Melissa and Chris Are Engaged!

After introducing Melissa and Chris to each other over 3 years ago...finally last week while they were in Hawaii on the island of Maui, Chris proposed to her! I am so excited for them! Maybe when they get married Kalia will be walking and will be able to be a flower girl! Congratulations Melissa and Chris!

Kalia is 3 months Old!!

On Wednesday, September 17th, I took Kalia to get her 3 month pictures professionally done! They turned out awesome! Since I used to work at the Picture People, I went there...and our photographer, Jaime was awesome...she passed the test. My mom and sister went too which helped me out. Jaime took so many great pictures, it was hard to choose. Check out the link below. They will only be available to look at for 2 months.
http://smilestore.picturepeople.com/my/images?tk=759b0313-9902-4c98-bad3-591803a95a88

She smiled in almost all of them...she made me so happy because I just wanted 1 smile-and she gave me a lot!

Celebrating Auntie April's Birthday,Great Auntie, Dan's, and Swimming in the Pool!

On Sunday, September 14th we celebrated my sister Apirl's birthday, Dan's birthday, and my Aunt's birthday at my parents condo. Since the weather was so nice, we decided to try Kalia out in the pool. She loved it...she was so intrigued with it, she just kept staring. I had a swimsuit for her, but originally we just were going to get her feet wet, then she ended up getting her whole body wet! For her first time in the pool...Kalia did great!

Kalia is 11 weeks old!

So this week has already been crazy...we are trying to get rid of a couch, we got two new recliners (great sale at JC Penny's), Kalia got her shots on Tuesday, and she cried all day today!

So yesterday I had Dan take off early to come help me with Kalia's appointment to get her shots and meet her new pediatrician. The new doctor is great, he makes all kinds of funny noices, talked to Kalia, and even got her to laugh! As far as measurements go, Kalia is a big citizen, as the Dr. calls her. Her head circumference was: in the 90% tile, weight was in the 85% tile (she is already 12.6 lbs.), and her height was in the 75% tile. When the shots came, Kalia was initially fine, but right after the poke, her pucker lip popped out and she stared to cry. I calmed her down with her blanket, but then after that she wailed and it was allll over! The nurse said they usually stop crying if you nurse them....not my daughter...she didn't even want a bottle, all she wanted was her daddy! Dan got her to calm down after about 10 minutes of non-stop crying. Good thing we live so close to her doctor's office..just 2 minutes away. I almost told Dan to just walk home so Kalia could stay asleep and comfortable...Dan didn't think that was funny. She did make it into her car seat and stayed asleep for awhile. What a day!

This picture was taken right before we left for her shots.

This picture was taken right after we brought her home from her shots!

Continuation of 10 Weeks and Labor Day!

Here is a picture of Kalia with here daddy...she is a daddy's little girl. When she cries, she wants her daddy!
"Uncle" Branden and Kalia!
The family! After being a photographer for 3 years...I should have remembered to turn her around.
Kalia and her horsey dress!
The Family!

10 Weeks Old and Labor Day!

Ok-so I am a week late or two....but you all know it is worth the wait. For the past two weeks, I went back to work and Kalia went to my sisters for "daycare." She did well, however, now I am home and trying to catch up on life and household chores. For the 10 week old picture...we are just going to give you our labor day pictures. On Sunday we had a big BBQ at the Ratliff's...Kalia got to meet her uncle Joe and Auntie Dawn and she also got to meet her cousins, Austin and Justin. In addition, she got to meet Branden (I hope I spelled that right?), Auntie Jennifer's long time boyfriend, we just like to call him uncle Branden because we know he will be Kalia's uncle one day. Anyway, we took some great pictures...everyone got to pose with Kalia except Nancy, she had to go before we had a chance...Kalia was being VERY temperamental that day. Make sure in the pictures you take note of her horsey dress, my mom convinced me to get it because grandma Jane has a horse name Harley that she shows.....one day maybe grandma and grandpa Ratliff will buy her a pony :o)