Carly Alysse Allen

We are so happy to have Carly in our family! We feel so blessed to have her sweet spirit and she is SWEET! It is nice to have her to blog about... I can't get enough of her :)

Carly with her cousin Saydee! Saydee wasn't sure about holding a real baby, but she sure loves her dolls!

Carly with her cousing Baylee.

Carly with her Uncle Trev! Trever loved meeting Carly. I kept catching him kneeling down by her and talking to her. It was so so so cute!

I love being a wife and mommy! It makes me so happy!

This is one thing I did not forsee... the carseat and the blessing dress. I just thought about Carly in her cute, sweet, poofy dress and getting her dressed. I forgot about GETTING her to the church, so we just stuffed her dress in the carseat with her in it.

Carly having reading time with Daddy! She loves her daddy but she wouldn't stop looking at her mommy!

This time she was paying attention to the book :)

Cheese!

Extra Cheese!

This seems to happen a lot, it's either me or Derek falling asleep with our little Curls!

Carly LOVES music! Derek and I sing to her a lot and she can't help but smile. In this picture, Carly is watching and listening to Derek play the guitar.

Big eyes!

Looking good in green!

Man, she is a cutie! Everyone in NM thinks she is too. Especially people at Wal Mart. Here a few Wal Mart stories:

1. There is a lady at Wal Mart who can't get enough of her. She has dubbed herself as Carly's aunt of Wal Mart! haha! She is a greeter there.

2. There was this old toothless (okay, he had one or two) man at Wal Mart who was a veteran who said she was the cutest baby he had ever seen and he just wanted to pick her up a sqeeze her. I didn't allow it.

3. This hisapanic lady and her elderly mom were walking in the parking lot and stopped to see Carly. The elderly hispanic lady was so cute and sweet. She didn't speak a lick of English but she just held her arms out after looking at her for awhile. I was brave and let her hold Carly. I could tell that it made her day!

She is trying to figure out how to hit her rings on her playmat. She got a hold with her pinky! I'm so proud!Loving her playmat!

We just love our little girl! Derek and I are doing really well in New Mexico. The people here are AWESOME! They are so friendly and down to earth. We have already made quite a few good friends and Derek is loving his job.

More Summer Fun!

Last night, Derek and I were in our living room and I realized something... we looked like an old couple. Derek was sitting on the couch with his glasses down on his nose doing his homework and I was sitting in my rocking chair, legs covered with a blanket, doing a cross-stitch. I just kept looking at us and laughing!


Over the Fourth of July weekend, Derek and I walked into blockbuster and Avatar: The Last Airbender series was playing on one of the T.V.'s in the store. Derek used to watch these when he was in high school and he had told me about them before. We decided to start watching the series. I wanted to because I am sold on any entertainment that I know is clean and I won't have to worry about at all! I wasn't sure if I would really like it, but I was excited to give it a try. It has been so fun watching these! It is an awesome series! The story is really good and it's almost like watching 24. They always end an episode at an intense part so that you have to watch the next one. I feel like a nerd but I would definitely recommend these!

Setting up the temporary crib!

Since we will be moving to New Mexico a little over a month after baby girl comes, we decided not to set up the crib to only take it down a few weeks later. I got a pack n' play from one of my baby showers so we decided to use that for the first little while. I set it up the other day and I now I am going crazy! :) I get to look at this crib everyday and just imagine our little girl in there. I CAN'T WAIT! Good thing I only have two weeks left.

Lunch with Derek!

Everyday I get to take Derek lunch and eat with him. We have "our spot" where we always sit. It is one of my favorite parts of the day! We sit underneath a shade tree and just talk and eat. It is so fun!

Summer Time

Summer Time!

Summer is finally here! For a while there I wasn't sure if it would actually come. First because the weather. It was rainy and cold all spring long. Second because I was so anxious to finish up teaching school, especially since I knew I wouldn't be going back for some time. Just picture the cheesiest, happiest face you've ever seen me pull and that is how I look and feel right now as I am thinking about being done teaching for a while! I can't wait to stay home with my little gal and be a mommy!

I have less than a month to go with this pregnancy and I am feeling good! Derek and I have really been trying to get out of the house a lot and enjoy the summer before baby gets here. I am sure we will still enjoy the summer weather after she gets here, it will just be a little harder! We have gone to Provo Canyon a few times to build campfires, it is so nice and relaxing. We bring hotdogs, s'mores, books, and Derek's guitar. Derek and I have mastered our fires too! Both times we have built a fire, we have done it with one match. That's right! No newspapers, gasoline, fire starters, not even wood! Okay, just kidding we do use wood but that's it!

The baby belly.... Take 1!

The baby belly.... Take 2!

Our awesome one match fire!

Rock Canyon has become our new best friend. We go rock climbing there and the other day, we even hiked up the canyon and had ourselves a picnic! This turns in to be quite the task for me. I actually don't rock climb, I just save Derek's life as he rock climbs! The hard task is hiking up the mountains to get to the rock climbing walls! Iwalk a few steps, take a break, walk a few more steps, take another break. Eventually we make it to where we need to be! It is good exercise! I don't think I will be able to join Derek for very much longer. I'll just THINK about taking a few steps and need a break! Derek always feels bad that I can't climb, but I love being up there with him, climbing or not!

Derek looking at the wall he just conquered!

The wall Derek conquered! He climbed up the crack. It is actually pretty hard and a little painful or should I say a little hard and pretty painful! He had to jam his fingers into the crack and climb that way!

Rock Canyon Baby!

This summer has been so fun so far! Derek is super busy with school and work, but when he does have free time, we take advantage of it!

Baby Girl!

It's a girl and Derek and I could not be more excited!

Here are some pictures of our sweet little princess! She was so cute at the ultra-sound! She was just all curled up the whole time and I mean ALL curled up. At one time she had her knees all the bent, head touching knees, and arms by her head!

Here is her leg! I think she has her mama's calves! That is a nice looking leg though!

Here are both of her legs. This is a front shot... Look at those little feet touching each other!

Here is her arm and her head! It is actually both of her arms. The funny white thing coming off her face is her other arm!

Our paper chain ceremony! The last chain was pink! Mom, how did you know?

Derek and I took turns ripping off the chains everyday but it was only fair to both rip the last chain!

This is a picture of Derek and I right before leaving for the doctor's office!

After we found out that it was a girl, we decided to go shopping! I could have spent hundreds of dollars on the precious things they have for little girls but I held back and only spent 10 dollars! I am pretty proud of myself!

This little cute thing is for newborns! It is so tiny and so sweet! I can't wait to put our little sweatheart in that!

I thought this was just the cutest thing! It comes complete with ruffles on the bum-bum!

I found this little Valentine's Day shirt at Babies R Us for about $1.60. How could I pass that up? All I need now are some light pink leggings, a little jean skirt, and this baby girl will be ready to steal some hearts!

These books were not included in the 10 dollars! I wish they were though! I got these cute little board books for baby girl! I LOVE BOOKS!

I know this is really random, but it is hilarious! One day I came out into the living room and see Derek like this! Not only is he like this, but he is out cold! Who could sleep like that? Well, I know one person! My D-rock!

Yep, out cold! Haha! I couldn't stop laughing! I'm not sure what is by his nose, but I know it's not drool or boogers! Here are a series of pictures of Derek! I love them! He was doing homework while I was putting together our new bookshelf. Derek and I got a wild hair to get a bookshelf because we had no where to put our books/movies/decorations! We've gotta quit getting wild hairs, they are costing us!

Derek hitting his head against the wall! He's not really physically hitting his head against the wall but he is mentally!

I love the honey bunches!I hate the homeworks!Here I am doing what I do best... putting things together! Love It!

The finished product! It adds so much to our apartment and it is so nice to have a place to put "stuff!" I feel very less junky.

Family Love!

Sometimes I just can't believe all the love and support I receive from my family! The other day I asked my mom if I could borrow some of her walking videos, and if she would get me some of the Melalueca prenatal vitamins. Well, she is such a sweet heart and in two days there was a little care package from my mom with the sweetest note. What a sweetie! Not to mention a gift card for Derek's birthday. Derek's parents also sent him some money and some things we left over Christmas. We are so spoiled! I just sat back and thought, wow, what awesome families we have. I am often overwhelmed by the love and support our families are to us.

Last week, Lindsay and Jeff came to visit! It was so nice. It was perfect timing because I was on the verge of a meltdown. I had just been feeling so sick and I was really tired of it and Derek started working evenings and I was just really struggling. Well Jeff and Lindsay saved the day. They came down to Utah and it was so relaxing. It was so great to have company. Here is a picture of Derek and Brett playing the guitar.

Here's the little princess just jumping away! It's so cute, she jumps on one foot and loves it to death!

Happy Birthday Derek!

Yesterday was Derek's birthday and wow, what a great day! Derek and I both got work off and had the most enjoyable day. I kept thinking to myself... Man, I could do this everyday! I know that a day off was much needed and if I had everyday off I would not enjoy my time so much but wow, it felt nice!

I woke up early (semi-early:)) and decorated our house for Derek! I was so excited about decorating for him I could hardly sleep. I woke up probably five times and would check the time or the color of the sky to see if I should get up yet and decorate. Anyway, I learned a great lesson... you get what you pay for. Haha! Look at this Happy Birthday sign from the dollar store. Anything look a little off? How about the double A at the end of birthday!

I ended up just getting caught up in the birthday spirit and went to the store after decorating to get supplies for a nice breakfast in bed for Derek. He ended up waking up and doing homework while I cooked breakfast but we went back in bed to eat breakfast!

Here is the nice "cake" I made for Derek. Derek and I are not the biggest fans of cake, so I decided to make his favorite desert instead... FRUIT PIZZA! I made a cute 23 out of grapes because I felt like I needed to practice my creative skills before baby comes!

Speaking of baby! Here's the bump! I know it's not very big, but baby is growing everyday! I am already a proud parent... I went to the doctor today and baby had a strong heart beat! I was so PROUD! I'm serious too, I am proud of my little nugglet for working so hard to develop and grow!

ROCK CLIMBING!

Derek and I got a wild hair the other day and decided that rock climbing should be our new hobby. We went to a rock climbing wall in Provo and it was so much fun! In fact, it was so much fun that we went and got Derek an early Christmas present. Rock climbing shoes and a harness. It was awesome because when we were at the rock wall, we met a couple there and we started talking. Well, they invited us to go rock climbing with them weekly in the mountains! We are pumped. We really want to get into it but we don't really know what we need to start, so this is the perfect opportunity to learn!

So, we decided to get plain t-shirts and decorate them as our official "rock climbing" shirts. It was so much fun! Derek, being the awesome man he is, designed some sweet shirts. We bought our shirts, bought the supplies and went to town. It took us two evenings to finish them but now we are wearing them with pride! Derek working on his shirt!
My completed shirt!
Derek's completed shirt!