Karly,Kenda and Kara

Karly and friends - I got the name Karly from my friend Julie who was thinking of naming Kara Karly - but when she chose Kara - I decided that whenever I was going to have a child, that Karly would be one of the names for a girl. Attached are pictures of Kendra with me while I was in labor and then the next day after she was born. Also is picutrs of Kara and Karly. Kendra is going to be a great babysitter when the time comes.

Getting the hang of it

We gave Karly her second bath and as you can tell by the picture, she was pretty relaxed. Hopefully she will continue to enjoy her baths and maybe grow to enjoy swimming? It is amazing to see how fast she is growing the changes she is making every day. Gee, do I sound like a first time parent or what?

Karly's first Easter

Amazingly enough Brent, Karly and I made it to church on time for the 8:00 am service, and Brent was worried that we'll have to start getting up 4 hours before we have to be any where. But we made it with only 2 hours prep time. It was a special Easter as babies were abound. Family friends Luke and Alisa Butcher had a baby girl on April 6 and another girl from church had a baby on April 3. It will be fun to see all of them grow up together. Attached are family pictures of Brent, Karly and I as well as Luke, Alisa and Roslyn.

First Bath

Brent and I ventured to give Karly her first bath. She wasn't too happy about it but she survived it. It is still up in the air whether she has blond hair or light brown - washing her hair you can see more blond. Time will tell. Hopefully she will tolerate her second bath a little better.

And Karly makes three . . .

On April 1, 2009 at 9:47 pm Karly Jeanette Floyd was born. After a long labor she made her appearance on her time. Brent was a trooper during the entire labor and was by my side for each contraction. We were able to have my family and close family friends in the room with us during the labor - it was nice to have everyone there and I was able to be distracted with the different conversations. During the delivery my mom and good friends Julie and Trinka were able to be there with the rest of the crew out in the hallway. After a couple of nights in the hospital Brent and I brought Karly home - with only our parental instincts on what to do. We are blessed to have Karly be such a good baby, she sleeps for 2 - 3 hours at a time and other than letting us know that she is hungry on needs a diaper change, she does not cry. During her awake time we get lost in time just staring at her and watching her take in her surroundings and seeing what is going on. We look forward to seeing what each day brings us and will enjoy this time while she is so young.

Catching up

I have been meaning to post these photos indicating how much snow we have gotten this winter. For a while we thougth the snowman would be buried with all the snow. As of now it looks like the weather is a go for melting - but the long range forecast is calling for snow on Saturday. I really hope they rolled the dice wrong on that one!

What a difference a week makes!

Who would have thought a little over a week ago it was just about 50 below at the house - and today - it was 40 degrees above (it got up to almost 50 above yesterday) and we went ice fishing and enjoyed it. There was all kinds of water on the lake - but noone fell in. Brent and I went out with the youthgroup and it was a great time. Brent is already planning on building his own ice house for next year. For now we are going to enjoy our above average weather and laugh at the lower 48 as they survive what we sent down.