Birthday kazoo

I went to Fresno, CA over the weekend to help celebrate one of my good friend's mother's 80th birthday.  Laura and I were part of the "entertainment" with a kazoo duet of the Happy Birthday song. All I can say is we were a lot cheaper than a Mariachi band would have been.  It was so good to see some of my old friends again!

Carley's Beautiful Hair

A very nice lady did Carley's hair in the cutest little pigtails at the picnic we went to last Saturday.  She's African American and has 2 little girls of her own so she did Carley's hair much, much better and quicker than I'm able to do.  She gave me some great tips but I'll have to get in a lot more practice before I'm able to do half as good a job and probably still take 3 or 4 times as long.

Happy 4th!

Last weekend was a full one.  On Friday night we had the FCC campout, on Saturday we met friends for a picnic in the park, on Sunday we had a cookout at Oma's and shot off some fireworks and on Monday we rode on a firetruck in our town's Independence Day parade.  Whew, by Tuesday I couldn't wait to get back to work to get some rest.

Slides at the Park

Oma with her Grandkids

Riding the Firetruck in the Parade

FCC Campout

Friday night we joined our local FCC group (Families with Children from China) for a fun overnight campout in the mountains.  It was great to see some friends we hadn't seen in a while and meet some new friends.  Sam and Lindsey had a blast running and playing with their new best friends.

Carley's First Sentence on the Phone

I think Carley's starting to understand the idea of the phone.  When I call from work to talk to her she'll say hello and then babble away.  Today when I asked her how she was she said, "I wake up".  Blain said she had just woken up from her nap.  Obviously she's a gifted genius child

Carley at 18 Months

Such a grown up girl!

Carley had her 18 month checkup this morning.  She is now officially 25 lbs and 31.5 inches tall.  Not only is she walking but half the time she's running.  I'm not sure how many words she's saying because she's adding new ones every day.  For some unknown reason "two" and "shoe" are her favorite words to say. 

Last week we started her back in daycare 2 days a week.  I thought she would be traumatized because it's been about a year since she was in daycare but she did great.  She is a happy, outgoing little girl and a joy to be with.  I feel so lucky and blessed that I get to be her mom.

Baseball

Sam and Lindsey are in a baseball league for a few weeks this summer. The kids playing baseball are so cute but I have to admit it gets a little bit scary for the bystanders when they all are practicing throwing the baseball.