Christmas Card 2011

We just received our Christmas cards in the mail today. Yes, we were a little late ordering them but I will be mailing them out tomorrow. I thought I would go ahead and link up to Faith's Christmas Card Carousel. Its not exactly what I had originally envisioned for our Christmas card but I LOVE IT!! I think the picture is so cute. I would have also liked to have had a family picture but we just never had time to get one made. Mary Kathryn put her finger like that, we did not pose her. She is Santa's special delivery this year. Enjoy!!

Merry Christmas from our home to yours.

Cousins = Best Friends

Anna LOVES Mary Kathryn. I was a little nervous that when Mary Kathryn was born Anna might be a little jealous because Anna has been the center of attention. She loves her Uncle Todd and KK and I was afraid she might be upset that we weren’t paying her as much attention when MK was born. I was worried about it, but if anything Anna has been the total opposite. I love Anna like she is my own daughter and it has been so sweet to watch her with Mary Kathryn. She calls MK her sister. I love to see them together. Anna constantly wants to hold MK, change her diaper, and play with her. She gets upset if Mary Kathryn is not with her. Yesterday I was talking to Anna on the phone and she kept saying “I want to see her, I love you Mary Kathryn.” It was so sweet and totally melted my heart. I love that Anna loves MK so much. I know they will be the best of friends and it will be so fun watching them grow up together. I don’t even want to think about the amount of trouble they might get in together. :)

 

I love this picture of them looking at each other. Its so sweet!

Don’t you love their matching outfits. :) They have a few matching Christmas outfits.

Thanksgiving

I am so behind on blogging and trying to get caught up since my baby girl is going to be 3 months old this week. AHHHHH how can it be?

Anyways we had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. We have had such a wonderful year and we have so much to be thankful for. We were extremely blessed with our beautiful baby girl so we are extra thankful for her. It was nice to just be at home this year for Thanksgiving, I don’t think traveling to Alabama with a 2 month old with all the traffic would have been very much fun. I did miss my family though and they were all sad to not get to see Mary Kathryn. Hopefully I can get down there soon. Luckily we were able to skype with everyone. What would we do without technology. :)

We spent the morning at Todd’s grandmothers house and then had lunch with his cousins here in Lufkin. Its always fun to get together with the Hicks clan because all the kids have so much fun together. They are all about the same age. Mary Kathryn was on her best behavior, I was so glad. :) It was an eventful day and it was so much fun to be celebrating with our baby girl. I loved getting to dress her in her different turkey outfits that week. It was so nice to spend the holiday weekend with family and to have Todd off as well.

I stayed up till midnight on Thanksgiving night to do a little black Friday shopping. I took 2 of my girlfriends with me and they said never again. haha. I enjoyed it, yes it was crazy but I also think its fun. The lines to check out however were not fun, but it was GREAT people watching. You never know who is going to come out at midnight. haha. Friday we spent the day at Todd’s parents house. He decorated and I hung out with MK and Anna. When MK went down for a nap I took my niece Anna out with me for a little auntie time. She loved it. We went shopping, got her a few toys and some hot chocolate. I love that little girl so much and it was so fun to just take her out with me and spend the afternoon with her. She is at such a fun age and is so sweet. When we were in the car, out of the blue she said “I love you KK” ahhhh talk about melt my heart. :) Its so sweet to see her with Mary Kathryn. She loves her so much and always wants to hold her and play with her. She calls her her baby sister. I know they are going to be the best of friends!! 

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Two Months Old

Last week my baby turned 2 months old!! 2 months old. How can that be. She is really starting to fill out and she has gotten her first rolls on her thighs. I love those little rolls. She is still the sweetest baby. I love her more and more every day. She has really started to smile and coo a lot now. It just melts my heart. My favorite time is in the morning when I go and get her out of her crib. She is always so happy and full of smiles for her mama. I just try to savor it all, every last moment. I love to hear her “talk” back to me too. This age is so fun, I want her to stay this way forever. She is such a happy baby. She is finally growing out of her newborn clothes and starting to wear 0-3 month and 3 month stuff. She wears size 1 diapers. She has now started going to the nursery at church because she wants to be awake and talking during church. This mama can’t handle her babbling during the church service so off to the nursery she goes. Last week was not so good in the nursery, she was super fussy but when I picked her up they had her calm. I think she just had an upset tummy. She loves laying on her play mat and batting at her toys. We spend lots of time on her play mat in the mornings and evenings. She also really loves her swing now. It puts her right to sleep. :) She still nurses every 3-3 1/2 hours and sleeps all night. She sleeps from 11-9. Its wonderful!! I hope to get her on an earlier bedtime but right now this is what works for us.

 

Today we went to the doctor for her 2 month check up. She weighs 10 pounds 11 ounces and is 22 inches long. My girl is definitely growing but she is very petite. She is only in the 28th percentile. She also got her first round of shots and took them like a champ. Of course she screamed but she was calm within 5 minutes and slept in the car on the way home. I think I took it harder than she did. Thankfully my hubby was there with me and I kept it together. We won’t got back to the doctor until she is 4 months old. I honestly can’t believe she is 2 months old and I still can’t believe she is mine. Sometimes I feel like I am dreaming. I am so blessed by this wonderful little girl!!

A few pictures from our 2 month photo shoot. :)

Ha Ha she was over the photo shoot!!

If you signed up for the ornament exchange see the previous post to find your partner. :)

Ornament Exchange Partners

We had a great turn out for the Ornament Exchange. Jenn broke down the list alphabetically and below are your partners. There is a $10 limit and ornaments must be mailed out by November 30. I will email each of you today with your partners information. Be sure and contact your partner so you can get their information to mail them their ornament. This has been so fun! If your partner as a blog I linked to it. :)

Monica-Sonja
Rachele-Morgan
Morgan-Poekitten (poekitten please email me. Your email address says its not existing?)
Mrs. Smith-Sarah
Natalie-Pam
Niki-Ruthann
Olivia-Ray

You should have all received an email from me. If you have not please email me at Karah626@gmail.com and I will send you your partners information.

Also if you are looking for your name here is how the other names are broken down.

A-Ashley: Just Another Day in Paradise
Ashleigh-Be: This Lil Heart of Mine
Br-Co: Ashley's Carnival Ride
Cr-H: Walk With Me By Faith
J-Joa: Knee-Deep In Munchkin Land
Jod-Kil: So Are You to Me
Kim-Len: The Imperfect Momma
Les-Mol: A Beautiful Beginning
Sonya-W: Ladybugs, Butterflies, and Boxing


Happy Shopping!!

Christmas Ornament Exchange

A few of my blogger/twitter friends got together and thought it would be a fun idea to do a ornament exchange for the holiday season. I don't know about you but I love collecting ornaments from everywhere and always buy a few new ones every year. My husband is actually going to start putting up the Christmas decorations this weekend. I am so excited!!! If you want to participate in our Christmas Ornament Exchange just click the button on my sidebar and it will take you to a form to fill out to participate. We are accepting entries now through November 14th. We will then pair up the participants and ornaments should be mailed out by November 30th. I think this is such a fun and great idea. I look forward getting a new ornament. :)

The hosts are..... (including myself)
Addie- Just Another Day in The Life
Ashley- Ashley's Carnival Ride
Emily- A Beautiful Beginning
Kerbi- So Are You to Me
Leah- The Imperfect Momma
Ashleigh- This Lil House of Mine
Sonja- Ladybugs, Butterflies, and Boxing
Faith- Walk With Me By Faith
Jenn- Knee-Deep in Munchkin Land

You should definitely check out these ladies blogs. :)

You can also participate by filling out the form HERE

I hope everyone has a great weekend. My baby is 8 weeks old today. Cue the tears now. (LOL)

First Road Trip

Two weeks ago Mary Kathryn and I made our first road trip to my parents house. To say I was nervous is an understatement. I was just praying that she would sleep all the way there.  She only had one crying fit thankfully and it didn’t last longer than 2 minutes. We had to be out of the house by 9:30 because I had a doctors appointment that morning. It was rush rush rush and I never thought I would make it out of the house. It is hard to get yourself and a baby ready and out of the house by 9:30. Luckily I had packed my car the night before so that helped. After my doctors appointment we headed to Houston to meet my mom, my best friend Janci, her baby girl Ella, and her mom for lunch. This was the first time I was getting to see Janci and Ella. I was so excited. Ella and Mary Kathryn are only a day apart and if their moms have anything to say about it they are on their way to be BFFs!!! It was so fun getting to spend the day with Janci, Ella and her mom. Ella is the best baby, she is so laid back. Of course when we wanted to take pictures Mary Kathryn decided she wanted to be fussy but I think we got a few cute ones. I can’t wait to watch our girls grow up together, its going to be so much fun. I’m already ready for another visit.

On Saturday I met with my friend Kirby and mom and I went shopping and had lunch with her. Mary Kathryn was such a trooper as we dragged her along all day. It was so fun getting to see several of my friends and them getting to meet MK. I was so excited I was able to see so many of them. I hope to get back home again soon.

Taking a bath at Meecie’s (my mom)

Also, my dad got the first real smile out of Mary Kathryn. I told him that wasn’t fair because I am with her all day long. It was so cute though. She loves her PaPa.

She gave me her first real smile on October 27th. This Mama heart completely melted. It was the sweetest and most precious thing ever. I love my baby girl so much, my heart just might explode. Todd and I are unbelievably blessed and sometimes we still can’t believe she is ours. It was has been such a fun ride so far. I can’t believe she is almost two months old. I am just savoring every moment!! For the past 4 nights my baby girl has slept through the night!!! She goes down at 11 and sleeps until 8. It has been wonderful, but I will say it makes me a little sad not having the middle of the night feedings. :( Time is going by too fast.