Carsyn in the Kitchen

Don’t we all just love to dance while we’re cookin’?!?

Karla

This is Karla. She babysat Carsyn for us this weekend.

Karla is Tony’s boss’s daughter. How adorable is she? And so tiny. She loves playing with Carsyn and they have a good time together.

Bonus. Karla watched the World Cup in Spanish. Pretty sure Carsyn is bilingual now.

Busy Lady

  I chased Carsyn around the house trying to get a picture of her with her purse. From the front.

Took about 10 pictures and this is the only one with her face. She had a little time out for playing.

Then is was back to business.

Gage Anthony Jung

Saturday I drove my grandparents up to Oklahoma so they could meet Gage. I’m selfless like that. It was really important to me for them to see him while he was so new. It was kind of important for me to see him when he was so new too. Look at how much this sweet boy loves his momma! Gage is weighing in at about 6lb 10oz. Can you remember when your baby was that little? Or last time you lugged a bag of potatos home.

PapPaw Wade AKA great grandfather. He loves him some babies.

Misty with PapPaw Wade and MamMaw Betty.

Me. Aunt Crystal. There is a better picture of me on Misty’s camera. But seeing she only gets 4 hours a sleep a day, I decided not to bother her for it.

Snug as a bug in a rug. Or as a glow worm in a giraffe.

I love this picture. MamMaw and PapPaw looking so adoringly at Gage.

Groceries

If you know me, you know I hate groceries shopping. I also hate Walmart. But I forced myself to go on Monday. It was time. There was nothing to eat here.

Like laundry, if I’ve managed to put forth all the effort to accomplish the task of buying food or washing clothes, the idea of putting it all away just puts me over the edge. So I boycotted. Didn’t do it. I told Carsyn she needed to do it. Told her to keep looking and there would be a prize in one of those bags for her.

Unfortunately for me, she found the prize too early. Man that girl loves carrots. As a laborer, she was worthless after finding those carrots. As a sweet baby girl, she couldn’t have been better.

Father’s Day

Tony got to spend Father’s Day with his dad out on the lake. Those crazy boys left at 6:30 in the morning to go fish. Please note that this photo was not taken at 6:30 in the morning. In fact, it wasn’t taken in the morning at all. This momma didn’t get up until 11:15. God love grandparents. They get up early and are actually pleased that you slept in so they can have that grandbaby all to their self.

Down on the Farm

We spent Saturday evening with Tony’s family in Gracemont. His mom’s sister and her husband were celebrating their 50th anniversary. The party was Saturday, on Carl and Donna’s 39th anniversary, but their actual 50th anniversary was Sunday. Ah, June Brides.

Here is Carsyn chattin’ it up with her Aunt Charity and cousin Ben.

Here is Carsyn after she spotted me. In the background is Aunt Katie’s granddaughter’s birthday celebration. It was a festive night. Get a load of those blue eyes. Love them!

How sweet and reflective Carsyn looks. She really enjoyed being outside. Playing with rocks. Pretty sure she's staring at the John Deer Gator, wishing for a ride.

Holy Moly, look who’s in charge. If that’s not a walk of confidence and determination, I don’t know what is. Look close and you’ll see a big silver tank of propane and behind that, cows. Told you we were on the farm. Aunt Siso’s house is so nice it’s hard to believe.

Cousin Elisabeth was so sweet to play rocks with Carsyn. Don’t they both look so pretty in their pink dresses?

It was a great night celebrating 50 years of marriage. There was even chocolate cake. Doesn’t get better thanthat.

Parenthood is Hard

Gage is here! Gage is here!

Gage was born June 18, 2010 at 10:03 pm.

New daddy Jeff is describing what Gage looked liked.

Here is the crowd that made it through to the end. We’re all so happy to see Jeff happy and relaxed. Laughter. The tie that binds.

It was some fish story.

Aunt Crystal and Baby Gage. Despite all efforts to the contrary, I was tired.

So proud Granny and PaPa T.

Carsyn finally made it to the party.

Now the true hardship of parenthood. What to do with your baby when you need to be some where else. Carsyn had 5 babysitters on Friday as we waited for Gage to come. So thankful to all of them!!

Giving Birth is Hard to Do

Misty and Jeff checked into the hospital on Thursday afternoon about 4:30. Misty was a week over due and SOOO ready for baby Gage to arrive.

Things went really well for on on Thursday night. Well considering she was in labor and no one ever gets sleep in a hospital.

Here is Nurse Judy. She was very knowledgeable and

This is where we spent our time. We meaning about 16-20 people.

Some of the Jungs.

Misty was just around the corner.

Looking all peachy keene on Friday morning/early afternoon.

She even had a super cool pregnant girl bed. See the baby bump. nice.

Sweet little blue and white striped outfit that Gage wore for the first time.

Friday was a really long day for Misty and Jeff. Here is a short version. Misty’s water broke on it down early Friday morning. Yay!. She dilated to a 5 and got her epidural. Things were good. She was at an 8 around noon. Whoo Hoo! Then it took 4 hours to get to a 9. Almost everyone went to grab a quick supper and things went south. Misty started running a fever and was nauseas. Misty labored and labored forever. She was at a 9 and 90% effaced and just couldn’t some to get passed that point. More nurses. Family out of the room. Family out of the hallway. Doctor came. More work. Gage finally arrived at 10:03pm.

Diaper Cake

I made a diaper cake. A sweet friend from church is having a baby this summer and I had the honor of being a hostess.

When it was time to sign up for a part of the shower I signed up for a diaper cake. What? I’ve never made a diaper cake. But the stuff I usually sign up for were taken. List plates and utensils.

You know I love google. So all my new diaper cake making skills came from there and Youtube. Turned out pretty good. Don’t ya think?

Of course I had a good helper. She’s always a good helper. Love her.

The Territory

Tony got to spend the weekend playing in a Member/Guest tournament at the Territory. A really nice golf course near Duncan, OK.

They have social events at night so the wives can come out too!

We had a great time hanging out together while Carsyn was with Granny and PaPa T. Thanks mom and dad!

Hargrove Family Reunion

What’s a summer without a family reunion with lots of people that you don’t know or remember.

But family is important. So you go. You introduce yourself. You get out of it what you put into it. You bring your baby along and she knows no stranger.

She plays their games and asks them to hold her sippy cup. She laughs. They laugh. They sing. She sings. You ask questions. They ask questions. You remember you are family. You reconnect.