Cousin Brayden Visits

Mommy and Carly chillin by the pool

Brayden having a ball in the pool

CUTE CUTE CUTE!!!

Carly's first trip to the zoo. She must have been bored. ;o)

Nanna and Brayden on the train at the zoo

My nephew Brayden has been staying with Mama and Daddy since Monday, and Carly has had lots of firsts while he has been visiting. She has gotten to wear her first swimsuit, and she has gotten to go to the zoo for the first time. She has also learned a new trick! She discovered, by accident I think, that she could make a popping noise with her mouth and tongue. She has figured out how to do it over and over again. After she does it, she is so proud of herself - she just grins and grins. She can even be prompted to do it if you do it to her! Our little girl is so smart, already. ;o) I have a video of her doing it, but it is on Mama's memory card so I will have to get that from her later and post it. Hopefully I can catch her on mine sometime soon.

Mama and I took Brayden and Carly to the Kamper Park Zoo in Hattiesburg today. It was H-O-T, but I think Brayden really enjoyed it, especially the train ride. Carly was oblivious to the whole experience - she slept! However, that was great. She really is a good traveler. I am scared for the 2nd baby b/c she has been so good. We may be cursed next go round!!! After our trip to the zoo, we were all hot so we decided to come home and get in Brayden's blow up pool at Nanna's house. The water was still a bit cold for me and Carly so we just sat in the yard and let him splash us.

I will share some pictures from our time while Brayden was here. He goes home tomorrow. He has missed his Mommy and Daddy, and I am sure they have missed him too! We will be looking forward to his next visit b/c he is such a sweet cousin! Anytime Carly cries he says, "It's ok, Carly, don't be sad!"

Graduation, Meeting Cousins, Sleeping all Night, and Smiles

Half smile

Couldn't you just eat her up???

Marlee, Aunt Cindy, and Carly

Daddy, Mommy, and Carly at graduation

I haven't posted in a while, but things have been busy, busy, busy! I officially have a master's degree now. James, Carly, Mama, Daddy, and Mrs. Linda all came to watch me get me diploma that we have all waited so long for me to get. Too bad Carly didn't really want to watch, and Mrs. Linda had to take her out. ;o( She normally does really well, but she had other ideas that night.

Carly Jane got to meet her cousins Marlee and Jordyn this past Saturday. They are the granddaughters of my Aunt Cindy that lives in Gonzales, LA. Marlee thought Carly was great until her MawMaw got to holding Carly and couldn't hold Carly. She warmed up after a little while though. I can't wait until Carly is big enough to run around with her. I think they will be great playmates.

I am happy to report that Carly is sleeping through the night now - kind of. She just started this this week. She usually gets a bath and goes to bed around 10 o'clock, and she sleeps until about 3:30. She wakes me up whining and stirring. I go pop the pa-pa back in her mouth, and thankfully she goes right back to sleep. She then sleeps till about 5:30 when she is ready for a bottle. After her bottle, I usually can put her back down, and she sleeps till about 9. So, I really cannot complain about her sleeping patterns. They could be sooo much worse!!!

Carly has also started smiling back at us in the past couple of weeks. It is so much fun to see that little face light up with a smile. I have tried to catch a few pictures of her smiling, but I always seem to not have the camera close by when she is really showing out. I did manage to catch a couple of half smiles the other night, and I will share those with you.

First Mother's Day

Our little family after church. Carly was snoozing...


Mother's Day is forever changed for me - I am a mommy now! It's great. God has given me a perfect little person who calls me Mommy (or she will when she learns to talk anyway). We went to church, and I got a corsage for having the youngest child at church. Grandmother got the one for being the oldest mother at church, so that was kind of neat. She will be 88 years old next Thursday. ;o)



We had a great day. We ate lunch at Mama's, and most of Carly's family was there. All of her grandparents and great grandparents were there so that was great!



Carly is growing more and more everyday. I weighed with her on Mama's scales last night, and she was a whopping 12 pounds! Can't wait for her 2 month appt. to see how much she has grown since her 2 week appointment. She is becoming more alert everyday and beginning to smile, not only in her sleep but in response to people. She is making more and more noises, and I think she will be laughing out loud before long. She also has a very strong mouth!!! This morning I put her in the bed with James while I was getting ready for church, and she was a little fussy. Apparently she was in search of something to eat b/c when James went to get ready for church I looked at his chest, and he had a hickey!!! She was rootin around for breakfast, and Daddy didn't have what she was looking for. She sure tried though!

5 Weeks Old

I love my stroller!

Konked out!

Chubby cheek smile! Love her!

Pretty girl!

I can not believe my baby is 5 weeks old today! When people say they growup fast, they are not kidding!

Carly has been staying awake for longer periods of time, so I decided it would be a good time to take some new pictures. So we took some pictures in her monogrammed gown, and then we went for a walk. She loves her stroller! The only problem is when I stopped pushing it, she would start screaming! We definitely have a drama queen on our hands. She did settle down for a short nap though. I have posted some pictures that we took during our "photo shoot" and from our walk.

First Trip to Big Church

Aunt LeAnn and Carly (I am going to change the next pictures to vertical before I post them!)

Mama, Daddy, and Carly at church

Carly's great-grandmother had to come say hey at church

Carly Jane went to big church for the first time on Sunday morning. She had gone to an evening service last week, but this was her first official trip to church with Mommy and Daddy, and I might add that it was an eventful one!!!! While we were in church, a storm blew up unexpectedly. The lights flickered and went out one time, there was hail, and to top it all off, a limb hit my car making the car alarm go off during the service. The limb did minor damage to the door of my car, but it could have been much worse!!! I am glad we were at church with James because if we had been at home in the trailer by ourselves, we, or rather I, would have been freaking out!!! Carly had a bottle and slept the whole time though! Let's hope this behavior continues!!!

Aunt LeAnn also got to hold Carly for the first time today. Here are a few pictures from our day.

Busy Weekend

Carly, Erin, & me before heading out to
the Okatoma Festival

Erin meeting Carly for the first time

Kenny holding Carly for the first time

Carly Jane had a very busy weekend. First of all, Friday morning, she got to meet her "uncle" Kenny-poo!! We went out to eat lunch with him in Hattiesburg, and she was an angel. She slept through lunch had her diaper changed and slept on the way home.

Friday afternoon she got to meet her "En En". En En is Erin, one of my very best friends from my time at Mississippi State. She came all the way from Booneville to meet Carly. She stayed Friday and Saturday night with us, and we took Carly to her very first Okatoma Festival. Again, she was fabulous!!! She slept through all the crowds and people sneaking a look at her in her stroller. She slept through normal feeding time and waited to eat until me, Erin, and James were ready to eat. Then we came home and all of us took a nap. We were worn out from the HOT weather. Thank goodness it didn't rain though. Here are a few pictures from our weekend.