Spring Has Sprung!

It's beginning to feel a lot like spring around here, with the weather warming up and the skirts coming out! It's hard to believe, but Carly has actually been wearing some of her spring wardrobe the last day or two which is size 9 months! :( Thankfully, she still fits in her denim dress that is 3-6 months...my saving grace sign that she is still my little baby girl! She wore this adorable dress from BabyGap to the Farmer's Market on Friday, along with sunscreen for the first time!

There is nothing quite like the smell of sunscreen to bring you right into the mindset of spring, knowing summer is right around the corner :) 

A big accomplishment over the last few days was experimenting with the sippy cup! I tried giving her a whole bottle in her sippy cup the first time and that was just too much for her and she wasn't able to handle the cup very well. That led to my current routine of waiting until she has about 2 ounces left in one of her afternoon meals and I will transfer the rest into her sippy cup. It is going to be a process for sure, but she can take her time; I want to enjoy her being my little baby for a long as possible!

 Carly had her first birthday party experience this past Sunday for her friend who turned a year old and she was just squealing with delight! She definitely enjoyed all the attention from various fans of hers and discovered how entertaining a water bottle can be (and made sure she let everyone know how much fun she was having!). My little lady loves to squeal with happiness when she finds something new & interesting, and let me tell you...her pitch can make your ears ring! My little princess can squeal all she wants, I love it; I will take squealing with delight over crying any time :) Don't you worry, I know it is hard to see her complete outfit in this photo so I included a few better ones of her party outfit for your viewing pleasure ;)

We couldn't help but think she had the look of a little senorita with her lace, puff sleeves, and multi colored ruffles! Seriously. Adorable.

Both the onesie & skirt are from the Heidi Klum Truly Scrumptious line at Babies R Us.

I love you, I love you, I love you my little senorita!

I was literally kissing her in between every photo I took; I just couldn't handle how cuuuuute she was being with her chubby little cheeks, smiles, holding her little hands...oh my goodness. How do I ever get anything done???

This was my party outfit: chambray top (JCrew), coral pants are from Target, gold braided belt

This was my outfit of the day: chambray shirt (JCrew), coral skinnies (Target), gold braided belt (Forever 21) and I wore these nude sandals (Forever 21) that you can't see in the picture. Can I just point out that I got to blow dry my hair that day...YAY. I am still not loving my flat-volume-less hair lately, but I am grateful for the days I get to use my beloved blow dryer <3

My mom came for a visit for a few days at the beginning of the week, and Carly pretty much had a smile on her face 100% of the time :) She loves spending time with her Grandma because she gets loved on even more than normal! My mom helped me get some sewing projects for Carly's room re-do all figured out; I am still very much a beginner when it comes to sewing so she comes to my rescue! (I won't be posting pictures of her room until it is done, but it will be soon I promise!) We also had a few outings here and there, such as Barnes & Noble to check out some baby cookbooks.

Carly desperately wanted my cucumber mint lemonade...(I don't blame her, it is delicious!)

We also met my two Aunts and my Cousin at Ikea, which is always an adventure! It was Carly's first time in Ikea...and quite frankly I think she was overwhelmed! Although, I feel the same way and I have been countless times HaHa!

We ended up getting a new rug for Carly's room, a duvet for our room, and a few other little miscellaneous things.

Pretty soon Ikea proved to be too much for her...

Reason #3,857 I love this man: He will proudly wear his princess around Ikea. You can see where Carly gets her perfect blue eyes :)

Another SUPER EXCITING thing that happened earlier this week was Carly's 6 month photo session! The pictures will be incredible, that's all I am going to tell you. No description will do them justice, so you are all just going to have to wait and be surprised! :)

 

Tomorrow's (well technically today's...because it is actually 2:30am...ugh!) adventure will be hunting around for the perfect Easter basket goodies for Carly Button's first Easter! I know it's rather last minute, but that's the life of a new mom for ya!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

Earlier This Month....

Due to life being as predictable as it can be with a baby (HA!), I didn't get this blog started when I originally had planned, which would have been on the day Carly turned 6 months old. I'm not sure why I even try to plan out such things, when I should be thrilled when I get a chance to take a shower and actually get to blow. dry. my. hair! I have embraced the air dryed hair look for the last 6 months and I have to say....it's inspired me to get a hair cut! Not diggin' the flat & lifeless hair look anymore. Let's hope I have a new 'do here in the next few weeks!
Anyways! I wanted to share some of the cuteness that has happened earlier this month before the month comes to an end!

ALL attitude here...

I LOVE her little fuzzy head and it's amazing how light her hair is coming in, considering both my husband and I have dark hair!

She was just so stinkin' cute in her teal dress, that I had to wear a teal top to match my mini me :) This was the day we traveled to visit family and to find out that Carly's first cousin is going to be... a girl! Yay! We are SO excited!!

Carly is such a big girl now, she can ride in a cart! She slumps over and slides down, but she is getting better each time! She definitely prefers this to being in the stroller and I think likes it even better than the Bjorn! She loves looking around at everything and melting the hearts of those she passes with the sweetest smile you've ever seen (I am trying so hard to capture it on camera!) Little stinker always stops what she is doing and just stares whenever I get the camera out.

 This month Carly has been sitting up so well unassisted! She has been getting so much enjoyment out of this crawl ball that our neighbor let us borrow (thanks Jyl!).

Look at those baby blues! They seem to get brighter every day, so we are thinking she might be keeping her Daddy's eyes!

This month's menu consisted of a few new tasty (and not so tasty) items!

The first new flavor of the month was yellow squash! She didn't mind it, but didn't seem to interest her as much as zucchini. We tried peas....which didn't go over so well. So then we tried mixing peas with sweet potato...not a winner (it was an awful color so I don't blame her!). Then I tried mixing the peas with avocado and she liked it! Next we tried banana and oh man...we hit the jackpot! She literally goes wild over banana! The picture below is my attempt of getting a picture of her while eating banana, and as you can see she just does not hold still! She waits with her mouth open after each bite, wanting more! So now, we do banana in the morning and a veggie in the evening. I have found banana and avocado to be two of my favorites to feed her because I eat avocado every day practically, so it's quick and simple to puree up the rest of avocado for her! I do the same with banana in the morning. I love giving her fresh food and it also gives us more of a feeling of eating as a family if we are eating the same thing :)

"Put that camera down Mama and give me more banana!"

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

and Welcome to My Blog!

Hello everyone!!! Today is my first official post on my new blog and I am so excited! I figured that today would be a fun first post because of all the St. Patrick's Day festivities. No, we are not Irish haha! We just enjoy any excuse to dress Carly up in a special outfit and take a hundred pictures of her!

It was SUCH a beautiful day so I just had to get pictures of the African daisies that are blooming in our yard. I promise Carly was happy, ha! She is all smiles and giggles until a camera is in front of her, then I think she is more focused on trying to figure out what that thing is that is always in her face haha!

Adding to the day's festive feel, I made chicken & avocado Chile Verde enchiladas and a spinach salad.

While I was busy making dinner, taking random photo breaks when Carly was just being way too darn cute in her St. Patrick's Day outfit....

...we snacked on Tostitos Hint of Lime tortilla chips (our fav!) with the new Cantina Chipotle salsa (also Tostitos brand) and homemade Andes Mint Shamrock shakes!

 ...and if THAT wasn't enough, I sent a batch of these delicious Chocolate Mint Brownies and Cake Layered Cupcakes with my husband to work, but of course held on to a few for us!

From what I hear, they where a big hit!

So, as you can see, our St. Patrick's Day was full of Carly cuteness and yummy food! That's pretty much how our holidays go around here, like I said, any excuse I can get to put Carly in a special outfit and make her a new headband I will take it! So here are a few parting shots that I just couldn't leave out!

 Thank you for visiting my blog! I hope to get at least one new post up each week, depending on whether or not we have anything interesting going on that week. I was hoping to get this blog up and running by the first of March...well my reason for that not happening is pretty simple: I am a mom. My life keeps me quite busy! On that note, I think my next post will be a few things that have gone on earlier this month that I didn't get a chance to post about, so stay tuned!