EASTER BUNNY 2010

C and Karlie with the Easter Bunny. I wonder what Karlie was thinking.

SPRING IS REALLY IN THE AIR

I talked to K yesterday and I ask her if things were beginning to put out in Arkansas and she said yes all the Bradford Pears were in bloom. She said she also had some daffodils in her backyard with blooms. I told her that nothing was putting out here yet and I honestly believed that. So, today I decided to get out and drive around just to see. It was not really that nice of day, it rained early this morning and was very windy and cool. But, to my surprise things are actually putting out here. The Bradford Pears are blooming, although not totally bloomed out. I saw daffodils and yes, the sky is as blue as it appears in the pictures. I miss the trees in Arkansas but I love the wide open blue sky in Oklahoma.

This neighborhood is not far from us and is gated, but today the gates were open, so I drove through and took pictures. I took pictures just because the houses are big and pretty.

CUTENESS OOZING OUT!!!!!!

I finally received the pictures that I had ordered. They turned out really cute. The photgrapher put some of the pictures on her blog and this is what she had to say.
"I was lucky enough to take some pictures of the adorable children of some family friends a few weekends ago. I got to meet their newest little addition, Karlie & talk trucks with Carter. What personality that Carter has! Very talkative and expressive."
I took several and made a collage of Karlie. I think they turned out really cute.

This is my favorite out of all them though.

WELCOME FIRST DAY OF SPRING

This is what we were welcomed with this morning, the first day of spring.

A LITLE BIT OF SPRING

I noticed this morning that the hydrangea bush beside our front door is beginning to put out. This is the first sign of spring that I have seen. I also read in the paper that the red buds are budding in Oklahoma City. But, we have an eighty per cent chance of snow on Saturday. It is suppose to be right around freezing, so I sure hope it doesn't stick. I also hope that this will be the last of winter.

NOW I THINK I UNDERSTAND

I found this picture of A and Lulu on K's flicker. Now, I think I understand why Lulu smacked A in the mouth. Even though A was being nice to her then, Lulu probably remembers all the times that A has pulled her tail in the past. A is probably thinking that Lulu shouldn't always have her tail so high in the air if she doesn't want it pulled.

M had a photographer come to her house and take pictures of C and Karlie. They turned out really cute. I am not able to save and post the proofs, but as soon as I receive the pictures that I have ordered I will post them. I should be receiving them this week. M took Karlie last week for her 4 month check-up and she is average in weight and height. She is a lot smaller than C was at that age.

Also, on a completely different note. T had noticed a little lump in her neck a good while ago, but kept putting off going to the doctor. But, last week she finally went in to have it checked. The doctor said that she thought it was just a cyst and nothing to worry about. But, the doctor still went ahead and had a blood work-up done. So, Friday when T got in from work there was a message from the nurse saying that her blood-work came back abnormal. Well, it was too late to call so T had to wait until Monday to find out what was abnormal about it. It turns out it is her thyroid and also a really low vitamin D deficiency. Hopefully, medication will clear up both. I am just so thankful it wasn't anything more serious.

WALL DOTS

While K was here, I put her to work doing some things around the house for me. I have been wanting to put something on the walls in the bonus/playroom for a long time. So, we finally found the wall dots or I call them circles and I had K put them up for me. I think they add a lot to the room. I wanted to put them on all the walls but K thought just one wall would be best. I told K that I was afraid that the grand kids would try and peel them off and when A heard me say that she went and ran her little hand across them.

PAINTED HORSE SCULPTURES

The picture that I posted yesterday is from a small town in Oklahoma. We stop to get gas there when we are either going or coming from Arkansas. They have these painted horse sculptures everywhere. I think they are the neatest things. So, when we stop at a light I take a picture of them. I would drive around and take a picture of everyone of them, but hubby is not that keen on taking pictures of horse sculptures. I am sure there is a story behind them, but I do not know what it is.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

A BUSY WEEK

We took K and A back to Van Buren, Ar. today to meet J. But, A was not happy, she was taking a cold. We ate lunch at Firehouse Subs and then they headed back to Arkansas and we headed back to Oklahoma. Now the house is very quite. But, we will see A in less than a month. We will be spending Easter in Arkansas and then we will be going to Kansas City either the end of April or first of May. Karlie will probably be sitting up by the time we see her again.

A eating her grilled cheese.
A after eating her Oreo cookie. K had to change her outfit. She had it all over her.

A AT THE PLAYGROUND

M and family left about noon today. It was a really nice day here today except it was a little windy or at least too windy for me. So, K ended up taking A to our neighborhood playground. She loved it.


She wrinkles up her brow when she is not happy. K thinks she may do it and A had copied it from her.





After the playground, we came home and grilled chicken and corn on the cob. It was the first time A had ever eaten corn on the cob but, she knew exactly how to do it and she loved it.

NOT PLANNED

Karlie looking cute.

I have all my grand kids at my house, but it was not planned. K and A were here visiting for a week but M and family had planned on coming the last weekend in March. But, Sunday afternoon M got a phone call saying that her best friend's dad passed away that morning in his sleep. He was about the same age as hubby and I. So, M, T, C and Karlie arrived last night. Hubby and M attended the funeral today. They said it was really sad watching the slide show of him with his grandchildren and all, but they ended up getting to see a lot of people they had not seen in years.

C and A are getting along really good. A enjoys having someone to play with. Although sometimes C doesn't want A to play with his cars and A throws a fit when C takes one of her baby dolls. I just have to brag on C a little. I think all of my grand kids are smart, but today C was talking to K and K told him he needed to get a camouflage car and C didn't say anything. So, K said do you know what camouflage means and he said without hesitation, it means to blend in. He is only 4 1/2. Also, when pap pa took him to the playground today, he told pap pa that he wanted to go swimming in the pool and pap pa said the gate is locked. C said well, we can take a blow torch and cut it open.

For lunch today, we went to Ted's, best Mexican food ever, to eat. At least C and A thinks it is the best. Karlie just slept, she is the best baby ever. Then, we came home and while some took naps, pap pa and C went to the neighborhood playground. The weather was really nice here today.

C and A eating at Ted'sC at the playground.

A AND HER BABY DOLL

Every time that we go anywhere A has to take her baby doll with her. I am sure this baby doll is going back to Arkansas with her.

Last night when pap pa and I were suppose to be watching A, A was talking really sweet to Lulu and Lulu just took her paw and slapped her in the face. There were no marks at all on A but she sure did cry. We think it just hurt her feelings that she was being nice to Lulu and Lulu slapped her. So, we thought for sure that today A would stay away from her, but no they have been together all day.