New Baby

There was a new baby at our house this weekend. Gager!!! (sorry about the poor picture quality. something about natural light and being very still)

Gage came down to see CarCar and brought his momma and Granny with him. His daddy is off in the wilderness hunting elk.

Thanks for coming to visit. You are such a sweet boy. Always so happy and smiling. I'm so glad you brought your friends to play with. This little gym can keep that boy entertained for a long time.

Misty and I got to leave early Saturday morning to get pedicures while Granny kept both babes. Thanks Granny!

Masterpiece

Carsyn brought this home from Ms. Brandy's house yesterday. It's a first. It hung on the refridgerator until the artist ripped it down. Her art, her prerogative. Daddy taped it up. He thought it was special and deserved to be treated well. sweet.

Goodness, Pure Goodness

Do you see it? The Goodness? Braum's. Now Braum's in an Oklahoma company. The cows live there. Texas has to import this goodness.

Raisin' her right. No wonder she likes her daddy better than her momma. I strategically left mine in the freezer until after she went to bed. I'm not sharing.

Oh man that stuff is good!

Time Out

This is the time out chair at our house. I bought it at Canton last spring thinking it was so sweet and Carsyn needed something besides the DVD player to sit on.

She doesn't really use it. So it has become the first of many "I'm almost 2 and independent" victims. When the temper tantrums start, Carsyn and this chair get put in the corner.

Once she has pulled herself together and stopped crying, she is allowed to get up. The playing begins again. And this chair is slyly relocated to another place in the living room.

Funny girl. She'll pick it up with all her might and move it.

That's ok with me. It's light weight. I can always move it back when needed. I doesn't need to sit in the corner as a reminder. We have forgiveness and grace in our house.

Good news. No one was put in time out this weekend! Hooray for my team.

Play Date

Carsyn and I had a play date Friday night with friends from church. Carsyn is so sad that there are only boys to play with...not really. She is upset about the dog. Not sure why. She likes our dogs and the dogs at Ms. Brandy's house. Michelle is comforting her.

Michelle's little boy Jack also wanted to come check on Carsyn. Sweet boy.

We had a great time. Thanks for hosting Catherine!

For the Love of Walmart

Do you see that sticker? Carsyn got it at Walmart. She loved that thing. It lasted over 48 hours. When it finally fell off Carsyn actually mourned its passing. Not a full on cry-fest, but little groans from the depth of her soul.

Thankfully childhood wounds heal fast and we moved on to a Hallmark gold sticker.

Labor Day

Carsyn and I had a mission on Labor Day - get that baby girl some shoes. So we got all fancy and hit Target. Found some super cute shoes (I'll show you those later), all size 7! What?!? 7. Seriously hurts my tummy a little bit.

Since we were looking so sassy, we offered our selves up as dates. Tony was finishing a round of golf, so we went outside to wait on him. We were hungry and didn't dare wait inside and waste valuable seconds getting out the door.

Lots of times I'll squat down to take a picture of Carsyn. Try to get on her level and avoid top of the head shots. Can you see my shadow? Carsyn wanted to squat down beside me. So sweet. Of course it also completely eliminates the whole 'on her level' purpose of the poise in the first place. Results : shot of Carsyn's bow head.

Bonus for being Daddy's date? Oreo cookies!! Hooray for that yumminess.

I like to color

Hmmm (I put the Hmmm in her thoughts because she actually says that. Ask her where her baby is, you'll get a hmmm...with hands raised up as she walks around the room looking for it. wondering who else at our house does that? Hmmm.) Hmmm... what's this?

Oh no, where'd it go?

I'm so overwhelmed, I don't know where to begin.

Ha Ha, I'm just kidding. I know what I'm doing.

I can do it over here too.

I like to color.

How Do You Stack Up?

I was trying to capture Carsyn stacking all the cups up. The picture is a little blurry because she's wicked fast. If there was a contest, she'd win for sure.

Notice the concentration. This cup stacking is serious business.

This is how Carsyn got ready for the OU game. Needed to sort out all the red cups. Sorting and stacking. I like it!

It's the SegWAY to Go

Josh Josh he's our man, if he can't do it no one can. This was a tour guide. Our favorite. He didn't use hand signals or talk too much.

Sorry for the bad angle. I was stealthily(I'm not convinced that is a word, but spell check said it was) taking a picture while Josh was giving us life and death important instructions. In the side alley. In downtown DC. Don't make a false move!

SMASH. Oh SMASH, how I loved thee. You were but mine for only a little while, but the time we had together was good. Sweet memories.

SMASH is the name of my first segway. Then I had to give it up to Tone Bones. I got FDR next. Really it's fine. I'd much rather ride a segway named after a guy in a wheel chair. Whatever.

This is just a block or two away from the segway office, store, shop, place. Mom is already brave enough to snap and drive.

Dad chattin' it up with Josh. The usual. Where ya from? How long have you been here? How long have you been a segway tour guide?

I love this picture of Tony. He was making that thing go super fast. Zoom Zoom.

Yup, that's right. I'm driving down the street on my segway taking pictures.

The crew in front of the Capitol.

Here is me trying to be artsy and make a postcard.

Mom. She's fairly fearless. She used to be a gymnast incase you didn't know. Like the real deal with Jr. Olypic competitions and every thing. She was the first in our group to practice. loved every minute.

You're witnessing Dad's favorite activity. He just loves it when mom takes his picture to document he existed. Right now he's in the gardens outside of the Smithsonian castle.

Not my best photo of the night, but we wrapped up our tour with the White House.

I've been to DC 4 times now and the segway tour was hands down the most fun!