On The Eve Of Christmas Eve

Although you hadn't fully worked out the logistics in your mind, you were sure that Santa had given this candy cane to you. Ok, so really Aunt Karlee did, but Santa gave it to her! The look on your face was priceless when you realized that you had already received your Christmas wish.

Writing to Remember

I never want to forget how good it feels to snuggle a sleeping 2 1/2 month old baby. As I hold her, tummy to tummy, I'm wondering how she could already be big enough to reach her legs halfway down my thighs. She smells so fresh from bath time; her fluffy hair is wonderful to nuzzle into. I love how her cubby tummy pancakes against mine. Every time she squirms there is a tiny grunt or squeak. My heart is bursting with love for her, and gratitude to my lord for letting me be her mother.

An Update, FINALLY!

I know, it's been a long time since I've blogged on here, and even longer since I mentioned how our family is doing.

We are doing great! We love our little family and are having so much fun watching Evelyn change each day. Her personality is so happy and social, she always makes me smile. The 23rd was her 4 month b-day! It's hard to believe how fast time is flying. Some of her favorite 'tricks' are standing up with us supporting her (she's loved this one since 2 months), trying hard to play pat-a-cake with me, grabbing her feet and talking non-stop to the ceiling or her toys. The biggest highlight for us was when she laughed! She's only done it a few times, but we LOVE it!

What we've been up to

A LOT has happened since July fourth. Evelyn's changes alone are too many to list. But to sum things up quickly, we are still loving California (but haven't even gone to the beach...can you believe it!!!?). Evie can say some words and crawl, but it's more like a scoot with one leg in front and one sorta behind; I should probably take a picture of that now that I think of it. And speaking of pictures, I am working on getting some professional photography gigs! I just started up a new blog, so add it to your reader :). It's kara-rush.blogspot.com. Here is one of the images:



So stop by the new blog and let me know what you think!

Happy 4th!

Mike had to work when we took this pic but he says happy Independence Day too!

My Girl

I LOVE HER!

Internetless Life

There are so many things I want to post about but we don't have internet where we are living! This is the first chance I've gotten in a long time to sit down and do a quick update while my sisters are watching Evelyn.

Mike is loving his job and it's keeping him very busy. He hasn't been getting many days off, but luckily this weekend he didn't have work! We went to Disneyland on Friday night (Mike's parent's got us annual passes!!!) and on Saturday it was my sister's birthday. We ate at a Mongolian BBQ...yum. Here is Evelyn before we went to the restaurant. Pictures courtesy of my phone camera.




My cousin got married on the 15th in San Diego so we went down to celebrate. Here's Evie and I at the Reception.



Ok, this girl has been teething for AT LEAST the last 5 weeks and there are still no teeth to show for it! I really want to round up all the pictures I have of her chewing on something and post them on here. There are tons, cuz all she ever does lately is chew. Poor baby. I hope the teeth come soon and relieve her (and me, because she's been waking up at least 4 times a night for those past 5 weeks)!

Here is a cute picture of her and Mike. Love that beanie!!



Well, that's pretty much the extent of my cell phone photo album (plus a few photos of a chair that are on my other blog).

Hope everyone is doing well!!