be staying here any longer! i don't feel like it's safe enough. but just so everyone knows we are all okay and weren't here at the time of the slide! />if you haven't heard about it, or want to see pictures of the damage go to http://www.ksl.com because I don't have time to post them!

we finally did it....

we bought a house! it's only taken us one big, long, frustrating year...but we finally found the house for us! we don't close until the 27th of July unless the bank really gets our loan through quick then we can move our close date up! but we're exciting to finally have our own place, our own rooms (hallelujah!) , and have a nice big yard! it will be so fun! i don't have any pictures of the outside, that is definitely not my favorite part, but it's roomy and has lots of family space! i'll post pictures once we get painted and re-designed inside! until then, we'll see if I have anything exciting to post about!
oh wait....i can always post about my little sweetie....
she's a chubster, we went to her four month check up and she weighs 14 lbs. 3.5 oz (75%) and is 24 3/4 inches tall (70%)....but we like that she's a big girl and a good eater! she also recently has enough hair to do a cute mowhawk and got her toenails painted for the first time! oh yeah, and we found out she has a hemangioma on her back! i though it was a giant blood blister from pinching her with a snap on her outfit, but the doctor reassured us that we're still good parents and it wasn't our fault!! it will go away by itself in about a year!

this post would not be complete without a picture of charly!