were moving!

so ive been meaning to post this for a while. were moving back to arizona!! i cant tell you how excited we are to come home. jake talk to his boss and he's getting him an office in arizona and will have fly back and forth once a month. he's really excited, he can still work for his current boss. ill be back on august 25th and jake will be driving back with his brother on the 26th. its been hard beeing away from family and missing out of things. jakes excited to go to his brothers football games and go hunting this year, and im excited to hang out with my newphews, and seeing my old friends again. were also excited to get back to our condo. i miss it. theres only 2 things that i will miss when we leave, our ward, they have been really great and my aunt and uncle in jersey. they have been such a blessing to us. weve been up to thier place several times in the last 8months, we have loved being so close to them and getting to know them better. i cant wait to get home in just a few short weeks. cant wait to see everyone!

ocean city

jakes sister bethany is here this week to visit so we decided to go to ocean city and go to the beach. its about two hours away. the drive isnt too bad. we only stayed for short time becuase it was pretty humid and charlee didnt like the sun that much, or the water it was a bit too cold for her. but we had a great time.

charlee and her daddy
we keept her under an umbrella most of the time, but she still sweated like crazy

my friend alissa bought these sunglasses for her, they were a bit too big. the package said newborn to 3years. she didnt like them that much either.

Bows, bows, and more bows

when my mother in law was here she showed me how to make bows. we went to the store and got some ribbon and they turned out great. thanks julie. here are some pictures of charlee with the bows on her head. then there are just some random pictures of her. oh and the blanket that shes laying on louise (she helped make the blessing dress) made for her isnt it so cute?

all the bows

i think this one is a little big, it will have to wait for a while

isnt she so cute? she loves to smile though it takes a while to get her to do it.

blessing dress

when we move back were going to bless the baby and my mom had this wonderful idea to make a blessing dress out of my wedding dress. so we asked my mother in law to make the dress. she had her friend louise help her and they did a wonderful job! its practically an exact replica of my wedding dress, those are the actual sleves and the split down the middle is the same that was on my wedding dress. i cant wait to actually see her in it. thank you so much julie and louise! i absoultely love it!

1 Month Old!

i cant believe my baby is one month old already! she has been such a blessing in our lives. we had a rough start but were doing great now! shes been such a good baby i couldnt ask for better. shes starting to smile more and more and knows my voice. shes done a lot in her first month, shes been to jersey a couple of timees, washington dc, fort mchenry, and even to nationals park. we went to the doctor this morning for her one month check up. shes 9lbs 4oz and 21 1/2 inches. shes in the 50th percentile for both. we love you charlee

fun times

my inlaws came this weekend to meet charlee! we had a great time. we went to a diamondbacks game at nationals park and went to dc and saw all the sites. they were great to have them here and cant wait to see them again in august.

charlee and her papa
charlee and ike....he wouldnt smile for anything!
the whole gang

this is us at the game. in arizona we were on tv! we had lots of people call and let us know. it was very exciting game, we almost lost but we hung in there and won the series.
ike and hy at the game
jake, ike and charlee, it was very bright that day she didnt like it too much
charlee and her daddy

we went to dc and this is us at the world war 2 memorial
the boys in front of the capitol building

jake got to meet obama!(j/k...its just picture...)
charlee and her momo

More Family

so jakes parents are coming tomorrow! i know my husband cant wait to see them. it will be great to have them here. i know they are excited to see charlee and i cant wait for them to meet her. it will be great to have more family here, ill have someone to spend my days with! we cant wait to see grandma momo and papa!

Happy Birthday America!

we had a great 4th of july! my aunt and uncle always throw a big party for the 4th. my mom and dad have come to the party but jake and i have never been able to come. tons of people come and they have tons of food...corn, brisket, salads, sloppy joes, hot dogs and so on. we had a great time. im so thankful for the men who fought and i died for our freedom i wouldnt want to live anywhere elese, im so grateful for our freedom!

this is charlee and her "east coast grandpa" we love oj.
charlee just chillin

this is austy...jakes new best buddy. he was sad when we had to leave today
charlee wouldn't open her eyes for a picture, i think it was too bright for her. doesn't she look cute in her 4th outfit? and i made the bow (with a little help from Jake!).

daddys girl
sleeping in moms arms.