Happy Birthday Nanny!!!

Today is Nanny's birthday so instead of getting sleep, mommy has decided to stay up and post pics of me!!! Nanny will be happy and I'm sure these will put a smile on my godmother's face :)

We're a month into our new home and so far it's been incredible! So much space to chase mommy around and I especially love hanging onto her leg while she's cooking.

Mommy is looking for a HIGH highchair to put me in while she's making the good smelling stuff so people of the interweb, keep an eye out!

The first is the family at the store. I am clearly helping by helping myself to the various toys I can get my hands on.Here we're at ESPN zone after having burgers at the Hard Rock. Mommy was playing the basketball game against Daddy and they had no where to put me down so I had to be placed IN the game. After they shot the ball it would roll right onto my feet and I would pick it up. I'm sure there are "no kids in the display" rule but they are too competitive to care and I would just run away the second my chubby toes hit the ground.

Last weekend we went to a "pick your own" farm with Miss Vannah and my pal Aidan. To get to the orchards there were these bins on wheels that made excellent things to climb on. Aidan was very interested in spinning the wheel and I wanted to stand on the top! Although there were 4 other wheelbarrels, I only wanted to play with the one Aidan was playing with...it must have been the coolest one.


Like I said earlier, I'm into running and hiding so mommy popped me in the bucket on wheels and we went around the orchard. This was also to try and prevent me from eating the apples that had fallen rotten on the ground...too bad the joke was on momma. I must have snuck at least a pound of apples b/c my tummy was making the rumblies and daddy and her fought over who was going to change my diaper.
Quick, mommy isn't looking and daddy is more interested in taking a picture of me being bad than actually stopping me. This is the story of our lives :)
Note to all mommies...put your child in the bucket on wheels facing the child forward or he will bump his noggin when you hit a ditch. Mommy and Miss Vannah are on a mission and they are PICKY about what type of apples they like...Miss Vannah likes the green ones that are as big as my head and mommy will turn her nose to anything that isn't a little red, a little green and a whole lot of crispy, slightly tart deliciousness.

We're back online

Sorry for the break in posts, we just got FIOS yesterday. Will put some pics up tonight of our visit with Aunt Beth and the house.

Cheap Fun at the Supermarket

Last weekend, we had just been for breakfast and were between tasks for the day so we decided to pick up a couple of things from the supermarket. On the way into the store, Rhys saw the huge kiddie cart/trolleys and tried to make a dash for them. Not wanting to be those parents whose kids had to be entertained by portable videos screens everywhere, we scooped him up and started to walk away when I noticed that these crazy contraptions were actually free. After a pained look from each of us, we decided to put him in, set the video player to some show we'd never heard of and gave it a try. How could we deny him some free fun?




We probably spent twice as long in the store as usual and in the end only bought a punnet of strawberries and some baby wipes but he had a great time and it was the quietest and stillest he had ever been in any store. Once we unbuckled him at the end of the trip he made straight for the almost identical buggy beside it but this time we were firm and said not this time...

dorothy the... what?

That's right, i have no idea what Dorothy is b/c rhys keeps pressing the buttons on that DAMNED, LOUD, UNBELIEVABLY ANNOYING Wiggles guitar. We can not go ANYWHERE without that thing...I tried to take Rhys grocery shopping, he wouldn't get out of the car until I grabbed it. I'm sure the Safeway shoppers were cursing me under their breath as they were entertained with renditions of doo doo dooooo, big red car, and other mind numbing Wiggle tunes that rhys couldn't listen through to the end.

I truly, in my heart of hearts know that godparents were put on this earth to give their godchildren toys that would make their parent's brains explode. Aunt Sue and Uncle Jim...when we say our prayers at night, we now say an extra special one, just for you both. Locusts and plagues wouldn't even begin to repay you for your $2 gift of joy and happiness that has graced our home. We love you so much. :)

a little bunny rabbit

Rhys has now cut 2 bottom toofers with 2 top coming in in the next day or so. All in all there will be 4 front teeth to gnaw on our couch. We're going blinds shopping tomorrow and probably check out a lawn mower or two :)

House Update

Our new house...whoa my hips are huge!!!

We are closing on this house on Sept 14th!!! Can we say NO time?!? The day after closing, I'm in Linthincum for training and then off to Salt Lake City for a week! Can't wait to make it our own.