Happy Halloween!!!

ROOOAAARRRRR!!!!!

(we should of bought 6-9 months lol.. the pants are kind of short)

Fall is here... sort of

after looking at cousin Charity's cute cute fall outfits, i realized we didn't have any warm clothes for carlee yet. we didn't think it was going to get cold any time soon, but then all of a sudden, tuesday was freeezing! well, not freezing, lol but cold, and it took us by surprise. so we headed to walmarts late last night to pick up a few warm things for her to wear. so today i dressed her warm since i thought it was going to be cold like yesterday, then we headed out to do errands, and it's sooo nice outside! lol. but now she's ready when fall decides to get here for sure. :) here's what she was wearing today before i took the sweatpants off (she also had a ballerina sweater that matches)

This is how tall she's gotten!

the car seat

Here are the promised pics of the new big girl car seat!!! Yay Carlee!!! :D

Five Months Old

yep. Carlee's five months old already! sheesh! time is flying! let's see... what has our little monster been up to? well....

she's learned to screech and squeal, sometimes constantly. lol... she can roll and roll and roll and roll until mommy or daddy put her back on her mat. she has found her feet, and when she's laying down she always has them in her hands. it's so cute.

and she's trying to move around on her own! when she's laying on the floor, she'll either roll over and over, or lately she's been trying to get to something in front of her... but the way she moves right now, she ends up scooching backwards. lol...

she's eating her cereal very well, and is even reaching for mommy's spoon when she's snacking. so i don't think it will be too long before she's ready for baby food. :)

her hair is getting longer, and her little bald spot is slowly going away. i haven't noticed any teeth coming out yet, and she hasn't been acting too fussy... she's always really good when i take her out with me. always quiet and looking around, hardly ever fusses in public.

but, she that doesn't mean she always quiet. haha... she's always talking now, baby talk of course, but she's got so many sounds down pat, it's unbelievable! and it amazes me because once in a while, she looks like she's concentrating on the sound she's trying to make instead of just making noises! :)

i'll try to put some pics on here soon, but probably tomorrow, because today is going to be a busy day for us.

Friday's Funny Face #8

she's made some funnier faces, but this is the only one tony could catch :)

Naptime

happy happy joy joy!

this was actually a week or so ago:

dernit

I just realized this morning that I forgot to do a Friday Funny Face this week... (she's definately been making alot of funny faces though... haha) hmm... sorry guys :) lol... we've been super busy since Daddy finally got home on Thursday! yay! This is a quick post... more later!

she did it again

just because

first time being babysat

Monday night, I had my cake class, and tony was underway... so I asked our friend Stress if he could watch her for a few hours. "of course," he said.

"She's never been babysat by anyone before," I said. Well, there was that one time grandma and grandpa Beck watched her while they were here, but I mean she hasn't been babysat by anyone that's not family yet... So...

I took her around 6pm, and for the fifteen minutes I was there, she was fussy and crying. I felt bad! I almost didn't go to class, but eventually she settled down, and Stress said, "Go sneak out." so I left....

I got back a little before 9pm... I walk in. "How was she?" I asked.

"oh, fine." yeah... sure... don't lie. haha

"okay, she just settled down about 40 minutes ago, and it was because I've been walking around with her. She is so SPOILED!" he told me.

I felt bad. I don't mean to spoil her, I just don't let her cry at home. I guess that's spoiling... but I'm at home with her, so I can't not do anything... if that makes sense.

Anyway... so that was a new experience for Carlee. It showed me I really need to get her more socialized. She used to do great with other people, but I guess since the past few months have just been me and her, that she's gotten used to it.

Then... this lol

Needless to say, after the dissappearing act in the previous post, Carlee went back into her jumperoo.... I finished up my icing my cake, finished cleaning up, and put the dishes in the dishwasher and I realized I didn't hear the jumperoo music at all.... so I went out to the living room, and found this:

Where did Carlee go?

While I was preparing for my cake decorating class, I had Carlee on her blanket because she was tired of being in her Jumperoo. I put her in front of the kitchen so that I could easily check on her. One second I saw her just laying there watching me, good. The next, she was grabbing the blanket and pulling it, okaaay.. :) Then I look again, and she's rolling over. haha... I go look to see where she ended up, and this was how I found her. LOL

Friday's Funny Face #7

bigger car seat

so last night we drove the truck to BabiesRus to buy another car seat base, so that we could have one in each car... you know, make it easier on us. Well, we get to that part of the store, look around, and can't find it. We asked a lady...

"Oh," she said, "we don't sell that model anymore, they have a new one." ...ohhh... okay. She continued to look at Carlee, and then asked, "How old is she?" ...four months... "How long?" ...26 plus inches... "Ohhh... well, you know you really should get the next car seat up, she's getting too big for that one."

Which I had been wondering... lol... Carlee's little legs are longer than the seat and and her feet hang over, and since she still has to face the back, she has to bend her little long legs. So, we picked one out that she will actually be able to use until 100 lbs, and up until she faces the front, and then she can use it as a booster after that. I'll post some pics of her in it later. :)

tasty toes

she grabbed her foot earlier... and brought it to her mouth!!! :) but only for a few seconds, then it slipped out of her hand. lol... i went and got the camera just in case she did again, but she didn't. not yet anyway. :)

Gosh...

There are moments during the day that I look at Carlee and suddenly realize out of nowhere how big she's gotten... sigh... I just had a moment like that. She's playing with her toys on her jumperoo, smiling at the cats as the walk by, jumping around. She's growing up too fast!!!

jumperoo

jump! jump! jump! that's what Carlee's been doing all last night and today! yay! we went to the nex to find a "big girl" toy, and almost bought a walker thing, then we saw the JUMPEROO!!! and we knew it would be perfect for our little girl who loves to kick and bounce so much! she loves it! :D