Laramy is Four Months Old Today

Here she is with a pic with Mommy.

We had to try some foo foo pics.

Laramy and her Mimi love to sing and dance. :O)

Sick Baby

Laramy has an ear infection, but you wouldn't know it unless you were around when she eats. She has gotten a lot better since Monday.

Laramy is sitting in her bumbo watching off all things "Barney." I was really hoping this wouldn't start this early. :O(

After Barney, it was swing time. She literally cries to get into her swing. She loves it!!

Rain go away for a while!

I know that I am not the only one wanting the rain to subside for a little bit. It would be great for Zac to be able to get our crops out of the field. The soy beans, corn, and cotton actually look really good this year, but looking good doesn't do your wallet any favors! Maybe the lord will let it dry up long enough for us to harvest. It would be great to be able to get Laramy out and go for a walk. She needs a change of scenery. She likes to be outdoors, like her mom. We probably need the rain considering how dry its been the last few years. I feel for these people who built homes in lower lying areas when it was dry. The water table is up; so, they will probably feel the effects of that. Water everywhere! On the bright side of things, at least I don't have to get my baby out in this mess to take her to daycare. Its great being able to stay at home with her myself. :O)

Pics from Rainey Days

This morning I went out on our deck and discovered Laramy's Love Bug lying there in the drizzling rain. I was looking for it last night. I knew that Willie was eyeing the toy.

Here is a picture of the Love Bug kidnapper, doesn't he have an innocent face.

So, since the love bug toy is defiled, Laramy is having a great time playing with her donkey.

A pic of Zac and Laramy last night rocking. She sure loves her daddy.

Laramy sitting like a big girl in her daddy's chair.

Laramy practicing her rolling skills.

Wanting to go look at the horses and chickens.

Bittersweet Sunday

Yesterday, Zac and I went to Birmingham to see Heather, Gary, Piper, Rosemary, and Henry. We had a wonderful time!! Wish we had brought Laramy, but she is doing some kind of pre-teething. Her fuse is very short!! Thank the Lord for those teething tablets, and Heather for picking them up for us. Heather and I went through some of Piper and Rosemary's wardrobe picking out the things that they had outgrown. Heather sent home so many cute clothes, and honestly I don't know if Laramy will be able to wear it all. But she insisted that we try, and we are very grateful that she let us use them. :O) However, there was a moment during all of this that she realized that her babies are growing up. Bless her heart! I understand even more that motherhood is profoundly bittersweet. While we all want our children to grow up to become self-sufficient productive individuals, we don't want them to grow up so quickly. It would be great just to freeze time and enjoy them being little for a while longer. Today as I go through Laramy's closet and retire certain articles of clothing that she has "outgrown," I am reminded that I need to breath in all of her littleness. Soon enough, she will not need me to hold her tiny little hand and rock her to sleep.

Set them free!

About a week ago we acquired a rooster from our friend. We were not planning on getting into the chicken business, but we did. We named the rooster, "Alfonzo." So, since you can have just one lonesome rooster, we decided to get Alfonzo some ladies. Well we got Camilla a game hen and turned her in with Alfonzo. Camilla decided to roost up in the hay loaft and would not come down; so, we had to get her down. Willie, our dog, was very eager to help. I climbed up into the barn loft and Zac set Willie up there with me. The plan was to let Willie help chase her down out of the loft and then we would cover up the access holes. That idea was quickly laid to rest when finally Zac had to climb up there with us and catch her. She wouldn't come down off the roost for me. Later in the week, Zac brought home three bared rock hens. We have been keeping them up in the barn/make shift chicken coup to get them used to us. Today we set them free!! We now have free range chickens. Does this mean we have "organic chickens?" LOL. Below are Alfonzo.

Alfonzo

Zac's Birthday

Today was Zac's Birthday, and we celebrated at his parents house. Cousin Sydney was there entertaining Laramy.

Sydney was very excited to get into the birthday cookie. LOL. She said Happy Birthday to Uncle Zac and was off to the kitchen to get into that cookie.

Nana and Sydney are playing with Laramy and really have her tickled. :O)

We finally had time for a pic of all three of us together. Hard to tell, but Laramy is actually having a complete meltdown and paused for just enough time to take the pic.