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Just a few cute pictures to share!

Sleepy girl!

Here are Karys and Ethan sharing some tummy time yesterday during Bible study

And just a picture of Karys enjoying tummy time. Look how high she can raise up!!

Who Would've Guessed?...

That unloading silverware from the dishwasher was funny?! :) This afternoon I had Karys on the counter in her Bumbo seat (don't judge me! :) while I unloaded the dishwasher. I started pulling the silverware out and putting it away and apparently she found this hilarious!! She's started doing "real" laughing now and I just love it! It's impossible not to laugh back at something like that. Last week we got this great video of her spending like a minute and a half laughing at Ryan playing Peek-A-Boo with her. Of course it's on the video camera, which most likely means it's too big to upload here. But I used my digital camera to take today's video. Hope you like it! (Oh, and don't you love that the second I start talking to her, she stops laughing?! :)

TAG, You're It!

I've been tagged by Meredith. :) Apparently when you are tagged, you are supposed to retrieve the fourth picture from the fourth album on your computer. My picture is going to be fairly recent because we got a new computer and haven't transferred all of our old pictures to it! But, here it is:

This is Karys during the clean-up time after she was born. :)

Okay, now I tag: Amy, Caci, Evangeline, Erin, Shelah, Merrisa, Kristy, and Lindsay. Can't wait to see your pics!! :) Have fun!

Just for Laughs

Actual conversation that happened in line at Albertson's tonight:

Man in line behind me (to cashier, whom he apparently knew): (looking at Karys) You'd better watch out because this little boy is going to get you!

Cashier (before looking at Karys): Oh, yeah, okay! (sarcastic)

Cashier looks down at Karys: That's not a boy, it's a girl!

Man: No, it's not! (Looks at me quizzically)

Me: Yeah, it's a girl.

Cashier: She's got on a pink outfit and a pink blanket!

Man (to me): I don't know any better...I had two babies and both of them were boys.

The above picture is to show you exactly how Karys looked during the aforementioned incident. Granted, this man was probably in his 60's, but come on!! :)

Karys Tells the Truth :)

In case you can't see her shirt, it says "Kiss Me, I Am Too Cute." Also, notice how she's grabbing at her feet. That's a new thing she started a couple of days ago. Hopefully that puts a smile on your face for those of you that, like me, are saddened by these election results. I knew this was how it was going to go down, but now that it really has, I just wonder what is in store for this country. I decided this morning that the only way this election would've been fair is if both candidates were black, because then everyone would be forced to only look at the issues and not at skin color. I think the idea of a black president is awesome, but I don't think that should've been enough reason to vote for him. I feel like there is a dark cloud hanging over us now but I have been reminding myself CONSTANTLY today that God is in control. However with that being said, God also allows us to receive consequences for our poor choices. Is this election the result of a nation that has not put God first for a long time? I guess we will find out.

On a positive note, check out this cute picture I took yesterday! :)

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!