O'Halloween!

Well, Halloween was official this year. We had a great time trunk o treating! All the Grandmas and Grandpas we so nice to give C some Candy.
All she got was a sucker for about 2 mins.....then we took it away. until next year....

utah..and she crawled

haha, i did it. the pictures are in order. all is well.

well, carly and i decided to do a quick trip to utah before winter came because i don't go to utah from november to april. sorry, it is too cold. i'm bummed i didn't get to see more of my aunts and uncles, i was literally there 2 full days. we came in on wednesday and left on saturday. thanks to Cammers for being my car pool buddy. I completely understand why people drive at night with kids. i get it. they sleep and it is amazing.


we did get to stay with Aunt Margaret on the way up. it was so fun to see her house (she has lived there for years) and it is just outside Cedar. we were able to get some rest before we hit the orange barrel madness the next day. We were really grateful for the sleep and it was fun to see them.

Wednesday afternoon, we saw Granny and went to robintinos. yes, always have to get my little cenetta. it was so fun to see her and i'm glad carly gets to see her so often.

Then we saw Kara, Chad, and Miss Say Say. her and carly are 4 weeks apart and they are besties. i'm still in mourning that they have left California but very excited they live in utah where i often visit. it was so fun to see these babies interact and play off each other. we love them and their rad house. keep the red wallpaper or frame a piece of it Please!

and Carly got to meet her cousin Matthew. We had a great time visiting with my Brother.

and Carly Crawled. We stayed with my Sarah and had the best visit and just good down time. Sarah got to witness her first real crawl and i told Sarah, "no, she doesn't crawl."
yep she did and we got it on film for Johnny. i felt bad he missed it, he was practicing with her all the week before.

now, i'm quickly learning there is no more set the baby down and change the laundry, nope. its over folks. my posh life is done.
she has now found new freedom and now i don't have to hear all the stories of people not crawling.

by the way, i walked first. maybe that is why i can't remember to post my pictures backwards.

standing up...a whole new world.

for some reason, i really have a hard time remembering these pictures post backwards. i really even thought about it this time.

September was crazy. we came back from vacation, sent Jordan on a mission and Jim got married off, obviously, those are the pictures below that I can't remember to post last! i keep waiting for my mind to return, nope, not going too.

Carly's new favorite thing is to stand up on anything and everything. I really started to panic because everyone asks, "is she crawling?". no, she doesn't care to and then they tell me she HAS to crawl or her right brain won't connect to her left brain. really? don't i have enough to worry about besides her getting into EVERYTHING? please, no more stories about grown men going to back to crawl. i can't handle the panic attacks.

but she has found a new Independence with standing up. Thank you Johnny for teaching her and she has quickly learned not to let go!

Whirlwind

I always forget that my pictures post backwards. so we are going back in time...with the most recent adventures.


Jordan checked into the MTC officially on Wednesday, we will miss him. He's going to be a great missionary.

and we finally took a vacation
hawaii was amazing, we did everything we could in 8 days with a baby. i honestly feel like i can't even remember what we did because we did so much. the best part was just not working and being with my family. now that we have taken a vacation, i'm already starting to plan our next one, who is up for Bora Bora???!! i have to aim high, i mean hawaii was our first real vacation!


so i came home feeling pretty depressed. leaving hawaii, taking the red eye, saying goodbye to jordan (happy tears!), work, getting the baby back on a schedule, running and feeling the jiggle jiggle, no more treats because of jiggle jiggle.....

and then carly learned to clap today. i came unglued with perfection and happiness in a single moment with her just clapping.
life is good. Thanks carly for making my day.

good stage

i really do miss the newborn/cuddly stage...BUT i love the sitting - not-crawling stage.
C really loves being independent and sitting up. and i love that she is so happy to do so.

we also had a fun visit from her cousins, we played hard, made cinnamon rolls, had a sleep over, went shopping, and just hung out. had a blast.

going vintage

carly in my pink dress

me in the same dress with the coat

she still looks like her dad

love you carly girl

Bust a gut.

we are just laughing away the time. i'm quickly learning there is no more time, it just keeps getting faster and faster.
luckily, we have a kid that cracks up about anything, i mean anything.

her new favorite joke is the dog....probably because i decided to give bentley the full spa treatment (that means bath + razor = bathed street dog). it was a disaster. i will not post photos, i'm afraid peta will come looking for me. seriously - that bad. she has chunks of her hair missing. every time i tried to fix it, it just got worse.
sorry bentley dog.

since i've declared my health craze, the working out has been great. the eating part not so great. in fact, i see cupcakes, ice cream, cookies, and cheese floating around my head. it's like i have my own personal mobile of food hanging over my face at all times. and then the fridge makes it a reality.

oh well, i just keep trying and trying...and hopefully, i will stop dreaming that i cheated on johnny.....by going to mcdonalds so i could eat mine own big mac. yup, that was my dream. i lied to johnny about stuffing my face with mcdonalds?? what is wrong with me.
i'm a mess, somebody get me some easy mac now.


laughing....





and more laughing...



oh wait...that was funny too.....giggle giggle.....


laughing...
and

then...

you fed me food. WHAT IS THIS??

i <3 this kid.