Thursday, January 1, 2009

New Discoveries

I just have to share a couple of pictures of Karys's newest discoveries. First of all, she's been a thumb-sucker for quite some time, but I'll guess that most people have never seen a double-thumb sucker! :) I'm thinking she figures that if one thumb is good, two must be twice as good!
Then, on Christmas Day she discovered how to roll over from her back to her tummy! She's been able to go to either side for a few weeks now, but has not been able to go all the way over. She was laying on her play gym and rolled up onto her side. Then she kind of swung one leg over the other. The arch from the gym was kind of a hinderance because she couldn't figure out how to get her arm out from under her because she didn't have room for it. But she finally got it! It was really exciting to watch her do something she hadn't been able to do before. :) And now that she's done it several times she's gotten really fast at it! Here's what she looked like after that first time:

And this last picture is just fun. The Monday before Christmas we got together with friends (we had 4 babies at our little party!) and of course we had to put the babies together for pictures. This one is funny to me because Karys is looking at Stephanie's mom, Catherine, and Stephanie seems to be looking at me! Oh well, still a cute picture. And of course there's Ethan chillin' to the side. :)
And yes I do realize there are only 3 babies in this picture but Jackson had gotten tired of the whole picture-taking process! ;)

3 comments:

Mommy Lion said...

Love the new discoveries! Cherish them, I'm already forgetting what these baby stages were like!
Love the new header!

Mike and Erin said...

It just gets better and better doesn't it? Jonas just learned how to clap his hands. So fun!

Kristen said...

Very cute...love the double thumb sucking..too funny! Also love the new layout on your blog...really pretty!

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I've been a wife for over seven years, a mommy of one for 2 and a half years, and a mommy of two as of 12/28/10! :) I married Ryan on July 26, 2003. We always said we wanted to have kids sometime around our fifth anniversary. The closer that time came, the more we started thinking we still needed another year. However, God held us to our original plan because Karys Elizabeth was born July 30, 2008...4 days after our 5th anniversary. :) I quit my job teaching kindergarten to take on the much more rewarding "career" of stay-at-home mom. There are some days that are hard, but I love it just the same. God surprised us again in May 2010 when we found out we were having baby #2. I went through the entire pregnancy expecting him to go past his January 9, 2011 due date since his sister was overdue. However, Zane Elliott surprised us by making his debut on December 28, 2010, and we wouldn't have it any other way! Now that we have "one of each" we could be "done" with our family, but hopefully that won't be the case. :)