Visit from Aunt Kathy and Uncle Ronnie

Aunt Kathy and Uncle Ronnie came over to visit us and got to see Nana take pictures for our Christmas cards.
Uncle Ronnie and Karlie
Aunt Kathy and Karlie




Nana and Karlie



Nana, thanks for taking our picture and for my Christmas dress!
Love, Karlie

Nana's Christmas Cards

Nana decided she wanted a picture with her and Papa and all of the grandkids in their pj's for her Christmas cards. These are the pictures we took. It's really hard to get eight kids to all look at the camera and smile at the same time.






Silly faces
Chase, Lexi and Corbin (Chanda and Todd's kids)

My attempt to get Kaden and Cooper's picture (Tracie and Bryan's kids)

Kolten and Tayler - Kerrie and Kyle's (aka #2 or Duece) kids



Our best present ever, Karlie Rae
Nana and her girls

Love,
Shanda

Daddy Shower

Mom, Aunt Mary and Tracie decided to throw Kyle a "Daddy" shower for Kyle and the grandpas, uncles and cousins. They ordered pizza and wings and had chips & dips for them to snack on while they watched to Cowboy game. Kyle complained some, but this morning the only thing I heard was how it was "his day" and he shouldn't have to do anything! I think they all had a good time just hanging out even though the Cowboys lost! I took a few pictures before I left and asked Kyle to take more when everyone arrived, that never happened. Here are the ones I took.



Aren't these cookies cute?
I wish I had a picture of the invites Aunt Mary made because they are so cute! This shower was supposed to take place before Karlie arrived, but she has a mind of her own.

Love,
Shanda

Bathtime with the boys

We went to Uncle Bryan and Aunt Trac's house to watch football tonight. When it was time for the boys bath Aunt Trac said to bring Karlie up and we could dunk her in with them and bath her at the same time. Maybe when she gets a little bigger she will actually enjoy taking a bath with her cousins!

Kaden and Cooper will probably kill me for this one day! I tried to crop it, but I couldn't without cutting Karlie out. Sorry boys!

Love,
Shanda

Visit from Kolten and Aunt Lala

Kolten and Aunt Lala brought me lunch today and came to visit with Karlie. It's so funny to see how big Kolten is getting because he was a few ounces smaller than Karlie when he was born. Here are some of the pictures I took of them.
Doesn't it look like Karlie is pushing him off of her Boppy? Too funny!



Kolten looks so much like his mommy to me! Sorry I didn't get any pics of Aunt Lala. I'm sure she's glad I didn't. Thanks for coming to visit with us, we had a great time!

Love,
Shanda

Two Week Check Up

I didn't take pictures at this visit but here are her stats. She weighs 5 pounds 13 ounces (5th percentile), 19 inches long (25th percentile), head circumference is 12 3/4 inches (10th percentile). She's definitely on the small end of the scale but I'm sure she will catch up soon! She also had her heel pricked for a second time and got one shot in the leg. They cannot give her a whooping cough shot until she is two months old so they gave one to Kyle and I. Dr. Straughn said that parents and older children can be carriers of it and we needed it to protect her. I cried like a baby. I have not gotten over my fear of needles. I hope that's a trait I don't pass down to Karlie! He said she looked really good and to keep up the good work. We don't go back until her two month checkup on 1/20/09.

More fun pictures

Today we took Karlie to have her newborn pictures taken by Cupcake (photographybycupcake.com). She also took our maternity pictures a few weeks ago. When we got home we took a few pictures of our own.


This is the diaper bag Neece bought Kyle so that he can still be a manly when she is with him. Isn't it cute! She's so tiny she fits right in the front pocket.

Kyle found this little outfit at the Trophy Hunter's Extravaganza (or something like that) in Fort Worth this summer. She looks so darn cute in it!

Love,
Shanda