17 months & I made it to my 2nd trimester

Well, we are in the final countdown to when Carly will be able to go to nursery at church. Let me just say - I am looking forward to being able to sit through a whole sunday school class & listen :) (but not so excited about what she might pick up from the other kids at nursery - hitting, germs, etc.). Carly has learned some new words, in addition to dada & dora-dora, she now says cracker & "cookoo or cooko" (cookie). She also makes a new sound that is like a whisper - it's really cute.

 Eating her Dora fruit snacks 

We went on a short Sunday walk (I didn't have as much energy as I had hoped lol). Carly is very careful, cautious and observant. She was very hesitant to step on cracks, she didn't want to walk on gravel. And she kept pausing along this sidewalk and looking in the bushes & at the flowers and whining. She cracks us up sometimes :) 

 First real ponytail!!! It all goes in!

She has been turning into a Daddy's girl. She often cries when Morgan leaves for work. On Sunday, she didn't even like it when Daddy was sitting over at the table, she wanted him to hold her to watch Dora. Very cute.  

Sometimes she just likes to chill while she's watching Dora. 

Sometimes (or all the time) she likes to steal Daddy's phone. Apparently it's cooler than Mommy's phone (even though they are the same). Just chillin' and playing on Daddy's phone. 

Her first musical instrument. Thanks Grandma Deanna!

Tacoma Children's Museum. The water & ducks were a hit! 

Tacoma Narrows Park. Apparently Carly doesn't like being barefoot in the sand. She wouldn't move or walk. But she did like playing with the rocks.  

I'm beginning to realize I don't have many pictures of Carly & me. Luckily, Carly being the computer genius that she is, opened up photobooth the other day & so we took some pictures. She didn't love the sitting still part & the not touching the computer part, hence the strained look on her face. (Note: my hair is getting long!!! Woohoo!)

Apparently I am in my 2nd trimester now. Does it feel like it? Not really. I felt ambitious and we went grocery shopping this morning. I hardly made it to check-out and asked Morgan if he would take it from there. I have the best husband - not sure I would have been willing to check-out with a cart full of groceries on my own. Needless to say, the energy is still pretty low. However, I haven't thrown up in probably 2 weeks now :) Woohoo! And I have been able to incorporate some real food into my diet on days when I'm feeling "better". Staple foods as of late: apples, green beans, bread, bread with peanut butter, pretzels. Yep that's about it. On a better day I will eat a bean burrito from Taco Bell or mashed potatoes or some cheese & lunch meat. Yeah - living the life! I look forward to the day where I can eat something delicious (even if it is a bean burrito) and not have anxiety about eating it or wonder if I'll be able to keep it down. Someday...

Easter

This last week has been the start of feeling better. I have been able to eat "real" food - at least 1 thing just about everyday and have had some more energy. Last week on Monday, I got excited about Easter and went to the store to get all the supplies for Easter baskets. I had a lot of fun putting them all together and hid them. Morgan had no idea :) Sunday morning came and I put the baskets out. Carly woke up earlier than normal (as it seems she always does) and so I told Morgan we should let her go see her Easter basket and then he could go back to sleep for a while. He was surprised there was a basket for him too!

Carly LOVED her easter basket. The first thing she noticed was her little bunny. She picked it up and gave it three kisses. Then she took time looking at the eggs. Taking one egg, opening it. Going over to another egg, opening it. I wasn't exactly thinking, and honestly I wasn't sure if she would notice the other eggs I "hid" around the living room. I filled them with starburst jelly beans and reeses peanut butter eggs meant for Morgan & myself, but thought she would have fun finding them - if she even noticed them. Well, she definitely noticed them and proceeded to eat the jelly beans. Yes, a nutritious filled breakfast lol. I ended up picking all the eggs up, so she would stop eating jelly beans, and stop getting her sticky fingers and face all over everything. She went down for a nap pretty quick and I re-hid eggs filled with her snacks (like pretzels, puffs, teddy grahams, etc.). That was much better - and we took some to church and it kept her pretty occupied during sacrament meeting, opening the egg and eating the snack inside.

The dress is actually from Grandma Diane & Grandpa Mike. We set it out for her to wear for her Easter dress and it was perfect. 

16 months AND one on the way

Carly is the funniest person in our house these days. She likes to carry clothes around the house, put socks on her hands like a glove, try putting pants on her arms, and wear just about anything as a scarf. She knows that something should go in the phone jack in the wall and attempts every day to stick something in there. Usually the computer cord, and now we need to take it in and get a new one. The other day, she stole my phone charger from my room and was attempting to put that in the phone jack. We tell her "no" and take those things away when we catch her. One day, she was trying to be really sneaky even though daddy was watching her. Funny girl.

Carly loves babies. Whenever she sees a baby she wants to go touch the baby. And whenever I show her pictures of herself or other babies, she always gets a big smile on her face and loves it. She likes to twirl. She LOVES her daddy so much. Every time he comes home from work she says "dada", then giggles and runs to hide. Her "running" usually turns into falling as she is not coordinated enough to really run from him as she is giggling with excitement. There have been quite a few times over the past month that she has cried as Daddy leaves the house. She really wants to go with him.

Carly says "dada" like a pro now and has started saying "Dora" her favorite show Dora the Explorer, which she watches way too much of these days when all I want to do is lay on the couch. But she really loves it and will dance and "sing along" when it comes on. We are working on those difficult "mama" sounds, but usually I am also dada sometimes :( Someday, she will say my name.

She loves to go outside on walks. There is a slight hill up to get to our mailbox and she is so proud when she makes it up that hill. She can do it by herself. When she sees someone out walking their dog, she will try to follow them, even if they're really far away.

She is attached to one blanket. It actually surprised me because it's very recent, and I thought if she was going to get attached to something - it would have happened already. It's a very soft pink blanket that her Great Aunt Sue bought for her. She will go into her room, reach between the slats on her crib to grab it and pull it out. She will walk around the house dragging it with her. Luckily, it's not extreme (at least at this point). Her blanket doesn't HAVE to go everywhere, but she sure loves it.

So we've got another one on the way and Cary is going to be a big sister in October (but really I expect it will be September). We are so excited. I am even more excited to make it to my 2nd trimester so I will start feeling better. Although I am grateful that the morning sickness is not as extreme this time around. It's so crazy how 2 pregnancies can be completely different. Enough said, we think it's a boy :)

 Grandma came to visit this month. Thank goodness. It was nice having someone to dedicate time and attention to Carly (and to feed her).

 She pulled up her pant leg all on her own. And she thought she was so funny :)

 At Costco. Taking a break from pushing the cart :) She seriously won't sit in the cart, she would rather be walking AND pushing the cart. 

 We went to the zoo (for as long as I could last - not too long). 

15 months

Here is my belated 15 month post. Carly has been doing great! She is quite the little walker these days. It cracks me up to watch her become more and more independent and really look like a little person now that she is walking everywhere. Within the past month....

• Walking. Most importantly. We've been going on little walks outside when it's dry. Carly loves her new freedom.
• She has learned to jump. One day she just tried jumping. It is amazing the things she comes up with, especially when trying to get her daddy's attention. Of course she kept falling and giggling like a little school girl.
• Opening cupboards. Oh no! I thought this day would never come. It has. Makeshift baby proofing at it's finest. This consists of rubber bands lol.

She loves all the toys at the Y.

Dad was "watching" her. I came out to find her here. Surprise!

Aunt Janene has some great stuff in her purse. Loving the necklace & lip gloss.

Cousin Minnie is her favorite, contrary to this picture where she's trying to get away.

She was very proud of herself and kept looking up to see who had noticed this great feat :)

Heart attacking at the retirement home with the youth. Yes, Carly wanted to be the center of attention.

This is one of my favorites. My Mom came to visit in early February. She let Carly help make the chocolate chip cookies. Carly helped alright. Taking breaks from stirring so she could make sure it tasted just right.

And that just about sums it up.