As of Late.

We've had some pretty active weekends as of late. Active is a relative term, as most days Carly and I hang out at home, play, go for walks in the 70 degree Tennessee weather (until this weekend), and count down the hours until daddy comes home. As of late, Carly has been having some new adventures.

She went to see Aunt Jenny's swim meet last weekend. She was all oranged out and the folks in the crowd couldn't get enough of her. She has a tendency to attract attention wherever she goes. The next night we babysat the 5-month-old baby of some friends of ours as they went to the Tennessee football game. Jenna's a calm baby and luckily Carly was asleep for the first hour she was at our house. And it worked out rather well for Chris and I, because we left both babies in the hands of his parents and headed to most of the adult session of stake conference (we did tell Jenna's parents about this). This was Carly's first real interaction with another baby (I'm not doing a very good job at socializing her) and they seemed to get along rather well. Too bad both their dad's are students and will be leaving Knoxville in the next short while; it would have been fun to see them grow old together.

The next morning was Stake Conference. I'm sure it was great, but trying to feed a very hungry yet curious baby in a crowded mothers lounge doesn't make for easy listening. I've decided Church will be a "get as much as you can" experience for the next 10-15 years. In news that's just as interesting, Carly had an adorable headband that matched her dress, but Chris seemed to think she looked like Rambo baby. I clipped a massive flower on it to solve the problem.

He thinks he's funny.

Then we had some sad news in the C House. Carly said good-bye to her dearest friend, LionHeart. I left him in the diaper bag with a bottle that had a little leftover "mama milk" in it. I forgot about the bottle, and two days later unzipped the bag to the most putrid smell ever. I tried to resuscitate LionHeart, but he can't be immersed in water, so there was no saving him. The smell was making me gag as I tried to wipe him down with soap and a damp cloth. So we said a tearful good-bye, and buried him in the dumpster. Luckily, he has a lot of brothers in the not-so-distant land of Target. We found one with as kind a heart as LionHeart had, and now Carly is getting to know LionHeart II.

Last picture with LionHeart I

And of course, we enjoyed Thanksgiving. We stayed in Knoxville and Chris's family came down and we celebrated at his sister Jenny's apartment.

Thanksgiving morning nap

Hanging with Gpa C. Beautiful baby.

Mama and Car.

Its been a fun few weeks, but I'm looking forward to three weeks of calm nothingness (that's a relative term these days with a baby and Chris's hectic schedule) before we head off for Christmas vacation. We are excited to spend the next few weeks celebrating Carly's first Christmas as a little family of 3.