Finally

Poor little ol' Charles has been battling ear infections since May! They won't consider tubes until they have had a certain amount of infections! Well she did and she was finally able to get them in. On Thursday January 5th we took Charly in to Riverwoods Surgical Center where Grandma Joey happens to work for Charly to  get this done! 

sorry Gar didn't mean to cut ya off!

It was a very quick surgery which was so nice, and less stressfull for Gar and me. Grandma Joey was able to carry Charly back to the operating room and hold her while they put her out. That really was a huge blessing for me to know that she had her Grammy right there with her. She also was able to be in the room during the whole procedure and was right there with her when she started coming out of it.

It was so sad seeing her come to,

she was so confused and in a little pain and it took her a little while to calm down. Once we got home we laid her down for a nap and when she woke up she was back to her normal self! 


So grateful for modern medicine and the things they can do to help these helpless little ones! Thanks Joey again for being there for Charly! 
We love you baby girl!

Happy New Year 2012!

After we put Charly down for the night on new years eve we had My sister Anj and my brother in law Garrett and Michelle come over to celebrate with us! Brandon came down with the Flu so he wasn't able to come! We basically ate our lives away with jerk pork, jerk chicken, 3 different dips and a million crackers and dips, drinks, chocolate fondu with many things to dip into the chocolate ha ha! We talked and played a new fav game called "wits and wagers." It was hard for all of us to stay up until midnight (lame I know) but we did it and toasted to the new year....with martinelle! 

 Gar and I can't wait to see what 2012 has in store for us, and we're excited to try and meet our resolutions and enjoy another year with our little bug! 

December!

This has been such a fun month for us, shared with our family and friends!

Charly got her big girl car seat! She loves it and so do Gar and I! 

 We went up to Salt Lake with the Blackwell's and the Tuckers and ate The Pie! It was yummy!

 Steve and Joey had the cutest Santa come to Ruby River for all the grandkids! I think it's so great of them to do that! Charly was scared of Santa, she is such a little tender heart, but she'll get over it! :)

 We went and saw the lights at Riverswoods with My sister Anj and Garrett and their kids and our good friends Nat and Rhett!

We celebrated my 23rd birthday! I'm sad that I forgot to take pictures but it was a great day! I had Lunch with my best friends, my sisters Laur and Anj and my friend Nat! They took me to my favorite place, Joe bandidos the day before my birthday! They day of my birthday Gar let me sleep in for a little bit and he made me breakfast and even bought me my most favorite drink...chocolate milk! We went and finished our Christmas shopping and then we went Texas RoadHouse, my other fav place, and then went and saw Mission Impossible 4 which was a really good movie!! We had the house all to our selves thanks to grandma Joey for letting Charly spend the night! :) We finished the night off by going to wal-mart and getting peppermint ice cream with chocolate syrup and watching my favorite show ever FRIENDS!
 
 Our blue Christmas Tree! :)

 Tipton Christmas Eve Party! We ate our turkey dinner, did our gift exchange, had our talent show, and had Santa come! Unfortunatly we didn't get to stay for the nativity because I started to feel sick.

 

 After the party we came home and opened our PJs!

 

Christmas morning we didn't get very many pictures because Gar and I were up sick all night, so we still weren't feeling up to par in the morning but we still had such a great christmas! We were able to see our family and spend some time with them and also get some rest!

 

Love our little family!

We had our family pictures taken, an awesome Christmas gift from Cambria and her mother in law Shauna. Shaunaraeart.com 

They turned out so cute, and I have to admit that I cried when I saw them, I just love my little family so much and I feel so blessed to have them especially this time of year. It overwhelms me to think that Heavenly Father brought Garett and me together 4 years ago and has trusted us to raise our beautiful little Charly. They both amaze me everyday!