4 months old

Karlee turned 4 months old on Sunday. Boy has time flown by. We had her check up and shots today. She did really well with the shots. I was shocked to find out that she weighed 11 lbs 15 oz and was 24 1/2 inches long. She's in the 25th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height. She is rolling everywhere now. I have to give her plenty of room on the floor because she'll just roll into things and get mad when she can't keep going. I find her on her stomach every morning when she wakes up. That's sort of freaking me out because of SIDS. Dr. Greer said she was going to get in her most comfortable sleeping position now. I guess like me, her stomach is the most comfortable.

She's starting to chew on everything you put in her hands. This teething ring is as big as her head. Her most favorite toy of all is the little green ring. Chip said we could take back all the hundreds of toys she has and just let her enjoy her ring!

Memorial Weekend Fun!

What a long fun weekend. We spent the entire weekend at the lake. Karlee loves riding in the boat and playing in the water. I was a little skeptical about putting Karlee in the lake. But, my family reminded me that I along with all of my cousins swam in the lake when we were Karlee's same age and nothing happened to us. We spent most of Sunday with the Dilworth's at their condo. Karlee liked the pool. That's a good thing because I plan on spending lots of time at the pool this summer. She watched Thomas play with his daddy and enjoyed riding in Michael's boat. We then ventured over to the Galimore's for dinner. Karlee is going to have her hands full with all those boys!! I think Karlee and I need a day to recuperate from all the fun.

Be careful out there

Just a warning: My next door neighbor's 9 month old niece is in the hospital with salmonella poisoning. The doctor's think she got it from a grocery store buggy. Ali, you're smart for always having your Wet Ones handy.

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Chip came in last night from a long weekend of fishing. He and Jay got 2nd place and Chip got big fish of the year so far. He was so excited. His "old age" of 29 has caught up with him though. He woke up this morning with an aching back.

Karlee was so excited to see him. He even stayed at home a little longer this morning to have his birthday breakfast with us. Happy Birthday Chip.

Long work days...

I've survived being back at work for two weeks now. Boy does three months of work pile up! We had an employee quit the week before I started back and two people on vacation the week I started back. Talk about chaos. It still is hard leaving Karlee and I'm not sure it will get any easier now that she is developing such a fun personality. Her daddy is loving me being back at work because now he gets to see Karlee several times a day. His mom is keeping her and Chip's office is in her back yard (110 acres is a pretty big back yard!). Karlee has started holding her own bottle for short periods of time during feedings. Of course, I missed seeing her do it for the first time. Chip's mom is camera illiterate so we have no pictures from the past two weeks.

Karlee has realized that she likes to sit up and wants to do it all the time. I don't think it will be long before she's sitting on her own. The boppy pillow is turning into her back support and she absolutely loves it. She also is starting to enjoy the bumbo seat more. She weighed 10 lbs 11 oz last week but I swear she has gained a pound over the week. She has started eating more and it has our morning timing all off for work. Thursday morning she fed so long, that by 7:30 I still had not got her nor me dressed for the day. I had to be at work by 8:00 and still had to take Karlee to Chip's mom. Luckily, she came to my office to pick Karlee up to save me time. It's so nice to have that flexibility.


Chip is out of town until Sunday with Jay Galimore at a fishing tournament. Karlee and I are staying with my mom because my dad is out of town too. Karlee is doing well sleeping in other places besides her own cradle. Mother's Day weekend she spent Friday night in her Pack N Play at the lake and slept through the night. She spent last night in her crib at my mom's and woke twice for about 15 minutes each time. When she's ready to sleep, she just goes on out no matter where she's at. She gets that from me because I could sleep standing up if I had to. We both love our sleep.

That's enough for now. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

My Future Mozart

Rainy Saturday

It's a rare occasion that I have Chip home on the weekends. So I took advantage of it Saturday. Karlee's exersaucer has been in the box since we brought her home from the hospital. I know she can't play in it yet but that time is getting close. I sweet talked Chip into putting it together so it would be ready when Karlee is. I always like to watch Chip put things together because he's a typical man: He doesn't believe in reading the directions! I guess he figured since our daughter was going to be playing in this, he should read some of the directions. He put it together successfully as Karlee and I watched. Karlee liked having all the toys around her as her daddy struggled with her new toy. I put the batteries in the toys and started playing them all at the same time. Karlee loved it, Chip got annoyed, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Finally Tagged!

My friend from high school Laura tagged me last week and I'm just getting around to fulfilling my duty. I hope you all enjoy learning a little bit about me. Here goes:

What was I doing 10 years ago?
This time ten years ago, I was getting ready to graduate from Opelika High School. I was a little sad and happy at the same time. My senior year was by far one of the funnest years of my life. I didn't have a care in the world (besides Dr. Hannah's class) and was having so much fun with my dear friends Elisha and Natalie. Our lunch table gossip was something to be admired. We commented on anybody and everybody, the good, the bad, and the ugly!! We had the most amazing spring break together in Europe that year. The memories are still so fresh (Corrie falling out of the window, a bird pooping on my shoulder, you girls remember the rest!). I knew I wanted to major in accounting and was ready to start college to be with the wonderful guy I was dating. By the way, his name was Chip. We have our ten year class reunion at the end of June. It should be interesting to see who actually shows up and how much people have changed. I feel like I still look the same plus about 20 pounds. I'm sure I will post about the reunion after the big weekend.

5 Things on My To-Do List
1. Put dishes in the dishwasher
2. Fold some laundry
3. Pack up my at home office to get ready to go back to work on Tuesday
4. Write out Karlee's schedule for Chip's mom to start keeping her
5. Play with Karlee as much as possible

5 Snacks I Love
1. Pickles, and lots of them!!
2. Junior Mints
3. Grapes (really any kind of fruit except honeydew and cantaloupe)
4. Chocolate Chip Teddy Grahams
5. Pretzels

5 Things I Would Do If I Were A Billionaire
1. Put lots of money in some type of savings for Karlee's future
2. Donate to several charities and churches in need
3. Buy several cars and vacation homes
4. Build our dream house on lots of land in Auburn
5. Build my parents their dream house on Lake Martin

5 Bad Habits
1. I bite my fingernails down to nothing. I've tried to stop several times but can't.
2. Don't exercise enough and eat too much fried food.
3. I don't pray enough and only seem to pray for myself and family and no one else.
4. I don't go to church enough. Chip and I have been visiting Auburn United Methodist for several months but only on occasion.
5. I've become a procrastinator. I guess I work better under pressure.

5 Places I've Lived
1. 1302 Clearmont Street Opelika for 15 years
2. 1124 E. Collinwood Circle Opelika in high school
3. Steeplechase Trailer Park while in college at Auburn
4. 2988 Beehive Road Auburn for the first year and half of marriage
5. 2036 St. Patrick Court Auburn since November 2003

5 Jobs I've Had
1. register clerk at Adams Pharmacy my sophomore year in high school.
2. babysitter for my cousins Hillary and Spencer Norrell the summer after I graduated from high school.
3. bookkeeper assistant at Adams Pharmacy for 3 1/2 years in college
4. accountant at Jones & Hamlet CPA's in Opelika during graduate school
5. currently managing staff accountant at Himmelwright, Huguley & Boles in Opelika. I had passed 3 of the 4 parts of the CPA exam when I got pregnant. 16 1/2 weeks of sickness made me stop the studying.

5 People Who I Want To Know More About
1. Alyssa Northcutt
2. Julie Henthorne (now you're double tagged!)
3. Ginger Stephens
4. Joanna Reaves