New Year's Eve Play Date '09

It was the last day of the year and I got the "spring cleaning" bug...took down all my exterior Christmas lights! In trying to put them all away in the garage I decided to take in the nearly years worth of recycling in to the exchange center to reclaim my space. I had 14 pounds of plastic and 27 pounds of aluminum which amounted to a stifling 57 bucks!!! Later I took Kailey, Baylie and Ginger back to my house to play for a while in the back yard before I needed to be back at mom's place for our belated Christmas now that Carter is feeling better.

Merry Christmas 2009!!!

Spent Christmas day at my Grandma's house (my mom's mom)...the cousins and everybody did Christmas dinner pot-luck style so that Grandma didn't have to do the cooking. Everything turned out really good and there was lots of left-overs! It was sad though, Sherry, Matt and Carter didn't get to come because poor little Carter came down with pneumonia and was running a fever but after a trip to the urgent care and some antibiotics he is on the upswing thank goodness! We are postponing our immediate family Christmas for next week when Carter feels better! Ginger and Baylie got to "open" some of their gifts (squeaky stuffed toys for Ginger and balls for Baylie) on Christmas eve and shockingly no lost stuffing yet! Then on Christmas day they got to finally get into the box they've been sniffing at for weeks...the Nylabones!!! They have been playing and chomping ever since! They are spoiled, I know but they are all I've got to spoil so they are the lucky beneficiaries! :) I just can't believe that my 2 week break is already half over...but I've stayed busy! Each day we fit in at least 1-2 short walks to try and build up Baylie's muscles and stamina now after all the restrictions from her knee surgery. Then today Wayne, Mom, and I got all of her old 80's aluminum mini-blinds taken down and replaced them with the updated faux-wood blinds we ordered a while ago. They look much better but it's left us with some patchwork and touch up paint jobs we'll have to tackle on another day! Well, that is it for now...hope all of you enjoyed your Christmas!!!

Carter and Ginger...best buds!

Well...I got my blogs a bit outta order (wish they'd let you insert posts wherever you wish o-well)...anyhow this one happened before Christmas but the pictures were cute enough that I wanted to share anyway! Sherry and Matt had decided to do a date night and asked me to watch Carter. They went out to dinner then went to see that "New Moon" movie. Ginger had recently gotten a new Nylabone that Carter was just sure he wanted! He kept taking it from her then giving it back (this went on for quite some time) and they both seemed to enjoy it. Enjoy the happenings! :)