Catching up on Chan's pics!

LOVE her smile. :)

Cheerin on Uncle Ryan -Chanley's really enjoying the game. :)

Chanley at her first football game-9 days old! You gotta love it. :)

Big Yawn

She's always been really alert

Chanley loves to put her blankets right up to her face

Chanley playing in her crib!

Whoops! haha daddy gets peed on for the first time.

8 days -Chanley getting a sponge bath. She looooves her baths. :)

Ever since Chanley was born she has loved getting her diaper changed. She gets this big smile on her face and starts kicking her legs really fast. haha. This little girl loves bein naked! :)

1 week old. She loved playing with that little stuffed puppy!

So sweet.

Waving goodbye.

6 days old -Going to her first doctors appt!

This pic makes me laugh. :)

Ryan emptied the diaper genie and this was how many diapers there were after just a few days.

4 days old-going out for the first time. She had to go back to the hospital to get her blood taken. It was so sad watching her get her little foot pricked, she was such a brave little girl!

Grandma Visser

Uncle Brandon

I love all of her facial expressions :)

Uncle Ryan- Chanley looks so small!

Peace

Uncle Jimmy (as McKay prefers to be called) :)

Grandpa Carl

Great G-pa Bill

Grandpa Carl, Nana, and Jessie


Great grandma Diane and Great grandpa Bill

Tay what'd you do to her? haha jk

Aunt Tay

So precious!

Aunt Tay and Aunt Becca

Aunt Becca

Chanley with Grandma Dianna

3 days old! Chanley meets the family!!

ChAnLeY jOrDyN

born:

8/19/09

3:03 a.m.

6 lbs 13 oz

19 1/2 inches long


Ok so here's the start of me catching up on Chan's life so far... I posted pic of the day she was born so I'll start with right after we brought her home from the hospital...

Chanley is 5 months old!!

Wow I can't believe that Chanley is 5 months old! I've decided watching your child grow up is a bittersweet process. It is so amazing being able to watch her grow and develop each day, yet a little sad because its going sooooo fast! She's not my tiny little baby anymore. :( Chanley has been such a blessing and she puts a permanent smile on our faces all day long. Our lives have changed so much since she's been born. She's the best decision we've ever made. Now anyone that knows me knows I LOVE to take pics and I've got several hundred of Chan...yeah crazy I know. Someday I'll try to catch up on all of them....aw someday.

Sleep talking

So I had to write some of the funny things that Ry has been saying in his sleep lately. He's never been one to "sleep talk" before so I wonder if this sudden bout is because he is a little sleep deprived. (AKA-Chanley). It all started a few nights ago. I climbed in bed after putting Chan down and Ryan curled up next to me so I thought he was awake, and suddenly he says to me very matter-of-factly, "I'm a man." I'm thinking...yes hunny I sure hope so. :) I asked him about it the next morning but he denied saying any such thing.

The next night I woke up in the middle of the night because I thought I heard Chan, and I thought I woke Ry up cause he cuddled up next to me and said very sincerely, "Alysha... I love you." Awwww how sweet is that! :) I told him I loved him too and then I fell back asleep. Come to find out the next morning that Ryan didn't remember the conversation at all! (Soooo I guess this means that Ry loves me even when he's not conscious of it! Is that true love or what??) :)

Ok so then a few nights ago Chanley woke up in the middle of the night and Ry got up to get her. (He always brings her to me whenever she wakes up so I don't have to get up...I know he's such a sweety). Anyway so this particular night I told Ry to just pat her bum for a second to see if she'd go back to sleep and he says to me, "Alysha, I don't have time." WHAT?? Wait a second...Im thinkin you got some other pressing business you need to get to? I was a little confused by this but I was too tired to try to figure it out so I just let him bring her to me and I put her back to sleep. Of course the next morning Ry doesn't remember a thing. Funny eh? We'll have to see if the sleep talkin continues...its kindof amusing. :)

Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas was so great this year, we were bummed it went by so fast. I'll post more pics soon! Happy holidays everyone!

Our Thanksgiving '09

Love my little family

We found some cool rocks by our apartment and decided to stop and take some pics.

Sydni and Mark's creation

The weather was so beautiful we all decided to go on a walk.

Haha Carter representing how full we all felt

So we decided to go to a yummy restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner. It was soo delicious!

Cousin Sydni givin' Chanley loves

haha priceless

Aunt Tay with Chan


He really loved Chanley. He would light up and get so excited every time her saw her. It was way cute.

Our nephew Carter. Love his facial expressions!

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Our Thanksgiving was so fun this year. Some of Ryan's family were able to come visit us, and it was so great to spend time with all of them! The little ones grow up so dang fast! We are campaigning pretty hard for Ryan's sister and her family to come live in Denver when Jessie is done with dental school. :) We'll keep tryin anyway.

Anyway we had soooo much to be thankful for this year. Here's a quick little list::::

First and foremost the Gospel. Don't know where we'd be without it in our lives.

Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ

Our baby girl Chanley

Our marriage

The temple

Our families

Our friends

The prophet

A car that runs

The missionaries (so proud of you Jake)

Graduating college

Ryan's job

Our apartment

Food/clothes/heat! ect

Our health

The mountains outside our house

Our new ward and callings

Freedom

Card games

Papa Johns pizza :)