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A Few Notes

I haven't updated much lately and wanted to write about a few of the funny things that Caroline is doing now.  

This time last year I was very concerned that she wasn't talking enough...oh what a difference a year makes.  Now she wakes up talking and she goes to bed screaming most nights.  Most mornings I wake up to a very loud, "Mommy, R you?" If I don't answer quickly enough, or show up instantaneously at her door, she gets louder and louder.  Then I climb in bed with her, and if I can catch her before she climbs out, we "wuggle."

A couple of weeks ago she started the funniest thing.  She would ask, "Mommy, wha dat?" and when I answered her she would say, "Oh, ...".  So, we were driving to the farm and she saw the corn in the fields.  She said, "Mommy, wha dat?" I answered that it was corn and she said, "Oh, corn."  So funny!

Her favorite TV show right now is Max and Ruby and as far as movies go, Tinkerbell has been replaced by "Cindelala" or "Cindalelly".  She loves to play dress up and we have a TON of dresses and tutus and stuff like that.  She runs around and asks, "Where my dress?" then she comes back with one of her zillion dresses. She usually has to try on 4 or 5 to see which one she wants.  Then she wants her "birthday tiwawa" (tiara) like Ruby.  She has told me several times that for her wedding she wants to paint her "toemails" and have "Air-wings." (earrings)

She has also gotten very dramatic!  I am not really sure where she has learned about being scared, but she has it down perfectly....especially at bed time or when she is in trouble.  She looks at me when I am tucking her in or getting on to her.  Her lip sticks out and her eyes get big and she says, "I skeered." Then she quickly hides her face in my legs. Hilarious!!!

So things around here are pretty entertaining right now.  I will say that when we hit two I thought other people were crazy.  It was a piece of cake....Well, two and a half, not so much.  So, Caroline is learning all about being a little girl and mommy is trying to find the fine line between good discipline and screaming, I mean stifiling her very big personality....

June Goals

1. Storytime with Caroline weekly.

2. Swimming with Caroline weekly.

3. Gym 3x/week.

4. Finish painting kitchen cabinets.

5. Paint kitchen trim.

6. Clean and stain patio.

7. Sew cushions for patio furniture.

For Derrick

1. Where did you meet?

We met at a place in College Station at a place called Hurricane Harry's

2. How long did you date before you were married?

We met in July 1997, were engaged in September 1998 and married April 1999.

3. How long have you been married?
We have been married 10 years on April 10!
4. What does he do that surprises you?

I am not sure that surprised is the right word, but Derrick is the best dad!  I think it surprised him how much he could love a little girl!
5. What is your favorite feature of his?

His shoulders.

6. What is your favorite quality of his?

He is so introspective.  Unlike me, he thinks before he speaks, and he is very supportive of anything that I want to do.
7. Does he have a nickname for you?

Not really.

8. What is his favorite color?
I would say blue is probably his favorite.

9. What is his favorite food?

Lasagna

10. What is his favorite sport?
Aggie football!

11. When and where was your first kiss?

At my house in College Station.  It was a sneak attack.  I think he was scared of me ;)

12. What are your favorite things to do as a couple?
We vacation great together.  We love to look at houses, and find neighborhoods that we want to live in someday.  

13. Do you have children?
1 Caroline 

14. Does he have a hidden talent?
I'm not sure he would consider it a talent, but he is SO SMART!!!

15. How old is he?
33

16. Who said, "I love you" first?
He did, but only because I made him.

17. What is his favorite type of music?

Probably country or rock, but he listens to sports talk radio the most.

18. What do you admire most about him?

He loves God, he love Caroline and he loves me.

19. Do you think he will read this?

Maybe

20. What color are his eyes?
Blueish

Steppin' Out

Kati called Thursday and said she needed a cake for a baby shower on Saturday and asked if I would make one....This is really the first one that I have made for anyone outside of the family.  It turned out ok. I think I learn a little more with each one. This time I learned that chocolate icing does not lift off of pink icing, it stains....

Just Chillin'

After a long day of playing, Caroline likes to unwind with her "cla-owns." She has become quite the arteest!
**Just in case you are wondering, yes, that is her potty in the second picture...she likes to keep it in front of the TV!?!?!?**