Memoirs of the Fields

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Baby Tea Party - Jan 9

This tea party was from the play group moms in our play group at an English Tea House. Had fresh tea, little pastries, tea sandwiches & soup. It was so fun & perfect for the cold day we had.

First game everyone had to draw a picture of a baby on top of their heads on a paper plate.

Meaghan & Barbara

I had to choose a winning baby that I thought looked most like Zachary! I loved them all, they were so "unique" but I loved that this baby had fingers & toes, a smiley face & hair.

The cake was delish.

They were all so sweet, got some really cute things for him. Tonie in the background.

Meaghan, Barbara, Me, Pam, Stephanie, Kim, Lisa, Christina & Lisa

Christina, Lisa, Meaghan, Barbara & myself

Back at the house, Todd was watching Gracie & Sophia so her mom, who organized the shower could be there! They had lots of fun.

Random photos in January 2010

Todd's birthday - on our way to Texas Roadhouse to have a big juicy steak!

Eating all the peanuts

Decorating daddy's cake

That is one orange sparkly cake!

Little Miss Hollywood with her new sunglasses, pj's & blown out hair

1st time Miniature golfing

she couldn't get her hands off the ball! She'd put it right next to the hole & knock it in with her club

Getting ready with her friend Madalyn for a girl's night out

She got a cute hair style & Madalyn got a new hair cut

Seasons 52 - What beautiful, sweet girls

sitting by the fire giggling - somehow they know this place is posh!

Shirley Temples...

Yummy, Tasty desserts...

with fun girls!

This is the difference between a 3.5 & 5 year old lounging

That was fun!

Gracie wanted to take a nap in her old crib in Zachary's room - so sweet

she loves stickers, especially on her!

MANATEES!!

Blue Springs National Park - Gracie brought her Manatee to see the Manatees, what a cool idea, right?

Well, as mommy picked her up in excitement to see one swimming towards us on one of the docks, she dropped it into the water. I didn't realize but heard blood curling screaming & people sighing, "oh no!" Then low & behold, there's her manatee bobbing along in the water. The wind was carrying it further out, what could we do? I wanted to take a photo but, bad mommy, that's bad! So I held her & told her we'd get it somehow, then I'm starting to tear up because I feel so awful for her. She is clearly stressed out. I'm getting horrible looks from daddy, like it was all my fault. A man was so sweet offering to find a fishing pole, another Japanese woman was consoling her, "you mommy buy you new one!" Yes, if only mommy had bought her this one, it was from Gramma & Papa at some tourist place in north Florida. I prayed & prayed, asked God to send the wind the other way, that somehow this Manatee would come to shore & eventually it did! Thank you again, Lord! So daddy hopped the fence to get it & we're all waiting, and waiting, and wondering where the heck he is, we couldn't see him through the trees, and people are questioning out loud, where is he? In the photo below the manatee is waiting & wondering, too when he'll be rescued! Finally we see him & he grabs it & comes back up. We meet & he's bent over, poor guy twisted his knee when hopping the fence & was having a very hard time getting down there to save the manatee! What a great dad! Everyone cheered, it was embarrassingly sweet & funny at the same time.

So now we're relieved, and happy. Half of manatee is wet & half is dry, so he's put safely away in my bag. Now we can enjoy the real manatees we came to see!

Sitting on a bench, looking at the view of palm trees swaying above, it was a beautiful day

playing, splashing, swimming

Here a mommy & baby

At the end of the Blue Spring. Daddy's still hobbling along the trail. :(

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

December & Christmas 2009

This ornament sums up our Christmas this year!

The girls...

Starting to decorate the tree

They all seem to be going to one designated area!

She was SO excited about digging into the ornaments & saying how beautiful they were. So cute.

CANDY CANES!!!

Feather boas, fuzzy slippers & sweet cheeks! Of course no pants.

The little things that make us happy!

Out at Cranes Roost to see the lights

"Brrr my hands are cold!"

Santa hats!

Listening to Veggie Tales Christmas - her favorite cd this year

Angels - (I love this profile of her)

29 weeks

On our way to the playgroup Christmas party!

VERY excited! Got a snazzy Christmas necklace...

...and there are CANDY CANES!

Tada! These are her "CHEAP" shoes! She came out & said, look mommy, I've got on my cheap shoes!

We had a huge baking extravaganza this year with Auntie Sara & Gramma Nut - here's the cousin crew decorating gingerbread cookies

Ella & Gracie - supposed to be making sugar cookies but she really likes eating it instead

Auntie Sara & Cousin Kailee

Had a bonfire - Mia Kate & Gracie

Our neighbors came over & we made S'mores!

At the Sweetwater neighborly kid's Christmas party...she cannot get enough glitter! She was trying to stick it to her shirt & make it shiny & sparkly!

Here she's decorating a cookie & cannot get enough icing! She just kept squeezing & squeezing.

"See? Isn't it so pretty?"

And tasty! She took 2 bites & threw it away.

Making Christmas cards for teachers.

She loves drawing smiley faces for people & she traced her hand by herself for the first time.

In her big girl bed, passed out while reading a book. Aaaaawwww.

Ballet Practice

Tondu!

Don't know what that's called but she's good at it!

And the sweetest little profile. They are using a star wand for their show.

On our way to Todd's work Christmas party - 31 weeks

Her & Rosebud - she asked me to take a picture of them together by the tree

Aaah yes, and don't forget the pose!

This has got to be one of my favorites. Look at that sweet thang cuddled up, it was chilly outside & we were snuggling in blankets on the swing.

Starting to really like taking photos

"I'm gonna get you! I'm going to tickle you!"

At Chipotle - mmmmm yummy rice & cheese quesadillas with her Rosebud

Park Ave walking around for a bit - 31 weeks

She came upon a dolphin water fountain! She was SO excited!

We blew our hair out straight today

I blew her hair out with a round brush, I love it.

She's got this little body with big hair.

She looks like a little woman or something, it's really hilarious.

Christmas Eve Service

She fell asleep during service right before the candle lighting ceremony - she would've loved it.

But she got her fire instead, the girl loves fires

Put out cookies for Santa & carrots for Rudolph

Now finally in bed & here the main present awaits to greet her in the morning. I was SO excited. We kept asking what she'd like for Christmas after she'd say that Santa was coming to her house to bring her lots of presents.

What kind of presents? "Just lots & lots of pretty boxes!" What do you want inside the boxes? "lots of presents!" Ummmm, okay. Not helping. I'd been wanting to get her a huge dolphin since she loves dolphins. I couldn't find one that wasn't a trillion dollars plus shipping. The week of Christmas she tells me that Santa is going to bring her a big dolphin! Oh my gosh! As soon as we got home I rushed online & wouldn't you know, I found one for 19.99 and $4 bucks for shipping. What?! It was a total God experience, He knew she really wanted a doldphin & he knew how much she'd love it. That could've been the only present we got her!

So here she is, it's Christmas morning & the first thing she tells us "Mommy, daddy, Santa got me a big dolphin!" I could not believe how sure she was. Then once we said let's go find out she got scared & laid on our floor. She thinks Santa is in our living room, waiting to personally hand deliver her presents. HA!

After 5 minutes of coaxing & reassuring that Santa had SO many other children to give presents to & he is probably home asleep from exhaustion, she slowly comes out of the hallway to take a peak.

The expression after seeing the dolphin & seeing the presents under the tree - she really was in disbelief about the dolphin & took her a while to go see it. But she named her right away. She said "it's a big dolphin!" "It's a Kailee dolphin!" And so since then the dolphin's name is Kailee like her big cousin Kailee. :)

Lite Bright!

Shelby's starting to feel left out back there, anything for me?

Here she got Kailee dolphin & checking her out

Lip gloss!

A little makeup set, here Shelby, you need some blush!

This says it all.

Dancing to Veggie Tales Christmas - she is SO in love!

Hanging at the bar

Laying on her pillow, she asked me to take a picture of the 2 of them.

Green nail polish! This was a hit, every time we'd go to paint toes she'd ask for green polish, so I found some for her. She couldn't wait to paint her toes.

Next day we went to the zoo, posing with the elephant

Daddy get me!

Looks like the clouds are God's fingers, it was really amazing in person.

Poor Todd "suffering" eating a PB&J after the zoo. "You hate me don't you, you really hate me!" He says. I was laughing so hard, Gracie & I eat these practically every day so what's the big deal? He's spoiled, that's the deal. Poor baby.