Aforementioned video... sooooo cute!

FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

Charli is the cutest baby in the world! But that's just a mommy's opinion I guess ;)
She has discovered her feet, and how adorable is that??

She just loves sitting in her swing, lifting up her legs, and exploring her feet and toes with her little hands! awww!

I also find her staring at her hands for extended periods of time. CYOOT!
She's also started doing this HILARIOUS squawking thing while she's playing with her toys. I got a video of her playing with her Purple Moose and just squawking like crazy. I'll try to post it soon. SO cute.
Charli has learned so many things since I posted about her! She is just a beautiful young lady, and she's growing up too fast! FOUR MONTHS is creeping up on us really fast!

On a different note, Sam and I are really gearing up to get down to Oregon, so I might not be able to blog as much for the next few weeks. But I'll try to update you guys as much as possible! Love you!

Wide Awake.

Wow. It is SO 2:30 in the morning. I can't sleep.
It feels like every thought in the entire world is finding it's way into my mind.
Every idea; creative, thoughtful, thoughtless, meaningful, meaningless, mindless wanderings.
Too much caffeine with dinner? Yes.
Awake? Yes.
I feel like taking a jog around the block, but that would just be silly. and cold.
and unsafe. and....weird.

I keep dreaming that I need to start my own boutique. A fashion line. But A) I have no frikin CLUE how to even START doing that. I don't even know how to sew.
But all these wonderful designs keep finding their way into my brain. They just want to be written down before they flitter away.
flitter? Yeah, I just made it up. It's my new late-night word. It perfectly describes what happens to my brain every night when I can't sleep. It's flittery.

My fashion line would be named: Charli.
Except it would look like this:

Yeah? Kinda lame, I know. But it took up some of my bored-time.
It's "catch phrase" would be:
Modestly Fashion Forward or
Modest with a Twist or
or or...I can't think of any more. I'm too tired. Let me know if you think of anything TOTALLY AWESOME! I might pay you for it.
Not really.
But you'll feel cool and awesome inside that you had an input in my some-day million-dollar idea.

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow....

Charli watching her first snowfall!

It's been snowing for about a week up here in the ol' Alaska. People drive so CRAZY during the first couple snows of the year! For no reason, too. It's not like the roads are icy! haha.

Anyway, Sam and I have been gearing up to move down South, and it's pretty stressful. We managed to find a company to ship our things for relatively inexpensively, but it's still pretty $$$. Thank goodness for the PFD, right?! We've started the packing process, I have my plane tickets down to Portland for Charli and I, and we're going to stay with my family while Sam drives our little Stratus down the AlCan. Yikes! This is a HUGE step for our family. Sam is going to go to school and get his nursing degree OR join the Police Department down there. We've been talking and praying about it a lot, but we haven't quite nailed anything down yet. I'm so excited to get to be with my family, and to see my Mom, and just plain old get out of Alaska!!
If anyone knows of a job opportunity for Sam in Portland, please please PLEASE let us know! Please keep us in your prayers!!!

Playing with her toys!

Here's a picture of Charli playing with her toys after her nap like I described in our previous post.

Sneaky Baby.

Yesterday we put Charli down for a nap because she was being a cranky-pants, and she fell asleep for probably about 1/2 an hour. But then we heard some happy noises coming from her room, so we went to go see what she was up to. She had SCOOTED over to where a couple stuffed animals were and had started playing with them! We were pretty shocked.

I have no idea what age this sort of thing is supposed to happen, but it's so exciting watching Charli grow and develop. She's getting closer and closer to being able to sit up on her own! How crazy! CRAZY!!!

I'm so excited. She's growing up so fast!


Here's a picture from a little Mini Photo Shoot we did with her. She's so gorgeous! Look at those eyes!



Here's Charli playing with her toys!

So What? I'm still a Rock Star.

Here's Our little lady with her
Diva Shades.

She rolled over all by herself!

So continuing from last night's post, Charli slept for 7 hours last night. Sure, she's getting better, but it's no ten hours! :P

So, hopefully this will continue for a while so Mommy and Daddy can catch up on some lost sleep!

On a different note, Charli rolled over all by herself!! Nothing propping her up, or anything! Woohoo! This is a pretty big step, I think! She's just getting so so so strong! I'll post a video on the sidebar!

Sam started working again today, yay!
It was really really nice having him home for a week and a half, He's been so wonderful and so VERY helpful, but he had to go back to work for obvious reasons ;)
Well, I think Charli is waking up from her nap, so I'll get that video posted a little later!

FIRST ALL NIGHTER!!!!

Charli slept all night last night. It was SO CRAZY! We put her down around 10:30, and she didn't wake up until 8:30!!!!!

I woke up at six thirty all confused....

I went in and poked her just to make sure she was still alive....

Hallelujah! She's just still sleeping!

So, I went back to sleep.
It was so amazing, so wonderful, and fabulous. I've just put her to bed for tonight, and I guess we'll see if it was just a miracle, or if she is going to continue this wonderful and amazing gift to her parents.

Cross your fingers for us!!!