Montgomery Family Pictures!

We took professional family shots in June at my Grandparent's house in Weatherford. They turned out great!!

Carol is THREE months old!

A little better late than never...

Carol Joy is 3 months old!

... we stopped nursing, and wow, have you chunked up since then! (Well, chunky for a Montgomery girl baby!). You have gained a double chin and small rolls on your legs!

... you are smiling all of the time! (but not in the above picture...you had just woken up!) You live up to your middle name of Joy!

...you love to babble and talk to all of us.

...your eyes are still blue....hmmm....we always thought that there was no way we could have any children who weren't brown hair and brown/hazel eyes, but so far you are breaking our expectations! They haven't changed in the slightest, so we'll see what the next few months bring!

...for the most part, you sleep until 4-5, eat and then sleep again for another 1-2 hours. However, the last couple of weeks of this month, you have been a VERY loud sleeper, keeping mommy awake although you don't remember it at all.

...when you do wake up to eat, I love laying you down on the changing table and watch you slowly wake up. After stretching, you finally open your eyes and see me...and reward me with the biggest, happiest smile, like I just made your day!

... you can claim at least one thing that you did before your big sister: you flew on an airplane this month! You joined mommy and nana on a trip to Pittsburgh to see a friend get married. You were an excellent traveler! In fact, on the way back, you fell asleep as we were lifting off in the air, and stayed that way until we deplaned. We were able to strap your carseat into the seat next to us on the way home, so that helped!

In Heaven....

The other day as we were driving home from Daniel's parents' house, we passed a cross marker on the side of the highway, probably at the scene of an accident. Here's the conversation that followed between Emma and myself:

Emma: Did you see that cross mommy? Do you know what that is for? It's to remind us that Jesus died on the cross for us.

Mommy: That's right Emma

E: Mommy, why did Jesus die on the cross for us?

M: (trying to figure out how to answer this in a theologically correct way for a 4 year old!) So that we would believe in Him and go live in Heaven with him.

E: Like Aunt Carol is in heaven?
(Side note: Our Carol Joy is named after Daniel's Aunt Carol who died five years ago from cancer; obviously Emma never met her)

M: Yes, just like Aunt Carol in heaven. Won't it be fun to meet her one day in heaven?

E: Then Baby Carol could meet Aunt Carol! But she wouldn't be a baby anymore, she would be big like me. Aunt Carol's going to live with Jesus for a long time, isn't she?

M: Yes, a very long time!

So precious!!!

Emma Rose's first year of school!

We finished up Emma's first year of "school" last week. She attended LCCS Pre-Kindergarten with Mrs. Laxson and Mrs. Ackley on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Then she attended Primrose School/Daycare on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays with Mrs. Rusk and Mrs. Lunsford.

Although it was hard to drop her off in the morning at Primrose, I am so thankful for the social, physical, and academic progress she made at both schools. She has come so far, and I look forward to seeing her to continue to mature next year, when she will be at LCCS on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and with mommy the other days!!

With Mrs. Rusk and Mrs. Lunsford at Primrose

With Mrs. Ackley and Mrs. Laxson at LCCS (she wouldn't take the picture without me, and of course I didn't put on makeup that morning....ugh)

Carol Joy is TWO Months Old!!

June 5, 2010-- Two Months Old!

The best smile I was able to catch on camera...she smiles a whole lot bigger when she doesn't see the camera!

Working on those neck muscles!!

Sweet Carol Joy...

...you are 9 pounds, 4 ounces in the 10th percentile for weight

...you are 22 inches long in the 25th percentile for length

...you are in the 50th percentile for head circumference.

...you are right on track where your big sister was in size except for the head (she was over the 100th percentile!)

...you go to sleep for the night somewhere between 7pm-8pm and wake up somewhere in the 3 o'clock hour to eat, and then again at 6 o'clock.

...you are eating about 3 bottles a day after nursing with mommy...you need the extra nourishment to grow! But during the night it is just you and mommy!

...you survived mommy's last after-school inservice and cleaning out of mommy's classroom. You slept quite a bit on your playmat in her lab! Must have felt like a familiar place!

...you started to smile at mommy, daddy and sister!

...you were blessed by many special gifts from showers at church and LCCS.

...you are a sweet, easy-going baby. You only really cry when you are hungry or when you have gas. You will just go to sleep on your own when placed down in your bassinet.

...you are still wearing newborn clothes and diapers, and some 0-3 month clothes.

... you love swinging in your swing and laying on top of the changing table, looking at the light coming through the blinds.

...you are loved and an irreplaceable part of our family!