10 Months

Nancy Carolyn turned 10 months on the 15th.  We spent the day traveling home from San Antonio, but it was a fun day.


She has quite a personality- very funny.  Her face has gotten quite expressive and we laugh at some of the faces she makes.  She is Miss Independent and LOVES to feed herself.  Her favorite foods are bananas, beans, most any fruit, pot roast, potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots... you name it, she'll eat it.

She's getting into everything and LOVES to pull things off the end tables.  Nancy Carolyn loves to play with our ipods and our phones.  She even figured out how to turn Pandora on my itouch the other morning. 

I think she'll be walking soon.  She pulls up on everything and pushes her dinosaur all over the room.

I "HEART" Shutterfly

I <3 Shutterfly and have for some time.  When I first got a digital camera, it was the first site I uploaded my photos to.  Over the years, I've tried some competitors but always end up back at Shutterfly.

The past three Christmases, I have created a family calendar for my dad and Sue. It's on my list to do again this year for them.  I created a share site specifically for the Barden- Hartley- Wyatt clan to add pictures for me to use in our calendar.  The share site has made it easy for me to share the most recent pictures of Nancy Carolyn and our adventures.

Shutterfly has great photo gifts that I'm sure the grandparents will love this year! 

Some of their best products are their photo cards/stationary.  I've done extensive research looking for just the right announcement (which yes, I know.. I never got around to sending one... maybe I'll send a "Look Who's One" announcement instead. :)  And then there's their Christmas cards... WHICH I'm still trying to decide which one I like best.  I like the collage ones like this one.  I also like how FUN this one is...  Then there's the simplicity of this one, that I also like.  But there's also this one that has a "letter" on it... Ah Decisions Decisions!!! 

Halloween!

We had a wonderful Halloween weekend, celebrating NC's first Halloween.  NC was invited to her first Halloween party at her friend Lilli's house on Saturday.  The real fun started on Sunday morning.  We decided to go check out Burt's Farm and get a pumpkin (or two .. or four).  It was a beautiful fall day and we had a wonderful time. I was a little worried that it would be crazy busy but it was actually a great time to go.  We walked around and checked everything out (it was our first visit).  We took some pictures then picked our pumpkins.  And of course, we had to check out the hayride. :)  Unfortunately when we got home, we found out that NC had a fever.  She was a trooper though, carving the pumpkin and putting her costume on (for just a bit though).

9 months

Nancy Carolyn turned 9 months on October 15 (yes I realize that was TWO weeks ago) but we've been super busy.  We had our check up that day and she did really well.  The doctor said she was perfect (OF COURSE!).  Her stats:  16 lb 15 oz, 27 1/4" long, both in the 25%

She is getting to be quite the accomplished crawler.  She LOVES to chase our cat, Bailey too.  She squeals and talks to her (and Sammy too) when they are brave enough to come near.  NC is so funny too.  She makes funny faces and has the best personality.  I think her favorite thing to do  is to mess up the toys when they are all neat.  For instance, if we made a tower or stack up those nesting cups... she LOVES to get them and knock them down.  She's also starting to venture out on her own.  Such a funny, stubborn, brave and independent little girl who lights up our days!!!

again... sorry blogger

I have turned into the lousiest of bloggers.... There just never seems to be enough time.  In fact, I'm just now uploading videos and pictures from... well, a long time ago!  

Things are constantly busy.  We are constantly going somewhere or doing something.  Over the last month, Nancy Carolyn has flown for the first time.  We flew to DC for a triathlon.  She went to her first baseball game (Washington Nationals), her first BRAVES game, first trip to the zoo (Smithsonian National Zoo), has started crawling and is getting her first tooth!  She is one busy little girl!  Her little personality continues to shine and she is one funny little girl!  

Fisher Price

Today we had a Fisher Price House Party playdate!  I signed up on www.houseparty.com to be a host for their Fisher Price party.  I was chosen so they sent us 5 new toys, plus diapers and toys for my guests.  We had a fun time with our friends who were able to make it.  Here's a few pics from our fun time together!

a bad blogger

Things are busy around here... lots going on and just never enough time to do anything (including blogging).  I will TRY to be better!  I promise to try anyway :)
 
So, I am back at school full swing.  We're getting the hang of our schedule.  I do have to admit that I got very overwhelmed of the busyness of it and stopped my half marathon training for a while.  It was a nice break but am back to full time training (well, almost).  In struggling with it, Chris pointed out that the craziness would only last a couple of months and well, I can do anything for a couple of months right?  (even though I do hope to keep up with running on a semi regular basis). 

Selling Thirty One Gifts is going well also.  Two weeks ago, I had my first actual "real live" party.  It was an Open House/drop in here at my house (which I'm sure most of you know about it from Facebook).  It was really fun and the people that made it were excited about the product and quality of the product. 

We had some almost exciting news last week.  There's a home near my dad's house that has been on the market FOREVER.  We found out that it was going to go up for auction so we went and checked it out.  It's a nice home, just needs some updating.  So we quickly put an offer on it before it actually went to auction.  Unfortunately someone else beat us to the punch. BUT now, it has the wheels turning in our head about finding a larger home to grow in with a nice yard for kids to play in.  We love our little home, but it is a bit small and we really don't have anywhere for NC to run around.




Nancy Carolyn is growing like a weed and is so much fun.  She can sit very well and play with toys.  She's working on scooting around.  She can pull herself around a little bit on the hard woods.  She has a funny little personality that I am just loving getting to see develop everyday.