Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Hanging with MiMi


Went over to hang out with MiMi this morning before she heads to the beach tomorrow with her college suitemate...We will all get to see Becky at the beach next month!!!! Mallory and Carter enjoyed reading and playing and I enjoyed downloading pics from her camera before we headed back home for afternoon naptime. :)
Mallory found a new way to carry Abby Cadabs on the way to the bus stop or "bus school" this afternoon...I love it! Right in the top of her overalls.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

9 months


Our Carter Buggins will be 9 months old tomorrow! And he is getting his first top tooth..He no longer wakes up to eat and go back to sleep at 5am in the night...hasn't for weeks...and sleeps 7-7 most nights...His napping is longer now too and we can really enjoy family naptime again on the weekends with both kids taking 2+ hr naps...we love it!

There are so many ways this little guy blesses us on a daily basis. His sister loves him so much and often calls him "Carter-boy, my friend, bro bro, or brudder"...I love to sing to him before naps and see his little dimples as he smiles up at me. He gets so excited to see Daddy when he comes home from work...those arms they start a flapping....A song that Mike just played for me yesterday sums up how I feel...it's really a good one for a good "cryfest." It's by the old lead singer of Hootie (Gotta love the group from the 90s) Darius Rucker, but he sings country now ...here are the 1st and last stanzas of the song (it's about a daughter, but I think of both kids)...Check it out on itunes if you are in the mood for a "bawl-a-rama"!


He didnt have to wake up
He'd been up all nite
Lay'n there in bed listen'n
To his new born baby cry
He makes a pot of coffee
He splashes water on his face
His wife gives him a kiss and says
It gonna be ok
It wont be like this for long
One day soon we'll look back laugh'n
At the week we brought her home
This phase is gonna fly by
So baby just hold on
It wont be like this for long..........
As he kisses her good night
And she says her prayers
He lays down there beside her
Till her eyes are finally closed
And just watch'n her it breaks his heart
Cause he already knows
It wont be like this for long
One day soon that little girl is gonna be
All grown up and gone
Yeah this phase is gonna fly by
He's try'n to hold on
It wont be like this for long
It wont be like this for long..

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Schoolin and Chillaxin...


We have been having a restful and studious Holiday! I just finished my 2nd paper this weekend and can see the end in sight! 2 more days of class!!! We fed some ducks yesterday and had a picnic lunch at a new location...then Mike had Bro Night and got to see Wolverine! We enjoyed church this morning and a cookout with our Community Group tonight! I love chillaxin' with the fam...tomorrow we plan to work in the yard! :)

Sesame Forest


Here are our top 2 pics of the kids with the characters...
And the montage...

Friday, May 22, 2009

Hug-a-thon 2009


Somebody was beside herself with EXCITEMENT this morning when we told her who we were going to see today!!! :) All her friends had to take the trip with us in the van!

MiMi and Carter about to brave the park! So glad Daddy had off of work today too!

Mallory usually is so excited to see characters, but nervous at first. Not this time...she ran right over and gave hugs...again and again and again...She seriously hugged her Sesame Street friends for about 5 hrs today! (My camera ran out of batteries so the rest are on MiMi's camera...will have to do the montage later!) And we enjoyed a show by our favorite friends!

What a "magical" day! Can't wait to go back! (When you buy a ticket for a day it pays for the whole summer! I guess a bad economy is good sometimes!)
Our favorite memories today were:
*Seeing how excited she was this morning before we left
*The fact that Mal couldn't get enough of her friends and the people working with the characters really "knew" us by the end of the day...
*Her spontaneous solo dance party that broke out in the middle of Ireland

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

My Buddy


Remember the doll from the 80s???..."My Buddy, My Buddy, My Budddddddddddddddy, My Buddy and me!" I love palin' around with my buddy all day! :)

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Searching for....


Bobby Fischer....never too young to learn right!?!?!?...love the bottom pic..."strategery"...