September 21, 2009

We went to the Huhtamaki picnic on Saturday. There was lots of fun things to do there...mainly for a little older kids. It was a good distraction for Carmen because she was having a rough day (teeth we think). She smiled - *not once* - while we were there - even in the Jump House!

Here's Carmen with Violet, the personalized Pal (Leapfrog) that cousins Rhonda, Michael, Brittany, Ashton & Jackson gave her for her birthday. It's pretty cute - it sings songs about "Carmen" (like the video). We just had to connect it to the computer - it also knows favorite food (banana), color (red - I just picked one), and pet (um, cat but dog sure is a close 2nd!)

September 17, 2009

Here's some pictures from her party w/ Gardner friends.

Carmen & Sunny

Carmen & Peggy

Carmen w/ the Mohney's (daycare family)

Some cute feet :)

Carmen ON her birthday in her birthday girl shirt that my boss got for her!

Notice she is pushing the bunny away.

Tackling the stairs!

September 11, 2009

The Birthday Party Photo Shoot. This is the rock wall Dad built as you walk out the basement/out the back door. Carmen did excellent on this photo shoot - she didn't try getting away from the photographer like she did at JCPenney. :)

I don't think I could pick a favorite! They're all favorites!

September 7, 2009

Happy Birthday to Mema, Happy Birthday to me tomorrow, Happy Birthday to Mema, Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeeeee tomorrow!!!!

Here she is - eating her cupcake - her first "sweet". She liked it and everyone had a good time watching her. She was funny.

Here's Carmen's little rocking chair, all of her guests signed it and birthday party #2 guests will also sign it (that's this Saturday).

Opening gifts, not quite sure what to do with the paper.

Aunt Lori, Austin, Haley & Carmen.

Here's Carmen w/ cousin Austin.

Aunt Tara & Carmen - love this picture!!

Anna, Alaina, Tara & Carmen. Alaina helped us keep Carmen smiling in all these pictures on Saturday!

Other misc. pictures. Drinking Vitamin D milk from the sippy - doing better with it!


Wagon ride with Daddy. I was talking to her from our deck, she was across the street. She heard my voice but was having a hard time figuring out where I was.



She found one of the lids to my water bottles (I use to run with). Funny looking huh?

August 26, 2009

Laura had a cute picture of Carmen doing her "one" from Sunny's party. We tried to get her to do it in her JCP one year photos - no luck!

Carmen's going to read for you today...

Carmen found Kelsie (neighbor girl) to be very entertaining & funny. This went on for quite some time. :)

August 23, 2009

Yesterday we went to Carmen's little friend Sunny's #1 birthday party. It was fun to watch and Carmen was entertained just watching the people! Sunny was being very loving to Carmen and giving her a kiss on command. Good thing it was AFTER the cake clean up (see below).










My friend from college - Jennima - came in from IA for the weekend. We had a great time just catching up & hanging out with Carmen. She was a previous member of Carmen's before but now more than ever!

We had Carmen's pictures taken today at JCP. It went very well considering the girl took minimal naps today.

August 19, 2009

Carmen started saying a new word today - "cup". She is also saying "all done" (repeating us, not on her own yet - she has said it several times though.) We went out to eat tonight - the 3 of us. She was saying "hi" to everyone, like the other day at the grocery store when she told everyone hi that walked by. Problem is she doesn't say it loud enough or says it when they're 2 feet past us, so they don't hear. So I try to help her. :) She also drank about 1/2 adult cup of water tonight at the restaurant. And it showed when we got up to leave. Yep -she had pee'd all over! I changed her diaper as soon as we got home - had to dry her out a bit. In the midst of the drying out, she pee'd again. Water...happens every time. :)

Here's a fun video from the other night. She was having fun drinking from our running water bottle.