HALF A YEAR

Carley is 6 months!! WOW....it has gone by incredibly fast. She is an extremely happy baby(as I write this, she is in her swing crying b/c no one is talking to her) so I guess I better say that about 99% of the time she is very happy. She absolutely LOVES her big sister. Every time Tegan comes in the same room that Carley is in, little Carley's face just lights up with the biggest grin and a bit of excitement comes from her voice. She continues to brighten our lives each day.

She currently weighs in at :

18 lbs 10 ounces (95-97%)
and her height is:
26 1/2"(75%).

She is our

"Chunky Monkey",

"Chunky Cheese",

"Chunkster",

and her daddy's "beautimos".

She just cut her first tooth TODAY!!! She rolls both ways(since 4 months), she can scoot, she babbles and squeals, and laughs ALL THE TIME. She loves her fingers and now her toes. She is our smiley girl and we absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this little girl.

ALL GROWN UP

MY LITTLE TEGAN IS GETTING SOOO GROWN UP. SHE HAD HER FIRST HAIRCUT TODAY!!! MY & HER COUSIN, WHITNEY, IS IN COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL AND WE LOVE FOR HER TO PRACTICE ON US SO I LET HER GIVE TEGAN'S HAIR A TRY AND SHE DID AN AWESOME JOB. SHE CUT OFF AT LEAST 5 INCHES IF NOT MORE. IT IS SO CUTE AND TEGAN LOOKS SOOO GROWN UP NOW. I'M HOPING THIS NEW HAIRCUT WILL MAKE FOR BETTER HAIR FIXING DAYS AND THAT THERE WON'T BE SO MUCH CRYING WHEN IT'S TIME TO FIX HAIR. SHE LOOKS SO CUTE WITH HER SHORTER HAIR. I LOVE IT. THANKS WHITNEY FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB!!!

EIGHT LEGS!!!!

Yesterday, I walked to our bedroom and thought I saw something out of the corner of my eye, but I went on to our bedroom...when I walked back down the hallway I saw it again!! and I SCREAMED!!!!! it was a BIG, NASTY, UGLY, BROWN, SPIDER, in our kitchen. I grabbed the camera to take a picture of it, then I SMASHED him. I threw the paper towel away that I smashed him with, and then my little Tegan said , and I quote: "Mommy, a yucky spider" to which I reply, "yes, dear, that was a yucky spider"..she said ,"MOMMY!! A YUCKY SPIDER!!" I said there isn't another yucky spider, she said uh huh on the carpet.... so I walked into the living room and sure enough another spider....but this one was small and black, but still yucky. Luckily, the pest control guy was coming yesterday....so I called our main office and thank goodness he hadn't come yet, so he was able to come spray!!! hopefully we don't have anymore spiders for a looong time.

Tegan's Lip

As you all know or have seen in the pictures....Tegan has a Strawberry Hemangioma on her lip. She was born with this. It is a collection of blood vessels. It is not painful to her...unless of course she busts it open. We have gone to a couple of plastic surgeons now and have made a decision to have it removed now instead of later. They say that the hemangioma MAY go away on its own, but it could take 10 years....you never know. We don't want her to have to go to school with this on her lip, so we are having it removed. The plastic surgeon here in Atlanta said he would have removed it when she was about 2 months old because from 2 months to 3 months old the hemangioma grew over her lip line. He said if he would have removed it before it went over the lip line, it would have been an easier removal...not saying he can't do it this way...it just may be a little harder to get her bottom lip line straight. He will be removing it by laser to start with. We will go 3 different times within 3 months. We start next Thursday, March 19. She will have to have some anesthesia, so we are nervous about her having to go through this, but know it will be better in the long run. We will go every 3rd Thursday until May 21. If after the May 21 treatment, it's not gone, then we will schedule another treatment. The doctor said we can do up to 6 treatments, if after the 6th one it's still not all the way gone then they may have to cut the rest out. We're excited and nervous for her at the same time. She doesn't know what's going on, yet....we're going to talk with her to help her understand a little. Just wanted to inform you all with what will be happening and ask that you all pray for her that she won't be scared or in pain after treatment is done.

TO YOU... FROM ME!!!

I saw this on my friends blog and I thought it was pretty cool..

The first five people to comment on this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year (hopefully sooner than later.)
4. You will have no clue what it is going to be.
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.


The catch? Oh the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me you did will win a marvelous homemade gift by me!Let the games begin!!

(Oh, and I have to be able to contact you with mailing information!!!)

*** Sorry, I forgot this restriction to this fun game**
6. I have to have met you in person

SNOWY SUNDAY

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LOVE, LOVE, LOVE

Valentine's Day is a day set aside to show everyone we care about how much we love them. I love that there is a day set aside for this, but like our Stake President said....EVERYDAY should be Valentine's Day in our lives. I really liked what he told us a couple weeks ago. I think it is sooo true. Everyday should be like Valentine's Day. We should ALWAYS show our loved ones how much they mean to us....this does not always mean we have to go out and buy flowers, balloons, candy, etc. We can do those little things that mean so much. With that being said, we had a wonderful Valentine's Day. Terrel got up earlier than any of us, like he does every morning because he's a wonderful husband who gets up very early to go to work and comes home and plays plays plays with the girls 'til he can't play anymore and then will get up with Carley some nights if she's crying so I can get some sleep, and he went and got us some breakfast---I was going to make some pancakes, but we got home extremely late friday night from the circus and did not have time to go to the store to pick up stuff to make pancakes with, so we settled for fast food--- it was still good. He also surprised me and the girls with balloons, flowers, and candy :). We then spent the day together as a family, no plans, just let the day take it's own direction. We went to Cumming and mom and dad said they would watch the girls for Terrel and me to go out, so we took their offer and had an enjoyable evening together. We went to eat and just strolled around and enjoyed being together. It was a special day, but we will always remember that everyday should be Valentine's Day and we should always show our loved ones how we feel.