Wooh,it took forever to download these pictures. And there are plenty of them, so I'm not going to write much. We had a great Christmas though! Hoping to have a great New year too. Will try to get better at writing.

Carleigh. Looking so very cute!

Jillian & Carleigh in front of the tree.

In her little sister pj's.

Jillian in her big sister pjs

Cousins at Greensburg Christmas.
Super wedge! Our daughter is goofy.
Me & Jillian down at Greensburg.
Tara holding or looking like she is going to drop Carleigh.
Jillian & Sarah in her new Molly the Monkey tent.

Great-Granny & Carleigh at Darcys for Christmas.

Jillian, Carleigh, me & Granny at Darcys for Christmas

Me, Darcy & Granny

Jillian & Carleigh before we went to the Holland side of Christmas. Daddy picked out Jillians dress.

Jillian scooping out cookie dough for cookies for Santa.

Jillian snuggling up in her sleeping bag.

Jillian playing with her play do

Jillian playing with her Barbie toys.

Carleigh & Daddy hanging out on the couch on christmas day.

Carleigh.

Jillian & Carleigh hanging out on her new Dora couch watching TV.

Our Sugar cookie in the shape of a gingerbread man. Turned out better than our gingerbread house.

We have been so busy. I have pictures to post, but it is late & my computer takes forever to download them.

A couple of weeks ago, Darcy came over & watched the girls while Chris & I went to see Peacetrain & stay at a hotel. What a great gift from Darcy. Chris & I definitely needed to get away for awhile. And by staying at a hotel, we could drink & sleep in, which I never get to do! I actually slept off & on til 10:30 on Sunday morning. Woo hoo. We met up with Paul, Mark & Annie. It is always great seeing Peacetrain & I love those 3 people, so it made the night even better. I did get slightly intoxicated, but thankfully, I didn't have much of a hangover.

We had Christmas in Greensburg on the 18th. We had a nice time. Jillian wasn't actually stuck up my rear like she normally is recently. She wore Britney out though. She still is talking about Britney. She got a pop up Monkey tent & absolutely loved it. She ended up staying up the whole time we were there. She finally fell asleep around 1:00 a.m. on the way home! She slept til 8:30. Then we went down to Darcys for my side of the families Christmas. We had a nice time there too. It was nice to have Granny here at Christmas time. I got Chris tickets to an IU game, so he stayed for awhile & then left to go to the game. He felt bad about leaving, but I told him he should go. He said it was a good game.

This week at work was a little crazy because we got new computers & there are still some bugs to work out. Unfortunately, I'm the one that has to deal with the bugs & I am not enjoying it! We only saw patients on Wed & Thursday, but I was still quite stressed.

Thursday, we went down to Bob & Lana's for the Holland Christmas. As usual, we got lots of gifts & had a great time. Chris & I (w/girls) and Rick & Shelley (w/girls) stayed the night. We all drank quite a bit. Brooke & Steve (w/boys) went home though after awhile because his family was coming over the next day. So Brooke drank, but Steve didn't. We stayed up quite late down there too. I love hanging out with his family. Makes me enjoy this time of year even more. Jillian once again didn't go to sleep until 1:30ish. She was back up around 7:00! I still needed to shop for Chris so I asked her if she wanted to go to Walmart with me about 8:30 & she said no, so I ran out the door. LOL. I even forgot my wallet, had to go back to get it & she still didn't care that I left again! She has had a very snotty nose, so we gave her some medicine. Then we left around 11:30. She was either tired from the medicine or just worn out, but she fell asleep before we even left their neighborhood. We were asking her if she was ok & she was even whispering to us about whether she was ok or not. We got home, she was a little upset for a bit because I wouldn't lay with her & then she was out again for about 4 hours!! She has never slept that long. Then she got up & we made some cookies for Santa. She finally fell asleep around 10:00 so then Santa's helpers had to wrap his presents & put together some of the toys he got Jillian. We were up again til 1:00. She woke up at 8:30, but didn't seem as excited as she was last year. She got a pillow pet & said "look, Santa got me a pillow pet from Walmart." haha. Goofy girl. She played with everything she got at least once. I think she was very happy, but Chris said something just seemed off with her. Who knows! She has so much stuff I don't think she knows what to do with it all. She got a Dora couch & loves it.
I will post pictures of the last few weeks soon. Our house is a mess & it is driving me nuts, so I just need to get it clean before I post again!

Carleigh is 4 months!!

Carleigh turned 4 months on Saturday! I can't believe it. The above isn't the best of pictures, but I took it real fast just so I could post. We went to the doctor yesterday for her 4 month check up. She said everything looked good! Carleigh weighs 15 lb 3.4oz which puts her in the 82%. Her height is 24 3/4 inches which puts her in the 69%. Her head is 16 3/4 which is 87%. She got shots too. I felt so sorry for her because she cried quite a bit. But I guess that is to be expected. When I went to pick up the girls, Jillian actually told me that Carleigh was sick & had been crying all day. So, I was a little anxious to go get her out of the infant room. Carleighs teacher, Ms. Traci, said Carleigh was her normal happy self! I don't know what Jillian was talking about, other than maybe the fact that she knew Carleigh was going to the doctor,s o she thought she was sick. Carleigh had a slight fever last night, but other than that, she has been her normal self! She is actually laying on the couch next to me snoring just a bit! When she sleeps, she turns her head a little to the side like she is cuddling in especially when we are holding her or she is in her glider or swing. And a lot of times she will spit out her pacifier & suck on her bottom lip or tongue. She is doing well with her head control & holds her head up when she is on her belly. She talks a lot & smiles even more. Tonight in her bath she was kicking her legs like crazy. Then she cuddled in my arms while Jillian & I watched Toy Story 2 in our bedroom. She definitely fits into our little family! I couldn't imagine life with another baby before I got pregnant with her & now there is no way I could think of life without her! She brings a lot of joy to all of our lives including Jillian! I think I will "top her off" with a bottle & go to bed! Goodnight!