Dress up!

We had a photographer come over to our house this morning to take some pictures of Caroline, so last night we had a little fashion show! here are a few pics:

Bath Time!

Caroline before her favorite bath time!

Enjoying the water!

After the bath, check out those curls!

A happy camper!

This silly girl likes her bath so much she scoots down in the water, almost all the way under!

Check!

I Love crossing things off my To Do List (especially lately since it is hader and harder to do!) and here is the latest completed project! The latest pic of our growing girl!
Caroline's initials above her crib

I just felt her nursery needed some girlie pink! CHECK!

The art teacher at Patrick's school painted this for her nursery, so sweet!

Does it get any cuter?!?!

Caroline and her only girl cousin Katie!

(if anyone knows how to flip pictures can you let me know:)

Lots of Firsts!

It is only Wednesday, but already this week Caroline and I have managed lots of FIRSTS!

Me
Using the breast pump
Giving Caroline a shower while I was showering
Using the baby bjorn
Fitting back into my jeans.....they are tight, but ON!
Getting wedding rings over my knuckles in several months!

Caroline
First big, non gassy smile (hopefully the first of many!)
She found her thumb for the first time!

(can't you tell this mama is trying her best to multi-task!)

here are a few pics of my latest attempt to get a few moments to myself during the day! The floor playyard:

Not too Big Not too Little!

Caroline had her one month check-up today and my how she has grown! These are her stats:

Weight: 9 pounds 1.5 ounces

Length: 21 and 1/4 inches

Head: 14.75 inches

She is n the 50% percentile for all three! Caroline having some tummy time!
What a BIG Girl!

the beginnings of a smile

Little Marthas!

At Christmas, The Men of the family suprised the Ladies with a morning of cooking class! We had a wonderful time learning to make six new pasta dishes, and the best part was eating them after they were all cooked! What a fun girls day! Laura and Kelley made chicken ravoli, homeade noodles and all!
All theLadies!
Our masterpieces!

Mom and I

Mom rolling the homeade Gnocci we made!

Happy New Year!

We rang in the New Year at my in-laws this year with our families, what could be better! Our night started off with my Mom, Dad, Caroline, Patrick, and I all heading off to the Melting Pot for a super yummy dinner! After we stuffed our bellies we headed off to celebrate with Patrick's family. This year has been fantastic thus far, we cannot wait to see how much more this year has to offer us! Our New Year's Baby!
Katie Girl

Grandparents

Kelley and Patrick

Our new family

Some of the Kanes and Caroline

New years kiss

Trains and Museums

It was so fun to have our neices and nephews here for the holidays! We got to spend lots of quality time with all four of them including trips to the train park and childrens museum!

SO LOVED

Just a few of the people that Caroline is so lucky to have in her life! Uncle Jimmy
Cousin Katie

Uncle Tommy

Grandpa Maurer