I love my backpack!

Happy 8 Month Birthday, CC!

Where does the time go? Today CC is 8 months old. I'll be sure to post some pictures later today.

Cool Helicopter and a New Skill

I never cease to amaze my mommy. My grammy got me this Vtech Explore & Learn Helicopter for Christmas...I love it. I now can put the balls into the top of the helicopter. It's so much fun!

Here are some pictures of me playing...

My New Backpack

I love my new backpack (mentioned in previous post). Here's a picture of it! We bought it at BabiesRUs. In order to "test it out", mommy carried me around the store. It was fun! Daddy did a "test run" also and it fit him as well. I'll have mommy take some pictures of me in it!

A day of shopping...

On Saturday, we ventured out of the house in search of a backpack for me. Well, not one for me to wear but one for mommy and daddy to carry me.

I wore this pretty torquoise and blue outfit...it made my eyes "stand out".

Playing

I love to play with all of my toys.

More Books

As you can tell from several of the pictures that mommy has taken, I just love books. Here you'll see me reading books off my shelf in the office. Mommy has my books on the bottom shelf so I can reach them.

Kitchen Cabinet

I now have my own kitchen cabinet that I can play in.

Just me...

Mommy's been a slacker about putting new posts on the blog. Okay, maybe not a slacker but really busy with work and taking care of me.

Here are a couple of pictures she took last week of me hanging out in the playroom/office. Yes, that's a picture of me under the desk with all of the cords. :-)

My First Visit to the State Park

Today I went to the state park near my house...Yes, my parents have lived here for almost 6 years and this is the first time they've visited. We had a great time! Aunt Chris, Uncle Larry and Auntie Anne went with us. We took the 3.1 mile loop so everyone got lots of exercise.

My daddy is a geek so he took his GPS and tracked our route. He then downloaded the points to Google Earth. Here's a picture of our path on Google Earth...pretty neat!

Oh yeah...we went out after our walk....mommy had a margarita.

Here are some pics...

Teeth

We've had quite the week with little CC...she has all kinds of teeth in her mouth and these are just the one's we can see.

Duck Hunting

I love my ducks...check out my hat.

I love to read!

Check out my outfit!

How about this "not pink" outfit? I really like the red and animal print. Aunt Chris, what do you think?

Whose house is it?

Yes, CC has officially taken over the Nutz and Crackerz casa. As you can see from the pictures, we've put up 3 gates and a "fence" around the tv. CC loves the frames and Bose stereo. Also, take note who has the most "stuff" on the coat rack. :-)

Happy Birthday Grammy!

7 Month Pictures

Mommy updated my 7 month picture folder, if you're interested.

Bath Time

I love bath time...it's a time for me to play with all of my rubber duckies. I have a family of ducks that light up. Kaitlyn gave those to my mommy before I was born...they're really cool. I also have some rubber duckies that my Uncle David gave to me. I play with them in my playroom.

Here are some bathtime pictures. Enjoy.

My First Baby Gate

Tonight, my daddy put up the first of 3 baby gates. This one is at the top of the stairs so I don't go tumbling down. Here are some pictures...notice that I was helping him with the level. I'm going to be like mommy, a stickler for the details. :-)

It's Snowing

I thought I saw snow flurries on my drive home from work. I'm sitting in the office/playroom and all of a sudden...lots of snow flurries.

Congratulations Steve, Amy and Mia

Baby Chloe joined her family on Monday, January 14 at 8:04 am. She weighed 8 lbs 6 oz.

Congratulations!!

A look into the future....

Driving With Dad

Nutz, who worked away from home all week, always made a special effort with his family on the weekends. Every Sunday morning he would take his 7-year old daughter out for a drive in the car for some bonding time.

One particular Sunday however, he had a bad cold and he really didn't feel like being up at all. Luckily, his wife came to the rescue and said that she would take their daughter out for some Krispy Kreams. When they returned, the little girl anxiously ran upstairs to see her father.

"Well," the father asked, "did you enjoy your ride and dough nutz with mommy?"

"Oh yes, Daddy" the girl replied, "and do you know what? We didn't see a single dumb bastard or lousy shit head!"

It's Official...

CC can crawl. Yes, you read right. CC crawled today. While Nutz was at work, CC and I were hanging out in the "new room". She was playing on her mat and I was doing some work on the computer. Before I knew it, she was next to me under the desk (see picture). I know...we'll need to do something about all the wires...I'll get right to it.

Once Nutz got home, I wanted to make sure it wasn't a fluke. NOPE, she crawled for him also. Granted, she was crawling towards the jewelry (his wedding ring). Nonetheless, she's now crawling. Where are the gates?

Life as we once knew it is GONE! :-)

CAUTION: The video is PG-13...Nutz says a bad word.

New Addition Pictures

Yes, I'm a slacker. Several of you have asked me to post pictures of our new room...here they are. Click on the slideshow to see larger images.

Welcome to the world Austin Michael!

Congratulations Mike, Annette and Dylan! Austin Michael joined his family on January 3rd at 12:23 pm. He weighed 8 lbs and was 20 1/2 inches.

Do they teach spelling at Ohio State?

Click on the picture to see what I mean...

You Won't Believe This...

but there is such a thing as the Whitetrash Mom Blog. I had a good laugh reading some of the blog posts. I particularly liked the post about "Moobs" or Man Boobs at White Trash Mom's House.

If you're not whitetrash but just plain Jane, go to the Plain Jane Mom Blog.

Just remember, there's a website for everyone. :-)

Our New Chair

Our chair finally arrived and it sure is comfortable. If you're interested, we ordered it from USA Baby. They have lots of styles and materials to choose from. Mommy had fun!

Watch me grow!

Happy 7 Month Birthday, CC!

Nutz and I still can't believe that CC has been here for 7 months. It seems like she's always been part of our family. Last night, as CC and I were playing on the floor downstairs, I caught her crawling to the tv stand. Yes, you read right! CC crawled to the tv stand to touch all of the lighted objects. However, when I tried to get her to do it for her daddy, no such luck! So, as far as Nutz goes, she still hasn't crawled.

I'll take some pictures today and post them so you can see how big she's gotten.

Happy 7 month birthday, little missy!

Free Online Courses through iVillage

I've always been interested in photography but now that I have this nice camera, I decided to take a class. I ran across these free online courses through iVillage. Right now, I"m taking Beyond Point and Shoot: Digital Photography Techniques. They have several other classes related to photography but they also have courses for other topics.

Summer 2007 Babies

Yes, it's been a busy summer here in VA. Nutz captured four of the new babies from the summer. Click on the picture to read the captions.

Happy 7th Birthday Devin!

Tummy to Butt

I wanted to make sure it wasn't just a fluke....CC is now able to go from her stomach to her butt with no problems. She's definitely interested in everything around her. She's been trying to pull herself up on whatever is near her...toys, table, etc. Yep, it's time to by some safety gates.

Sleeping Through the Night

Cross your fingers...CC has been sleeping through the night since last Thursday. She typically goes to bed at 7 pm and has been waking between 5 and 7 am. She's such a big girl!!

Funny Story!

For those of you who don't remember, at our 4th of July party, mommy was the laugh of the party after Uncle Todd told her that her "boobies were geysering". Well, today was payback time. Uncle Todd decided to warm up some mashed potatoes in the microwave on a 2008 paper plate. Yep, he started a fire. The plate he used had metal in it...guess he didn't read the back of the plate. :-) In case you can't read it, the warning says, "Plate is flammable...do not place plate in microwave"

Michigan Wins...Daddy Happy -- Mommy Sad

It was a sad day for mommy but a happy day for Daddy! At least it was an exciting game! Final Score...41-35.

We had a few friends over to watch the game...good food (chili, black-eyed peas, and other snacks).

Daddy thinks I'm going to be confused....FL outfit and MI hat/socks. I'll probably be a VA Tech fan. :-)

Happy New Year!

Wow! I celebrated my first New Year's Eve last night at my Aunt Chandy and Uncle Keith's house. It was a great time! I got in a couple hours of sleep but made a point to wake up at 11:30 pm so I could enjoy the festivities...

Home from FL!

Yes, I was without cell phone and Internet for most of our trip. It was actually kind of nice. As soon as I get ALL of the pictures downloaded from the camera, I'll put some updates on the blog.

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Crackerz

Hanging out at the huntin' camp!

On our way home, we made a pit-stop at grammy and papa's hunting camp. It was fun!!

Christmas at Charmie's

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day at Charmie's house with my uncle David, Charmie and Mimi. Charmies' friend, Dave, and his family came over for Christmas dinner that daddy cooked. It was DELICIOUS! Thanks for the great gifts!

Christmas at Grammy and Papa's

Christmas at Grammy and Papa's house took place the morning of December 23. Everyone showed up in their pjs...sure beats getting ready. We opened presents and then my daddy cooked breakfast! It was so much fun! Thanks everyone for all of my great gifts! I love them.

Christmas at Granny and PaPa's

On Sunday, December 23, we celebrated Christmas at my granny and PaPa's house. Almost the entire family was present. The only person missing was Barbi and her family. As always, the food was YUMMY!

Day Two - Christmas Trip (and Mommy's birthday)

Happy Birthday, mommy! I won't tell anyone how old she is.

We woke the next morning (early as usual) and I had some cereal and fruit for breakfast. Briana, my friend, woke up and we both were so excited to see each other. Not too long afterwards, the rest of the family woke up (Aunt Brenda, Uncle Brian and Bradley). Oh yeah, daddy was going through the kitchen finding "goodies" so he could fix breakfast. We had coffee, waffles, bacon, eggs and grapefruit...yummy! Since it was mommy's birthday, daddy made her plate first. Isn't he sweet?

While daddy was finishing up breakfast, I opened my presents. I received a beautiful Lenox Christmas ornament and Webkinz. Thank you so much, I love my gifts!

After breakfast, we showered and dressed to finish our trek south to my grammy and papa's house. It took us about 4-4 1/2 hours to finish the drive. I slept and played most of the way. We only had to make one stop to feed me and by then we were only an hour away.

We arrived at my grammy and papa's house to find it empty. Everyone was still in town finishing up their last minute shopping, mostly groceries. Daddy unloaded the car and we hung out by the pool until the family arrived.

I sure was glad to see my grammy, papa, Cayleb and Devin. I think they were happy to see me, also.

My granny and PaPa (great grandparents) live down the road so we took a trip to see them. I hadn't seen PaPa in a couple of months and I sure have grown since then.

Day One - 2007 Christmas Trip

The trip started on Friday, December 21 around 2:00 pm. Our bags were packed and we headed south. I fell asleep almost immediately after the trip started. So, my parents agreed not to stop until I woke up. I slept a good two hours and boy was I hungry when I woke up. We stopped at a Hardee's in North Carolina...a good resting place (diaper change, dinner, potty break). After about a 30 minute stop, we were back on the road. Our next stop was to change me into my night clothes...my parents were trying to stick to my "routine". After the nightclothes were on, I "crashed" and slept until we made our last stop for the night in Jacksonville around 12:30. Uncle Brian invited us to stay with them on our way down. We did and it sure was great seeing everyone! Yes, we stayed up to visit and finally got back to sleep around 1:30 am. Mommy and Daddy were tired...I felt fine. :-)

Pitstop at Uncle Brian's House

Countdown to Track Santa

Click on the picture above to track Santa on Christmas Eve! It's really neat! You will need Google Earth on your computer!

CC Boogie

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Cool and FREE Websites

At work today, I learned about some really neat websites. They are:

www.elfyourself.com
www.meez.com
www.gizmoz.com
www.careerbuilder.com/monk-e-mail/
www.trunkmonkey.com

Have fun!

I love the camera!

I just love this picture of CC! Yes, that's her personal keyboard in the background. This is the only way I can get work done is to give her a keyboard of her own to "type".

Aunt Chris and Uncle Larry

Tonight, my Aunt Chris and Uncle Larry came over for dinner. Daddy made a yummy dinner and dessert. For dinner, we had Vodka Chicken Penne and for dessert we had Mocha Mousse and an espresso. I sure hope mommy isn't up all night.

Be sure to check out the WIKI for all the recipes!