mashed potatoes

The one food we can always get A to eat is mashed potatoes, what we can also get her to do is wash her hair. The problem is that she doesn't typically care what she washes her hair with, hence the photos below.

Engaged? Really?! Are you sure?- Orlando

If you didn't already hear the news, my little sister is going to be a Mrs., but not until 2012. She finally got her dream ring, but the story is that Andrew made her get down on her knees in the middle of the jewelry store and beg. Funny...yes, true...maybe.



There are pictures, but Kari can take a posed picture like you wouldn't believe, for instance look below.









Tootie was not happy for two reasons, 1.she didn't have her floaties on and 2. she didn't like Kari until this past weekend.


So for the first engagement party Andrew's parents came in town and we all got into a car and headed to Universal City Walk.


Champagne all around!






pretty sure someone smacked the other either right before or after this photo was taken. Somethings never change.




After eating Adelaide, Auntie K and Ya-Ya went shopping and look who was in the store...


DORA!!!






...and BACKPACK and MAP!!




not so much love for Homer, he got a whack to the head.










Champagne and diamonds, what more could a girl ask for...oh wait CHOCOLATE!

Mesick visit

Wouldn't be July is we didn't have a house full of Mesicks. Each summer my sister and her family travel north for a few weeks and they always try to stop by to see us on their way. Short trip this year, but we did get a chance to swim at two different pools and go shopping at the Riverside Arts Market.


Hannah taking pictures of herself - surprise!

Brooke and A playing in the pool

after strolling the arts market

downtown Jacksonville

the kid has a problem with mulch, used to eat it now but thankfully now she just plays in it.

watching the crazy hippy band

You see that mean little face she is making? She really wanted that little outfit and wouldn't let go. No, I didn't give in, this outfit does not hang in her closet.

yay for early birthday presents.

Russell behind the grill - surprise there either. Just wait until the new grill is in place!


Ya-Ya, PLEASE I really want that new outfit.

sisters or drowned rats at the pool? You guess.

Their cousins, not so identical cousins.

eeeacccckkk - it's cold!

Oh yes, this is my MUCH OLDER sister on the slide.

A and her Uncle Troy

Freebies

I am sure that most people have the thought every once in awhile..."maybe I'll just quit my job." It may be because you are having a really bad day or you are simply tired. I am one of those that has this thought, I'm not going to lie. So in order to brace myself for a change whether it be because I have voluntarily resigned or the new bank isn't interested in my position I have started using coupons even more than I used to and I scour the Internet for freebies. Check out the box of free stuff I got in the mail. Grant thought that I was crazy while doing to happy dance in the kitchen. So happy in fact that I took a picture.

always something

We've been really fortunate this year on how A has been feeling when it comes to colds and the flu. This was taken right after Father's Day when she really wasn't feeling well. She ran a high fever on and off for a few days and there wasn't anything we could do besides keep giving her tylenol.

Apparently the fever got high enough that one of her therapist thinks that she may have had a fibrial seizure. Long story short after I was crying on the phone with my mom, because quite frankly keeping up with A's "she may have this" it starts to take a toll on me, my mom finally realized what I was trying to say. Apparently this is similiar to what would happen to me as a kid. There isn't supposed to be any real damaging effects to the body, but it did set her back for a little bit, which we are working on.

While we are talking about her health, A is still seeing an OT, ST and getting a PT. Thankfully the therapist are still going to daycare which is what allows me to continue to work.


Daddy is the baby sleep whisperer, he can make her fall asleep anywhere, anytime.

This crazy kid loves medicine.

soccer for all

I don't know if it was those obnoxious horns or the people running around, but A loved watching the World Cup. We just had to keep her little paws off of the tv screen.



pretty sure this was her checking to see if we were looking before she tried to touch the soccer balls.

Go Vols - early

One weekend I left the t-shirt drawer open in my bedroom and Adelaide helped herself. At least she has good taste!

As an update - she did it again and threw all of the other shirts on the floor until she found this one again. Oh and obviously this is an older picture because look who else wanted to wear the shirt, sniffle sniffle