Family togetherness

Sunday was Uncle S and Aunt S's last day in CO. So after church we had a going away cake for them and took lots of pictures. Here's one of D and his brothers and P.All the cousins....an even 10.
Getting ready for the cold weather up in MN!!!!!

My best friend L and my sister C. M knows I will really miss L not living up the street from us anymore. I think I am still too young to completely understand, so M is sad for me.

Just L and C.

L and I. We really are the best of friends. Everytime I see him I run up and give him hugs. We are more like siblings than cousins. I enjoyed him living only 4 houses away for one year. We played together quite frequently. Going back to G's house once M goes back to work won't be the same either without L there in the afternoons to play with. That's part of the reason that I get to go to preschool 2 days a week at M's work. So I can have lots of friends to play with.

Playing dress up

M and I braided our hair the other day. Don't we look cute? Here you can see one of my braided pigtails.

At G&P's house on Sunday, my cousins played dress up with me.

Going exploring.....what a strange creature I see in my binoculars....could it be Papa??

2 months old

C is two months old already. Isn't she just the cutest sleeping beauty ever? She moved to her own crib also.

Here is me loving up on C.

Reading

I love to read!! Sometimes M reads to me and C.... and sometimes I read just to C.
Aren't I a good reader??! And a good big sister??

Happenings

The Women of the Rockies surprised M at their January meeting with a "Welcome Baby Shower." I even got a couple presents...books! It was a nice suprise for us.Proud P holding C. I think her expression means, "who is this crazy guy!!!"
C. all bundled up for one of our afternoon walks. M tries to get me out at least once a day. For her own sanity and for me to work off a little energy. Of course, C is always drug along--usually riding on M's chest in the baby carrier.

Seven weeks old and I still love her. Aren't we a cute set of girls??

We had D's whole family over for the Super Bowl on Sunday. It was fun to have all my cousins over (probably the last time for a really long time, since Cousin L is moving to MN in 2 weeks). Anyhow, I was a little upset because a few of my cousins locked me out of my room while they prepared a surprise for me. It was a fun surprise---the put all my letters out and added puzzle pieces with appropriate starting letter, to try to help me learn my alaphabet. Notice I am sitting on the letter B--for Brileigh.

I know 4 letters really well--B, C, D & M---for Brileigh, Carrie, Daddy and Mommy--and I occasionally will pull them out of my puzzle and show M.

We used the area as a dance floor shortly afterwards!!

I'm still practicing my singing. Here is my renedition of "Jesus Loves Me."

So you can see, we are keeping M very busy on her time off. She can't believe she only has 2 weeks left. How time flies!!!

Diaper explosion

I am so glad I am out of diapers (I bet M is too!!!). Here's what M had to deal with this morning with C. I'm sure every mother out there knows what I'm talking about!! What a mess!!

All the way up to the neck---some of that was when M took the onesie off over her head.

Needless to say, C was taken directly to the bath (in this case the bathroom sink!!) to get all cleaned up. Just lounging away, enjoying the water and her reflection!!

Sledding fun

Saturday was a beautiful winter day. Almost 50 degrees with leftover snow from Christmas still on the ground. Since M was cleared of all her lifting restrictions from her surgery she was ready to take me sledding. Here I am at the top of the hill. I am all ready to sled!!!

Chucky Cheese

Last week, my cousin celebrated his birthday at Chucky Cheese's. I had lots of fun riding on the cars, trains and climbing through the tunnels.Here's a cute one of my and two of my cousins.
Even Barney showed up!!!

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).