Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! We had a pretty good Easter at our house and hope everyone else did too!

I have the cutest family!

Lookin' for eggs

We finally settled on a name...this is BELLA!! (Isabella Von Schnauzer) She turned 10 weeks today! She has been so great the last couple of days...she even sleeps through the night!!

Our new puppy!! (No name yet!)

She is the sweetest thing ever! We thought we were getting a boy, but when I saw this little girl, I knew it was meant to be. She is so calm and sweet, and thinks Karly is pretty fun, too. We know we have a long couple of nights ahead of us....hopefully we'll make it.

Sniffin' out the news "digs"

Karly is very excited to have the new puppy. She tries to stroke, pat and hold her--with us constantly telling her to "be soft". I think Karly is even a little jealous she's not the center of attention anymore....but, that's good for her, right?!

Karly inspected the puppy's new home, inside and out. And again, I think she is a little jealous of the puppy's new fort.

The Zoo

We had a good time at the zoo with Ba, Poppy and Shelly. It was a beautiful day and Karly loved being outside. We wondered what she liked more--the actual animals or all the new people to look at...but either way we had fun!

We bought Karly this stuffed monkey and she liked to carry it around the same way her dad carried her--on her shoulders, arms wrapped around her forehead.

Karly was the cutest thing at the zoo, if I do say so myself (which I always do)!

Stopping to look at the flamingos...pink!!

Getting ready for summer

A few weeks ago, when the weather started to warm, Karly and I decided we needed to primp for summer. So, we got some fabulous new sunglasses and painted our toes pink!

FABULOUS!!

Karly inherited mom's sensitive blue eyes...that, and she's just one hip chick!

I'm pretty sure those are the cutest pigs ever!

Startin' Slow in 2007

Sorry, it's been a long while since our last post. We just haven't had much to report! Phoenix is still growing on us, although it hasn't really been that warm. Well, warmer than where most of you are...but not what we expected from "Phoenix winters". Karly is getting so old, we can't believe it. She loves to sit and read her "flip the flap" books and rearrange mom's cupboards. She also loves primary...especially singing time. (I teach the 9/10 year olds and Karly spends sharing time with us.)

Happy Valentine's Day!! Karly got lots of compliments on her cute, pink polk-a-dot shirt.

Just readin' a book!

Watching Baby Signing Time--Karly got this for Valentine's Day from Mom and Dad. She can sign eat and baby, so far. (Tongue is out for concentration, of course.)

Thanksgiving

We were excited to have my family come down for Thanksgiving! And Karly got to open some pre-birthday presents from Ba, Poppy, Erika and fam, and Sissy... a great time had by all!

Poppy's Beavis/Cornholio impersonation got all smiles from Karly Jo!

Happy Birthday!!

Karly turned ONE on Saturday, December 2nd! We can't believe how fast time has gone by--it seems like just yesterday she joined our family. But, we sure can't imagine our life without her....was there life before her?!? She brightens our every day! We haven't updated the blog in awhile since we moved and were without internet for awhile, and since our last update she has taken to walking. She's not very brave...her best walking takes place with her bottle in her mouth, when she doesn't notice she's away from anything to hold onto. But she's getting there! And, still no teeth...I'm almost beginning to wonder if she has any at all?! Other than that, she's still the happy, smiley, little people-person she's always been. We sure do love her!!

Good morning, Sunshine!

We were lucky to have Darin and Shelly over to help celebrate! Karly had to tear each piece of wrapping paper off and hand it over to Darin.

Silly D!!

We gave Karly her own little cake to go at for awhile. She took a minute to get into it--she just kept stroking the top of the cake. But once I dug her hand into the cake for her, she got the idea and tore into it. And of course, the mark of a job well done, she ended up with some down her diaper!

(Her face looks orange in this picture b/c she just finished dinner and I didn't see the point in wiping off her face)

She cleans up pretty nice!!

Our Beauty

We can't believe how fast Karly is growing up! So, now I'm going to have to take a moment and gush about her...She's already 10 months old--standing, dancing, babbling non-stop, and all the other cute things that come with this age. She LOVES people and makes new friends everywhere we go--my little social butterfly that I already can't keep up with!

Karly especially loves to put on a show for everyone sitting behind us at church. She dances to the hymns and tries to sing along, and she has a new, "fake cough" that she uses to get people to look her way before flashing them a big smile. A couple weeks ago, she had the sister behind us practically in tears from laughing so hard (quiet laughing, of course). But, I do expect the Bishop to pull us aside soon and give us a talking to about keeping our child reverent for others--but either she's entertaining others or whining and crying...tough choice.

She is always sure to entertain us at home, too. She danced to the Tabernacle Choir during Conference, and loves to make new noises and then turn to see what we think of them. She sure is our sweetheart!

This is Karly doing her "fake cough"

Eating a glue stick (don't worry it's not opened!)

This is what we call the "very serious face"

She loves to smell her blankie for comfort...who doesn't?!

Thanks Ba and Poppy!

A couple days ago, we got a great package of Disneyland stuff from Ba and Poppy (they went last week.) Karly screamed with excitement and had to hold each new thing I pulled out... a t-shirt, and a matching princess bowl and plate. It was pretty cute, so I had to take some pictures of her tasting each new present.

And here is Karly in her new "Princess in Training" shirt...

Pig-tails

I finally tried to put Karly's mop into pigtails. It turned out pretty darn cute...although it was weird to see her without all that hair around her face! She didn't seem to mind too much--just gave the occasional dirty look if I pulled her hair.

Nine months old!

Here are some pics we took of Karly at 9 months! She is getting so very active! She is incredibly curious and loves to be chased!

What a rag-a-muffin!

More trip pictures...

On our way home from Idaho, we stopped by Erika's house in Utah. Karly had so much fun with all her cousins around to entertain her!

With Erika

With Karridy

With Brinley

Playing with Poppy