Carly and Carsen...

Carly has so much fun with her Uncle Carsen!! I was a little worried that Carly might not take to everyone soon enough before they had to go(she's a HARDcore Mommy's girl, and doesn't do so well with other people), but luckily she did just great with everyone! We think that maybe having my sister Annie here (2 days prior to the weekend) for 8 days broke her in a little!!! It was nice to have someone else hold her for a change!(Not that I don't love holding my baby!)



Carly taking a moment to herself to reflect upon the day...

Happy Birthday Ryan!

We celebrated Ryan's 30th birthday last Sunday!We had a great weekend-Ryan's parents and his little brother Carsen came up from Utah and surprised Ryan when he got home from work on Friday(and I mean REALLY surprised him!It was pretty funny to see his shocked reaction). We played, laughed, swam, ate lots, and most of all, just enjoyed eachothers company. It was a fabulous weekend! Thanks so much Mom, Dad, and Carsen for coming to visit!! We love you!

Yummy cake!! Strawberry Boston Cream!!....and no, I didn't make it! Sad to say, it's store bought, but soooooooooooo worth it!!



Go easy there old man!!

Fun with Auntie Annie!

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Happy Anniversary!!!

Ryan and I celebrated our 3rd Anniversary yesterday! We were married 8/06/04!
3 years ago and still going strong!
Thanks to our "built-in babysitter for the week," (my little sister Annie), we were able to go out for a really nice dinner, and finally to the movies!(First time since Carly's been born!!) We saw Harry Potter, and it was awesome!!! We are old-timers though because we were exhausted being out past 10:30!!! Hehe~ LOL~ I guess that's what being parents will do to ya! Anyhow, we had such a wonderful evening of celebration.
I can honestly say that as much as I love Ryan, I continue to love him more and more each day. He is such an amazing example to me of unconditional love(a useful quality to have being married to me!!), and he is the cutest/sweetest Daddy ever! I can't imagine my life or myself without him.
We have been so blessed with the love, support, and wisdom of close friends and family through these years. We are so grateful to have been married and sealed in the temple for time and all eternity, and for that solid foundation of our home and family.

Our little prodigy...

Carly loves jammin' on her piano!!! She can even sing at the same time!!!

Baby Blue Eyes

I've been cleaning out Carly's closet this week, and I found this cute coat that she hasn't worn yet, so I was trying it on, and it looked so cute that of course, we had to snap a shot!

We have a hair clip!!

Carly's hair has definitely been long enough to do this for quite some time now, and for some reason, I've just never gotten around to trying it out!! So yesterday after her nap, I sat with her in her room and played with her hair!! Oh, the fun times ahead of us!! So we put her 1st hair clip in, and it was a success!! And yes, I know-to all you family members who are saying that "it looks like she has a little bit of red in her hair," just like you always do- as much as we love all of you red-heads out there, Carly is all dirty blonde-more of a golden honey~LOL~ Just so we've cleared that up for those of you who were lost in confusion-there ya go!! HEHE~




Gotta have the classic Carly face!!.....v

Sooooooooooooo Big~!

So I accidentally uploaded the wrong clip of this, but being that it took me FOREVER to get just this up, I'm afraid the "little" SOOOO BiG is going to have to do for now. Maybe when I find the patience to find out what happened to the clip where she does it over and over, I'll post it up!....But in the meantime..........

Happy 4th of July!!!

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Here is my little patriotic arrangement for the 4th of July!Yea!!!....(I had a cute little flag to stick in the middle of this, and totally forgot to even use it till now!!Hehe-oh well!)



Here's our little lounging floater!! Carly had her first official time in the pool yesterday!! She freaked out at first to our surprise(she LOVES bath time), but we think it was due to the freezing water which actually felt quite nice with the 90+degree weather, once you got use to it. I tried to calm her down and endured the screaming for the next minute or so, and luckily she gave in. In fact, she was motionless-She didn't even move a muscle until I got her out. You can see how "excited" she was to be in the pool by the look on her face in these pics. We'd like to think that she wasn't so much frozen with fear, but just relaxing and enjoying the experience! Hopefully with some more practice with the pool, she'll be doing cannon balls into the water in no time!!!




We want to also mention that Carly's uncle, and our little brother Carsen turned 11 on the 3rd of July!! So grown up Carsen!! I'm sure it's crazy to think that next month, 19 YEARS ago, Ryan was turning 11!! Hehe-LOL! Carsen, you keep us all young!! You are such a breath of fresh air to us all. Carly loves you so much, and always lights up when you're around. Thanks for always being so much fun, a joy to be in the family with, and such a great brother and uncle. We miss you and love you so much!!!....we REALLY do. Come see us soon!! You and me have got some yummy shakes to make!!.....or a LONG road-trip to SONIC! Yipeee!!
Happy 11th!!

Enjoy~

Just some pics that I got carried away taking today!!....(Ryan's on-call at the hospital until tomorrow afternoon!! So fun!

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Carly's 1st cookie....what a mess!!

Funny girl...

Carly was done eating and was laughing as I was singing goofy to her. She's doing this new thing now that once she gets laughing, she's discovering how to make other noises, i.e. fake cough, which she's doing here marvelously!

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Hi Mom!!!

Carly just being a silly girl!

Our little squirt!

My happy napper for the day!!.....

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Bed head!!

Carly has had a really tough past month. We still don't know why she's so sick, and her endless misery continues....Nevertheless, today she delighted me with a good long 2 hr. nap!! So wonderful, I had to capture the moment on camera when I woke her up! Yes, I know, I'm as pathetic as they come! Today it was 91 degrees and brutally hot, and even though Carly's room is the coolest, she still managed to get a little overheated and work up some good bed head!!!

Playing dress-up already!!!

I left Carly out in the Living room for a minute while I ran to change, and when I came back, this is how I found her!! I have no clue how she even got her jammies, or on her head for that matter!! Oh my little girl is already wanting to play dress-up!!! Very creative, I must say!! ; )

Bath time pics....