Who is that...Mama with brown hair?

Carlee is starting to like her swing a little better, but only if she is already in a good mood when you put her in it.

The Synergy (our sunday school class) girls (Mary, me, Carlee, Rachel and Anna) at Rachel's baby shower.

Rachel's having a boy! Carlee is not allowed to meet him until she is at least 25 years old. =)

So the hair color was not intentional. I told my stylist that I wanted to go more natural (which is a dark blonde, but nonetheless still very blonde), she thought going warmer was a good idea, but when she started putting the color on warm was an understatement. Oh well...just like a bad hair cut where it always grows back, you can always change the color too.

Her Weight and Our Date

Carlee looks so tiny curled up in my dad's arms.

On Friday, I went to lunch with some co-workers and while I was at the office I decided to weigh Carlee on the digital scale. So I got on the scale first (sorry not telling my weight!!!) and then got on with Carlee and she weighs 7 lbs 8 oz. WOW...I couldn't believe it. I surely thought she was still in the 6 lbs range since the newborn clothes still swallow her, but she is really growing. We have her 2 month appointment in a few weeks so it will be fun to see her exact height and weight and what percentile she falls in, although the getting shots part will not be fun!

My parents came to visit this weekend and they had a great time with Carlee. It had been 3 weeks since they last saw her and they couldn't believe how much she has changed. I don't think I held Carlee for more than 5 minutes all weekend. She is very spoiled. Saturday after dinner, Mom asks if Craig and I wanted to go to the movies while they took care of Carlee and of course we took them up on their offer! We saw the Hangover! Hilarious!!! After the movie, Craig and I were talking about various scenes and there is a baby in the movie and Craig said that all he could think about was that they haven't feed the baby and he was probably getting hungry. I thought that was really cute! Oh how your outlook on life and things change after having a baby.

HIGHLIGHT...For the first time, I put Carlee to bed last night and she slept a 4 hour shift and then a 5 hour shift. Whahoooooo!!! She woke up at 5:45am and the whole time I was feeding her I keep looking at the clock and for the life of me I couldn't remember what time her last feeding was besides the one at 1am. After 20 minutes of pondering, I realized she slept through it. Usually we have a feeding around 3am, but not this time!!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for tonight!

Happy Monday! xoxo, Susan

Summer Fun!

Happy Birthday Aunt Brynn!!!!

Carlee's first birthday dinner with all the girls!

Getting ready for bath time.

Cousin Cayden, Mimi and Miss Carlee

Pretty in Yellow!

Happy 1 month Birthday to Carlee!

Being silly in my sudo birthday suit!

"My belly is full...I think I'll take a nap"

"I'm not Dr. Evil's mini me...I'm too cute!"

This 1st month has gone by way too fast!

Carlee pictures!

"Having blood drawn is no fun!!!"

Carlee's PKU screen test came back borderline 2 different times so the pediatrician wanted to run some more tests to make sure everything was ok and it was (thankfully), but the experience of having her blood drawn was very traumatic. Carlee cried (with actual tears) and I was sitting in the chair trying not to cry myself, while 2 nurses and a doctor took her blood.

Carlee is bird watching...she is trying to figure out what kind of bird is on the feeder. She has never seen that type before. haha

Carlee's model pose!

Carlee's 1st church outfit.

On the way back from College Station we stopped by to see Mimi and Pops (Craig's parents) in Cleburne.

I know I'm cute!

About to leave for church...Carlee's first church appearance in College Station, it was a good one (it was fun showing her off to my parent's sunday school class ~ many prayers were sent our way from that group), until we had a major diaper explosion. Gotta love backup outfits!

What are you looking at?

Carlee's first trip to College Station

Dad with his Proud Grandpa cap on. He sure is!!!

Uncle John and Carlee

Carlee's 4th of July outfit...it's a little big, but it was the only outfit that was not all pink and sort of fit her.

My midriff...

Mom got my needlepoint projects framed for me. They look great! I am taking them to College Station this weekend so she can see them and then I will hang them in the nursery.

Carlee is practicing her yoga techniques. I would say cheerleading pose/stretch, but Craig has already said that he refuses to let her become a cheerleader (I'm willing to take bets - haha) ~ he's hoping she will be a soccer player. It looks like she has arches in her feet (she didn't get those from me), so it could happen.

Now I lay me down to sleep...

Carlee with her "CPR blow up" friend Sadie.

Did you notice Carlee was showing off her midriff? (On a side note: That will NOT be allowed when she is older.) She is starting to out grow some of her Preemie clothes. Booooooo! I put on 3 different tops today and they barely cover her little belly and her legs are getting too long for some of the nightgowns. Newborn clothes are still huge on her so we are in the dreaded "in between" sizes stage - I hate it when that happens!