I wonder what she's thinking!?

Mmmmmhhh......

SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR!!! Pardon the delay, but most of you know I have limited access to the internet. So here is my Thanksgiving "shout outs"...

I AM THANKFUL FOR: My GOD, who has created all yet still loves and cares for me! My HUSBAND who truly is my soul mate....the love of my life! My precious DAUGHTER.....what a gift she is! My FAMILY!!! My best ol buddy (my MOM) who brought me into this world and has stuck beside me like glue! My friends!!! My CHURCH.... My husband's family... My HEALTH... God's word, which teaches me TRUTH in this crazy world!.... Coffee on a cold morning, funny movies, food- good food.....So much more but this is just to name a few!!

I have posted some new pictures but I messed it up where I couldn't write under each one...I don't know what happened. So, I will fill you in on a few key things to look for as you scroll through our new pictures:

• Charis eating my chin! This is her new way to give me love!!
• The picture that Woody and Charis look like twins
• Charis in her bumbo seat- she is getting sooo big!
• The one where it looks like Charis has long brown hair (it's a shirt but she likes to pretend she has beautiful, long hair)
• The look on my face when she's near :-)

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This is our most recent picture. It was taken today! She is soo big. We can't believe how fast she is growing. I love cuddling with her!

One of our favorite times of year is the fall. It truly is beautiful here as the leaves change.... So we wanted to capture this beautiful picture for you who live in Florida to see.....especially in South Florida. Greetings! From us here in N.A!

Go ahead and admit it......She looks NOTHING like me! I know! She really is a spittin image of her daddy, which isn't a bad thing!

This is her bumbo seat (we are borrowing from the Joneses) to help her learn to sit up. We have "bumbo time" every day. She also is learning hand- eye coordination....Everything she sees or touches goes IN or TO her MOUTH!!!

Daddy's new way of eating dinner!

Precious!! Charis at 15 weeks.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We spent Woody's birthday at the Moss Rock Festival

here in Birmingham. It was such a fun family day! We even enjoyed a carriage ride!! Woody literally wore Charis all day in the baby bjorn. She LOVED it!

Before we got on.

Charis had a long day. She still seemed to stay on her schedule though (we have worked really hard on this) and she took her 2 hour nap on daddy!!!

SNOOZING!!

The Armstrong family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I have "found my place". I love being the wife of Woody and the mother of Charis. Life is wonderful!!!

Hold on Charis!

Woody's favorite time is in the morning. Even if she is not "scheduled" to wake up yet, he will come to me with that sweet, father face....and say " Can I go get her up now?" I have learned to say yes! and forget about keeping her on schedule in the morning. As soon as he walks in her room she smiles soooo big and starts kicking and laughing. This is clearly "their time." I do love her being on a schedule, but what I love more is this daddy who wants to start his day with his baby!

Funny story! Look at the BLUE PLASTIC BAG she is wearing. Well, we were at a friends house and had a blow out. We didn't have any diapers with us (my bad, I didn't refill the diaper bag) so we had to get creative.

She does everything with me!!

Grandma!!!!

CHaris at 14 weeks

Look at her jeans!!! :-) Judy and Dave got her these! SO cute!

First trip to The Zoo

Last week my precious friend Lindsey came in town. She too is a new mother and a stay at home mom. She and I have been friends for years and it is so fun to watch our lives unfold. It kinda feels like we are "growing up" together. She always seems to be a few steps ahead of me....so I enjoy learning from her! She has been married for 4 years and now has a 6 month old. His name is Andrew and he is fabulous. ( You know, we could actually bring back "arranged marriages" :-)
Anyway, Lindsey and Andrew stayed with us for 4 days and we had a BLAST!! One of my favorite moments with Linz was trying to figure out how in the world we were going to fit not one, but TWO STROLLERS in the trunk! Oh, what a sight that was.
If you know us you will be able to picture this. Lindsey is thinking through the best way to position the strollers and line them up to fit.......Well, when it was my turn to try.....I tried to SHOVE the strollers into the trunk! Of course that didn't work, so I just SHOVED harder!
Here we are at The Birmingham Zoo. So fun! Lindsey and Andrew. Nikki and Charis.
Charis didn't enjoy seeing the giraffe, but she sure did enjoy her 2 hour nap!!!
Here I am with my sleepng baby. She missed out on the excitement of this camel.

Look.....I'm a MOM!! It still hits me sometimes and I just want to do somersalts!!!