merry christmas...

merry chritmas from dill, ty, and karys...

-ty

twas the night before christmas...

twas the night before christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse...

(or a daddy)
(or a baby)
the stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that st. nicholas soon would be there…
this is k's first christmas and we (well really i) wanted to start some christmas traditions. so here's what we did:

• we baked cookies: chocolate chip and oatmeal chocolate chip--YUMMY...
• we got k some christmas pajamas: my sister and i always got christmas pj's growing up--they usually matched. they were the one "present" we were allowed to open on christmas eve. we wore the that night and had them on when we took photos opening our gifts on christmas morning...
• we read how the grinch stole christmas: it was k's beadtime story tonight...
• tomorrow morning we will read the nativity story from the bible...
  

we will probably add more (in the years to come) but that's how we spent out first christmas eve as a family of three. i loved it! dill and i both agree this is the best christmas ever because we have been blessed with the greatest gift...
-ty

roll baby roll...

karys rolled over (from her tummy to her back) on friday. she actually did it twice (and i got the second one on video). i was telling her that one of the "milestones" is for babies to roll tummy to back in their fourth month. but i told her "cool" babies do it sooner. guess she wanted to show me she was cool and rolled over. the first time she did it i yelled so loud i scared her and made her cry. so i ran and got the video camera and she did it again. i'm so proud if her. guess all the "tummy time" has payed off. but (being the diva she is & not scumming to peer pressure twice) she hasn't rolled since friday. guess now that she's showed me she knows how, she won't do it again until she feels like it...
-ty

photo friday (12/21)...

here are some photos from the week...

(notice her boots from her aunt valarie. thanks aunt val...)
-ty

say my name, say my name...

babies are supposed to start recognizing their name around three months. we generally call karys by her name. but we also call her k (for short), puddin' pie, coco puff, love bug, KRS1 and spitty/poopie (if you could see some of the messes she's made you'd agree that name is fitting). her aunt shona sometimes calls her care bear and her aunt valarie has called her queen elizabeth. so she could easily get confused. but i do think she's starting to recognize her name when i call her...
-ty

photo friday (12/14)...

(surprisingly) i only took one photo of k this week (actually since the week starts on sunday i took more--see "it's beginning to look a lot like christmas" post). but only one since then. it was of k reading "the very hungry caterpillar" (which she loves--thanks roy, dionne, and naiem)...


since i only have one photo that i took, i'll post the photos from her photo session in october...

it's funny. she looks different (and so little) in those photos. what a difference a month makes...
-ty

UPDATE:
here are two photos from last week with k in her dress that she wore to the baby ceremony at our church

she "talks" (a LOT)...

karys likes to "talk"/babble. she's been doing this for awhile. i think people thought i was crazy when i told them i had "conversations" with k where she actually responded (starting at 3 weeks old). now that other people have seen/heard her "talk" (she even calls her mom-mom every morning for a chat) they believe me when i say she talk a LOT. dill agrees. when she work up at 6:30 this morning talking he (lovingly) said "wow even you don't talk as much as she does!" (thanks dill--i guess he thinks i talk a lot too.) karys also sings (which sounds different than her regular "talk"). i have video of her talking and singing but i can't figure out how to download and post it yet. as soon as i do you'll get a sneak peek at k's first concert...

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...

on sunday they had a baby celebration for karys and four other babies at our church. mom-mom, pop-pop, aunt lashona & kanaiya came up to celebrate. the celebration was really nice but (unfortunately) since we were running late (as usual) i forgot the camera...

after church the family came back to our house. dill and pop-pop watched the giants beat the eagles (i don't want to hear any comments--especially from uncle boogie) and mom-mom, aunt shon, kanaiya and i put up the christmas tree (karys watched). i really wasn't planing on putting up a tree but mom-mom convinced us and i'm glad we did because k loved the lights! we haven't decorate it yet (we're going to use the ornaments from our wedding) but it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...
-ty

the crib...

karys slept in her crib for the first time last monday. dill and i originally said she's stay in the room with us until around three months but we decided to give the crib a try a little early. her sleep pattern has been off from the holiday and traveling so last monday (her first night in the crib) she woke up every two hours from about 11pm until about 4am. after numerous time of walking back and forth to her room i just finally brought her in the room with us. last tuesday the monitor died (i thought it was broken but the next day dill told me it just needed to be charged) so i decided to let her sleep in the room with us again. last wednesday after we put her to bed she kept waking up so i let her sleep in our room. last thursday i was honest with my self and finally admitted i really just wanted her in our room. so sine the she's been in her bassinet in our room. thanks aunt erica & uncle boogie. the crib was a GREAT gift and i promise she'll sleep in it. maybe i'll try it again next week...
-ty

photos (i should have posted on) friday...

here are photos from last week that i should have posted on friday...

k in her scrubs from aunt roseann & uncle tony
k in her "thanksgiving" dress (that he didn't get to wear on thanksgiving because it was so hot at mom-mom & pop-pop's house)
rocking the layered look (like her auntie shon)
in robe & bunny slippers
-ty