6-7 months.

Beautiful baby blues.

Her first kiss! She loves Maverick. Unfortunately, Maverick hasn't quite learned how to interact appropriately- we've still got a lot of work to do. But, they'll get there.

Brixey's biggest motivation to crawl is this panting pooch.

Ready for her nap.....she is just learning to crawl and crawled over to this vast array of toys. I think it was a little bit of system overload.

Flying saucer!!!!!

The new baby feet picture- in action!

She loves it when Jolly (my stuffed elephant) tickles her- its quite a riot!

Beautiful baby smile, she's such a joy. I think she smiles almost every time she sees us and has now become a bit of a charmer. She likes to smile at strangers and get them to smile back. Not looking forward to the dating years...

Do you think she's having fun? I'm not sure. Its kind of hard to tell....

God is so good!

I realize that I am 2 whole months behind and my camera is bursting with pictures (although not near as many as I would like). I promise to update soon- when I can find the time!

However, as I was writing in my journal today, I realized that I needed to give a public praise for what God has done in me specifically. For those of you who don't know, I struggled with anorexia nervosa as a young teen- it started when I was 14 years old. They say that an eating disorder is like being an alcoholic- once one, always one. I refused to believe that but over the years was beginning to wonder if it weren't true. I was not in the deep pit that I once was, in fact on the brink of self-imposed death, but I continued to struggle for years- it has been 11 years in fact. Eleven years of filling my mind with negative and all together selfish thoughts.

But I can now say that I am completely and totally healed! God is soooooooo good!!!! And what's amazing is that I had not even realized it. God allowed Caroline to give me a sense of purpose beyond myself and to truly understand that my body (as well as my mind) is a temple and that I must care for it. If you only knew the darkness that had been my thoughts, that weaved in and out of everything that I did for the past 11 years then you could truly rejoice with me.

I am 100% free, thanks be to God! For giving me my wonderful husband and daughter who have helped to set me free. I felt this morning that I must sing His praises for only He can set you free. And when He does, you are free indeed!

P.S. I promise to post pictures soon.

4 months

Bath time cuteness (these pictures might be a little graphic)

Clean and dry!

She looks like she's on a beach raft, catching some rays.

She absolutely adores bath time. Only minutes before this she was crying croccodile tears and the instant I put her in the bath, she started smiling and cooing : )

So, I was giving her a bath and saw these adorable buns and had to have Brandon go get the camera. Trust me, the picture does not do it justice!

Rolling over amidst boxes galore!

I find it funny that she's wearing the "happy to be me" shirt when she was really so unhappy today. Unhappy or not, she's the sweetest thing I've ever seen!

Note the boxes behind Brixey's head. 1 week until we move to Springfield!


And over she goes! She's loving this rolling over thing. And she's trying her hardest to roll from back to belly- that's just a little harder!

Christmas 2009

I love this outfit! And look at that bow in her hair. I know, she's just saying, "Look at how cute I am!" And mom is pretty proud too!





Who can resist? "Rock Chalk! Jayhawk!" It's in the blood!



This is Luke Austin McCallum. He was born a month and half after Caroline and he's already as big as she is! Such a sweet guy! Look at those cheeks!

Happy in daddy's arm in her Christmas dress- and this is one of her first real smiles!

Grandpa, Gigi, Abby, Kate, Loren, Tyler, Leah, and Caroline- and don't forget Collin who was still in Mommy's tummy!





She looks just like her daddy, doesn't she?

Aunt Kallie and cousin Norah. What fun Norah and Caroline are going to have!


My grandparents- Papaw and Mamaw, she looks pretty cozy!