a kissing fool, miss claire & caught brown handed

We didn't take many photos of the holiday, oops...but we do have a few I will share with you. I hope everyone had a nice holiday. We ate a lot, shopped, went to the game (in the rain - die hards) and saw the Carsons (and met Miss Claire!).

We stopped by to visit with Grandma on Thanksgiving before heading up to Johnny and Judy's house for lunch. Grandma has this giant bear and LS is in love with him. She gives him LOTS of hugs and kisses. See?

huggin and a kissin

She also gave Grandma lots of kisses. This baby is one kissing fool I tell ya.

m-wahhhhh

Friday afternoon we drove up to the mountains to see the Carson clan. They had a house for the week and had all sorts of family with them. The house was gorgeous! We don't have any photos so take my word for it. But the best part was meeting Miss Claire - say hello to this precious child!

snuggly sweet

Here's a photo of Harlan wearing the racking bar while a game of pool was going on.

fashion forward (?)

And speaking of fashion forward, check out the hat and boa - ooh la la! Lottie Sue really likes looking at herself in the mirror wearing this. We decorated the tree tonight and this is her very own cupcake ornament for this year.

a sweetie for a sweetie

how fancy can one little girl be?

Oh yeah, I'd like to thank Kevin for ruining this shot. It would have been very good. Jerk.

kevin strikes again

Lottie Sue helped Matt put the star on the tree.

ta da!!!

OK, now I just have a slew of random photos for you. I meant to put these up last week but it didn't happen... Matt made crème brûlée recently and I took a few photos. It was as good as it looked, he's mastered this dessert.

it was yummy yummy in my tummy

Oh gosh, this is a photo of Lottie Sue in a terrible state. She is so grubby here. I don't know what happened. We hosed her down after dinner.

yucky but happy, good enough for me

Right, now I can thank Kevin AGAIN for this one. He has been digging out the dirt in this plant recently every morning. We get back from the gym it's like this. I didn't clean it up in time one morning and Lottie Sue decided to get her hands dirty. She does not like stuff on her hands (more evidence of that fact: birthday cupcake icing) and was getting upset. I hosed her down after this as well.

caught brown handed

This photo is of Shon after she asked LS for a kiss and her reply was "NO" - I told her to not take it personally...

regected

I leave you with this, Tommy modeling one of GranRay's OLD OLD OLD jackets.

ut's new davy crocket? who's with me?

Have a great week, I'll post again soon. Toodles!

tupperware (yay!), anchovies (ew!) & kevin makes friendly contact (for once)

This past weekend the Apples came down for a visit and I have a few photos to share. Harlan found our Tupperware lid drawer and introduced it to Lottie Sue. These were taken in the AM after breakfast, both kids still in their pajamas.

LS loves the shiny dishwasher while Harlan investigates the lids

tug-of-war

LS is on the lookout, not wanting to get caught

it doesn't take a lot to entertain these two

One of the neatest things about LS is feeding her new foods to see what she does. Here is Lottie Sue enjoying her favorite meal, pesto tortellini. She loves it and will gobble it down.

oh boy, pesto is the best-o

Matt was making an appetizer for us that had anchovies in it, he wanted to broaden Lottie's food horizon. She hated it.

upon first taste - ew

and she then asks Matt how a daddy could do that to his little girl
- not cool

And here we have Lottie Sue playing with her activity cube, she really likes that thing.

our busy bee

And it amazed me to walk into the room and see Kevin this close to Lottie Sue. Kevin and Ernie basically detest her. They avoid her like the plague. She is loud and likes to pull their ears/tail and I'm not sure I blame them. But I see that after a year almost, Kevin might be warming up to her. She's a little unsure of his proximity I can tell...

um, mommy...i'm scared

OK, and even MORE photos of Lottie Sue playing. Here are her two (currently) favorite friends, Mr. Horsey and Pink Bear.


Here are a few more of her playing with some toys. And you may ask yourself how many toys one little girl needs, Lottie Sue would answer "A LOT."

I leave you with this photo I took of the two other kids. Both of them are in the one room in the house we don't allow them to go into. Any trying on our end is futile.

yang and yang

More to come late this week, I will try to take more photos of this little girl. She turns ONE in a few weeks, I can't believe it! And Matt and I are going to Los Angeles to see Cera in a few days, I am SO excited! I can't wait!

lottie sue and harlan meet the easter bunny, i can't say there were impressed

Or at least Lottie Sue wasn't, Harlan looks like he might be enjoying it a hare (hahahahahahaha) more than her.This morning we went to the mall to do the standard "Easter Bunny" photo. Lottie Sue was great, no crying but she wasn't exactly into him.

Lottie Sue preferred watching from afar

I can't tell if he's about to laugh or cry

The photo of Harlan arrived in the mail yesterday - I have looked at it about 100 times. Harlan is growing so FAST, I hate it that we don't live in the same area. The Apples are coming to town in a few days and I am EXCITED!!!

I scanned these Polaroids today, I found them recently when I was going through boxes in the bonus room. These are photos of me on Easter, I am guessing I was two years old or maybe three? This is my mom in the first one, I miss her very much (sigh).

Was I adorable or WHAT?

I put together LS's new stroller today. Any time you bring anything new into this house Kevin and Ernie must investigate. It is their job thankyouverymuch. First, Ernie popped in for an adorable photo op and then Kevin made it his afternoon nap area.

Beautiful, sweet and perfect Ernie

Kevin and his girlfriend, Bandie

Kevin's girlfriend is that red rubber band that's caught next to the tire - he goes nutz for rubber bands. He will take it wherever he goes and if you try to take it from him he will grab it/her in his mouth and take off like his tail's on fire. Nothing stands between him and Bandie, 2-getha 4-eva. Don't you forget it.

Ok, I'm leaving you with a shot of Lottie Sue today after her nap. She loves to play play play, so that's what we do.

So many toys, so little time

Over and out,
Jen

Lottie Sue Gets Fresh, Harlan Goes Tubing & Vote For Matt and Coach Pearl

OK, I've slacked a little on the blog - my apologies. Quick note about the babe - Lottie Sue's two little teeth are finally out and oh-so-adorable. Her hair is also growing so fast, it is wild! Sometimes she looks like she put her finger in an electrical outlet - ztt!

But again, so sorry about not posting for over a week. To make up for it, here are a million photos...friends again? Here is Lottie Sue in her Valentine's Day pajamas...this photo is the best one. Typical Lottie Sue on her belly...

HELP ME PLEASE!!!

How YOU doin'? Party in my crib at 3am...

Crazy hair

And here are a few more...


And Mr. Harlan had tubes put in his ears last week, so we hope no more ear infections. Becce said everything went very well and here are a few photos of Harlan being adorable. This very minute Mike, Becce and Harlan are on their way to Hawaii - Mike has a convention there and they decided to make a vacation out of it. Harland's birthday is on Saturday - he turns 1 - I cannot believe it!!!

Let me take your blood pressure, I'll do it right - I promise

Balloons make everything OK

Beep beep!

Wait, you're going to do WHAT?!?!

And then it was a BIG night for us on Saturday. The Vols (#2) played Memphis (#1) - AND WON! We were ranked #1 IN THE COUNTRY!!! But only for 3 days, it was good while it lasted. And I've written before about Matt's man crush on Coach Pearl. Sunday morning Matt tells me that he was having a dream in which Coach Pearl was running for President of the United States - and that he had just asked Matt to be his running mate. I'm telling you guys - Matt is crazy for Coach Pearl.

Matt and Tommy are so proud

Thumbs up, WAY UP

During the game, Kevin and Megan "bonded"

And now let me share photos with you guys of our friends the Case Family - Blake, Joanna, Jack and little Birdie. I went over to Jo's for lunch yesterday and Jack entertained Lottie Sue and Birdie by running in circles around the couch. They loved it.

Birdie smiles for the camera

Jack leads the way for Jo on a nature walk

Jack and Blake chill by a tree

And I will leave you with random photos I've found from our Seattle/Victoria BC trip...

A mission in Seattle

Matt and I picnicking on the Parliament lawn in Victoria, Canada

Matt and I hiked Mount Ranier on our trip

Ok, I' hope everyone is doing well. We just finished watching Lost and it was, once again, awesome. Later taters! Have a happy Friday! Whee!