Manly Projects

Here are a couple of things that we've been up to lately. First of all, Jared decided (I was surprised) to finish the family and craft rooms in our basement, way sooner than we had both expected. At first, I was nervous because of paying for it, but now I'm excited for a few reasons. 1. Karlie and I will have another place to go in the house, I think she gets bored of me throughout the day, and LOVES visitors. 2. My neck hurts from watching our TV that is mounted way to high. 3. I can leave all my projects in my craft room instead of moving them from one place to the next trying to hide them when company comes over. Beside our basement we printed and mounted some updated photos for our wall. It turned out great and we were also able to print out a vinyl saying on Jared's mom's criket machine. It's a good thing Jared's around to do all the manly work of it all.

Jared did all the wiring with a few helpers

Jared is looking at our wall wondering how the heck am I going to do this ????

So...this is how he decided to do it

He's lucky he didn't break his leg, or I'm lucky he didn't break his leg, one of the two!

The finished product! NICE WORK HUN!

Okay...I did it

So, I finally did all the fancy stuff on our blog in case you didn't notice. I was repremanded by a certain someone who I will not name (NPR), and my poor baby has been neglected all afternoon. But apparently just a monthly post is not enough for some, maybe if there is something pretty to look at it will make it seem like I post more :) My aunt had this list on her blog and I really liked it so I'm passing it along to you, thanks DiDi!

1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you.
4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
6. You mean the world to someone.
7. You are special and unique.
8. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.
10. When you think the world has turned its back on you, take another look.
11. Always remember the compliments you received..Forget about the rude remarks.

Christmas in Review

I mentioned on my previous post more blogging to come and I've been wanting to post some pictures from Christmas so here are the highlights from the season and the pictures to go along. (Just a side note) One of my new year's resolutions is to carry my OWN camera and take my OWN pictures. We usually forget it or we take it but forget to get it out and have to get pictures from everyone else. Hence the delay in the Christmas post ... this might be kind of long :) Sorry!

Bergeson Family Photos

Bergeson Christmas Lunch at the Shilling House

Sledding behind the 4-wheeler

Meeting Santa " Hmmm - what shoud I ask for?"

Doing our own nativity, opening pajamies Christmas Eve,

And waking up in our own house Christmas Morning

Santa's "Little Helper"

Meeting all her new boy cousins & being the only girl born this year

(Karlie, Mason, & Teigan)

(Grandpa, Karlie, Drew, & Dallin)

Making snow angels on a dare in our swim suits

The annual tradition was at the Turners hot tub this year

Karlie's new Bumbo Chair from Santa

And all her excitement

Our new Shelf Reliance (thanks mom and dad Turner) and all the food to go in it ( thanks mom and dad Bergeson) Are you sure you didn't plan this?

And last but not least Happy New Year!

Jared planned a festive party with tons of food...lots of people...and mostly fun!

We were excited to see our neice Paige on New Years as she has been in and out of Primary Childrens (but mostly in) since the day after Thanksgiving and she and her mom weren't able to be around much for the holidays. We hope she continues to get better and think of her everyday. If it wasn't for staying up until 3AM we would have started out the new year right!

WE ARE SO BLESSED AND HOPE 2009 IS AS GREAT AS 2008!

Happy New Year!

More blogging to come after all the parties (we've been going from one party to the next.) This is all you wanted to see anyway, right? Our cute cute baby! Hopefully more of those to come too... HA!

This is my favorite picture from Christmas. My dad "Popee"with the 3...2008 babies: Karlie, Drew , and Dallin (we almost named her Darcy.) They're so cute!

A Photo Shoot

Super Karlie!!!! Was blessed last Sunday. She looked so cute in her dress (even though I ripped the sleeves trying to get her chubby arms in it) It was a very special day with lots of grandmas to hold her. Thanks to all who came, we had a great party, and I think she knew the whole day was just for her...

Our friend made these Mary Jane shoes (the leathery kind) for Karlie, we had to try them on her I was also going to post some pictures of all of our festive neighbors and their lights but I haven't had a chance to go out in the dark and cold to do it yet. So instead here are a few more pictures of our little Karlie. She is getting bigger, getting the yucky skin thing that babies get, and along with Jared and I has a little cold right now. Poor Thing...I'm just glad we got it now so we can still enjoy the holidays with our families! This is my attempt at her first photo shoot. My sis-in-law gave me this cute red and white Christmas dress, and my aunt gave me the pink wintery one. I had to try them both on her, I think we got some cute pictures.

This is Karlie at the end of the photo shoot, asleep in a Christmas box

It somehow took me all day to take a few pictures because we had to eat, change, and nap during it all

Here, Karlie is meeting her cousins for the first time

Cousin Dallin, he is just over a month older than Karlie, we couldn't ever get them to make eye contact with each other. My sister and I had fun swapping babies and also pretending that we had twins, it was hard to hold the wiggly things at the same time.

In a Month

It's amazing how much a newborn changes in just 1 month. We really are very blessed and feel like the luckiest parents with such a good baby, and the cutest one on earth! A few things I have learned in the past month:
1. It's okay to have a messy house and have lots of laundry to do all the time
2. Things like plucking my eyebrows seem pretty insignificant
3. It's harder for me to get woken up in the middle of the night than I had ever thought
4. Being a mom really is the best job ever
5. Having a husband/daddy that runs to you and your baby at even the tiniest whimper is nice to have around and a BIG help
6. Our little Karlie is extra special
7. It's okay to LOVE a lot
8. Naps are great but sometimes not all that they're cracked up to be
9. Nursing is hard for some moms and babies
10. Bath time is WAY fun
11. Baby bums are super tiny and cute
12. I'm more blessed than I thought
13. I wouldn't trade my experiences for ANYTHING
14. It's fun to have visitors
15. It's easier and fun to go places with a newborn than I thought it would be
16. Babies are really smart recognizing music and their moms voice...and probably their dad too :)

Karlie Turner

Karlie Turner is finally here!
Born Wednesday, October 15th, at 7:35 AM, she was 19 & 1/2 inches and weighed in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Her Doctor looked her over for quite a while and finally said "I just can't seem to find anything wrong with this baby. She's perfect!" It felt good to hear those words and to know that all of our prayers over the past year have been heard and answered. We want to say thanks to everyone who came to visit us in the hospital and at home. Yesterday was her 1 week birthday, and we can't believe how quickly the time has gone by (maybe it's a lack of sleep). Dad has been going nuts with the camera. He absolutely adores her, and Mom has never felt more blessed in her life. Here are some pictures, Enjoy!