Baby's First Halloween

Not that it was really all that much fun to her!! But I had fun (as all parents do) exploiting my child for my own personal enjoyment! Haha! We started off the day in one outfit, but basically only wore it long enough to take the pictures. Texas decided to be rather warm today and if I would've left her in long sleeves all day, the poor girl would've died of a heatstroke!! But I just had to get pictures in this shirt. I bought it from a friend this summer at her garage sale. It says "lil' miss-chevious". Yesterday I had an interesting time trying to find the pants and bow. I knew if I didn't have her wear her headband (especially in the orange shirt) she would be mistaken for a boy. Lately when trying to find black pants I have been out of luck...it seems people don't think babies should wear black??? But I did find some yesterday at Target. I wanted a Halloween bow for her headband, but I waited too late for it. I did find this cute black one at Walmart and am glad that I got it. It'll serve more than just the purpose of Halloween.

What a pretty girl!! :)

So what did we do on her first Halloween? We first went "trick-or-treating" at our friends', Luke and Alisha's, house. Alisha sent out a message a few days ago that they were going to have trick-or-treaters and that they had treats for babies under 1. (She got an adorable stuffed monkey. :) Then we went to the church for the annual carnival, Farm Fair. This was my first time to ever go because in the past it's usually on a school night and I've never wanted to go, be out late, and then go to work the next day. So this year I actually have a child to take and I have no job so it all works out! :) Here is a picture taken of her at Farm Fair in our second Halloween outfit. This shirt was sent to her by my parents and reads "this is my costume". She did well this evening, considering she missed her last nap because I was taking her out gallavanting around town. :) I hope you and your "trick-or-treaters" had a safe and fun Halloween!

(Her eyes look all weird in this picture because it was dark outside so my only source of light was the flash, which obviously was a bright contrast!)

Yay...A New Post!!

My apologies for the long break between postings. My sister got onto me the other day and told me to get some new pictures up soon. My reason, however, for being absent from the blogging world is a good one. Last week, Ryan's sister, Misty was here for the entire week from Connecticut so we were at his other sister, Amber's, house every day to hang out with her, her two kids, and Amber's 4 kids. It was so much fun! Karys's cousins are really starting to enjoy her now that she's older and more interactive. The last time Misty's kids (Will, age 2 1/2, and Jillian, age 1) saw Karys she was only a couple of weeks old and just not a whole lot of fun yet. Now she smiles, and even laughs! I found out from Misty and Amber that the noises I started hearing from her several days ago were, in fact, laughs. She gets this huge grin on her face, and makes almost a fake cough sound...so cute!

Oh, and today marks her three-month birthday. Wow...time is now flying! We took her to the doctor last Thursday because of a rash that wouldn't go away (turns out it's eczema) and she weighed 12 lbs. 2 oz. (that was with clothes and a diaper, though).

Here are some pics from our fun week with family:

Karys and Jillian vegging on the couch

Karys, Connor, and Ryker

Her adorable headbands that we have finally fit her so I dressed her all sassy! This onesie is a gift from a church friend, Rai Lynn, and on the back it has her name in this cute font with rhinestones around it. One day I'll get a picture of the back. :)

Look at this big girl!

And this is just a fun video for your enjoyment. She cracked us up because she was so enthralled with this toy!

Pictures from the Weekend

This past Saturday Karys and I made her first fairly long car trip. We drove to Forney to spend the day with my parents and sister (about an hour and forty minute drive). She did really good in the car. My sister managed to snag some great shots of her and was disappointed that I hadn't posted them yet. So here ya go:

Sweet baby smile!!

This one cracked us up. I was looking at a take-out menu and Karys stared at it intently the entire time I was looking at it. I moved it all around to make sure that's what she was looking at and her eyes just kept following it!

FINALLY!!

I have been trying to catch Karys on video "talking" but have had no luck until tonight. The reason being that I'm trying to capture it with my digital camera so I know I can post it on here and if I'm sitting and talking to her, the second I put the digital camera in her face she stops because the camera has a little red light on it that blinks when it's recording and she spends the whole time staring at the light! So I got a chance to record her tonight in her swing which was apparently less distracting to her (I guess because the camera wasn't right there in her face.). Every time she sits in her swing lately, she talks to the toys that are on it...especially the giraffe. :) I hope you love this as much as I do---she's guaranteed to make you smile!

Random Miscellaneous Information

As the above title states, this post is going to be full of random info. Karys is officially two months old (actually that happened last Tuesday, but I forgot to mention it on previous posts). Today was her appointment with the doctor (where she also had to get her first round of shots :( She weighed in at 11 lbs. 2 oz (47th percentile). That means that since we last went to the doctor 5 weeks ago she's added almost 2 pounds to herself (only 4 oz. away from a full two pounds). She didn't grow quite as much this time. (22 1/2 inches...last time she was 22 inches.) She's now in the 43rd percentile for height. Her head circumference was 15.25". I don't remember what it was last time--the important thing is that she's in the 39th percentile which all together means that she's growing proportionally. She had to have 3 shots today and one oral vaccine. She did really well for her shots. When she was given the first one she had a delayed reaction. It seemed to take her a second to realize that what just happened hurt. Poor baby. But when it was all over with she recovered very quickly (finishing her bottle helped too!).

I took this picture this morning, especially for my mom. She bought this outfit for Karys on Saturday when we went shopping at Kohl's.

On Sunday we all ended up wearing blue, so after we got home we took a family picture (since our last one was taken the day we left the hospital!), so here it is for your viewing pleasure:Oh, this is Karys's latest self-soother (so much for the pacifier!):And finally, she discovered her hand on Monday. She's only done what she did once but it was cute nonetheless. She was laying on the floor doing all the moving that she does with her hands and feet and her right hand passed in front of her face and she took notice of it. She stared intently as she moved her wrist very slowly back and forth. We caught it on video, but it's on the video camera (that seems to make files that are too big). I'll try that another day.

Nana and Granddaddy

On Saturday my parents came over for a visit. They have a goal of seeing Karys at least once a month, which I think is great. These are pictures from their visit.

Fun Play Date

I am doing a Bible study on Thursdays at church and after it's over each week, a couple of friends and I eat lunch together. We had been going out to eat, but that gets expensive quickly so we're going to start rotating houses. Today we were at Mary's house. Mary's little boy, Ethan, was born the day after Karys so we're enjoying the first-time mommy thing together. We laid them on the floor side-by-side to prove that Karys is longer than Ethan (probably by a good 2 inches) and they were so adorable I had to snap pictures. :)

We attempted to get them to hold hands :)

We eventually had to move Karys down a little bit because Ethan's hands were just a little too active and kept hitting her in the face!

We Love You, Aunt Misty!

Ryan's sister, Misty, mailed Karys this onesie last week, along with a matching burp rag and bib. Isn't it just adorable? :)This other picture is one I took on Monday at a Bible study a few friends and I do together. I put Karys on my friend, Jennie's, bed to take a nap and when I went in to check on her, this is what I saw: