We’ve decided!

We finally decided on a job - We’ll be headed to American Greetings in Cleveland, OH in June!  I must admit that at first when Casey got the offer from them I was thinking they’d be the last place we’d end up.  It’s funny how things end up working out a totally different way than you think they will.  We both can’t believe that we turned down jobs in Phoenix, Salt Lake, So Cal, and Houston for  a job in Cleveland, but we know that we are supposed to go there and we are very excited, but so sad at the same time to be leaving our families.

In case you’re wondering why Casey is getting an MBA to write greeting cards, don’t worry,  he won’t actually be writing greeting cards (even though I know he’d be really good at it, he a good rhymer). He’ll be working in their supply chain department sending cards worldwide.  American Greetings also owns one of my most favorite stores, Papyrus, which Casey will be sending inventory to as well.  Here’s to making $$$ again!

Pictures

I took Carly and Holland to get their pictures taken in Draper last week, and I am in love with the pictures.  They turned out awesome!  I’m definitely going back to get family pictures done before we move.   The guy that took the pictures was awesome and was sweating after the photo session because he was putting on a show for the girls the entire time!  We got a ton taken and here are my favorites (I put some up on Facebook so sorry if you’ve already seen most of these).

Stats

We had and awesome Christmas!  I’ll post some pictures of our Christmas festivities in a few days.  It has been so nice to have Casey 100% at home with no homework to do!  We got a huge early Christmas present with Casey being awarded the Hawes Scholar Award.  It is a big honor for the top all-around MBA students and it came with a $10,000 check which is pretty nice too! 

Yesterday I took Carly and Holland in for their well check-ups and here are their stats:

Carly

Weight: 29 lbs (37%)

Height: 38 inches (75%)

Holland

Weight: 16 lbs 15 oz (93%)

Height: 27 inches (99%)

Head: 17 inches (90%)

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

4 months old!

Time has flown by!  Holland is already 4 months old!  She is the most precious baby.  She smiles and giggles at everyone.  She loves to play with toys now, and  she gets pretty fussy if she can’t reach one that’s close to her.  She absolutely loves any toy that has a face on it (like the one in the pic above).

  Lately she’s been a little scared of anyone besides Casey and me holding her, and I’m hoping that this phase doesn’t last too long.  She’s become quite the little sensitive girl in that if Carly starts crying she will too!  She loves getting kisses and we give her a lot,  especially on that chubby belly of hers!  We love you little Holland!

3 month stats

Holland has been sick for the past week. It's her first cold and it has been so sad. She's on the mend now but last week she was so miserable that I took her to the doctor. I was hoping that she had something bacterial that antibiotics could fix, but it was a virus. At the doctor she weighed in at 15 lbs 8 oz! At this age Carly weighed 13 lbs 6 oz and I thought she was so chubby! It's so fun to see the similarities and differences in my little girls.

My baby is 3!

I can’t believe Carly is already 3!  She is such a big girl now with a big personality!  She cracks us up all the time with what she says and does.  Here are some of her favorites:

Book:  She loves Magic School Bus books.

Food:  Mac and Cheese (pronounced “macamoni”)

Movie: Tangled

Color: Pink!

She loves doing puzzles,  playing “kitchen”, and reading books.  She also LOVES Little People.  She loves playing with her cousins and her cousin Sadie is her best friend.  She asks to go to Aunt Brooke’s house and play with Sadie like 5x a day!  If anyone messes with Sadie she will take them down (really).  She tries to do everything on her own, and often gets into trouble doing this.  We love our Carly Gwen so much!

3 months!

I love her belly!

Holland is still an angel baby.  She has been an awesome sleeper, rarely cries, and smiles all the time.  She loves her pacifier, and now loves to suck on her fingers and whatever else she can shove into her mouth.  She loves grabbing onto her little blankie, and nuzzling into it and falling asleep… All I have to do to get her to sleep is hand her her blankie and pop her paci in and she’s out – which was the total opposite of Carly so I am very appreciative!  She will never fall asleep while she’s nursing so I’m very glad that she can calm herself down and fall asleep on her own.

Carly has been a great big sister.  It took good a 2 months for her to start liking Holland, but now she gives her lots of loves and will put Holland’s pacifier back in her mouth if it ever falls out.