i love this lady!

asher, caleb, and kaycee noelle.

I'd love to reintroduce you to...

...my sweeter than sweet baby girl. I say reintroduce because we have changed her name.

(some of you knew that we did this and some of you probably didn't. it's a long story, and i've had a hard time committing, but i thought i'd

finally put it on the blog :)

miss

kaycee noelle carrier

Kaycee is 3 1/2 months old now and the sweetest little girl ever. Here are some pictures of her in her blessing dress. It was the same dress that I was blessed in 28 years earlier that was given to me by my grandmother. (Thanks Mom and Aunt Susan for keeping it safe so that we could share that sweet experience!)

So lovely.

"the rootinest, tootinest..."

Thanks to Aunt Nancy and Lance and Kayla we've got the happiest cowboy in the wild, wild (pacific north)WEST!

I've been sick...

Yuck.

But, I'm feeling better now!

Here's hoping we all get a little more "shut eye" tonight.

The most reverent 3 month old in the world ;)

She's such a lady!

Made me laugh...

The boys were out in the backyard playing this morning. I was sitting by the back door reading a book so that I could hear them outside but also hear if the little miss woke up from her nap. At one point it got pretty quiet outside. I looked up and saw Asher dumping a ton of old leaves all over the top of Caleb, who was laying on the ground. I said "Asher, what's going on?" He said "We're protecting Caleb from the scary dragon!" I asked "Caleb, are you having fun?" He thrust his chubby little hand out of the nasty pile of leaves and gave me an enthusiastic thumbs up then yelled "Dragon no find me in here!"

Welcome to this episode of "Animal Sounds" with Caleb...

Hey Caleb, wanna play a game?

What does a pig say?

"oink, oink"

What does a cow say?

"moooo"

What does a cat say?

"meeeoooow"

What does an elephant say?

"[insert adorable elephant noise here]"

What does a caterpillar say?

"uh..."

What does a tiger say?

"roar"

What does an owl say?

"whoo, whoo"

Caleb, you're good at this! Are you having fun?

"yep-o"

What does a monkey say?

"ooo, ooo, ahhh, ahhh"

Thanks for watching. Until next time!

I love mother/daughter moments...

For the life of me...

I can't catch this girl smiling!

I swear right before this picture she had the biggest smile ever. I guess Justin and I need to double team her and see if we can make it happen since she'll only smile when she can see your eyes.

"You pretty!"

After I got Sis dressed Caleb saw her and said "Oooo, you pretty Babe." (something he says multiple times a day. super sweet.) Then he asked me "You take picture? Me come?" I was happy to oblige.

Caleb was standing behind me still saying "Ooooo, you pretty!" He must have said it 150 times in the 15 minutes we were doing this.

Sweet babies.

His silly side...

(Asher getting his sister to laugh by making funny faces and wearing her hat.)

This kids sense of humor cracks me up. Yesterday I cut an apple for his snack. Before he started eating he said he needed to go to the bathroom. As he was walking away he said (in a very concerned manner) "But Mom, while I'm gone my apple might start to DECAY!" I kind of just looked at him blinking. Then he said "I'm just teasing you, Mom. It takes a little longer then that!"

Another thing that I love is before he starts something (ie cleaning up toys or throwing something in the trash) I've heard him whisper to himself "I can do it. I'm a brave man!"

Asher, you're awesome!

Why, yes I do like the taste of my own hands...

Thanks for asking.

my eyes are welling, my heart is swelling...

seven years ago, today.

(happy sigh.)

a favorite old picture (you see?! i was listening when you showed me how to use the scanner :)

a favorite new picture. (don't take that face personally. we love your kisses!)

happy anniversary!