The trip

This was a favorite picture of mine from the drive. Everytime she would go to sleep we would put her cover on, but she would always stick her feet out of it. It is so cute!

About two hours into our drive we ran into this beautiful lake that was huge and went for miles and miles. The view was so beautiful. The sky was pretty and blue and the color of the water was beautiful too.
We drove all the way from Rexburg, Idaho to Nauvoo, IL straight through. Our only stops were gas/potty/feeding karlee breaks. It was a little crazy with a 6 1/2 month old. Over all though she did very well. She had her moments where she broke down and nothing would get her to stop crying for 10 minutes or so, but we got through them and still had a good time. That stretch was about 26 hours (including our stops). It was so nice to finally be able to get out of the car and walk around for longer than 5 minutes. When we got to Nauvoo we were welcomed back to humidity, wow, I forgot how much I hate it! It was so hot and humid, so we only stayed a few hours. Here are some pictures from our afternoon there.

Jay was trying to get a picture of her with the flowers, but she was more interested in playing with them, but he finally was able to get this one.

Mom was such a huge help on this trip and Karlee really got to know and love her! THANKS MOM! It was also a lot of fun for me and Jay to spend the time with mom too.

After we spent a few hours in Nauvoo we got back in the car for another 4- 4 1/2 hours and drove to Oswego, IL to go see my sister and her family!

We are still here I promise!

So since I last posted a lot has happened! I GRADUATED! YAY!!! I am so glad to be done!

Jay's family was able to come

My wonderful family

My parents also got to come

Our cute little family

We also moved the same day as graduation (I do not recommend this to ANYONE!) Karlee loved playing in the boxes the whole time.

Jay has decided that he wants to be a Physicians Assistant, so he is doing his internship this fall with a family friend of my family. He is a PA at a hospital in Virginia in my hometown. So, we arein Waynesboro, VA for the whole fall with my parents. It has been so fun being here so far! The whole last week of school we were very busy packing up our apartment and doing finals and getting everything ready to leave. Things were pretty hectic. Karlee was starting to become very mobile and rolled everywhere. She was a little unsure about what was going on. But we got everything done. Friday (July 23) was the last day of school, and graduation, and we had just about everything out and into storage that night. Saturday morning we woke up at about 6:30am and finished putting the last minute things in the car and drove out to begin our very long and crazy drive east from Idaho. Luckily my mom very kindly decided she would driveback with us to help with the driving and the baby. I will post another post about our trip here.

AWESOME THING!

So a few weeks back I heard about a thing called "Bountiful Baskets". I heard it was really neat and something I should try. So I looked into it. Basically you go online on Monday night and order a basket. You pay online for the basket and then on Saturday morning you go and pick it up. The produce is from CA and there are different pick up locations you can go to get it. For the basic basket (which I got) it cost $15, then with tax it was $16.50. The pictures below show what we got in our basket! We were very impressed with it. It is such a neat thing and so cheap for so much produce! Each week the produce is different. But you always get 6 fruits and 6 vegetables. The produce tastes so good also. We have loved eating it!

Karlee Update

So, since my last post there have been so many changes.

1. In my last post I mentioned starting the rice cereal with Karlee... well we tried it and she LOVES it! The first night she was so excited about it and ate it right up. She didn't spit any of it out. She wanted more and more.

2. Karlee LOVES her toes and grabs them anytime she can. She also loves to suck on her toes.

3. Karlee found her thumb... she wants to suck her thumb all the time now. I don't think I want this though. I hear it is pretty hard to get rid of the thumb sucking habit. What do you all think?

4. Karlee started sitting up about 2 weeks ago. It is so fun to see her sitting up. She loves sitting and seeing and experiencing things in a new way.

5. Karlee is VERY ticklish now. Her feet and belly are so ticklish. And I tickle her all the time just so I can hear her laugh, it is so cute!

6. Karlee is finally fitting comfotably into 3-6 month clothes! (She will be 6 months on July 11th.)

7. I had my birthday a few weeks ago. My friend Maurine, and her sister Lyla came up for the weekend to visit. They loved Karlee, and Karlee loved them!

8. There is only 3 weeks of school left! AND UNTIL I GRADUATE! I also got asked to give the scripture at convocation!

9. We are finally getting everything all worked out for our move to Virginia at the end of July! We are getting so anxious and excited to go.

10. It has finally decided to turn to summer in Rexburg! We have finally had some nice days this past week!

There have been so many fun things going on, and so much to come. Life is wonderful and busy. Here are some pictures. Sorry I don't have one of her sitting right now.

We went to dinner when they came to visit

Naked baby

Karlee is a messy eater... so we eat with no clothes on!


Karlee loves her toes!



Maurine came to visit for by birthday weekend

LOVES the rice cereal

What's New

Life has been very busy and very exciting around here lately. Karlee finally figured out how to roll from her back to her belly! She has been rolling from her belly to her back for about a month now. I still haven't got a video of it, but I will eventually. She is 5 months old today! I can't believe how fast time is going by. We are going to try the rice cereal with her tonight and see what she thinks... this could be interesting! Karlee is such a character. She loved to laugh now and will laugh at almost anything! Her grin is one that will light up the whole room. She does a full face smile all the time! She loves her exersaucer which is a good thing because she plays in it every night while I'm making dinner! She loves to stand and jump on your legs which also makes her laugh. Basically she is just a bundle of joy that we love sooo very mugh! Something else fun and exciting is that my birthday is this weekend and we have some fun things planned! I just love birthdays! Also, I kept meaning to put up some more of our family pictures we had done, so here are some of them! Along with some other fun pictures we took. Enjoy! Sorry they are before this post!

Babbling

Karlee turned 4 months old on May 11, so I am a little behind on this. But she went to the doctor for her 4 month check up and shots. It was so sad because she was so happy and smiling at the nurses and then all the sudden she was in a state of shock and pain when they gave her the shots. It is so sad to hear her cry like that. But it didn't take her very long to be happy again. So at her 4 month appt. she weighed 11 lbs 15 ounces and was 24.5 inches. She is getting bigger, just slowly. She is in the 23% for weight and 62% for height! I just can't believe how fast time goes and how big she is getting. She changes so much. It is so fun to watch. She is getting pretty close to being able to sit up on her own. She loves to stand and sit all the time. She is not a big fan of laying anymore. Karlee is such a happy baby and is such a blessing to us. We were finally able to get a video of Karlee babbling. She does it all the time but whenever she sees the camera she always stops. When she sees the camera in this video she talked for a few seconds and then stopped. Enjoy the video!

Roll over!!!

So about a week ago we were playing with Karlee on a blanket on the floor. We do tummy time a couple times every day. I have wondered when she would roll over. But that night she did it! I couldn't believe it. I could see that she was getting close so I grabbed my phone and turned the video on. I wanted the camera, but I couldn't get that fast enough. But I got her first roll on camera on my phone! We were so excited and so proud of her. Then, the next night I went to school to take a test and while I was gone she did it twice for Jay. He luckily got one of them on video on the camera this time. I was sad that I missed them, but so proud that she had did it again! She is growing and changing so fast I can't believe it. She likes to sit in her booster seat at the kitchen table with us now too. She always wants to be part of the action and the center of everything. She is so much fun and we love her to pieces!!! She also LOVES bath time. She would lay in the tub for hours I think if I let her. She kicks and splashes and smiles and laughs the whole time. She is even a good sport when it's time to clean her up and wash her hair. She loves having her head rubbed too! She also LOVES to babble and talk all the time now. It is so funny to sit there and listen to her and talk back. In the mornings when she wakes up she doesn't usually cry, she will lay in her crib and talk talk talk. I like to lay in bed and just listen to her and laugh. When I go in to get her up she gets the biggest smile and giggles and gets so excited. It is so much fun. I love being a mother. It is hard work and tiring, but so rewarding. When she looks at me and smiles it just breaks my heart. I am a proud mommy! I have such a wonderful life. I have a great husband and an adorable, beautiful baby girl. Life is wonderful! Here is the video of her rolling over! Enjoy!