2 years old

According to Karley...floors are better.

We are still working on sleeping in the new, "big girl bed" with Karley.  She hasn't slept in her crib in a week now.  She one has to be told about a billion times to get back in her bed.  And I only have to put her clothes back on her about 3 times a night now, so we are making progress.  She roams the halls till about 10ish and then will finally go into her room, shut her door, and fall asleep.  She's been sick this week so she did end up in bed with Mommy and Daddy twice, but last night she made it the whole night without waking up.  Or so I thought.  She did get up sometime during the night because she made a bed on the floor.  I guess the floor was just better last night. 

A first for three....

Sunday afternoon I had the chance to do something that I never though would happen.  I took my dad and brother hunting.  My dad and brother have always been avid hunters who wanted to get a "monster" Ohio buck, but haven't been able to find a place to hunt.  I did just that for them.  I haven't hunted since I was 13 so I was a bit nervous, but anxious to spend some time with my dad (and brother). 

We headed down on Sunday afternoon for our first evening of hunting.  My dad and I were at one field and my brother was placed in another stand on the other hillside.  I was pretty excited when I had two doe standing about 20 yards from me.  I did take a shot at the smaller one, but missed.  I will never live this down, but atleast I took a shot.  The following morning we went out again with no luck, until the evening.  With in minutes of each other my Dad and brother had each killed their first.  My dad shot a doe and Charlie had his first Ohio buck, an 8 point. 

So we all have out first that weekend.  My dad and brother their first Ohio kill and me, my first miss.  I will get my first kill shot another time.  ;)  That you can count on.

 

The Sunrise in Piketon, OH



You can see the blind where my I sat with my dad.  20 yards in front of us is a corn pile where the deer come in to eat.  It is just at the edge of the weeds.

Cweam

Jose and I were in the kitchen cooking and Karley asked where Cameron was.  Jose told her he was in his room, so up the stairs she went.  It was very quiet in the house, but we figured she just went to Cameron's room to watch a movie while he played video games, as she often does.  I should have known better.  When I went up the stairs the above video is what I found.  Karley was putting her "cweam" on.   Yes, I love my daughter very much. 

Mudd Pies!!

18 months

My oh my!!  We sure have a little monkey on our hands these days.  Karley has mastered her walking and is starting to pick up the pace this past month.  She is now climbing onto all of the furniture.  She can be found many times in the middle of the kitchen table dancing.  (No comments, Gimmy!)  If we push the kitchen chairs in she will still use those muscles to get herself up. 

She's very slowly working on her words.  But for the most part it's still gibberish.  She does love to babble tho.  That part she does get from her daddy!  She has also picked up something else from her daddy.  Her muscles!  She likes to show them off, too.  She cracks us up when she does it, simply because she uses sound when she does it.  Hopefully, we will be able to capture it on video soon.

 

Excellence Awards

Bub had asked us to come to his award ceremony.  A letter was sent home telling the students and parents that they would be receiving an award.  Bub thought that he was just getting one award, but to his surprise, he received two!  He received Excellence Awards in Science and Social Studies.  We are very proud of his achievements!!  Congrats Bub!! 

P.S.  I would have pictures, but my luck....my camera battery died just when we went to snap the photo.

Easter in Pa!!

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~ Blowing Kisses ~

We have been working on saying goodbye and hello with Karley.  She has picked up, rather quickly, on blowing kissed to people.  Sometimes she will do it all by herself. 

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Shout out to my Aunt Holly....

Fun with Family

Karley and I sent a Saturday morning with the Groff's.  At one point Ben decided that it would be a good idea to squeeze into the toy basket.  I'm not sure how he did it, but he did. 

 Karley was getting a bit sleepy and crawled up on my lap.  Next thing I knew Emily and Ben wanted up too.  Of course we had to have the warmest (and coolest) blanket to snuggle with.

 I kept Cameron and Karley home from church this past Sunday since they were both sick.  We had rented Toy Story 3 the night before, but Cameron fell asleep before we could watch it.  He asked to watch it the next morning and to my amazement, Karley watched it with him.  This only last for about 15mins, but I was pretty impressed she lasted that long. I love when my kids snuggle together.

15 months

This month has been a "tornado" to say the least.  Karley is not into everything in our house.  She is figuring out a way to reach everything if she gets on her tippy-toes.  It seems as tho nothing is safe anymore.  She loves to "read" her books.  We are making it a habit now for Mommy to read her a few pages in her Bible and a book before bed each night.  I'm hoping she becomes a reader like her cousin, Sammi!  :)  She is now pointing at things she wants.  That usually is the bowl of candy (chocolate) that sits on our kitchen counter.  It has now went to the top of the fridge since Daddy and her brothers are suck softies and will give in to her.  Chocolate or Oero's a half hour before her bedtime is NOT a good thing.  She had her 15 month check-up recently.  She comes in at a whopping 22lbs. 7 oz. and is 31in. long.  I'm thinking she is going to be tall, but she does have some nice biceps on her. 

 Karley loves to flip thru the pages of my childhood bible.  My Grandparent's gave these to me when I was a little girl, and now it is Karley's.  I was hesitant at first to let her have it, but she isn't rough with it as she is with her other books.  She hasn't even attempted to put it in her mouth once! 

I'm having problems with my computer/camera with the formatting of my photos.  You're just going to have to tilt your heads till I can figure this out and get the photos fixed.  My apologizes!

Random Moments

Momma Bear and Pappy got Cameron a hat of Troys hair for Christmas this year.  He's grown out of his old Troy jersey so Gommy got him a new one.  We had a Steelers Sunday to get ready for the Baltimore game and he just had to have his photo taken with my Troy Bobble head.  We thought Troy was at our house to visit for a bit.

Jose got to stay home with Karley one day this week, while I had to work.  He noticed that she got quiet and that usually means she's into something she shouldn't be.  When he called her name she started to jabbering, but he still didn't see her.  Then he looked down.  She loves her Lady Bug Pillow pet from Uncle Dan and Auntie Sue!!  Too cute!

14 months

It is so hard to believe that our little lady bug is 14 months old already.  This past month has been interesting to say the least.  Karley loves to move things around.  Any time that she gets let loose upstairs she can be found in her room pulling her socks from one drawer to the other.  She is still very vocal.  While we have no clue still what she is saying, she is working on getting her sounds down.  Dada is her favorite.