Best Friends :)

Meet my best friend, Woody! I take him everywhere I go. He and I have been through a lot together.

I take good care of him :) I brush his teeth, take him to go potty, get him dressed, feed him his meals, wrap him up in blankies for his naps, give him medicine when he is sick, and fix his boo boos. Poor Woody is always getting hurt and getting sick. He needs a lot of TLC. Lucky for me, my mommy appears to keep us well stocked with band-aids and so he is always covered. . . literally! For the more serious injuries, like the two times he lost his leg/boot, Dr. Granny performs major surgery (with her glue gun) and Woody is as good as new again! He heals really fast and we are back to playing again. I keep telling Woody he needs to be more careful, but he is a boy, after all.

I carefully apply the band-aids and make sure not to hurt him

What do you mean we're out of band-aids? But I didn't cover all of Woody's boo boos yet!

Time to brush your teeth, Woody

Wearing matching outfits

Taking a snooze together. . .we always sleep together :)

I even take Woody to the doctor (you know, since he is so accident prone and all. . .I can't fix EVERYTHING with band-aids)

"C'mon Daddy, we has to shave our beards!"

I LOVE to shave with my Daddy! After my shower/bath every night, I beg to shave my beard before I get my jammies on. I rub my chin and say "c'mon daddy, we has to shave our beards!" He's such a good sport! Most of the time, he will take the time and do an evening shave, just for me! (He gets up too early in the AM for me to want to shave with him then! I need my beauty rest!)



I used to just watch Daddy shave sometimes, but then one day I decided I wanted to help. Unfortunately, the razor is too sharp, so mommy and daddy wouldn't let me help. Instead, they gave me my own shaving equipment! I get to use the cool whipped cream stuff that smells like perfume, a little shaving cream brush, and I even have my own "razor" (sans the blades of course). Mostly, I skip the actual shave part, and prefer dipping my shaving brush in the water and putting the shaving cream on my face :) It is so soft and smooth, and it smells good!



Daddy lets me help him put shaving cream on his face. I hope we get to do this together forever!



**Mommy's note: well, I certainly hope she doesn't ever actually grow a beard! I don't think she would find one as fun as she thinks they are! Just ask Daddy! I also think that would be a huge cause for concern. . .not many toddlers running around out there sporting beards! Although, I guess there could be a whole community of bearded toddlers we don't know about. . .the beardless toddlers could all be shaving with their daddies, and we would never even know they are among us!



Hey, has anyone ever carded a gnome??? How old is that gnome with the long beard, anyway? I suspect that they could actually be bearded toddlers! Another government conspiracy. . .sure, we never actually SEE any gnomes in society (except for the ones frozen in time in the old lady's yard down the street. . .you know, every neighborhood has a yard that's been gnomed!) But gnomes are well documented in books, so they must exist! All this time, the government had us believing gnomes were pretend little adult people with pointy hats and beards! Come to think of it, I wonder what's under their hats? I bet there is another conspiracy involving those pointy hats, too! Hmmmmmm. . .Sorry, I digress. . .



Anyway, I have a feeling Hannah will come to resent shaving someday. My bets are around the time she reaches puberty and she comes face to face with the never ending attack of the stubble, and she has to start the arduous task of shaving her legs all the time!**

Here Daddy, let me help you

Shaving is truly an art. Your face is the canvas, and the shaving cream is your paint. The more cream and water on the little brush, the better!

See Daddy? I am getting pretty good at this! Let me show you a few brush techniques to get the maximum coverage on your face. . .
Daddy looks impressed! (or is he scared? I am not sure)

You missed a spot, Daddy. . .Daddy makes silly faces when he shaves! :)
Make the brush become one with your hand and glide it ever so elegantly and gently over your cheek. You need to remember to gliiiiiide. Don't just blot it all around. FOCUS! FOCUS! Daddy! Become one with your beard and brush. . .everything will fall into place if you can do that.
I took over Daddy's bigger brush so I could teach him my secrets to avoiding a 5 o'clock shadow. Secret #1: you can never have enough shaving cream and water!

Happy Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day, Mommy and Daddy took me to Fun-rudkers! (Fuddruckers) I had a yummy chocolate malt, burger and fries :) (well mostly, I used my burger and fries as utensils to eat the dipping sauces) It was sooooo gooood! My only complaint was they only gave me one cherry for my malt! Humpf. . .the NERVE! But since they served me my malt first before my meal, I forgot all about being mad about the lack of cherries and enjoyed the ice cream drink :)

When mommy told we were going out, I ran to pick out an outfit and I got myself dressed!!! But, for some reason that defies all logic and reason, mommy made me change. I see nothing wrong with this! I am well protected with these "giant band-aids"

There better be a plethora of cherries in this malt. . .or else!

HEY! I only see ONE cherry in here. . .what's the big idea?

Mmmmmmmm. . .

opening my gifts from mommy and daddy

Howie's wondering if I have any Valentine's Day tuna in there???

I got a special gift from Corky and Ed too! I'm such a lucky little girl :) Yummy cookies AND a cute ladybug cookie jar :)

It had a really cool hair accessory, too! I think it was designed by Muppets :)

Super Bowl. . .of chili :)

We hosted a little Super Bowl party for family last Sunday :) Our first big event in the new house! It was a chance for Granny, Papa, Old Granny, Old Papa, Emme and Mark to see our new place!

Mama made her famous chili, loaded FULL of musical fruit. . .er. . .5 different beans. We also had yummy nachos, cheesecake, magic bars, and granny's awesome cornbread. We enjoyed watching some football and eating the yummy food. I just have one question. Can't those football players afford pants that actually FIT? They looked silly.

In the spirit of the halftime show, I busted some serious dance moves! :) I wanted Old Granny to join me, so Emme suggested I tell her to "get down wit' your bad self, Old Granny!" and that became the phrase of the evening. ha ha Old Granny only boogied for a second, as she is much too ladylike to really get down and boogie (or maybe because she was too busy enjoying the good food and did not want to get a side cramp) :) I tried to get Mark to boogie, too. . .(see videos below) I think halftime was the best part of the game! Who needs football when you can DANCE!?!?

Well, after all the fun and games, I made sure to escort everyone out and sent them home as quickly as possible. I heard somewhere that a few hours after people eat chili, the musical fruit starts singing acapella!!! I didn't want to be around them to find out. . .

Mama enjoying her bowl of chili. . . she's so silly :)

Welcome Home :)

Well, if there is anyone left out there who still reads this blog. . .I thought I'd let you know we survived the move! Just barely. . .'cause ya' know, my mama has that little black cloud that follows her everywhere, and everything took longer and cost more than it was supposed to, things that rarely happen, did, we dealt with some not so nice people along the way, we STILL don't have the fridge mama ordered a month ago, and everyone got sick (take it from me, my mama looks and sounds terrible. . .and I say that in the most loving way of course)! But the important thing is, we are in the house now and everything is wonderful! :) Oh, except for poor Takoda. . .we are waiting for the fence to be built in the side and backyards. It took a while for the HOA to approve plans, and now work will begin next week! We miss our puppers :( Howie is King of the house for now. . .oh, who are we kidding, Howie has ALWAYS been King of the house! He puts Koda in her place regularly, even though she is 3 times his size :)

We are getting comfy in the new house :) Some rooms were painted, mama has been getting lots of help from granny in decorating, and setting up my cool new playroom! And mama got some really cool new appliances (minus the missing fridge of course), and I love helping do the laundry now. I get to press the buttons! Oh, and we got the side and backyards landscaped last week, so it looks really pretty now! We got pretty rocks and lots of plants and 3 trees planted :) Wait 'til Koda sees them! She will be excited :) It has been busy, busy, busy around here!

I really enjoy my new big yard. I like to explore and look for bunnies, birds, and bugs. And last week there were two huge piles of rocks in our driveway! I had lots of fun playing on them. . .I begged mama to keep them there, but she said we couldn't keep them :( The landscapers were mean and spread them in the yard instead. Flat areas of rocks are NOT as fun as huge mountains of rocks! Oh well.

Well folks, it is close to my bedtime now, so I better run. I have to go pick out my jammies :) This post was just a little message to let everyone know we are indeed alive and no longer buried under boxes in the house :) (But don't go in the garage. . .you might get lost! There are both empty and full boxes EVERYWHERE!)

Things are finally settling down a bit, so mama will help me do blog posts much more often again :)

Here's a few photos, since that is what you really came in here for, right?

Here I am killing time waiting for the movers to arrive to bring us our stuff at the new house. . .granny's purse is loads of fun! I found some candy in there!!! I ate all of it :)

Then the sugar crash of 2010 happened. . .
Then I woke up and it was time to do mommy's hair :) (note we are onto activity #3 and movers are STILL not here, yet?)
And the insanity begins to set in! WHEN, oh WHEN will the movers EVER get here??? (they didn't arrive until 8:30 pm, in case you were curious) You'd think we moved across the country and ran into bad weather, had a flat tire or six, and got stuck in traffic! Nope, they just had to get the truck out of the storage yard (since it sat there for 3 days) and drive it to the next town! Crazy! (er, lazy? your guess is as good as mine) But, doesn't mama's hair look BEAUTIFUL??? I've been trying to talk her into letting me do her hair before work since then, and for some reason she keeps avoiding me? She says that hair-do is too special to wear every day. So, maybe I'll approach her again before the next wedding, get together, or party :)

*and if you like what you see here, you know my number! Just gimme a ring and set up an appointment. I have a great special running this month in honor of Valentine's Day! I'll give you 14% off! And I take all forms of payment. . .including cookies, candy, and popsicles :)

Lots of rain last week, but that didn't stop the landscapers from working on the yard :)
I preferred the rocks in piles like this, before they were spread all over!
Only one pile left :( So, I made the most of our last night together :)