Christmas lights

a house down the street set their lights to music

to Paka!

I had to record this just in case they do get married!!!

Happy Birthday

It has been a while since I've made a cake.....Calvin's birthday was yesterday, so I made him this cake! It sure was YUMMMY!

Little Star

Still a little unsure of some of the words, but still cute!

Just like Dad

Charley has found a love of reading....just like dad. The last few weeks, she has been sleeping with the light on. When we asked her why, she said, "so I can read my books." She has a Tinkerbell tent that we have been putting over her bed, and she'll stay up an hour or so after we put her to bed and read. She loves reading in bed, in her tent. This particular night we caught her with her book open but eyes closed.....sleeping!

***Charley still can't read....she is getting close. She can recognize some words, and is constantly with her nose in a book.....we've read each of her books tons of times, and she has most of them memorized. She'll just tell the story to herself as close as she remembers it from when we read to her. Her favorite activity is going to the library, and we can spend a few hours a week there looking at books. Which is great for me in this cold weather!

We had our ward Christmas party a week or so ago, and Santa came. When she sat on Santa's lap he asked what she wanted for Christmas, and she said "I want babies and books!" I promise I didn't tell her to say that. She loves her baby dolls, and loves books. She's a girl that knows what she wants!

4 month check up

Here are the stats: (4 months 18 days old)
weight: 14 lbs (44 %-tile)
lenght: 25 inches (64 %-tile)

Here's a funny story: While the doctor had Gabby, she tooted! The doctor looked at me and asked, "Was that her?!" Yep! He said her toots smelled worse than any baby he'd met. They smelled more like a grown-ups than a babies! That's my girl!

Cute fact about Gabby: Most babies will attach onto something to comfort them. Charley has this pink blanket she has to sleep with. Gabby has also found something to attach to.....hands. If she is ever fussy, give her your hand to hold, and you'll be amazed on how fast she'll calm down. The only down side is at nights. Most nights I am dangling my hand over the crib for her to hold, and I have to stay there until she is pretty much out and I can replace my hand with a little bunch of a blanket for her to hold!

The pictures above were taken when we were out in Omaha last month. My aunt started a little photography business, and has this cool studio set up in her house! I love the pictures!!!!! She is amazing! Thank you Aunt Chrissy!

*the "red dress" in the top picture is the dress all 5 of us girls wore when we were younger for pictures, and now the grand-babies are wearing it . It is our little tradition, and the dress is only to be worn for pictures.

Temple Square Lights

This past weekend we went up to SLC to meet some of Ben's cousins and Char and Jared, to see the lights at Temple Square! Charley thought it was pretty cool. Seeing baby Jesus was her favorite part!