Good Mornings

Well we are gearing up for another possible hurricane. I think we are as prepared as we can be after living thru Katrina's aftermath. I continue to thank the Lord for the blessings he has given us and trust Him in these situations.

This is a picture of what I like best while I get ready for work in the mornings.

Darcy loves to play on our bed while she watches me go from the closet to the bathroom; going in and out of doors she thinks I am playing a game with her. It is SOO cute in the mornings. I love it. {Don't think ill of Corey sleeping in...he got up with the baby earlier that morning and let me sleep a little longer before I had to get up and get ready for work}
Much love-

6 months today

Today Darcy is 6 months old. She is keeping us laughing and well entertained. I think she is the most "laid-back" kid ever. She rolls with whatever is going on in our day. She is sitting up pretty well by herself these days...the occasional nosedive is to be expected. She rolls to everything she needs and is attempting to "scoot" or "swim" to things that she cannot reach. When she is laying on a blanket and would like a toy out of reach she just pulls the blanket closer to herself and then gets to the toys. Pretty bright!



Darcy loves to eat. In the morning I fix her a bowl of fruit and rice cereal and I think, there is no way she is going to eat all this. Then by the end of breakfast I am scraping everything in the bowl because she wants more. I have tried my hand at making her baby food. I just can't bring myself to by baby meat in a jar. YUCK. So I cook the meat she is going to eat and then just freeze it. It really is quite simple. I am trying to teach her sign language. They say babies start to recognize the signs about 6 months but they typically don't perform the signs until they are about 9 months. Either way...this is Darcy's sign for more!


She enjoys play time on the floor. Building with blocks and then knocking them over. She also likes to support the Yankees on game day!

Sugar Poured On Me.

10 Legs + 9 Arms = 1 Rockin British 80's Arena Band. Audri and I spent our Sunday evening celebrating our 5th Wedding Anniversary ( Thanks to Aunt Lulu and Cousin Lindsay for watching Darcy ). We started our evening with a delicious dinner at a fine steakhouse- then chased it with what had to be the greatest concert we have ever attended together ( ie. I saw MC Hammer as a kid so that does not qualify.) Def Leppard rocked the Biloxi crowed with leather bedazzled pants, 80's hair, topless guitar players and swweeet emotion. Our concert checklist includes... Radiohead, Wilco, Coldplay, Josh Rouse, John Mayer, Sigur Ros, Interpol, Damien Rice, and mannnnny others but none compared to the night that was Def Leppard. I honestly don't even remember what they opened with because it was something new that I've never heard but the list included Photograph, Rock of Ages, Pour Some Sugar On Me, Foolin', a song called Yeah!, and other classics. For the hour and thirty five minutes they played I felt like a seven year old in my present body, ala BIG. There was some dancing from old white folk that it was almost painful to not watch men and women tanked up on Coors Light to rock the night away. The walls of the Coliseum rocked as the crowd sang away to every song and the ground reverberated each time someone pounded their feet as they threw up the Rock N Roll sign. It was a great night all together and it truly commemorated our first five years together. Bring on some more Hysteria.

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