I'm Thankful for...

A year ago today we got this...And today we have her.
Wow how time flies. I'm thankful every day for my Karlee Bug!

Karlee's Christmas Wish List

Best Medicine

Last night, Penn brought me home lots of this

And one of these

So I could hold her for the first time this week.

It really did make me feel better for a little while.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Stupid Swine Flu

As hard as I tried, I did not escape the wrath of the Swine Flu this flu season. I was even going to get the vaccination this week, but I was too late. I've had my share of colds in my life, this is 100 times worse. I had a little bit of a scratchy throat on Monday, but thought it was just from allergies so didn't think too much of it. By the time I got home from work on Monday, my head was completely congested. Then I woke up this morning nauseated, coughing, achy, and extremely exhausted. I've been so fortunate that Penn was able to stay home from school today because I've barely been able to get up off the couch. You seriously feel like you've been hit by a truck. Completely wipes you out. The doctor told me to remain quarantined from Karlee. Talk about the hardest thing ever. I would never want her to catch this, so I am complying. Apparently I have a couple more days of feeling like this. I can't take the Tamiflu, which cuts down a day or two, because I'm nursing Karlee. I would rather she got the antibodies. I'm so grateful for everyone who has offered to help out taking care of Karlee. I would feel so awful if her or Penn caught this nasty illness. Let's just hope this is all I have to endure this year.

Almost There

Just got to get those hips around.

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Because her parents dressed her up in a silly chicken costume....that's why! We had such a fun couple of days celebrating Karlee's first Halloween. We started it off by having her come to my work for trick-or-treating hours at the end of the day on Friday. I did get a couple pieces of candy in her cock-a-doodle-doo sack, but felt kinda guilty asking for candy for a 3 month old who obviously can't directly partake of the sugary goodness. We went around to a couple of the floors, but Karlee was literally becoming a roasted chicken in that costume so we called it quits after a while. Cousin Bubbers came and went around with us too. He looked so cute as a cow.

On Saturday, we went to our ward trunk-or-treat for a little while, but Penn's costume didn't allow us to stay very long. His legs were getting rather cold. After that, we spent the rest of the night at a Halloween Party where we played games, ate food, and Karlee was a night owl. Good thing it was daylight savings so she still slept in.

"It's a flying chicken!"

"Balancing Chicken"

"Little Chicken ready for a night on the town"

"A herd of cattle was loose at work"

"Our little farm"

HR Department

"Me and my prize poultry"

"The Farmer's Wife, the Farmer, and our Prize Chicken"

In other news, Karlee also turned 3 months old on Halloween. Her weight gain has tapered off a bit this month. According to my scale, she's about 12 lbs. 12 oz. She's developed the cutest personality lately. She smiles all the time for just about everyone. She likes to laugh a lot too. We have nightly conversations on how each other's days went. This girl can talk your ear off. On a couple of occasions we've also gotten her to roll over going both directions, but she's still not a fan of it yet.

I started back to work full-time on October 26th. After a rough first day, Karlee did really well this week. I say rough first day because she had a rather sizable blow out for my sister-in-law first thing in the morning and destroyed some very cute clothes. She loves reading stories and singing songs and SLEEPING. 4 out of the 5 days included a 3 hour nap and a couple 1 hour naps. I thought this would affect her night sleeping, but it hasn't. She still goes down at 9 for the night and I actually have to wake her up to go in the morning. Guess she takes after her mom and loves to sleep. I won't complain.

"Boo!"

"Mom made me a hat"