Curly Carly!

Since this posts name is Curly Carly, I would like to start out with these two pictures! Carly's nickname is Curlz or Curly because Carl just doesn't work out very well! These pictures are pretty appropriate for her name though.

Carly has a mullett! The other day I decided to curl it. (Don't worry, I didn't pull out the curling iron, I just curled it with my fingers!) It looked really funny and surprisingly pretty cute! In fact, I would dare to say it's the cutest curly mullett I've ever seen and I have seen a few.

OUR FUN WEEKEND

On Saturday, we went to a recreation center they have here in Carlsbad. It's pretty neat mainly because it is free. They have raquetball courts, basketball courts, ping pong tables, pool tables, etc. We decided to go and try out their racquetball courts.

Here is a little snapshot of the Pecos River in Carlsbad.
People around these here parts aren't in to early rising. The Rec Center didn't open until 1 o'clock. We got there about 12:15 or so. We waited for a while and then decided to go on a little walk to see if the pedal boats were available. The place that rents out pedal boats is closed for the summer. bummer. I guess it's not warm enough to be out on the river in 90 degree weather.
Rhett came with us and he sure makes things more fun! While Rhett and Derek were playing a round of raquetball, I put Derek's work hat on little Curls. Derek works for this company named NORCON and he, like Curls, looks really good in this hat :) We can't wait to go back and play some more.

On Sunday we went on a family bike ride with Rhett included. It took us about an hour to actually get all of our bikes ready. We finally go ready and on the road. I made it about 50 yards and my freshly pumped tire was already flat again. I told the boys to go ahead and that I would change the tube in my tire and meet up with them. Thank goodness Randall was close by and helped me change my tire because it would have taken me a long time, but he just whipped the tire right off, whipped it right back on and we were good to go. Note: You really don't have to read all of this. I am counting this as my journal, so I may go into more detail then the regular public may want to read :)

We love our baby carrier. We just strap Curls on to us and take her with us wherever we go!

Making a Carly footprint. I stuck her foot in the water and she didn't appreciate that, so we tried the sand which went way better.

Carly's first sand footprint, but there will be many more of those to come especially since Derek and I are going to retire at age thirty in Hawaii! :)

Family picture! Notice the yellow thing by Carly's mouth? That is a biking glove that we found in a little pack on the back of Rhett's bike. One thing I have learned about being a parent: You have to be and will be very creative in finding ways to make your baby stop crying. Derek had to stop biking every ten seconds to re-insert Carly's binking in her mouth. She was in one of those moods (tired) where she really wanted her binky but couldn't seem to keep it in. We finally found "the wonder glove" to help hold it in!

Carly's binky fell in the sand and therefore became... useless. This picture is how she felt after that! I posted this picture because she is so cute even when she is a grumpster. She was getting really upset so I became desperate and stuck her thumb in her mouth. She really liked it and it put her right to sleep. I thought I might regret that later but she hasn't been able to find it again, so I think we're okay!

When we came home we watched the BSU game that we had recorded the night before. Derek's mom made us crepes. So we pigged out! So fun!

Sweet Carly fell asleep during the game! She was so happy to be reunited with her binky!

PAST PICTURES

Here are some pictures I found on my camera of Carly's first couple weeks. She was so tiny!

Carly's first blowout!

It may have been the first but definitely not the last!

Lindsay and her kids came to visit us when Carly was about a week. Little Bretty loved holding Carly.

Brett swinging Carly.

Brett wanted to hold Carly and play with his cars! He found a way to do it!

Laying on Grandpa's chest... precious!Just plain cute, nothing else to say!

One of her first baths!Sleeping on Daddy.

Trying to eat her swing.

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!