Welcome 2010!

What grace, what finesse, what a lovely ballerina!

Snow, snow, snow

Making her own snow angel

Daddy's birthday with his two favorite little people

Yes, I'm wearing vintage clothes.  You gotta problem wit dat?

Hattie's has her own personal bodyguard

George:  This is my Johnny-jump-up.  Don't get any ideas.

Hattie:  I just want to play with my dolls.

But while the cat is asleep, this mouse will play

Really, I'm a good girl

Hattie being a good big sister and reading to little Georgie

Hattie's trip to Krohn's Conservatory to help combat her cabin fever

I just want to spread my wings and fly!

December visits and more - part 1

We thought things were going to be pleasant when Tonton came for a visit, but then.....

Things got UGLY!!!!!

So momma had to step in and get things back under control, although George still didn't trust ol' Tonton.  He had to keep his eye on him since Tonton looked like he was not too happy to have things back in order.

Julia stopped by for a visit while nearby on business.  (No, we did not steal Charlie Brown's Christmas tree)

This was Hattie out in the first snow of this winter.  Not very impressive.  (The snow I mean, not Hattie)

Hattie's friend, Sophie, came for a visit with her mom and whilst the mommies talked the girls proceeded to eat all of the candy off the gingerbread house.

Are we related or what?

Our stop in St. Louis to visit friends on the way to Tulsa for Christmas.  George is not too sure about his seating arrangement.

...awaiting Georgie's Debut

The three amigos....Mama's b-day dinner.....9/22...early (and George's "due date"). We did this in anticipation of his arrival by the 27th. Little did we know....

Our regular visit to the library...such a hoot! ;)

imprinting things at my "Little Adventurers" class at the Cinti Nature Center

GranGee, GranSnap and Hattie

Sharing a snack

...and He's Here! George's Debut!

"Little guy" Culpepper... Our little sleeping mouse...sweet girl

2 days old.... sweet angel

Now GranGee's got him!

The fam...

Mama and her babies

An admiring GranGee and Hattie......

A couple of days old with big sis.

and here...

Just a few hours old...

October avant bebe

"Half" of a favorite neighbor.... Janice, my buddy

My third birthday party, that somehow my parents managed to pull together....even with my 14 day old baby brother

I decorated it myself...mmmmm

Carine and me sharing a seat waiting for our turn at going fish

the birthday crew

enjoying a puppet show

doig a little pre-Christmas scoping out

Halloween night- the whole gang (George is in the sling)....sneek peek

bashing the pinata

Pushing "Little Red Riding Hood"/ Carine

My second costume of the evening

Here's the other "half" of Janice (Al).....I love going down the street to visit!

Here I go in my (first) costume... down to "Owl" and Janice's

Just like Mama

one of Daddy's masterpiece carvings...the bunny's on the otherside

our burning bush

down on the farm....Burger Farm

my fav. place to be

believe it....my daddy sketched out a plan for what I wanted carved on graph paper! Oh my.

let's carve this thing!

my friend, Ava and I at Shaw Farm

Buddies, Ava and Miss Lorelei

Our Nashville friends, the Wilkins, came for a visit

Watching the yodeling goat song ;) from The Sound og Music (it's a sin, I forget the name) on the laptop... a rare treat

kicking back, enjoying a good book

any opportunity to get out in the rain

eehhhh.....what's up doc?