Monday, June 23, 2008

Almost Mobile!

Charlotte is so close to crawling! She's been "scooting" for a while now, pushing herself along with her toes, but now she is finally tucking her knees underneath her and rocking back and forth. I think in the next few days she'll have figured it out and will be all over the place. Jared thinks that she would have crawled earlier, but she's too lazy and would rather fuss for someone to get the toy for her rather than getting it herself.

She's getting more and more fun to watch since she's playing with her toys more and figuring out more things she can do with them. She's not just smacking and chewing on the dancing, singing bear, now she's turning him upside down and putting her other toys on top of him. She's showing more and more personality each day, which makes Jared and I realize just how full our hands are going to be!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

LOL

No news to share, so here are some of our favorite Mitch Hedberg quotes that are good for a laugh or two :)

An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.

Dogs are forever in the push up postion.

I can whistle with my fingers, especially if I have a whistle.

I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn't work. I felt pretty good while I was blowing that bubble, but as soon as the gum lost its flavor, I was back to pondering my mortality.

I know a lot about cars, man. I can look at any car's headlights and tell you exactly which way it's coming.

I like Kit-Kat, unless I'm with four or more people.

I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. And it was way to literal for me.

I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube.

I think foosball is a combination of soccer and shish kabobs.

I used to be a hot-tar roofer. Yeah, I remember that... day.

I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late.

I was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, "You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit." As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.

I wish I could play little league now. I'd be way better than before.

I would imagine if you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.

I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later.

If I had nine of my fingers missing I wouldn't type any slower.

Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?

My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.

This shirt is dry clean only. Which means... it's dirty.

Wearing a turtleneck is like being strangled by a really weak guy, all day. Wearing a backpack and a turtleneck is like a weak midget trying to bring you down.

When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying here you throw this away.

You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something.

I hate turkeys. If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad a turkeys. There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastromi,.Some one needs to tell the turkey, man, just be yourself.

I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Can I put my feet out the window? Man, you really like Tide...

I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughnut... I don't need a receipt for the doughnut. I give you money and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't imagine a scenario that I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. To some skeptical friend, 'Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut, I've got the documentation right here... It's in my file at home. ...Under "D" for doughnut'.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Happy Father's Day!

I know it's a day late- don't worry, I didn't forget about it yesterday. I just forgot to blog about it!

Charlotte and I woke up Jared yesterday morning with the sweet gifts and card she picked out. She got him a book called "Daddy's Little Girl" that has cute stories of the sweet bonds between fathers and daughters. But the real winner was the Gator memorybook that he got! Jared described it as a "pop-up book for adults". It has the history of the football team and has lots of little inserts and things like ticket and poster replicas from throughout the years. Jared really seemed to like it and I think it will be fun to flip through during the commercials of the games this fall.

Jared is such a wonderful father and Charlotte just loves him to death. She loves their playtime when he gets home from work and is so smiley around him. I am so grateful for him and all he does for our family.

The first pictures of Jared with Charlotte - such a proud Daddy!


Mr. Bombastic!

Jared's dance lessons are really paying off! He's so suave :)

Sunday, June 15, 2008


Here's the picture Chad & Amber sent to us yesterday when we were on our way home. Uncle Chad was amusing Charlotte by putting a pair of pants on her head. She thought it was hilarious!

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Date Night!


Jared and I had our first real date since the day before Charlotte was born! I can't believe it's been this long (almost 7 months!), but we finally got out and were reminded that we're not just "Mommy" and "Daddy", but also "wife" and "husband".

Chad and Amber came up and watched Charlotte for us and we went to see Indiana Jones and then went for a very nice dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. The movie was good, dinner was great, but the best part was just having some alone time out with each other. We were really hoping that Charlotte would behave herself so that we would still have Uncle Chad and Aunt Amber as babysitters in the future, and they said that she was very entertaining and didn't get very fussy at all. Yea!!! They sent a cute picture to us when we were on our way home of her with a pair of pants on her head :) I'll have to figure out how to get it uploaded to the computer so I can share that with you. Charlotte peed on Amber (three times!) while she was changing her diaper, but I guess that's just her "initiation" into aunt-hood!

Thank you, Chad and Amber, for giving of your time so we could have a nice evening out! We love you guys!

Friday, June 13, 2008

"Crabby" Charlotte!

I saw this cute float at Wal-Mart for $10 and had to get it! Our neighborhood pool is about a two-minute walk from our house and I think we'll be making more and more trips there since it is getting sooo hot! The water has warmed up since the last time we went so that it actually feels good to get in. She wasn't quite sure what to think of it at first, but she had a great time splashing around!

Charlotte playing in the float before we left

Daddy helping her into the pool

Splashing around in the pool

From earlier in the day - she woke up with some serious bedhead!