Carly May Newborn Shoot

brrrr!

SO we left Washington & Utah to come back to the warm weather in beautiful Florida. Except that only lasted one night.... The days have been in the 50's and the nights in the 40's. Brrr! Carly and I have been very cold. And to top it off - we turned on the wall units for some heat and not too long after - they stopped working. No heat. Morgan bought 2 small space heaters for us after a long day of freezing for us. Not to mention I didn't think of walking outside (I think in the middle of the day it was warmer outside than it was inside). Yesterday I dressed Carly in some warm clothes & as I was dressing her I couldn't help but laugh and snap a bunch of pictures of her. Love this outfit!!!

December part 2: Christmas time

She got to be baby jesus this year :)

who knew there was a bear at the birth of jesus? i found out later that alden wanted to be a skeleton... yes i am thinking a bear was a better choice :)

baby jesus go back to sleep!

Baby with her Grandma Barb

Family pic after church

WEDDING TIME!!! Wow I can't believe my little brother is married! So exciting! It was a very special day all around. They are so cute together!

random guy walking by in the background... always wanted to do that

Carly was so sneaky - she wanted to be in every picture

Wow check out the lighting in this pic above - we definitely look like vampires here. i think our skin is almost even sparkling...

Four Generation photo. Carly, Me, my mom and my Grandma Hoggatt. And I just realized that I totally didn't get the black & pink attire memo... oops. Carly & my mom are very matchy and now I feel left out...

It was a great Christmas break. I think it's always hard to be away from home though. I missed having certain things for Carly like a swing, bouncy chair, etc. And it was hard to follow the same rouine. Carly's schedule is way off now (not that we really had a set schedule to start with, but now she goes to bed around 12/1am when it use to be 9/10pm...). We started off in Spokane, WA and ended in Logan, UT for the wedding. Carly got to see lots of family!

We left Florida with Carly wearing Newborn clothes & diapers and returned to have her wearing 0-3 months clothes & size 1 diapers. When I gave her a bath the other night in her whale tub, she looked so big!!! She is getting so tall. Morgan has been calling her a little toddler lol. She is so fun though, smiling a lot more & being very alert & attentive.

Morgan checked out Comfort Dental practices in Tacoma, WA while we were there and we're feeling really good about that practice. 5 months to go & we'll be Northwest bound!

December part 1

Before we left for christmas break....

We had friends over to watch the boat show on December 10th. We live on a waterway, so it was perfect - we just had to walk into the backyard & we were there :)

The coolest part of the show was this pic above - similar to a jetpack except there was water shooting out of his suit to keep him in the air. Way cool!

Sportin' the moby wrap of course

We also went to the beach. This was Carly's first time in her swimsuit (that actually says 12 months.... yeah she's definitely not big at all. I'm thinking that this company doesn't know what size they're actually making swimsuits for lol).

This is not Carly's first time at the beach but this is her first time touching the water

She actually got a little bit splashed when Morgan was holding her, but she liked it (and by liked it I mean she didn't cry :)

I made a gingerbread house with our family on the side. Note that my family is made of twizzlers. Yes, it's true. Carly does not have a face because I couldn't fit one in that tiny little circle :)

these are a few of my favorite things

These are a few of my favorite things about little miss carly...

Momma's little swimmer baby. She already looks great in a swimsuit - she's bound to be a great swimmer!

Great at going to church - we've never had to leave early because of a fussy baby. She's always slept right through all 3 hours. She's starting to hold her binky in her mouth every once in a while (it's getting more regular).

She looks great in her new shoes! Those PJ's are 0-3 months (pic taken before leaving on christmas break...)

Cheetah-like storkbite on the back of her neck (she also has them on her right eyelid & nose).

Sweet kisses to her daddy

She loves bath time. Even if she is fussy - she will come down right away once she's in the water. Then she cries when she has to get out :( she loves the water! (toys from her aunt rachel in idaho)

She likes to study with her daddy

She does this with her hands - both of them

She likes to hang out with her cousin

Being a mom is so much fun! I can't believe how much she is growing!! I'm loving every minute :)