What's up blognation? Look at Darcy- she is growing so very fast. As of today she is 5 1/2 months old and loves to play on the floor and grab things. She is such a fun kid.

Congrats to our dear friend Sarah Mathis and Matt. They got married this week. The sadness was that we could not make it but we are so excited for the both of them.

Life has been pretty typical around here, but that will change this weekend. Saturday is our anniversary (5 years) and to celebrate we are going to eat dinner Sunday night and then we are going to see Def Leppard, yeah I said Def Leppard. I'm bringing sugar packets so that when they do sing ( and they will ) Pour Some Sugar On Me, I can rip open the packets and shower the crowd around me. I'll let you know how that goes.

Then next week we are going to Dallas to attend Marcie's graduation and hang out in Fort Worth where Walker Texas Ranger was filmed.

Food for thought: What if Barack Obama put out a commercial called HAS BEEN CELEBRITY: and it showed various shots of John McCain globetrotting on a jazzy, then cut to a shot of Andy Griffith putting in his teeth, next shot- John McCain playing shuffleboard. Then, Betty White ( Golden Girls ) knitting a quilt. Finally, the voice over comes in during a very dramatic mood music- Sure John McCain is experienced but does the experience translate: Final Shot: John McCain putting a hearing aid in.

BOOOOOOOM. OUUTTTA HERE.

Gulfport Hates Captain Crunch

Apparently, Gulfport Mississippi has something against this guy.

I have been on a crusade to find Captain Crunch with the sweet berries and have failed miserably. It is incredibly sad. It has probably been 2 years since I've had CC but I WANT IT NOW and it is nowhere to be found. So instead we have settled for Fruity Crunchies.

Other than the Great Captain Crunch Caper we are hanging out with Darcy a lot, she is so aware now and loves to play with books (kid books) which is great. She is also really enjoying eating banana's and rice cereal (she is still too young for Captain Crunch (allegedly) ).... so she has to eat the gerber stuff which isn't very good. Today Darcy got to iChat with Marcie, we will try to make this a regular thing since both of them enjoyed it so much.

Ok, Audri is pulling up with CC and Wipeout is on and Darcy is asleep- it's going to be a wild night.

The Natural

Josh Hamilton may have lost the home-run derby but he certainly won over millions of baseball fans with 28 dingers in the first round. Not only is he an amazing ball player, he see's the bigger picture and uses his platform to tell people what the Lord has done and is doing in his life. Check him out on Rome...

Houston

We had a great time in Houston this past weekend. Even though we had a quick run to the ER when I had an allergic reaction to something. Still not sure what caused it. We had fun at the Schmidt house. Thanks Aunt Donna and Uncle Thomas for having us! Your new house is great. We also got to visit with Marcie and Zach. They were so dark after returning from Hawaii. Darcy went swimming for the first time and she really liked the water. Because of her milky white skin she gets to wear a long sleeve swim shirt until she is old enough to apply the sunscreen. (Notice Corey and Uncle James do not want to waste time with the sunscreen either; they are both in swim shirts) She did have a hat, it just didnt make it in the pictures.




Friday night we went to the Astros/Yankee game. Darcy was great. We actually sat in our seats for 3 hours before we had to get up with her. She even managed to sleep for about an hour during the game. The loud crowd didn't scare her, if everyone was shouting she would get excited too. I just think she is the sweetest baby! She is very content and happy. I bought a "hot sling" but was never totally dependent on it until the baseball game. It was great. I checked the stroller at "fan accomidations" and just put the baby in the sling...I was very pleased with my purchase.



I have the Everyday sling "Indian Summer" and the Reversable sling "Mirror Ball". There was a childrens boutique going out of business so I got them at a great price.
www.hotslings.com

Darcy's First Yankee Game

So we are about to head to Houston to see the Yanks play the Astro's on Friday night. Very excited about this one. Joba will be making his third start and we will be about 10 rows from home plate. Go Yanks. We are going to stay with the Schmidt's and Zach and Marcie are going to come down and hang out with us so it will be a all around fun weekend.

Darcy is growing up so fast, she now arches her back, follows you with her eyes, and grabs toys. She weighs an unofficial 18lbs and is in my unbiased opinion the cutest kid ever. She is sleeping in her room now, she likes her big bed where she can stretch out and play with her Minnie Mouse doll.




Audri is really into me right now, she had a special braclet/ id tag made for me. Not super sure why but she makes me wear it, it's cool though.




Here are my summer reading, music, and tv pics.

Books-

Anything by John Feinstein- but specifically Painting the Black. It follows Mike "Moose" Mussina and Tommy Glavine during the 2007 season. It is a great look into 2 older but incredible pitchers. I usually don't like sports books but Feinstein tells a human and sports story in such a way that it is hard put down.

True Enough by Farhad Manjoo: This is a socio-political look into the lack truth that circulates in society. Whether news broadcast, commercials, we have accepted truthiness because it is easy. I got this book so i could get free shipping on Amazon (which is pretty lame) but it has been my favorite read of the year so far.

Music-

Coldplay / Viva La Vida- Death and All His Friends.

I heard the whole album yesterday and at first was not super impressed but by the 3rd go round I really started to like some of the songs. Yes/ Cemetaries of London / Viva La Vida. I think until most people love or hate Coldplay and this album isn't going to change that, but thats ok because it is the most purchased album on iTunes ever and it doesn't even release until June 24th.

Movies/ TV- Now that Lost and The Office are over our TV serves as a monitor for Yankee games on MLB.tv but on those occasional nights off we find ourselves looking for mindless entertainment for 30mins after Darcy falls alseep. The answer FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDS- the oddest, funny show on tv/ dvd. This series follows two New Zealanders who are in folk duo and their attempts to make it big in America. It is an HBO show but is cleaner than most network show (minus Dave the friend who cusses) and is really funny.

Darcy Days

Darcy is the sweetest baby...I know I am her mother and what else would I say. However it is true. She has started talking up a storm. She loves her mobile. She gets excited when we lay her in her bed because she knows we are going to turn it on for her. She always alerts us when it shuts off...unless she has fallen asleep. I will try to get some video of her talking to her "friends". It is pretty funny.
Here are some pics from the other day:

Darcy at 10 weeks (last month):

Darcy the chubby Ballerina