Scenes from a hospital

M found some pictures of us leaving the hospital and figured she would post them. Here's Carrie in the carseat for the very first time. Here's my ride out of the hospital.

Just like Mommy

Being at home with M all day is lots of fun. I have decided that I can be just like her. Here I am getting ready for our morning walk. I have my baby, just like M carries C.
I have also started feeding my baby doll just like M feeds C. I enjoy my time at home with M, but we miss D each day. The evenings are fun when D comes home and wrestles with me or has the Tickle Bug attack me!!!

First outing

M's first outing with the 2 of us girls alone was on Friday to storytime at the library. It was lots of fun. But we tried to take in 2 storytimes with a half hour break in between and that got a little too long for me. I started getting hungry and a little antsy. But the first storytime (ages birth to 2 1/2) was lots of fun and we will probaby go back there again a few times while M is home on leave. We played finger games, sang songs, played games and read books. The second story hour (for ages 2-3) included a craft time and 2 little stories. But again after being at the library for almost an hour and half, I was ready to be done and thus didn't sit nearly as quietly as I was supposed. The first class was better, when it didn't matter if I sat still.
Taking some time to rest on the bench inside the library while waiting for storytime to begin.
All in all, M thought her first outing with her two girls went well.

Family Visit

M's family came for one week to see my baby sister. It was a busy, fun-filled week. We played games and went for walks. Aunt R and her friend took me to the park on the sled to play in the snow. On Monday, they all went skiing while G stayed home with M, C and me. Then on Tuesday everyone went snowshoeing--again G stayed home to play with us.

Here's a cute picture of C and me!!G holding C after the Baptism on Sunday.

G showing off!!

G with both her granddaughters.

Uncle W admiring C.

Aunt R was my roommate everynight.

Aunt R and her boyfriend David.

Full dinner table every evening. Even C is sitting with G at the table.

It was a wonderful time having everyone over. The house seemed very quiet when everyone left and I kept asking M where G&G were.

Carrie's Baptism

While G&G were out to see us, we had C's baptism. Don't I have a wonderful family?

D sang for C...the same song he sang for me. However, it is a super long video, so M isn't able to get it to work when posting. Just take my word--it was a beautiful song and D did wonderful!!

G performed the ceremony.

M's family that was able to join us for the celebration.

Both sets of grandparents.

Uncle S and Aunt S are our godparents.

After the ceremony everyone came over to our house for turkey dinner. G did a wonderful job cooking it and the house was very full with almost 25 people. What a blessed miracle God does for us on our Baptism day!

Hair disaster

Christmas day I had my first hair disaster. I was having fun with a Thomas train following me all over the house. After playing with it for about 20 minutes, I came to M looking like this!!! Isn't it a wonderful barrette??!My hair got all caught up in the wheels. Luckily when M cut my hair to release the train, it wasn't very noticable.

this was the before picture!!!

The lesson learned: Don't put a mechanical toy in your hair while it's turned on!

Christmas at home

My beautiful family Christmas Eve after Church Service. Me and my sister in our Christmas dresses.

and us in our matching Santa pjs.Christmas was very fun at our house. Santa brought me a Mickey Mouse Choo Choo Train and M&D got me the Mickey Mouse clubhouse. (M can't get any of the videos to work of me opening my presents, so you'll just have to take her word that I was very excited).