Wow! What fun Christmas is with kids!

Cousin Kristin...she is grocery shopping with her baby, in high heels!
Kristin and Carley with their new kitchen sets
Carley followed Kristin's lead and loved making noise with her high heels! Notice her nails are polished for the first time! :)

The kids LOVED Christmas!

The main thing he asked for was a "Rocket Ship" from "Little Einsteins". He was so excited!
"I love my new computer!"
She loved her new clothes from Aunt Amy. She held them up like a little model!
Bradford and his new 4-wheeler.

Christmas 2007

My Grandmother Sink playing in the floor with her 3 great grandchildren. She amazes me!!

We made our first gingerbread house this year (it was a kit...) and we LOVED IT!!

Christmas Time

Bradford in Princton's Christmas Parade on his daycare's float.

I had to add this one...

Just before Christmas

This is such a "Carley look". She is our sneaky little girl. If she's being disobedient, she'll hide with this look on her face!
Pigtails!! So cute...but they don't stay in very well.
Already "Miss Independent" and wants to do it herself.
Another Carley look! "The stare"
Bradford climbing a tree at his Great Grandmother Sink's house.

Birthday Time!

We had a joint party for the kids last Saturday. Bradford will be 3 on Sept 7 and Carley will be 1 on Aug 31. We rented "The Tiger" for the kids to bounce in and it was BIG HIT! Bradford was SO excited watching it inflate and he and his friends bounced forever.

Carley got in for a little while with me but it was really hot outside and she prefered to play with the balloons in the airconditioning! Girl after my own heart!!

Birthday Cakes

Bradford's cake HAD to be Thomas the Train. He wanted to eat his name so we gave him the toy part with his name on it and he licked it off.
Carley's cake had to be Ariel because of the red hair!! :)

She wasn't crazy about eating her cake and she really didn't like her hands all messy. Typical 1 year old!
My birthday babies!! Boy time flies!

Birthday gifts

Carley enjoyed the balloons more than any present she got!
Her crown says "Birthday Princess"
Aunt Mandy is on the bad list now! She got Bradford a drum and he plays it ALL THE TIME and DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!! We still love you "Aunt MaeMae"

Playing in Mommy's flowers. They wouldn't stop picking flowers long enough for me to get a good shot of them.
She has taken several steps on her own but prefers to crawl. Bradford tries to help her.
My little musicians :)
Uncle Nathan brought his motorcycle to WV and the kids loved it.

Bradford loves for Carley to "sleep with him". She just stays in there while we read stories and say prayers. He calls her a "squirmy wormy" because she won't lay still.
She can play in the grass forever and usually she won't put it in her mouth. She just likes to pull it apart.
Making a big mess!
This was my dress when I was a baby.

At a friend's wedding

Bradford stayed with MawMaw and PawPaw. Carley was the center of attention as usual with that red hair!
She LOVES pickles! Looks like she is about to break out in song!

A few short trips this summer

Our new summer home...I WISH! J.B. and I took a few days off and went to see the Biltmore and had a spa day!! So fun!
At the boathouse on the Biltmore property
We took the kids to the zoo in Asheboro, NC. Bradford loved it and was SO exhausted at the end. Carley was just along for the ride. Nana and Uncle Nathan came along too!

Summer 2007

J.B. was at youth camps for 2 weeks. We moved in with him for one of the weeks and Nana came to help with the kids while I worked during the day. The kids LOVED IT!

Super NANA!!! Yes, that is Nana upside down!!
Playing at home with the water ball. Carley just played with the wet grass which I found later in EVERY imaginable place!
They love this car! They want to ride together and Bradford is so careful to make sure Carley doesn't fall off!