Welcome!

Thanks for checking in on us. Karly Lorraine Stafford was born Dec 20, 2012 at 12:12 am in Reno, Nevada. Nine months before this moment, our lives changed forever. This blog is pictures and comments of our new life and fabulous new journey. Luckily, it's expected to learn this parenting stuff as you go!

Sunday, April 22, 2012

I'm 4 months old!

Now that she can roll from her tummy, Karly spends some time on the floor 
with her toys everyday. She is very close to rolling from her back!


Jesse built me a garden (just realized I don't have a finished picture of it). 
I'll post one soon. Karly hung out outside with us while I pulled weeds. 
Hooray for no more weeds!


We went for a nice walk in the sunshine yesterday. 
Her hat is almost too small already. Andy, look at the green soccer fields!


Here are her 4 month pictures. She was chewing on the sticker. 
Guess it tasted good. Such a smiley girl!



I got this little jumper at the consignment sale (on the half off day!) 
So far she really likes it! Jesse just rolls his eyes that it's another big 
thing in the living room!

Monday, April 9, 2012

First Easter

Happy Easter!

We went on a hike Sunday to enjoy the beautiful sunshine!
I got everyone in the picture but the dogs are kind of cut off.
Kris was really worried the bush was in front of her face.

Karly's easter baskets. Thank you Grandma Tammy!
The pink bunny is from Tina :) Jesse and I really enjoyed the chocolate!

This is actually Saturday night but it was our first dinner at the table "together."

Our trip to Oregon

Karly turned 3 months old right before we left; time is flying!


We took a week long road trip to visit family and see our
new cousin Parker in Salem. Most of the pictures were taken with
Tara's camera, but here are a few. We had a great time and
really hated coming back to work!

My college roomies Kim and Alex.
We can't go through Eugene without seeing them!

Cousin Parker really likes his naps (so does his mom!)

I finally took some time to work on Karly's baby book. Great sister time!

Andy said they were happy here until we brought in the camera.


Karly back at the sitters. She sure loves Michelle!


Video of Karly's chatter. She became a little talker while we were gone!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Karly's School Pictures

Karly's daycare did "school pictures." Had I known they were going to use her green blanket as part of the "black" background, I probably would have put her in a different shirt!



This one's my favorite!






Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Snowshoeing!

The pictures are backwards. This is a very tired doggie after our hike.

I tried to step up this embankment and sunk to my knees.
I figured this was good enough for the picture.

Happy baby afterwards!

The ultimate in breastfeeding! Love the moby wrap!

She slept all the way up the hill and was very toasty in her snowsuit!

Love the tongue out :)


Lucy wouldn't go inside, but had no problem jumping up.

Thanks for letting us go with you guys.

A man and his dog...

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

New pictures!

I went back to work this week, rather reluctantly I must add. So here are all
of Karly's recent pictures for my demanding family :)

Pretty in pink.

Big smiles.

Visit to Virginia City to meet our new friend Everafter.
She makes Karly look SO BIG!

This is her toy bar which she loves!

Gotta love this girl!

Big snow storm and we went skiing. It was windy but amazing!

Grandma send us this AMAZING crochet blanket! Thanks Grandma Joan, it
must have taken you forever!


It snowed again on Karly's first day at daycare. It was a trial run because
I got an extra week of leave. I'm not real sure Karly likes daycare yet.

We drove out to Rye Patch Reservoir to visit our friends Lily, Sadie & Kim.
We had a great visit and have to go back in the summer to play in the lake.
Karly screamed at me for over an hour on the way home. Luckily,
since then she has learned that sleeping in the car is okay.

On our way to her first day at daycare. Oh the things she doesn't know!

All dressed up and no place to go.
We went to visit Mommy's coworkers.

Passed out on Daddy's lap.

Karly's 2 month picture. It shows how much she likes her hands.