Crazy Week!

What a crazy couple of weeks we have had! We are trying to get our house ready to sell...hopefully quickly. We have had painters, landscapers, realtors, and (this week) a handyman here to help us get things together. I think we are getting close. We rented a huge storage unit to get rid of some of our things for a while. How did we accumulate so much stuff???

We are super excited to be moving back to Northern CA. It will be great to have family so close. We are sad too because we have really enjoyed our time here in Chapel Hill. We both have had amazing jobs...I am really going to miss seeing my kids at Rashkis. Even though I am not teaching this year, I still volunteer there a lot. We have also made such great friends who will hopefully be visiting us!! It has also been great being close to Kate and Brian (and of course Bridget and Dillon). We will miss them! Hopefully they will visit us too. :)Here are some pictures we took yesterday of Baby Girl in her beautiful dress Erin and Mike gave her. Such a little ham!

Assignment 2009 Update

Well... we finally know. You'll have to watch if you want to know.

Caroline and Jack

When we were at Erin and Mike's house the other day Jack was being super sweet to Caroline. Here is the video I was talking about.

Scott got me a tiny video camera for Valentines Day. It is called the Flip Video and it the size of a small camera. I carry it in my bag and it has been so great to have. The camcorder is great too, but I don't carry it on a regular basis. This Flip Video was such a great idea (thanks Scott!) because I always have it with me. :)

The best sound ever!

Today C and I met friends at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham. I took my class on a field trip there in the spring, but I was 37 weeks pregnant and huge so I didn't walk around and see everything. It is a great museum with a lot of things to do. We liked it so much we joined for the year. This may seem silly since we are moving in a couple of months (still don't know where!) but with this membership we can visit other museums all over the country.

Anyway, Erin was playing with Sam and Caroline thought it was the funniest thing she has ever seen! I have never heard her laugh so much. A baby laughing really is the best sound in the world.

Happy St. Patricks Day!

I have no idea where our camera is right now (our house is being painted and in shambles!) so this is the only picture I could get of my little leprechaun (on my phone)...and getting this wasn't easy! :) She is a busy girl these days. She is standing here and there, but seems to get nervous and squats down after a short time. We have moved her up to the next gym class (she is now a Birdie instead of a Buggie). She is the youngest in the class, but is definitely more adventurous. I think watching the older kids is good for her.

She is babbling a ton. She is still doing the "ba-ba", "na-na" and "da-da" but is now also making different sounds. It sounds like a little made up language. It is especially cute when she is looking at her books and talking....it's like she is "reading" them to herself. Her favorite things to play with are her books. She may not look much like me, but she definitely gets her love of books from me! :)

Dress Up

Yesterday we went over to Erin and Mikes house for an early dinner and all the kids had a great time. Little Jack loves Caroline! He was so sweet with her. He really wanted her to dress up in his Batman costume, but I told him it is too big for her. He went and found this fancy outfit for her to wear. So cute! Of course we forgot our camera so this is the only picture I have (with my cell phone). We did take a little video, so I will see if I can add that.

9 month pictures

Well, her pictures turned out okay. I am not super impressed, but I guess that it the way it goes with these studios. She wasn't really in the mood to be photographed. :) I think there are definitely some cute pictures, but overall I don't think they are much better than the ones we take of her. I know that down the road we will be happy to have so many pictures of her first year!

C has discovered how to make funny sounds when she puts her hand over her mouth and then takes it away. I like to think she is blowing kisses to me!

Saturday

On Saturday Kate, Brian, Bridget and Dillon came for a visit. We took the kids to the park and they had a lot of fun! Caroline isn't too interested in the playground, but she loves crawling around on the grass. There are all sorts of things to discover (and try and put in her mouth). I am looking forward to the day she can walk around so all her clothes (and her hands) won't be constantly dirty!
This afternoon I am taking her to get pictures taken so stay tuned for those!!

9 months

We had Caroline's 9 month check up the other day and she is doing great! She weighs 17 lbs 12 oz and is 28 inches. Her weight is in the 25th percentile, which concerned me a little, but the dr said it is fine. He told me that babies growth becomes more genetic at 6 months and you can't really compare baby to baby. Looking at Scott and me, she is just as he expected her to be. She is on track with all of her milestones and is a really happy baby. :)

C has learned to climb the stairs...a little scary for me! She does really well and loves climbing. Learning to go back down is going o be the tricky part!

More video

Caroline being Caroline!! So much personality in such a little package! Scott put this video together yesterday. It is a little long but we have already watched it about 20 times!

So girly

I have been waiting 9 months to be able to put a bow in Caroline's hair. It really bugs me when people mistake her for a boy (especially when she is in all pink) and I have been wanting to put bows in her hair to make her look even more girly. :) Amy's mom gave me some bows for my shower and today was the first day one stayed in! I think it looks super cute and I was really excited. Who knew she could get any cuter?

Carolina beats Duke!

Last night UNC beat Duke! The game was on late so I only made it to half time (and Duke was winning at that point) but Scott stayed up to watch. Caroline is wearing her UNC shirt today to celebrate the win. :) We have tickets to see UNC vs Duke at the "Dean Dome" in March. Hopefully they win then too!

Caroline playing

This is a video Scott took last week of C playing with her toys. I still can't believe how big she is getting. Enjoy!

The many faces of Caroline

She may have her cranky moments (and who doesn't?) but one thing this little girl is not lacking is personality. She is so funny and makes me laugh all day! I try to get picturesof all of her funny faces...here are a few!

She got stuck under the exersaucer and her mean mom wanted to take a picture before helping her out. :)