Christmas 2008 re-cap

My friend Dickson sent me a text telling me my blog was getting stale, here ya go.....

Hollywood does a festival for kids every other Friday night so Ross & took Lily there last Friday before all the Christmas excitement started.

The face painter asked Lily if she wanted a princess or an angel, Lily said "Tiger".

She had a ton of fun.

Once David arrived and Brandi was on vacation too, we decided to spend the day at South Florida's freak show... the Swap Shop. We packed our lunch to avoid having to eat there and it was perfect. The weather was nice and we found some picnic tables away from all the chaos. Lily rode one of the big carnival rides and loved it buy cried when it ended.

So when we came across this ride, we tried it again and Brandi and I rode it too. I'm surprised it worked with all that weight on it!

Grandad arrived the next day. It was nice that Lily didn't do the shy thing, she hugged him right away.

They have been having a ton of fun together. My dad likes to sing while he does stuff around the house and Lily just loves that. She likes to sing too and already knows all the words to my dad's made up songs.

Brandi, Todd, David, Richard, my dad and I all went to Christmas eve candlelight service so we weren't here to put Lily to bed before Santa came. It was kinda sad for that, but Ross told her all about how Santa was coming and they left Santa some cookies, milk and a beer and a few carrot ts for the reindeer. Lily was surprised in the morning to see that Santa had eaten the cookies and all.

Christmas morning was funny because I was expecting Lily to run and tear into everything but she was so reserved and methodical. She only looked at one toy at a time and wasn't in a hurry to open everything up.

The run bike wasn't the hit that I was expecting. She asked right away where the pedals were and didn't seem to even want to try it out. Santa scored with the big tub of play-doh though.

And Grandad gave the best present, a kitchen.

After opening presents and stuffing ourselves full of bacon and eggs we went to the beach. I wanted to try out my new rollerblades, Brandi wanted to try out her new bathing suit, and Todd had some new beach towels to break in. Here is Brandi and her mad Frisbee skills.

on "Boxing Day" (as Ross calls it) or David's Birthday as us Carney's refer to it, Daddy cooked us an overwhelming amount of Bacon and the boys went to play Frisbee golf. In the afternoon we went bowling so Rich could try out his new bowling shoes and then to the movies.

Our holiday was great and everyone is still here for now but Richard, and possibly my dad, are leaving today :(

David leaves tomorrow then I guess it is life as usual.

Oh, and for those of you who didn't already know....

I'm workin' on adding a new member to our family in 2009.

Visit with the mall Santa

I hate the mall, but it is inevitable, Christmas gifts need to be purchased, mall must be visited. So, I got Lily dressed and went right when it opened this morning. She loved the Christmas displays and loved the trains. Finally we found Santa. I told Lily that Santa was there waiting to hear from all the kids so that he knew what to bring them on Christmas. She is so shy but she sat up there with him and said "please, may I have some presents for Christmas?" it was so sweet.
He asked her what she wanted and she told him a barbie. Right before she went up there she told me she wanted a bicycle, so who knows.
Then, once we left all she could talk about was how he was wearing gloves. Funny the things kids pick up on.

First week of December

Earlier this week I dumped out the trash can next to my computer and just as soon as I stepped away from it, Lily got in it. Then, half a second later, boom. She fell over and I guess she held onto the can rather than catching herself with her hands because she landed on her face. If you've been to my house than you know that my office is in what used to be a garage so the floors are concrete. Face hitting a concrete floor equals a nasty bruise. So, if you are expecting Christmas photos, you may have to wait awhile.
Today I had to do some work for my old boss Ned and took Lily with me. She had a blast playing with the dogs. She sat out in the yard and poured dirt on them then rubbed it in. I guess this must feel good for a dog because all three dogs let her do it.

Saturday was the annual Candy Cane parade. This year was the most fun of all the ones I've been to so far. As usual, Ross couldn't make it. For some reason there is always a function or something going on that night, this is my 5th and he has yet to see it. Lily waved and waved and ate more candy than any child should ever eat in one night. She was so excited to see Elmo and Scooby Doo and then when the Animal Rescue people came by with "real dogs" she was thrilled for that too. On the way home she told me about Santa Clause then said "Mommy, can I sleep car?" it was so nice to have a baby just absolutely pooped from a good time.

Thanksgiving & Birthday weekend

Ok, so this pic isn't from Thanksgiving, it is from last Sunday

My attempt to take a picture of Lily and I at the beach, self portraits never work out



Proof that I made my Pumpkin pie from SCRATCH (I forgot to get a pic of the crust too, but that was scratch as well)

We spent Thanksgiving in Melbourne with the Family. Lily was so happy to see Allison and I know Allison was happy to see her too. Tonight Lily told me that she missed Allison. Sweet.

I didn't put them up to this for the picture, they were hugging when I walked in the room and luckily I had my phone in my pocket so I was able to snap this one.

We left Lily in Melbourne and went to Islands of Adventure for my birthday

On my birthday, I was allowed to have a beer before noon because "on your birthday you can do whatever you want"

In the car on Thanksgiving day en route to Melbourne. I did my makeup in the car, so Lily had to do her make up too.

Dear Santa,

A few family types have asked for our wish lists, so here goes...

Lily was a good girl this year and would like:
- Pajamas

- Slippers

- puzzles

- play doh

- Disney movies on DVD (we only have Finding Nemo and Shrek so anything else is fine)

- anything for make believe (play kitchen, baby carriage, that sort of thing but not dress up, she isn't into that yet)

- She wears size 3T or 4T

Ross was a good boy this year and would like:

- a rugby ball (you would think the broken jaw would have made him lose interest!)

- dri-fit type golf shirt

- leather wallet

- he wears size L in shirts and 32 in pants

Shelley was a very good girl this year and would like:

- Roller blades (see photo...available at Target)
- FSU thong crocs (also, See photo)
- Live: Live at the Paradiso CD
- Red Potholder (the one that you put your hand in that is shaped like a mitten)
- Vintage Apron books or patterns

- two extra hours of sewing time

- round cutter thingy-do so I can make polymer clay buttons (like this set)

- That purse in the picture

Brandi, not to be left out, SAYS that she was a good girl this year, but I highly doubt it, would like:
- a crock pot
- a camera
- bike tires
- winged coffin T-shirt in size Medium (available at Addictedtorockabilly.com... but if you are reading this and want to buy it for her, email me for a discount)
- Rock Steady Spine button up in size Large (same)
- a computer

Disclaimer: Used, recycled and re-gifted gifts are always welcome because more than likely that is going to be the only gifts we will be giving this year!

And, none of us are really expecting to recieve any of this, we just like to post it ..... just in case!

Quick picture post

I had to post this one, it was from September of '07 and the one below is from this week. Funny how it is still fun to play in this cabinet! Although back then she was trying to get to the cereal, her mom is a genious and has since moved the cereal to a shelf she can't reach, now it is a spot for hide & seek

Ok, so it doesn't show up very well here (I don't know why my pics are so small) but there is a Gi-normous iguana in my yard. I couldn't get closer because I HATE lizards and giant lizards really freak me out but the fact that it is in my yard was kinda picture worthy.

this is my best Bowling game of all time! I got a 154 right after being getting stuck in the bathroom. I was dead sober and due to a faulty doorknob, got locked in the bathroom of the bowling alley and my friends had to bust the door down! Thankfully I had my phone in my pocket and a firefighter in our group, otherwise I might have been in there a really long time!

yet another boo boo

she fell down while running into the house to tell me something. I was a few feet out of reach on one side, Ross a few feet out of reach behind her. We both saw it happen in slow motion. This one swelled up to be about a quarter inch off her head. I took this picture about 5 minutes after it happened and as you can see, she is not at all bothered by it. She has got to be the toughest, clumsiest kid in the world.

Race Update & Lily's tounge flicking lisp

I have been meaning to post about the race for the cure that we did last month but never seem to get around to everything on my list. We raised a load of money for the Susan G. Komen foundation. The total that shows up on our team page is $1045.00 but Christine turned in another $180 in cash on race day that didn't end up on our total. We rock! My goal was to get 10 people to join my team. I had 6 official members but it was just Nichole, Christine & I who actually did the race. I was planning to run but because I had to bring Lily with us, we had to walk instead. We had a horrible race time (as you can see from the photo... with .1 mile left to go) but had a wonderful time. We were all inspired to do it again next year and vowed to do it kid-less so that we really could get a good race time.

This photo is from the pumpkin patch where we bought our pumpkins, Lily loved it.

I've been trying my best to get a good video of Lily talking because she is so funny right now. She has a lisp which I try not to worry myself too much about, but she has also started doing this tongue flicking thing trying to get her 'L's right. In this video if you can't understand her, she is saying "Two Chocolates" at the end.

More videos of funny talking.





This video highlights that fact that it is truely official, Lily is a two year old. She is saying "play something" as she is throwing that tantrum because she is tired of me taking pictures and wants me to play with her.

Halloween pictures

We carved our pumpkin the day before Halloween so that it didn't end up yucky and gooey like last year. Ross did the main carving part outside then Lily and I moved it inside for the detail work. I have a pic of the finished product on my phone so it will be a day or two before I get it to the computer.

We went to a party hosted by the city in a park downtown and we had so much fun. Lily ran around in the grass and actually interacted with some other kids. They had a costume contest and Lily made the top 5 but then lost to a pink crayon. It was one of those contests that is judged by who yells the loudest and I think the pink crayon had a very big family.

After that Ross & Lily went home and I went to O'Malley's where I was one of the finalists in the contest there. Didn't win though, never do.

Halloweeeeeeennnnnn

This first pic was taken awhile back but I've been meaning to post it for my cousin Melissa. She loves her "mingo" and carries it everywhere.
Last night we went to what must have been the dumbest Hallween event on the planet. It was on the beach so we stopped in to make Brandi come with us (She is living on the beach again for those who didn't know) and I have no idea what is with that hat that she is wearing.

We ended up having a good time anyway because I brought my rollerblades and Lily went for a ride eating ice cream while I skated and Ross ran. The weather has cooled off here lately so it was really a nice night for that. Too bad that no one got to see Lily's costume.

(Melissa, if you look real close, you will see that "Mingo" is in the stroller)

Tonight we are carving pumpkins so more pictures to come.