Easter Family Pics

Here are some pics from Easter weekend. Had our first "real" outing as a family of four, went to Stone Mountain on Friday and broke out the ole double stroller, talk about working off those pregnancy pounds I told Chad they should use those things for PT tests in the military! Saturday was the egg hunt in our neighborhood, thanks to me and my awesome gadget abilities none of which got recorded, I swear I thought the play button was on, total Kari move. Anyway, Carsten fanned out better this time, he managed to retain his easter basket and even got about 10 eggs with the help of his dad of course:) Church Sunday and Chloe's big debut, notice she's looking at her crazy brother in our pics, I couldn't get her to look forward but she was a doll I can testify. We did our best with our automatic camera, makes you really miss extended family on these special days. Happy Easter!

Real meaning of Easter

Wow, surprised to find this article on Easter on FoxNews website.

Easter at the Kids Spot

Carsten had his first Easter celebration today at his little gym The Kids Spot. He goes every Thursday for a moms day out program, he loves it and I really love it! Today the Easter bunny was there and they had a little egg hunt, we had ample practice yesterday in the living room so he was ready to go! He found about 5 eggs until another little boy stole his basket, oh well. It was fun and the first time Carsten has gotten within arms reach of a big character in a costume so big big progress for him, yeah! Maybe next year we'll actually get a picture with Santa:) Chloe was there all dressed up and bows in her hair. It was a fun morning and now Cman should be ready for the egg hunt Saturday in our neighborhood. (wow I can't believe I've blogged two days in a row) Enjoy!

Here ya go

One of my very hilarious, cute, and successful attempts at stealing some attention away from my sister!



















This is what happens in the target cart when we refuse to take a nap at home!






















Daddy giving me a much needed break!























Miss Priss and her first smiles!

Four Words

IN OVER MY HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I do miss you my blogger friends.  I apologize for my lack of blogs lately as I've been buried in diapers, crying, eating, throwing up, sleep, (or lack thereof) guarding the infant from her overzealous sibling, and dinner making.  Yep, that's about it these days plus or minus a few things including my own daily showering:)

One day I will see you again I promise, hopefully sooner rather than later when more of a normal routine sets in.  Right now Chloe is taking up pretty much all of my time.  We are struggling with colic, constant breastfeeding, and what we'll call a VERY "high maintenance" little girl.  I can barely set her down during the day or she'll scream her head off, will not take a pacifier.  It's like her internal alarm goes off when she's not physically touching me or her dad and she doesn't like it!  This is all new territory for me and confirms the fact that Carsten was literally an angel when he was a baby.  Not so much these days however, he's having a hard time adjusting to sharing all the attention and he lets me know it pretty much all day long with his screaming and crying.  On top of this we are getting ready to PCS (move) in June to DC and trying to find a house and getting things in order.  So thank you for your continued prayers for our growing family and I hope to blog more in the future.  I will keep putting pictures up when I can.  And I promise the birth announcements are on their way so be looking in the mail!!! 

(For some reason I can't get pictures to download right now so I'll post them later)

 

  

Flying solo with 2!

It's my first official day as a mom of two!  My parents left yesterday afternoon and Chad went to work this morning, that leaves me ALONE and RESPONSIBLE for two children, yikes!!!  I have to say it's going smoother than I suspected, I've even taken a shower already and we're headed out to the pediatrician at 4:30.  However, you might as well call my new role the "diaper changer" or "feeder" because that's literally ALL I do!  I seriously have to give good ole' Octamom and Duggar mom some credit here, I don't know how they do it!  I think since last night I've changed at least 20 diapers.  This is going to be crazy but fun, I am so blessed!  Will post new pics soon!

  

Pictures with Dr. Broadney

Just got back from my follow up OB appt.  I absolutely LOVED my OB, she was so sweet to us the whole time I was excited to bring Chloe in for her to get a quick snug!  She was so encouraging to me the whole time and always made me feel at ease.  Oh and a couple other cute pics of Chloe in her pink and brown, I never thought I was the girly type and have always worried about having a girl but I think I'm going to get used to this dressing up stuff really quickly!  (I've had her in two to three outfits a day just for the fun of it)!  This one was from her Nana.